Relocating help Chicago (Lincoln: rent, neighborhoods, university)

[kay1140]

I am a 40 y/o single white professional woman who will be relocating to Chicago in late Jan/February. I'd like suggestions on what parts of Chicago I should look for housing. I'll be working in the Uptown area. I'd like to live between there and downtown Chicago, and near the lake. I'd like a place where I can step out the door and have things around me to do. I plan to spend $900-1400 on rent for a studio or 1 bedroom. Any suggestions will be appreciated!

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by kay1140

I am a 40 y/o single white professional woman who will be relocating to Chicago in late Jan/February. I'd like suggestions on what parts of Chicago I should look for housing. I'll be working in the Uptown area. I'd like to live between there and downtown Chicago, and near the lake. I'd like a place where I can step out the door and have things around me to do. I plan to spend $900-1400 on rent for a studio or 1 bedroom. Any suggestions will be appreciated!

Welcome to Chicago. Your budget will pretty much allow you to live almost anywhere in Chicago. Do you know if your work will be near a train station or anything? Public transit in a number of areas in Chicago where you might be looking is quite good (2nd to NYC) so most people do that.

One area I'd look at is Lakeview East. Lakeview is pretty big (2nd largest neighborhood population in Chicago), but Lakeview East is close to the lake and pretty quiet. However, on streets like Broadway and Halsted there are a ton of restaurants, bars, shops, etc. You can easily find a studio or one bedroom in these places. In fact, you might even be able to find a 2 bedroom in some areas. My girlfriend's place in Lakeview East is $1500/month for a 2 bedroom. It's south of Uptown, but it's one neighborhood where a lot of people go and has a ton of stuff to do.



Another one is Lincoln Park which is a little south of Lakeview. Still a ton to do so you might want to look towards the lake again. It's more expensive, but you can easily find what you want in your budget there too. Both these neighborhoods have great access to the L train. I would say that in some parts Lincoln Park is younger because of DePaul University in the area. There are definitely older people living there, but I'd say Lakeview East is older on average than most of Lincoln Park.

[Drover]

If you're working in Uptown, is there any particular reason you want to be somewhere between there and downtown? If not, might as well look right in Uptown.

[KingJohn]

500th murder in chicago this year. Don't move.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by KingJohn

500th murder in chicago this year. Don't move.

Posts like this show the lack of knowledge about Chicago other than headlines. Most of the murders happen in a select few neighborhoods that, no offense to them, most people who don't live or work in them have absolutely no need to ever step foot in. Not to mention at least 70% of all homicides are gang or drug related and not targeted at a random person.

Keep on thinking this place is a warzone. At least it'll keep crazy people out.

[flamadiddle]

Originally Posted by KingJohn

500th murder in chicago this year. Don't move.

Per Capita, Chicago doesn't even make the top 10 list and as noted, most of these homicides are gang vs. gang so is there really a problem here?

[Heyooooo]

Originally Posted by KingJohn

500th murder in chicago this year. Don't move.

Yeah. In fact, all 500 happened in Lakeview too.

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by KingJohn

500th murder in chicago this year. Don't move.

Dumbass.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by kay1140

I am a 40 y/o single white professional woman who will be relocating to Chicago in late Jan/February.

I suggest that you invest in a down coat with a hood, waterproof boots and a wool hat. Gloves are optional.

That is, if you do not already own such essentials.

[KingJohn]

Originally Posted by oakparkdude

Dumbass.

It must be true that they have people with such compelling and educated arguments against statistics in chicago. Good for you, sir.

CNN's Don Lemon went into the bad parts of Chicago and a man pointed a gun at Don and he had to get them to put it down. Now you'll all say "These are bad parts". Can you say statistics and facts are lies? Your city has banned guns, leaving people defenseless you have this tyrant Ron Emanuel who is going around trying to disarm your population even more, and you say "Oh come come move to Chicago it's paradise"! Let's look at some statistics shall we the huffington post.
Chicago Homicide: Record Number Of Killings Reported In A Single Day Last Weekend


That's a record number. It reached 500 last month when cities like New York only get 50 or 60 murders a year! This is maddness. So I'm going to keep myself down here in Georgia, thank you.