Albany Park (Chicago, Royal, Time: renting, condo, mortgage)

[ChiMack]

5. ALBANY PARK

Ethnicity:
26% White (non-Hispanic)
4% Black
19% Asian
53% Hispanic
33% Other

Income
43% Low income
47% Middle income
10% High income

Age:
27% Children
58% Adults
15% Seniors

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by ChiMack

5. ALBANY PARK

Ethnicity:
26% White (non-Hispanic)
4% Black
19% Asian
53% Hispanic
33% Other

Unless mathematics has changed significantly from my grade school days; those numbers add to more than 100%

[Lookout Kid]

This is what Wikipedia has, but it's from the 2000 census so it's a bit dated:

White 27.5%
Black 3.31%
Hispanic 46.4%
Asian 17.7%
Other 5.14%

[Drover]

I like the Wilson address a little better. The Kedzie/Wilson area is a little nicer than the Lawrence/Kimball area -- not like it's a huge difference since they're only about 3 blocks apart. Neither is a particularly tidy area, but if I had my pick, I'd go with the Wilson address. Oh, and you'll have the distinct pleasure of having Rod "Hair-Helmet" Blagojevich as a nearby neighbor -- he lives 2.5 blocks away from Kedzie/Wilson.

The Kedzie/Wilson area is pretty heavily Middle Eastern and that gives it some interesting little shops and some really good restaurants. The Lawrence/Kimball area is a hodge-podge of Korean, Serbian, Middle Eastern, Mexican, and a partridge in a pair tree.

[Carantini]

^^ hahaha " and a partridge in a pair tree"


Id pick Lawerence and Kimball, personally, cause I like it better, I know it better. The areas not a majority latino, its a huge mix of arabs, koreans, and spanish speakers. but I guess to a non city person those are all considered latino. haah.

[Venom]

Not really a big difference in the end.

[basgrrl]

Thanks to all who responded! I think I'm convinced to go look at the apartments a little closer. I'm not excited to be Hair-Helmet's neighbor but hey there are worse things......

[Thepreacherswife]

The Kimball address is the Kimball Station condos, some of which are still under construction. You walk out the front door, cross the street and hop on the Brown Line. As was mentioned Roosevelt is just to the south at Wilson. Very urban, and likely to be pretty active 24-7. Most of the view to the east is the Kimball yard for train layups.

The Wilson address is also pretty urban, but walk a block either way from Kedzie and it's very residential, likely to have grass and mature trees. Maybe 2 blocks from the Brown Line, and probably a lot quieter than the Kimball location. And you have all the Lebanese joints north on Kedzie, plus a couple of great grocery stores nearby (Andy's Fruit Ranch to the north, Cermak Produce to the south).

Oh, and Blago is a bit further from there - more like 6 blocks (Richmond and Sunnyside) - it's almost a completely different neighborhood over there in Ravenswood Manor.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Thepreacherswife

The Kimball address is the Kimball Station condos, some of which are still under construction...

And in this economic environment, there's no way I'd buy new condo construction, especially one that's not completed yet. I've seen too many horror stories of people who are stuck in essentially abandoned, half-completed condo buildings with no recourse when things go wrong (say, the roof leaks) and with the very real prospect that they're stuck paying a mortgage toward a unit that could end up being next to worthless.

[Venom]

Too many condos being built during these times is not good.