Top 5 Suburbs and Bottom 5 Suburbs (Chicago, Naperville: sales, crime, homes)

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

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But you put Naperville and excluded Hinsdale & Kenilworth. I'm assuming you mean something different by "prestigeous".

[Anthera]

Bottom five:

Any suburb where your IL's live.

[Milwaukee City]

Originally Posted by Anthera

But you put Naperville and excluded Hinsdale & Kenilworth. I'm assuming you mean something different by "prestigious".

I don't know the suburbs well enough to make a judgment on which ones are prestigious but I picked the ones I would live in. Although I like KWorth never been to hinsdale

[Anthera]

Okay, I was confused.

The Most Prestigeous suburbs would be (no particular order) Lake Forest, Mettawa, Bannockburn, Barrington Hills, Highland Park, Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Winnetka, Hinsdale.

I would find it impossible to narrow it down to 5 because there are just too many.


Also Prestigous:

Lake Bluff, South Barrington, Riverwoods, Evanston, River Forest, Inverness, Oak Park,

There are more, but this would be my list.

[Milwaukee City]

Evanston? really? Oak Park I didn't think had much prestige but was very nice.

[Anthera]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

Evanston? really? Oak Park I didn't think had much prestige but was very nice.

It depends on what you're comparing it to. Evanston & Oak Park are quite prestigious compared to some parts of Chicagoland. The architecture is beautiful, incomes are quite high, housing values are also high. Oak Park/Evanston also have a certain intellectual/liberal cool factor.

Its apples and oranges really. Someone who likes BarringtonHils/Mettawa/ Bannockburn (Oh and Wayne) isnt going to love Oak Park or Evanston. But they are all very prestigious places to live.

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

Evanston? really? Oak Park I didn't think had much prestige but was very nice.

Prestige is in the eye of the beholder. I've also discovered the true value of prestige: Prestige + $2.25 gets you on the CTA.

[sittingduck41]

Most Prestigious:
1.) Kenilworth
2.) Glencoe
3.) Winnetka
4.) Highland Park
5.) Lake Forest

Worst:

1.) Harvey
2.) Maywood
3.) Aurora
4.) Ford Heights
5.) Calumet City

Lists are in no particular order, except I think Kenilworth is number one on the first list.

[raven firespell]

la salle county where i live- is on the top five of least educated areas in the country. i did not know that when i moved here but boy do i know it now ! no one knows what i am taking about half the time . there is simply little enough here to draw comparison to .

i like to visit naperville and cruise the river walk . i don't want to live there it is too yuppie for me , nonetheless, it is a very nice area and has many things to offer.

[cubssoxfan]

Most Prestigeous

Kenilworth
Winnetka
Glencoe
Lake Forest
Tie for 5th:
Highland Park
Hinsdale
Oak Brook