what are the bad south suburbs of chicago (Oak Lawn, Orland Park: houses, high crime)

[jakebart99]

Hi i was thinking of movingnear chicago but i didnt want to be in the center of the city is there any bad south suburbs that i need to stay away from advice would really help

[NSH]

Gangs, corruption and high crime can be found in
Harvey
Riverdale
Dolton
Robbins
Markham
Calumet City

Good places to check out would be
Blue Island
Crestwood
Alsip
Evergreen Park
Oak Lawn
Midlothian
Oak Forest

Do you have a particular area you wanted to be around?

[jakebart99]

chicago heights thats farther south though or university park maybe anthing wrong with those two

[Stiery23]

Also, you may want to look into Flossmoor; I think it's a one of the nicest communities in the south suburbs.

[prairiestate]

As a general rule, you want to be west of I-57. Some exceptions would be Homewood, Flossmoor, maybe the north side of Chicago Heights, Park Forest, Olympia Fields, and Matteson, all east of 57.

[JP_GoBucks]

Tinley Park and Orland Park are nice suburbs on the south side.

[ChampWSox05]

Orland and Tinley are way too expensive.

[prairiestate]

Not necessarily. There are plenty of homes in the $300-$400,000 range. You can even find a lot starting in the lower 200's in Tinley. A relative bargain versus similar neighborhoods in the north and west suburbs.

[area55]

Take alook at lansing, its a great town plenty of nice inexpensive houses

[Drover]

Best bang for your buck in the South suburbs might be Munster (which I believe borders Lansing). Not to mention Munster is home to one of the most renown breweries in the country.

Lansing is also home to one of the most curious golf courses at the Lansing Country Club, where on certain holes you can tee up, grab your driver, hit the ball right down the middle of the fairway and you will have literally hit the ball into the next state. You'll be walking along the fairway and cross the state line without ever knowing it.