Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs

[MassHavoc]

Tinley, Orland, Frankfurt area would be decent too. Trains to the city, easy access to I80, I294, I57 and not far from I355 and I55. Lots of shopping, dining, and entertainment in that area as well. Mix of new and old homes and plenty of rentals. Demographics are still mostly white, fourth or fifth generation americans. Schools are decent with all the Lincoln Ways, Stag, Carl Sandburg, etc. You could even build a palace for a decent price in some parts of Frankfurt that are half developed. My sister did so a few years ago.



Mt Greenwood is older folks in bungaloes so you could get a good deal on a fixer upper from a long time owner that is passing away or moving to a nursing home. It is still pretty close to the suburbs I mentioned above so the benefits would be similar.

Yeah my brother mentioned TInley park, those just seem so far out of the city, we might as well move to New Lenox, other than I hear there isn't much in New Lenox. I like the idea of them, I just don't know that we want to be out of the city limits that far.

 

[BigPete]

Tinley to city limits is actually not that far. Tinley is quite a long walk from the loop though, I can't deny that! I grew up in LaGrange so I was right in the middle of the entire Chicagoland area. 15 minutes to the city (cir 1990 with no traffic of course), 15 min to Joliet, 15 to Franfurt, 15 to O'Hare...and we were surrounded by four highways no more than five miles in each direction. Then you have the metro...okay, it sounds like I am selling you LaGrange now, which wouldn't be bad, but it is not cheap anymore.

 

[MassHavoc]

Tinley to city limits is actually not that far. Tinley is quite a long walk from the loop though, I can't deny that! I grew up in LaGrange so I was right in the middle of the entire Chicagoland area. 15 minutes to the city (cir 1990 with no traffic of course), 15 min to Joliet, 15 to Franfurt, 15 to O'Hare...and we were surrounded by four highways no more than five miles in each direction. Then you have the metro...okay, it sounds like I am selling you LaGrange now, which wouldn't be bad, but it is not cheap anymore.

I'm not too worried about cheap, I mean I am, but we'll both be making ok money. We are living in Roscoe Village right now on just my salary, and it ain't cheap. I feel like anywhere we move is going to be cheaper unless it's a big time burb where the celebs and shit live.

 

[Shoots_he_scores]

If you want to stay in the city I would seriously look at Beverly and Mt. Greenwood. Suburb wise move closer to New Lenox, places like Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, etc. are going downhill fast.

 

[Bringmepie]

Tinley, Orland, Frankfurt area would be decent too. Trains to the city, easy access to I80, I294, I57 and not far from I355 and I55. Lots of shopping, dining, and entertainment in that area as well. Mix of new and old homes and plenty of rentals. Demographics are still mostly white, fourth or fifth generation americans. Schools are decent with all the Lincoln Ways, Stag, Carl Sandburg, etc. You could even build a palace for a decent price in some parts of Frankfurt that are half developed. My sister did so a few years ago.



Mt Greenwood is older folks in bungaloes so you could get a good deal on a fixer upper from a long time owner that is passing away or moving to a nursing home. It is still pretty close to the suburbs I mentioned above so the benefits would be similar.

FRANKFORT!!! Frankfurt is in Germany (at least you didn't refer to Tinley Park as Bremen). Oh well, there goes the neighborhood, we had a better class of white flighters and native hill billies when I grew up there.

 

[MassHavoc]

If you want to stay in the city I would seriously look at Beverly and Mt. Greenwood. Suburb wise move closer to New Lenox, places like Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, etc. are going downhill fast.

Good to know, been seeing a lot of love for Beverly and Bridgeport areas.



The hardest part to me is, like all chicago neighborhoods, knowing the border streets of teh good and the bad. Even the nice neighborhoods seem to have that "don't go past this street" associated with it. Only so much driving around I can do I guess.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

I'm not too worried about cheap, I mean I am, but we'll both be making ok money. We are living in Roscoe Village right now on just my salary, and it ain't cheap. I feel like anywhere we move is going to be cheaper unless it's a big time burb where the celebs and shit live.

If your not worried about cheap then move to beverly. Its in Chicago, theres a shit ton to do and for kids I couldn't imagine a better place. Being a kid in this neighborhood is fucking sweet. The schools are all quality, and its basically just families living in the neighborhood. Almost every house on my block had kids within 4 years of me, now its moved on and the same way for the young ones now. To me I could never live in a Tinley Park or Frankfurt. The neighborhood is actually historic, most the families have been here for generations now, the accent is well represented and its probably the coolest area in the city looks wise (of neighborhoods). Foods also great. And bars everywhere.



We also used to have the biggest St. Patricks day parade in the nation til douchebags took over and ruined everything, so its time to party for the real southside Irish. Now, no more selling of my neighborhood

 

[MassHavoc]

If your not worried about cheap then move to beverly. Its in Chicago, theres a shit ton to do and for kids I couldn't imagine a better place. Being a kid in this neighborhood is fucking sweet. The schools are all quality, and its basically just families living in the neighborhood. Almost every house on my block had kids within 4 years of me, now its moved on and the same way for the young ones now. To me I could never live in a Tinley Park or Frankfurt. The neighborhood is actually historic, most the families have been here for generations now, the accent is well represented and its probably the coolest area in the city looks wise (of neighborhoods). Foods also great. And bars everywhere.



We also used to have the biggest St. Patricks day parade in the nation til douchebags took over and ruined everything, so its time to party for the real southside Irish. Now, no more selling of my neighborhood

Sounds pretty good, a place where my ginger ass would fit in as well...

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

Good to know, been seeing a lot of love for Beverly and Bridgeport areas.



The hardest part to me is, like all chicago neighborhoods, knowing the border streets of teh good and the bad. Even the nice neighborhoods seem to have that "don't go past this street" associated with it. Only so much driving around I can do I guess.

Thats mainly a myth, obviously I'm not gonna go walking a mile east from my house at 1 am, but I have friends that live past the supposed point, and there a fine, never had any problems. I walk around the neighborhood almost every night I go out and have never once had a problem. The line for Beverly would be Prospect Ave. if our really interested, but as I said I know many people who live there with no problems at all. Its 4 blocks or so east of my house, and one from my school that I went to for 10 years.

 

[PatrickSharpRules]

Sounds pretty good, a place where my ginger ass would fit in as well...

Yea its very Irish. You would fit in very well.

 

[TSD]

If you want to stay in the city I would seriously look at Beverly and Mt. Greenwood. Suburb wise move closer to New Lenox, places like Oak Lawn, Alsip, Crestwood, etc. are going downhill fast.

Crestwood has been a hole for awhile. Thats where my guard unit was.

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

Tinley, Orland, Frankfurt area would be decent too. Trains to the city, easy access to I80, I294, I57 and not far from I355 and I55. Lots of shopping, dining, and entertainment in that area as well. Mix of new and old homes and plenty of rentals. Demographics are still mostly white, fourth or fifth generation americans. Schools are decent with all the Lincoln Ways, Stag, Carl Sandburg, etc. You could even build a palace for a decent price in some parts of Frankfurt that are half developed. My sister did so a few years ago.



Mt Greenwood is older folks in bungaloes so you could get a good deal on a fixer upper from a long time owner that is passing away or moving to a nursing home. It is still pretty close to the suburbs I mentioned above so the benefits would be similar.

Yea that is what I would recommend those as well. Particularly Orland Park.

 

[mill500]

Now you're talking God's country. We're in Palos Park, about 20 mins from New Lenox. Big issue out there is Will County taxes. They're a ton higher than Cook County. You may want to look around Orland Park (not Hills) then compare tax rates to similar stuff in Frankfort, Mokena and New Lenox. Schools in all of those are pretty good.



If you get ready to do something, PM me and I'll give you a decent realtor who knows that market inside out.

 

[genefoley]

Blue Island represent

 

[MassHavoc]

Thanks for the info Mill. Anyone know where I can find sites to compare property taxes and such? I'm not worried about schools yet as kindergarten would be years away from now.

 

[winos5]

Thanks for the info Mill. Anyone know where I can find sites to compare property taxes and such? I'm not worried about schools yet as kindergarten would be years away from now.

Chamber of Commerce web sites might be a place to start. Ussually has lots of info regarding the community.

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

Thanks for the info Mill. Anyone know where I can find sites to compare property taxes and such? I'm not worried about schools yet as kindergarten would be years away from now.

http://www.zillow.com





You can also dig deeper into what the relative value of a home has been, how much was paid in property taxes each year, and a history of sale prices for a home.

 

[MassHavoc]

http://www.zillow.com





You can also dig deeper into what the relative value of a home has been, how much was paid in property taxes each year, and a history of sale prices for a home.

Wow... that's a great site.

 

[MassHavoc]

Needed to bring this up again as the doomsday is coming. My wife finally started her job monday. She drove by Beverly on the way home and said it's only about a half hour from her job. I had someone run an MLS search for the zip codes of beverly but they are really all over the place. I'm going to probably just drive down there and see what's around. Could someone give me and idea of the area to look in? What streets to drive down. that sort of thing. Google maps doesn't really tell the story. And what is Beverly Hills? (here come the jokes) Is that part of Beverly or different? I just need to know basically what streets to stay east, west, north, south of type of thing. Really appreciate the help, I don't want to move, but I guess it's selfish of me not to.

 

[jakobeast]

Wow... that's a great site.

Zillow is a fun toy, but don't base your idea of prices and such off of it. It gives you an idea, but it is nowhere near accurate.