Good neighborhoods near DeVry University? (Chicago, Roscoe: rental, how much, living)

[sonyab523]

I don't know what this neighborhood is called but I'm relocating from Michigan and my office is located near DeVry University. Are there any modern high rises close to this area or would I have to go downtown for that? If so, what neighborhood or area would be the closest commute for what I am looking for?

[marothisu]

The main DeVry Campus is technically in Roscoe Village I believe, but it's on the border of that, North Center, and Avondale. There's also some space in the Loop which is the CBD.

What is your monthly rental budget? It's easy to say you want something downtown until you realize how much it costs especially since you're coming from Michigan.

[sonyab523]

What is the CBD? Max $2,000 but I would really prefer to stay between $1,500-$1,600.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by sonyab523

What is the CBD? Max $2,000 but I would really prefer to stay between $1,500-$1,600.

CBD = Central Business District. Where a bunch of office space is in a dense way. That would be the Loop. It has a lot of high rises but not a ton of people live there (~30,000). There are other neighborhoods around it with a bunch of high rises and way more people it should be noted.

$1500-$2000 per month can afford you a high rise. I'd think about these, and if you answer them we can give some guidance probably.
* What's the maximum commute each way you'd be willing to put up with?
* What do you want in a neighborhood?

To answer before, there's no neighborhood nearby with a bunch of high rises. However, there are high rises along the lake a few miles east of the DeVry Campus (if it's not the one in the Loop). Since the campus I'm thinking of is off of Belmont Avenue, if you lived in a high rise close to that street, you could just take a bus across the campus which would be like a 20-25 minute ride each way. That area is an excellent area to be in just in general anyway.

[sonyab523]

Originally Posted by marothisu

CBD = Central Business District. Where a bunch of office space is in a dense way. That would be the Loop. It has a lot of high rises but not a ton of people live there (~30,000). There are other neighborhoods around it with a bunch of high rises and way more people it should be noted.

$1500-$2000 per month can afford you a high rise. I'd think about these, and if you answer them we can give some guidance probably.
* What's the maximum commute each way you'd be willing to put up with?
* What do you want in a neighborhood?

To answer before, there's no neighborhood nearby with a bunch of high rises. However, there are high rises along the lake a few miles east of the DeVry Campus (if it's not the one in the Loop). Since the campus I'm thinking of is off of Belmont Avenue, if you lived in a high rise close to that street, you could just take a bus across the campus which would be like a 20-25 minute ride each way.

The campus I'm referring to is on West Bryn Mawr Avenue. I'd like to be at 30 mins for a commute and in a safe good neighborhood. I don't have to be close to shopping and stores, I just really like modern updated high rises. If one was in the middle of the country I'm sure I'd just live there.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by sonyab523

The campus I'm referring to is on West Bryn Mawr Avenue. I'd like to be at 30 mins for a commute and in a safe good neighborhood. I don't have to be close to shopping and stores, I just really like modern updated high rises. If one was in the middle of the country I'm sure I'd just live there.

Oh that campus. That's basically in the suburbs. I think you have the wrong picture of Chicago though if you think most of it is high rise living and that you can get a high rise in any old neighborhood. Certainly there's a lot of it, but there's muuuuuch more low rise living. If you want to live in a high rise, then your commute via train each way is going to be in the minimum 30 minutes (for one building) and probably more.

[UrbanCheetah]

Originally Posted by marothisu

CBD = Central Business District. Where a bunch of office space is in a dense way. That would be the Loop. It has a lot of high rises but not a ton of people live there (~30,000). There are other neighborhoods around it with a bunch of high rises and way more people it should be noted.

$1500-$2000 per month can afford you a high rise. I'd think about these, and if you answer them we can give some guidance probably.
* What's the maximum commute each way you'd be willing to put up with?
* What do you want in a neighborhood?

To answer before, there's no neighborhood nearby with a bunch of high rises. However, there are high rises along the lake a few miles east of the DeVry Campus (if it's not the one in the Loop). Since the campus I'm thinking of is off of Belmont Avenue, if you lived in a high rise close to that street, you could just take a bus across the campus which would be like a 20-25 minute ride each way. That area is an excellent area to be in just in general anyway.

Not even! I live off of Belmont and Kedzie. It's usually only a 15-20 minute bus ride, sometimes between 10-15 minutes from there to Belmont and Broadway. So I can imagine from East Lakeview to Devry it is probably like 10-15 minutes on average. Perhaps 20 on rare occasions when traffic is terrible, but I wll be honest, for some reason, Belmont doesn't get bad traffic. At least the section east of clark and west of the river. That section rarely does it get too bad.