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03-05-2008, 03:32 PM
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general info on villa park
I was curious about villa park, and anyone who knows about or lives there, please give me some info, thanks.
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03-05-2008, 04:00 PM
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I dont live there but have been through it a million times. Here are my impressions: older houses, decent place to live, congested on the main thoroughfares, close to I-355, growing Hispanic population, etc.
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03-05-2008, 04:05 PM
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Don't know much about it in recent years but: it seems if you stay away from the area along North avenue it seems much better. Like along st. charles road north and south, more central, the better.
Served by willowbrook high school.
Good, very convenient shopping / stripmall areas.
Fairly close to Yorktown mall and OakBrook malls.
They have a train to the downtown.
Housing is reasonable (in comparison to Elmhurst)
Stay away from the Brandywine development.
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03-05-2008, 05:50 PM
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...And its surrounded by some desirable areas, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Oakbrook
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03-05-2008, 06:45 PM
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Interactive Illinois Report Card
Villa Park has two school districts and they compare similarly on testing. I did a compare for you on the Illinois Interactive Report Card. Hopefully it turns out. If not you can go to the Illinois Interactive Report Card website and look at data for any school district as well as compare districts side by side. Overall. Villa Park is a decent community. There are pockets of problems in some of the apartment areas, but it is a town of working class people for the most part. It has train access, a lot of shopping, and affordable housing. There isn't the downtown area that some suburbs have, but it certainly isn't a bad place to live.
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03-06-2008, 08:35 AM
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When I lived in Elmhurst, we did the majority of our shopping in either Villa Park or Lombard. We almost looked at several houses there. The housing stock in the central area looks to be very nice and well kept up. (bungalows, etc.)
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