i'm moving to chicago and will be attending a university downtown. i've been told lincoln park, lincoln square, and logan square are good places to look. any other suggestions?
2007-01-22 15:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by KSR 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Chicago
Lincoln Park and Lincoln Square are totally over rated. They are very expensive locations with very inadequate parking and yuppies galore. The crime in these areas is astronomical as the residents are perceived as easy targets outdoors and worth the trouble of breaking into for the high end goods in their apartments.
Logan Square is crowded and "in transition" as a neighborhood. It has a large Hispanic population.
Some less expensive places to live are parts of Edgewater and Rogers Park on the north side. Loyola University is near both and both are nice areas with diverse populations, plenty of restaurants and night life, and the convenience of the red line and many bus lines on Sheridan Road. It is the best area of Chicago for the price in my opinion.
2007-01-23 12:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by amazingly intelligent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I would add is that it will matter exactly where you are going to school.
If you are going to Roosevelt or the Art Institute or somewhere else in the Loop, any of the suggestions will be ok since the L will be a straight shot.
If you are going to DePaul (Lincoln Park) or Loyola (Rogers Park), you will want to stick close to the Red Line to minimize your commute, or most likely live within walking distance since that is easy. Bucktown, Lincoln Square or Logan Square will be inconvenient.
If you are going to the University of Chicago, Hyde Park is the best choice, but the Loop or even Lincoln Park would be ok, but it is a little bit of a pain to take the L to U of C.
UIC is just west of the Loop on the Blue Line, so again living very close by is best, but otherwise Bucktown is not such a bad commute.
2007-01-23 01:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Waldeck 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Definately Lincoln park. Its a great area because its a break away from downtown (there's actually trees) and its safe. Plus, there's alot of young people because Depaul's undergrad university is in Lincoln Park. Tons of shops, bars and restaurants close by. Plus, Lincoln Park's main L stop (Fullerton) has access to red, brown and purple line trains. Being close to the trains is necessary (especially in the winter).
2007-01-22 16:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've had to face that very same dilema. I have been in a senior citizens housing facility since the middle of the year. I am the youngest tenant here. As such, I have nothing in common with the elderly here. They have a different mind set. More like my parents had. Not their childrens' generation, which I am from. I would like to have remained in my home, but I developed a mobility problem which concerned my in- ability to breathe well. So now I am on oxygen night and day. I can't walk but a few steps before my back and hips talk back to me, and put me in pain. I have arthritus in my hips and back. So I rely on a motorized scooter to get around on. I never dreamed I would be in a senior facility at this younger age of retirement. My family stayed in their own homes until they had to go to the hospital for the last time. I've learned you don't have to be old, to develop an arthritic problem, much less having shortness of breath. It's just such a shame, my lifestyle has been cut short, when I still had places to go, and things to do. I would move back to a private home, if the location was different. But I can't manage the 20 steps to go down or up to my apartment anymore. So I have to remain on flat ground, where I can use an elevator to reach my floor and use my scooter to get me to my door. That's how it stands now. Even though I wish for things to be far different.
2016-05-23 23:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgewater, Andersonville, Buena Park, parts of Uptown (It's being gentrified up the wazoo), Roscoe Village... actually if you're working downtown, almost any of the places named are good since all of the trains and nearly every bus goes there. It's the central destination of most of the bus and train lines. so no matter where you live, some form of public transportation near you will go there.
2007-01-23 04:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by bodinibold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to live outside of Chicago check out Oak Park it is a great place to live nad close to everything with good mass transit
2007-01-24 05:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by Tom L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyde Park - it is very safe in this small area, and The University of Chicago is practically inside it.
2007-01-22 15:26:14 · answer #7 · answered by אילנה 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically anywhere on the northside, including the one's you've mentioned already...also Wicker Park, Albany Park and my favorite Andersonville. Andersonville is pretty cute with great ethnic restaurants.
2007-01-22 16:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I actually live in the mall. I highly recommend it. Very pricey
2007-01-22 22:01:11 · answer #9 · answered by asojourner247 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trains run everywhere so go there and look around,then you decide !!
2007-01-22 15:24:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋