low income white areas (Naperville: work, housing, trailer)

[67 and Artesian]

if your husband dies or becomes disabled or never married most women still are not paid very well. (Or if you married a cheap bastard ) or work for the cheap bastards . So you maybe middle class with NO MONEY. For the knowledge ,skills and abilities needed to day. WE NEED A BIG RAISE. We need to BURN OUR BRAS SOME MORE.
Wear red 04/22/08 Pay Equity Day.

[scongress1234]

Hegewisch is the best example..the only white city neighborhood that no one's ever heard of. In fact, I think some people in hegewisch have never heard of it. They used to have a T-shirt in the 70's saying "Where the hell is Hegewisch?". I even saw I guy in Florida wearing it.

[Chinolala]

Originally Posted by scongress1234

Hegewisch is the best example..the only white city neighborhood that no one's ever heard of. In fact, I think some people in hegewisch have never heard of it. They used to have a T-shirt in the 70's saying "Where the hell is Hegewisch?". I even saw I guy in Florida wearing it.

I know Hegewisch. Used to work with a woman that grew up there. I can't think of any "poor" white neighborhoods.

[Broken_Bones]

Originally Posted by NYrules

Midlothian, Posen, and parts of Crestwood are all mostly white, safe, and are lower end income areas.

Posen Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Posen, Illinois

Village of Midlothian

[mod cut]Posen is not mostly white. It is mostly Mexican and section 8 African American. I should Know Ive lived there for 18 years.

[noid_1985]

I think people are confused between "poor" and working class...

[oakparkV]

Originally Posted by noid_1985

I think people are confused between "poor" and working class...

Agreed. Not to start a class war, but "working" or "middle" class may be a better way to define many of the neighborhoods you've all been discussing.

I think the OP meant to ask about predominantly white neighborhoods in Chicago that were a bit lower income than a more "chi chi" area like Lincoln Park or Ravenswood.

This doesn't exactly indicate "poor" so much as "affordable."

My suggestion goes toward the Portage and Irving Park areas. In fact, much of the Northwest side might qualify. In those areas, I see mainly working and middle class Europeans - predominantly Polish and Eastern Euro's.

Just my 0.02

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by oakparkV

Agreed. Not to start a class war, but "working" or "middle" class may be a better way to define many of the neighborhoods you've all been discussing.

I think the OP meant to ask about predominantly white neighborhoods in Chicago that were a bit lower income than a more "chi chi" area like Lincoln Park or Ravenswood.

This doesn't exactly indicate "poor" so much as "affordable."

My suggestion goes toward the Portage and Irving Park areas. In fact, much of the Northwest side might qualify. In those areas, I see mainly working and middle class Europeans - predominantly Polish and Eastern Euro's.

Just my 0.02

Are you still working class if your bungalow is worth $500,000?

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by noid_1985

I think people are confused between "poor" and working class...

Some people are middle class economically and working class socially. Before I retired from the boilermakers I was making enough to be solidly middle class economically but I did it wearing Carhartts and belonging to a trade union. Of course now Carhartts are considered trendy but only if you don't work in them.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

Some people are middle class economically and working class socially. Before I retired from the boilermakers I was making enough to be solidly middle class economically but I did it wearing Carhartts and belonging to a trade union. Of course now Carhartts are considered trendy but only if you don't work in them.

Yep.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

Are you still working class if your bungalow is worth $500,000?

Yeah if you bought it or owned it more than 10-15 years ago(and in some areas more like 5 years ago) before the huge inflation in housing prices and values. Why would you not be working class still?