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Where is the furthest place to live from the city center of Chicago, but still travel by subway/ PublicTrans? |
Travel Info Where are the bad parts of town? Where would you try to avoid in daylight or nightime? How expensive is it to live in Chicago i.e. renting or buying a house or apartment? Are there nice subburbs connected to Chicago? Travel Tips When you say furthest out by public transit, do you mean commuter trains or the elevated system? Furthest north for the CTA is the north end of the Purple Line, in Wilmette. There are a lot of buses south of the Red Line (95th st. & Dan Ryan). Metra trains run into Indiana & Wisconsin, as mentioned above, plus west to Elburn & Antioch. Long commutes, though. There are few places I wouldn't go in daylight; just keep alert. Like any big city, there are too many "bad parts of town" to list conveniently. Unfortunately, most of them, but not all, are on the south side. But the south side isn't all bad, either. I have a 2nd floor, 1 bedrm apartment in a 2 flat on the NW side for about $700/mo. Other apts in the area run about that or higher. Check the classifieds in the papers for more. You can get a place that includes utilities (gas/heat, electric), but not a lot of them; water is usually covered. As my heat is taken care of (thank God!), I pay about $70-100/mo in utilities (phone, electric). Immediately around Chicago in the north & west are: Niles, Evanston, Skokie, Norridge, Harwood Heights, Oak Park, Forest Park, Rosemont, Franklin Park, Elmwood Park, Berwyn. They're all good to decent. River Forest is there, too, but that's Cook County's rich suburb. (Sorry I can't tell you more about regions to the south, but my roots are on the north side, & my friends mostly to the north of the city) Source(s): Transit sites: http://www.metrarail.com/ http://www.pacebus.com/ http://www.transitchicago.com/ I think most towns/villages/suburbs have websites. Here's Chicago's: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webpo... Other Travel Tips West Chicago and Batavia are nice small town citys trains going to Chicago every 1/2 hr.Theyre nice,i lived in the area for 20 yrs.Cheaper to live in than Chicago farthest away: Kenosha, Wisconsin - over 60 miles away by Metra commuter train http://metrarail.com/system_map/index.ht... The subway is only downtown. The rest of the city (including other parts of downtown) has elevated rail. That's why the CTA's rail system is called the "L." Metra is the commuter rail system that operates from the city to the suburbs and back. bad parts of town: all over; too many to list how expensive: expensive, but not as expensive as LA, San Fran, San Diego, New York, Boston A one-bedroom in a good neighborhood should cost $850 to $1200 per month Look up apartment and home prices for Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Lakeview - these are all good neighborhoods in the city near downtown - they are among the most expensive urban neighborhoods around here - great for yuppies and professionals without children http://www.rent.com/ http://www.realtor.com/ Nice suburbs are everywhere, but farther away. They're good for families. There are something in the neighborhood of 189 suburbs to Chicago and growing. By most definitions the "Chicago Area" involves 6 counties...soon to be 7. While true that you can get to Chicago from Kenosha by train, nobody would call Kenosha a suburb. I would peg Crystal Lake as the longest metra commute but that could be debated. Expensive is a relative thing. Where are you coming from? If you are not coming from a major city, you will believe Chicagoland to be expensive. Your lifestyle desires will dictate where you live. All the choices are available. There are some areas that I would not want to live in or hang out near at night but there are very few, if any, places that I would not drive through during the day. Live in suburbs for 25 years, travel area extensively for work. As others have sort of mentioned, there is a difference between the subway and the commuter train. The farthest subway lines go to O'Hare Airport, Oak Park, Wilmette, Midway Airport and 95th and State. Commuter trains go much farther. There is a commuter train all the way to South Bend Indiana. I saw in the newspaper that the average home in South Bend is roughly $120,000. The downside is that it will take you two or more hours to get to work, believe me people do it. If you want my advice for nice, inner-ring suburbs look into Evanston, Wilmette, Lincolnwood and Park Ridge. A three bedroom home in any of these towns will start at $400,000 and increase from there. Now that I have said that, Wilmette is definitely more expensive, I cannot imagine finding a home for less than $500,000 in Wilmette. |
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