Lakeview (Chicago: neighborhood, college, live in)

[rw2006]

I heard that Lakeview was a nice safe somewhat diverse but affluent and lively area. Is that true?

[Libertine]

depends on your definition of "somewhat diverse"

[Drover]

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[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by rw2006

I heard that Lakeview was a nice safe somewhat diverse but affluent and lively area. Is that true?

I live in Lakeview. It's pretty safe, I've never had problems or been worried other than drunk frat guys wandering around screaming.

It's a nice neighborhood, quite nice actually. It's also fairly dense, and has a lot of people on all the streets at almost any time of day.

It's not racially diverse - mostly all white. It has a large gay population and a ton of people who have gone to college and then moved to Chicago. So you'll find a lot of people from around the midwest (lots of Big 10 people), but it's mostly young and white.