4 Illinois Towns Make List of Best Places To Live in 2011

[Uman85]

Best Places to Live 2011 - Top 100: 1-25 - from MONEY Magazine



49 Carol Stream, IL
54 Glen Ellyn, IL
58 Oswego, IL
98 South Elgin, IL


4 Illinois towns in top 100. Just thought it was an interesting list and cool to see the Land of Lincoln represented.

 

[tbo41fan]

no Arizona towns :lol:

 

[Uman85]

No Can-tuck-ee towns either. Lol

 

[tbo41fan]

im not surprised either state failed to make the list

 

[dabynsky]

So surprised my Illinois town wasn't one of them...

 

[nickofypres]

3 Ohio towns.

 

[Scoot26]

**** Carol Stream.

 

[BNB]

a lot of those places are small towns/cities.

I'm sure they made the list based on everything from crime rate, weather, prices of stuff, etc.

Obviously smaller towns are gonna have a low crime rate and the prices aren't gonna be as high as they are in NY, CHI, LA, etc.

i'm good with living in CHI

 

[marky mark]

Glenn Ellyn is typical low crim e, high priced houses, have that old school "downtown" area with ice cream shops and all that, its cool

 

[Iwritecode]

Rockford made one of these lists once. I think it was rated 499th out of 500.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

I love Oswego


Not surprised at all it was listed.

Sure as hell better than morris

 

[Uman85]

Glenn Ellyn is typical low crim e, high priced houses, have that old school "downtown" area with ice cream shops and all that, its cool

I agree. It's a real nice place.

 

[NealKleren]

I don't live their but I really like Elmhurst,I think its pretty nice their. That should be on the list.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Rockford made one of these lists once. I think it was rated 499th out of 500.

Rockford probably belongs on the opposite end of the spectrum now. This place sucks.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Oswego is a nice town...its just badly situated. Hard to get to and from.

Ehh the downtown is a little all over but to get from Oswego to nearly anywhere in the west or sw burbs is a pretty direct drive.

Pretty big hub and spoke town for roads.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Best Places to Live 2011 - Top 100: 1-25 - from MONEY Magazine



49 Carol Stream, IL
54 Glen Ellyn, IL
58 Oswego, IL
98 South Elgin, IL


4 Illinois towns in top 100. Just thought it was an interesting list and cool to see the Land of Lincoln represented.

I grew up all over DuPage, the entire county sucks. However, Glen Ellyn is an exception...and Oak Brook. How Carol Stream beat out such towns as St. Charles or Dundee is beyond me. I used to work in C.S....it's a dump.

BTW, do NOT speed there....that's all they do there is write tics....North Ave in particular.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Glen Ellyn's downtown is non-existent. Even La Grange has a nicer downtown area.

What?, Glen Ellyn is known for its' refurbished downtown historical area.

 

[Sunbiz1]

I don't live their but I really like Elmhurst,I think its pretty nice their. That should be on the list.

Elmhurst=Florida. A nice place to visit, not somewhere you want to live unless you go to the college...which costs a fortune!.

 

[Scoot26]

I grew up all over DuPage, the entire county sucks. However, Glen Ellyn is an exception...and Oak Brook. How Carol Stream beat out such towns as St. Charles or Dundee is beyond me. I used to work in C.S....it's a dump.

BTW, do NOT speed there....that's all they do there is write tics....North Ave in particular.

North Ave is a death trap. Nearly ever side entrance or side street that exits North Ave in Carol Stream will have a cop doing radar there. I suppose with a low level crime rate and a bloated police budget, that's why they do what they do.

I also don't really know how Carol Stream is on there. They have no downtown and its just all industry and then residential housing. Hardly any commercial zones.

 

[Sunbiz1]

What? Glen Ellyn's downtown is poor. Chain restaurants. No originality. Nothing going on. No one in Glen Ellyn actually goes to their downtown.

Imagine that. You are a terrible poster in this forum, too.

Thanks


There are no chain restaurants in downtown Glen Ellyn...all are located on Roosevelt Rd.

Now what else will you manage to be wrong about today?.