What about Lemont? (Chicago, Wheaton, Hinsdale: 2010, good schools, live)

[promis1]

Is Lemont still a good area? How are the schools? Is the town more conservative or liberal? How is the downtown area? Is there a gang presence there?

[US-Traveller]

Originally Posted by promis1

Is Lemont still a good area? How are the schools? Is the town more conservative or liberal? How is the downtown area? Is there a gang presence there?

Lemont has always been a good area and it is becoming more desirable.

Lemont is said to have pretty good schools. They are not as good as the towns directly to the north like Hinsdale or Oak Brook.

Lemont is conservative. Most suburbs of Chicago are conservative. It is a Republican area.

I'm not sure about the downtown area.

There is no gang presence in Lemont.

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by US-Traveller

Most suburbs of Chicago are conservative.

Not anymore!

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

Not anymore!

Conservative meaning "quiet" / lack of flamboyant people or "voted for Obama"...

Honestly I was at a Memorial Day Parade / Veterans Ceremony in a town near where I live and there was a cohort of "turn DuPage Blue" losers (in the literal sense, as they did NOT win any offices in the spring elections...) that were in the frantic non-stop campaign mode, despite the fact that the next election won't be until 2010 (my goodness that looks like Science Fiction!) and I just do see any dissatisfaction with the current US representatives / State Senators/ Representatives / County Board/ Township Supervisors / Local Village elected office holders to swing to anything that would be from the Pelosi & Friends political spectrum.

McCain was a loser that did not have what it takes to overcome the Obama charisma, just as Dole was the absolute wrong guy to have any hope against Bill Clinton.

Does not mean the suburbs are suddenly SEIU central...

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by chet everett

McCain was a loser that did not have what it takes to overcome the Obama charisma, just as Dole was the absolute wrong guy to have any hope against Bill Clinton.

Does not mean the suburbs are suddenly SEIU central...

No, but it also means they are not reliably conservative. They used to be reliably conservative, and now they are moderate at best.

[promis1]

[quote=chet everett;8990605]Conservative meaning "quiet" / lack of flamboyant people or "voted for Obama"...

Honestly I was at a Memorial Day Parade / Veterans Ceremony in a town near where I live and there was a cohort of "turn DuPage Blue" losers (in the literal sense, as they did NOT win any offices in the spring elections...) that were in the frantic non-stop campaign mode, despite the fact that the next election won't be until 2010 (my goodness that looks like Science Fiction!) and I just do see any dissatisfaction with the current US representatives / State Senators/ Representatives / County Board/ Township Supervisors / Local Village elected office holders to swing to anything that would be from the Pelosi & Friends political spectrum.

McCain was a loser that did not have what it takes to overcome the Obama charisma, just as Dole was the absolute wrong guy to have any hope against Bill Clinton.

You mean the Obama B.S. You are all fools who believe in this man. And after 8 years of his ultra liberal agenda, this country will be tarnished far ever. I wonder how hard the terrorist detainees are laughing as Barack Hussein is fighting to release them into our country. This Liberal agenda will be the final nail in this declining countrys coffin!

[JanuaryGirl]

Lemont is conservative, but it is a different conservative than, for example, Wheaton. Lemont is heavily Catholic and personally I found it didn't have the same pervasive sense of conservativeness as areas that are more dominated by Protestant churches. I'd almost describe it as old-fashioned rather than conservative, if that make any sense.