How long is the commute from Naperville to U of Chi? Would that be impossible to do every day?

[scotty40]

Originally Posted by chet everett

...that if not technically "trapped" certain must see the lack of sales activity as very negative. When those folks analyze the "alternative scenarios" that might have involved living even in Hyde Park they certainly cannot be happy about the trajectory of home values.

The other things about Flossmoor that are very unusual include the rarity of so much of one's current income going not to the mortgage but to the taxes. One could argue that those homeowners are getting "maximum leverage" from a tax code that makes property tax deductible. That is usually an argument that advocates for progressive taxation make against folks that have generational wealth and live in North Shore mansions -- they then cite how that tax deduction deprives low income kids attending inner city schools of the various State Aid dollars funded by income tax. It is a weird twist for a community with the demographics of Homewood-Flossmoor HS -- HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR HIGH SCHOOL: Race/Ethnicity

General state aid is based on district wealth/low income student %, no? Not sure how the race/ethnicity chart makes your point? Otherwise, yeah- my huge tax deduction reduces the total pool of money available to support the 24% low income population at HF- I see the irony.

[ToriaT]

Yes it was the 192 bus, picks her up right at Ogilvie station and then goes down to Union Station and maybe makes a few more stops. This bus is full of suburban commuters to the U of C who go there every day from their suburban abodes. No need to take other regular CTA buses that take dangerous routes.

[ChicagoMeO]

Originally Posted by ToriaT

My friend works at the U. of Chicago and she does it every day and has for years from Wheaton. She has very strict hours and she takes the train and a metra bus to get back to the train station. There is a bus I can't remember what number it is but it runs but both of the trains stations. It totally depends on your schedule synching with these bus schedules. I do know if there was an issue and she missed one of the buses which only run during rush hour she was really screwed because cabs were expensive and some did not want to go to the south side.

#151 Sheridan is probably the bus you are thinking of.