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Can someone please who is familiar with the Chicago area? |
Travel Info I am moving the end of April to Chicago from Atlanta. I am looking on sites for apartments, I would love to stay downtown or near the lake, but all the apartments are pretty expensive. Can someone please tell me names of areas that are right outside of downtown? For example, I see there are places like Wicker Park, Lincoln park..etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Travel Tips Wicker Park is a gentrifying but not completely unaffordable northwest of downtown, very convenient to the blue line 'L' trains (Damen and Western stops). This was where MTV's "The Real World" apartment in Chicago was located. The buildings are old, but generally well restored. Further west (in areas like Humboldt Park and Logan Square), prices are much cheaper, but the neighborhood gets rougher. Lincoln Park is a very nice area well north of downtown, not far from Wrigley Field. It is convenient to the red and brown line 'L' stops on the north side. If you go even further north things get cheaper, though a bit seedier. Closer to downtown there are gentrifying areas south and west of the Loop. The cheapest area near downtown would be re-hab buildings near the UIC-Halsted 'L' stop west of the Loop. Parts of this neighborhood can be fairly rough, but it is gradually gentrifying. There is a lot of new construction south of the Loop (near the Roosevelt and Cermak/Chinatown 'L' stops), but most of these buildings are fairly pricey. You might also check to see if there is anything available in the Loop itself (not North Michigan, but the Loop--south of the Chicago River). A lot of the office buildings include apartment floors, some of which are surprisingly affordable. Others I live in Lincoln Park and it is pretty pricey but it is a great neighborhood...VERY convenient. anyplace in that area is going to be big bucks...anywhere near downtown that is safe to live is very expensive Try Buckhead or Chinatown. Wicker Park is now a good are, Lincoln also, Bucktown is good, north side up around Wrigley such as Boys-town or Wrigleyville. Try to stay out of what they call the Westside or Southside...bad neighborhoods. Wicker park is O.K. though...it's being more yuppy...also around where Cabrini-Green use to be is nice now. LOL a few years ago you would have been living in the ghetto but know it's all condo's and such. Berwyn, North Riverside, Riverside, Westchester, are all nice areas and have affordable apartments. Just 10 miles from downtown. They have apartment guide books which I will be more than happy to send you one. I've been here 15 years and love it! Go farther west to Oak Park. The Green Line and the Blue Line goes there from downtown. Its multiracial with nice restaurants and stores. If you drive its 20 minutes from downtown on the 290 expressway. And it has tons of culture like Frank Lloyd Wright houses and architecture. Very friendly and safe. |
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