North Shore, I just don't get it...please explain

[nanannie]

Originally Posted by GoCUBS1

Nanannie, I love BH but with young kids it was very hard to walk/bike to parks, school, shops, etc. and this is important to us. My kids would have loved to walk/bike to Preschool/Kindergarden (St. Marks in BH) but we could have gotten killed on Ridge Rd! I will, however, say it is probably one of the most beautiful morning drives I've ever had (w/the rolling hills, horses in the distance, weeping willows and majestic oaks lining the streets). Anyway, I just find our current in-town situation w/sidewalks better for our family's lifestyle.

I know that hood very well and it is a wonderful morning drive( or anytime drive),
and I agree with you-in town is a nice way to live. I know several people who love living in the village and think I am nuts.

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by GoCUBS1

That is very true.... There are lots of hills in BH and teens like to fly their cars over them (forgot what that's called). That's exactly how some kids were killed speeding over a hill on Ridge Rd.

I believe Long Grove has a big problem with that too.

[cubssoxfan]

Originally Posted by nanannie

I dunno-whats the big deal about sidewalks? If one wants to walk in LG or HW, you dont NEED a sidewalk for heavans sake. I live in an area with no sidewalks, 5 acre min, and I walk walk walk all the time. I can ride my bike to the village if I care to (3 miles each way) but strolling a hood for excercise/pleasure is not limited to sidewalk activity.
It comes down to those of us who want to live in 'country' areas,old trees, wildlife,space,no traffic zooming thru your street, and so I dont have sidewalks. I can live with that. If you need sidewalks to walk to the store, there are plenty of area in Il to choose.

Absolutely correct, don't need sidewalk to walk. But for young kids, I feel safer keeping them on the sidewalks. Now we probably have more traffic here and more speeding teenagers and cell phone impaired speeders through the neighborhood than in yours.

[cubssoxfan]

Originally Posted by chitown85

Every neighborhood in HW does have a park, not sure about LG. It also depends if you are seeking more land for your family. In LG and HW, each home sits on min. 1.5 acres.

Perhaps I need to explore the neighborhoods more, I see some sections seperated by busy roads, with no parks on the map. I don't recall a neighborhood park, reachable without crossing a busy road & walkable distance, in my friends neighborhood off Old McHenry just north of Fairfield.
They do have the really large one about a mile south-but unless they have put sidewalks in along Old McHenry, I don't qualify that as walkable.
If I'm working on old memory, It will give me an excuse to bicycle up there and check it out.

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by chitown85

Every neighborhood in HW does have a park, not sure about LG. It also depends if you are seeking more land for your family. In LG and HW, each home sits on min. 1.5 acres.

I think you are wrong about 1.5 acres. I have been to several homes in LG that sit on 1/2 acre or 1 acre.

[chet everett]

Like other towns, the zoning varies by section. The areas developed in the 80s and 90s in LG are mostly the 1.5 acre stuff, but there are plenty way that developers got variances, and large parks was one...

[nanannie]

Originally Posted by GoCUBS1

That is very true.... There are lots of hills in BH and teens like to fly their cars over them (forgot what that's called). That's exactly how some kids were killed speeding over a hill on Ridge Rd.

Hill Hopping is one name. I personally knew a boy who died this way in the early 90's shortly after he graduated high school.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by GoCUBS1

That is very true.... There are lots of hills in BH and teens like to fly their cars over them (forgot what that's called). That's exactly how some kids were killed speeding over a hill on Ridge Rd.

They call it " hilling" and/or " hill hopping".

One of our neighbors lost their son in such an accident, about 7 years ago.

[LakeShoreSoxGo]

I always thought our older home was 'charming'.