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Unread 11-07-2006, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Chicago suburbs
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Default Rogers Park/Andersonville

My hubby and I are moving to the Chicago area in a month. I've been looking online at possible places to live. We'll be renting a small apartment until our current house sells. We're debating on whether we want to live in the city or suburbs. I stumbled across some nice apartment listings in the Rogers Park and Andersonville area. The apartments looked pretty nice, but what's the area like? Is it safe?
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Unread 11-07-2006, 12:35 PM
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I wouldn't say Rogers Park is the safest area of the city, but it's not the west side ghettos either. Be diligant and check your surrounding before signing a lease. There are very nice sections in RP and there are very bad sections in RP.
Old Irving Park is about the same distance to downtown, (no lake views however) but a much more stable community
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Unread 11-09-2006, 10:25 AM
 
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andersonville is very... well... gay. and no that's not a bad thing... i know because my peeps are there
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Unread 11-09-2006, 10:51 AM
 
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Rogers Park has it's 'good side' and bad side. However, if you are new to the city - I wouldnt recommend it as a first apartment.

Andersonville is Hipster Central. It's where all the hipsters went when they were priced out of Bucktown & Wicker Park. I wouldnt call it 'gay' - but it's got it's share.
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Unread 11-13-2006, 12:24 AM
 
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Rogers Park is much more interesting if a little "gritty" than andersonville. the latter is a lot of fun - nice shops a village like feel. If you are homophobic you might not like it though - it's pretty gay - which I think makes it much more fun.
RP is getting a littler posher - or trying to anyway. It varies block by block really but generally the further north you go toward Howard and the further north east you go the more iffy it is. the parking sucks too - but so does it in andersonville.
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Unread 08-21-2010, 10:06 PM
 
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I am from South Milwaukee.

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Unread 08-21-2010, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Nobody cares where you're from. That's why nobody asked, least of all in a 4-year-old thread.
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Unread 08-22-2010, 04:35 PM
 
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Nobody cares where you're from. That's why nobody asked, least of all in a 4-year-old thread.
There was a post before mine by deechee" who asked where was I from. I believe lincix axed their account and removed all of there post.
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