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In the Chicago area, the North Shore suburbs (communities along the shore of Lake Michigan from Evanston to Lake Forest) are synonymous with old money. But, some of them have newer post WWII sections, with sidewalks and a grid street pattern as opposed to curving roads and no sidewalks. These areas were either undeveloped until the post war building boom, or were annexed to the older built-up suburbs. There is also a religious/ethnic divide in a number of these suburbs. Except for Highland Park and Glencoe, Jews and some Catholics were unwelcome and Jews, especially, were excluded. Even in the new millennium, Kenilworth is still viewed as old money, extablisment WASP territory.
I neglected to add to my above post, that in 2018, the only North Shore communities in which Jews might feel uncomfortable are Kenilworth (mentioned above) and, to some extent, Lake Forrest.
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