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[quote=Naperville77;4541576]I can see FMV from unincorporated Wheaton still has a serious case of Naperville Envy. This is mostly due to the fact that while Wheaton muddled along from the early 80's until today they were one of the primary nearby spectators who got to watch Naperville evolve from a little country town to the beautiful sprawling city that it is today.
We were Wheaton 25 years ago...then we decided to build the infrastructure from the ground up. Just because Wheaton sat around and did nothing while Naperville built up the infrastructure, improved roads, built roads and homes, added restaurants, cleaned up downtown, saw the opportunties when Rte 5 became I-88 (I could go on and on for about 4 more hours) and so much more really does give the Wheatonites a serious case of "Naper Envy."
WOW, you just don't give up, do you. Unbelievable. Now you think its envy? What are you smoking down there in your "Naperville"? You keep throwing cheap shots, so now it's open forum for the same, even though I have continuiously been polite and said many positive things about certain parts on Naperville. Seems the one with envy is perhaps you, the one who claims to live in Naperville that all love, even though you are further away from it than we are, here in Wheaton.
Have you been to Wheaton lately? First, it's land locked, and has and always will be, as far as the "expansion" compairison. Are you that clueless as to why the arguements you just made do not make any sense? Wheaton has expanded as much as they can, with the land restrictions they have. And downtown is as "vitalized" as the Naperville you claim to live in, just on a smaller scale. Lots and lots of new shops, beautiful clean streets and sidewalks, 2 brand new train stations, miniature golf, a new library, 2 parks right down town, great resturants, beautiful Gary Methodist churchs' new addtion, etc., etc., etc.,...and all this in addition to the Huge condo project underway with penthouses starting at over a million. Then there is Cantigny and Arrowhead golf, both beautiful facilities. The list oges on and on. AND ALL OF THIS in less of a sq. mile radius than the South Naperville you live in.
OF COURSE it can never and never will be the retail meca that Downtown Naperville has become- there is no room and not the population to support it! As far as building homes- you really need to visit Wheaton. We just built one, remember? Are there mass cookie cutter subdivisions- NO. But a few in the last 10 years of custom built smaller subdivisions in various parts? yes. The only one still being built is the "Legends of Wheaton" and it took several years to develope that land as it was low lying and had water issues. Lastly, there is a proposed subdivision on Gary Ave., just N. of Cosley zoo, with 38 single family homes starting @ 1mil. The builder is Patrick J. Murphy Builders. High end, indeed. Wheaton sat by and watched Naperville grow? I think not. The rest of the home building is "tear down" status.
Addtionally, schools are being built, remodeled, expanded, etc... and still remain award winning. And yes, from Elem to middle to High School, not just parts of the district, like your 204. I have done nothing but praise dist. 203 in Naperville, but 204 is NOT in the same calliber and if you believe it is, you are really in denial. Everyone knows this as fact. Same for your naive views on thinking that Wheaton sat around while Naperville grew. I'm questioning your intelligence if you don't understand why and how Naperville grew in compairison to Wheaton.
Believe me, of all the things I have posted or had opinions of, concerning Naperville, none of it was envy. That's simply provided me with a good laugh. We live quite well in Wheaton and know we could live even "higher" in Naperville, especially in the far away part of it you live in. We know why our house we built was more expensive than it would have been if we would have chosen to live in Naperville and that decision didn't come because we were not able to, and now envy it!
Like I said in my last post to you, you always throw cheap shots in "defense" of your almighty Naperville, by bashing Wheaton. STILL WAITING ON THE ANSWER AS TO WHY YOU DON"T "GO OFF" ON ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS POSTED NEGETIVE OPINIONS ABOUT NAPERVILLE. It is starting to look like you are the one with some sort of "envy", as your defensiveness keeps getting stronger. I, on the other hand, have talked positively about more communities besides my own. I think if you'll read my last post, I even said we considered Glen Ellyn. I also said, to you, on another thread, that we considered a move to Naperville in 1999 and realized it was a good decision not to, based on the traffic and commute I would have had to my job. You wouldn't let go of that arguement either, insisting I knew nothing about Naperville since I hadn't been there in 10 years. Remember? Just curious. I answered ALL of your insults and accusations as well as explained the lastest cheap shots. Time to stop, period. Both communities are nice, you like yours, I like mine, but don't post city info as you did above, when it's pure BS. Your Naperville is and always will be seperate from the "country town" and original downtown that Naperville once was. Some, I would guess, miss that smaller population of the Naperville they used to know, before all the "infrastructure" came along!!!!!
RRConductor 76- you need to read your info a little more carefully. Naperville better schools? Not hardly! Look again. Dist. 200(wheaton) is right in line with Naper 203 with BOTH of these coming in way ahead of 204. The rest of what you say is explained above. As for the drinks- we have PLENTY OF THEM, believe me, as well as much of the 52,000+ population. You missed the other thread, didn't you? We aren't all bible bangers, here, In fact, they are far fewer than worth mentioning. That is definaltely a false impression. If you were looked down on for drinking by someone in Wheaton, I bet there's more to the story than that. But anyway, never had it happen to us and we drink every time we go out.
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07-21-2008, 01:09 PM
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That would be a little odd, but its not like that whatsoever.
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