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People like to hold onto their 'false' pride. They don't like to admit the ugly truth about things.
That's right but Chicago has this peculiar culture of denial. People here are very reluctant to complain or criticize anything, afraid to be branded negative. Then again, Chicago's negative growth shows that they do not complain but just move out of the city.
New York has every kind of suburb imaginable. You can feel like you are in a small town middle america in many of the very close jersey suburbs like Clifton or Seacaucus and be 10 min from midtown by car or train. Conneticut has more of a trditional suburb feel to it like you find in place like Chicago. Long Island has a very New England feel. You can also have a very urban feel like souther westchester county and Jersey City and Hoboken. The point is that no matter your preference you can have it in a NYC suburb and Chicago suburbs are like the rest of the upper midwestern suburbs.
Chicago suburbs will never have the status as the elite NY burbs.
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The Elite 100 is surprisingly diverse in terms of the number of metro areas represented on the list. No less than 27 Metro areas have their “best” neighborhoods on the list, although many of them (13) only have one place. As in the list of 1000 neighborhoods, the New York City metro area dominates the Elite 100 with 30 neighborhoods or small villages. There are 17 in the state of New York, 7 in Connecticut, and 6 in New Jersey for a total of 30% of the Elite 100. The Los Angeles metro area is a distant second with 11 neighborhoods on the list, followed by Chicago with nine.
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Surprisingly, Chicago’s Gold Coast does not figure in the Higley 1000. In fact, in the entire city of Chicago, only one stray Block Group in Lincoln Park had a mean household income high enough to make the list.
This is one category that Chicago easily beats NYC hands down... better and more abundant suburbs. There are over 300+ suburbs in Chicagoland, all of them has their own unique vibe and most of them are fantastic places to live, hence the reason theyve been booming ever since their birth.
lol ok I just moved to the Northeast from Seattle but your comment is so idiotic. I lived in the northshore area and NYC burbs are more affluent and more vibrant.
Really, is this a joke? I'm slightly curious to know which NYC suburbs you've been to, if you've even been in any.
No, I can assure you it is NOT a joke.
And I'm curious to know which, if any, of the Northshore suburbs YOU have been in.
I have seen plenty of the burbs around the Tri-State area. There are many, many nice ones. Just as there are in Chicagoland.
To answer your question, the CT suburbs in particular very much remind me of the Northshore suburbs. Pound for pound, there isn't much difference - with the exception of the inflated NY area prices & taxes.
And I'm curious to know which, if any, of the Northshore suburbs YOU have been in.
I have seen plenty of the burbs around the Tri-State area. There are many, many nice ones. Just as there are in Chicagoland.
To answer your question, the CT suburbs in particular very much remind me of the Northshore suburbs. Pound for pound, there isn't much difference - with the exception of the inflated NY area prices & taxes.
And the natural setting such as in the parts of ny north of the bronx very very hilly area with great veiw of the Hudson and elevated across the river.
Very true. Just like those that reside on/near the Northshore have beautiful vistas of Lake Michigan.
I could never get Chicago's fascination with the lake. What is so great about it? It is almost always cold, even in the summer when it warms up for justa couple of weeks and then the rest of th year it blows cold unberable wind into your face. What is up with this infatuation with lake Michigan????
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