Homewood vs. Flossmoor (updated information) (Chicago, Orland Park: mortgage, to buy, middle school)

[scotty40]

Originally Posted by Mamama Mia

Nice little piece about Homewood and Flossmoor businesses on 190 North tonight. Great PR!

Yeah- nice video- link is below.

190 North (http://www.190north.com/shows/053109_homewood.htm - broken link)

[whitecollarboy]

It'll be a while before Homewood, and Flossmoor are in shambles. It's a great place to raise your family. H-F is still one of the best schools in the south suburb's and if H-F doesn't fit your standards Marian is a great private school. I think Orland Park would be more suitable if your concerned about race issues though.

That seems to be the main thing in Chicago and it's surrounding suburbs. Race. Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S. Racism is a sick sad reality for African Americans, and Hispanics in the Chicago and surrounding areas.

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by whitecollarboy

It'll be a while before Homewood, and Flossmoor are in shambles. It's a great place to raise your family. H-F is still one of the best schools in the south suburb's and if H-F doesn't fit your standards Marian is a great private school. I think Orland Park would be more suitable if your concerned about race issues though.

That seems to be the main thing in Chicago and it's surrounding suburbs. Race. Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S. Racism is a sick sad reality for African Americans, and Hispanics in the Chicago and surrounding areas.

Even though Chicago is supposed to be Cosmo & liberal, it still have this race/segregation problem. It seem like most large cities in the Midwest have the segregation problem. The only minority group that get a pass from this is Asians.

[Mamama Mia]

Originally Posted by whitecollarboy

It'll be a while before Homewood, and Flossmoor are in shambles. It's a great place to raise your family. H-F is still one of the best schools in the south suburb's and if H-F doesn't fit your standards Marian is a great private school. I think Orland Park would be more suitable if your concerned about race issues though.

That seems to be the main thing in Chicago and it's surrounding suburbs. Race. Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S. Racism is a sick sad reality for African Americans, and Hispanics in the Chicago and surrounding areas.

Orland Park is diverse, as are Palos Park and Palos Heights - large Arab populations.

At some point, there won't be any place left to run.

[admcgee01]

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

[ajolotl]

Originally Posted by admcgee01

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

Flossmoor is getting worse. It's not bad to get worse when you're really great to begin with. The crime is not getting much worse. Over the last ten years in many aspects the crime are getting better.

[chicago_60611]

Originally Posted by admcgee01

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

Again thanks to those who submitted comments to this thread, we are all moved in and very happy. Now if only we can find an IMAX or Mega screen movie theatre around here .

[oldhousegirl]

Originally Posted by chicago_60611

Again thanks to those who submitted comments to this thread, we are all moved in and very happy. Now if only we can find an IMAX or Mega screen movie theatre around here .

Did you end up in Flossmoor?

[FleeTheRustBelt]

Originally Posted by SlickPoetry

Chicago Heights is NOT majority black. Last estimates say it is 41% whites, 40% blacks, and 29% hispanic or other. I expect that in the 2010 census it will be almost equally-split among the three, at 33% each. Hispanic are booming in the heights.

I believe the only suburbs that are really majority black in the south burbs are Ford Heights, Robbins, and Harvey. Others, like Olympia Fields and Park Forest, are about 50-50 with blacks and whites. Some, like tinley and orland, are 75--90% white.

I'd be pretty willing to bet that non-Hispanic whites are outnumbered in Da Heights by Hispanics and blacks now.

PF is 50-50 only according to the outdated 2000 census data. Its high school is over 80% black now, although small parts of Chicago Heights and Matteson also go to that school. Olympia Fields was majority black in 2000.

[deechee]

Originally Posted by ajolotl

His account was terminated when all of Gooibag's aliases and adopted personas were swiped. I thought maybe you were one of them.

Haha, and to think I just complained on some other forum about this. I am a real person, and definitely an actual resident of S Chicagoland! Lol sorry if you have it mixed up...now I need to get up and turn down the air conditioning before I totally forget.

Originally Posted by FleeTheRustBelt

I'd be pretty willing to bet that non-Hispanic whites are outnumbered in Da Heights by Hispanics and blacks now.

PF is 50-50 only according to the outdated 2000 census data. Its high school is over 80% black now, although small parts of Chicago Heights and Matteson also go to that school. Olympia Fields was majority black in 2000.

Olympia Fields, regardless of whatever majority race, is a very affluent, safe, and welcoming place to be/live. Although I wouldn't want to live there, as I probably wouldn't like the large homes and lack of shopping or restaurants, and so on, I would recomment that town to ANY person of any race to live there. Just remember, that place is very wealthy.