perfectlyfrank

Buy my place so I can move somewhere warm.

Quick Silver Z

Great! Now that secret is out!

"Mount Prospect beat out thousands of other communities around the U.S. as the best, most affordable place to raise your kids."

So ya got that goin' for ya!

http://www.city-data.com/city/Mount-...-Illinois.html

tinner73

he can only spend a half million.

PGZO6

Downers Grove works well.....easy access to all the highways.....Elmhurst is nice....Good schools in both....Good luck!!!

Jack R. Stein

I live about 35 minutes northwest of OHare airport in Hawthorn Woods. The nw suburbs that I would recommend are as follows: Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, or Highland Park. Great schools and generally good resale values with very nice neighborhoods. They are in Lake county which is lower taxes than Cook as well.

Stilcrazee

R U GOOFY??

Have you considered seeing a doctor before you make move? Dead serious my friend...

This is right up there with the guy that couldn't stand Hawaii and was moving back.

Is there something in the water you are drinking? or is it what you may be smoking?

If I didn't have a very young grandchild and another on the way, I'd be out of here.

This is a nice place to visit but...beyond that??

DevilDog II

I've got a friend who moved to Florida from Chicago several years ago after he retired, and he can't wait to move back to Illinois. He and his wife hate it there.

xsiveone

I'd rather slit my wrists than move to the Carolinas.

To each is own I guess.

xsiveone

The problem with that is that I think that the OP loves Chicago and if he can't live in downtown Chicago, he wants easy access to it.

Highland Park isn't bad because it's north of the city. When you get far out west or north west of the city, it's a pain to get into the city.

The problem is that 500K isn't a lot of money to spend. Well.. Maybe it is now since the housing crash. One thing is for certain though, the Gold Coast is out.

xsiveone

Yeah.. Please. Now I know how everyone felt about me when the Bushies were telling me to get out of the country if I didn't like Bush.

BTW.. The drive from the Palatine and Arlington Heights area into the city if a freakin' nightmare.

perfectlyfrank

I don't think buying a 4000 sq ft. home for $250,000 with $1200 a year in property taxes, enjoying mild winters, driving my Vette most of the year, dating cute southern girls who are actually friendly, etc. would make me suicidal, but yeah to each his own.

I'm glad you were able to get away from the Bushies and be with the liberals like Blago and Daley. Enjoy.

I actually don't care how far the drive into the city is, because I rarely go there.

And, you can quote multiple posts in the same thread, as I've done here.

LMBC6Brian

Northwest suburbs. Arlington Heights, Barrington, Algonquin, Lake In The Hills, Crystal Lake are all super nice areas that are very upscale and all in the same general area. All those I listed are no more than 35-45 minutes from downtown Chicago via I90. Stay away for the city of Chicago or those ****hole south or south west suburbs. Check out Barrington forsure, you should be able to get a bigass nice house for $500K. Goodluck, but you are ****ing crazy to move up here.

Comfortably Numb

Here is what you are missing - If you lived in Chicago your Vet would be stored for the winter, you would have just come in from snow plowing your driveway and a neighbors driveway. If you are buying a home in the Chicago area buy a cover for your vet, a snowblower, a Bears jersey, and a Cubs hat. That should get you thru...

Pats90

Check out the Village of Itasca. It is a quaint town with about 8,000 residents. It is 25 miles from downtown, it is close to major expressways, not far from the airport and the train goes downtown. There are tree lined streets, parks, and a Nature Center. The schools are good, the crime rate is very low (I thinks somebody borrowed a snow shovel and didn't bring it back) and in the summer there are many car shows around. The Village website is www.itasca.com

vader1

Obviously you have never been to the Southwest Suburbs...

Here is an example of what you can get in Frankfort for 500K:

Frankfort house for sale

Also note the school rating by GreatSchools.net

LMBC6Brian

Sorry dick, i used to live in orland park and Yorkville. I will never go back down there.

Foxman86

I would have to say Downers Grove, Naperville, Elmhurst St. Charles or Geneva would be your best bet being a Dentist. Good luck with the move

Oh Yeah..... avoid living in the city like the other guys have said if you would like to keep your cars

Foxman86

o yeah there are some nice house for sale out this way also, you get a lot of house for the cost of them right now,

if your interested here some zip codes to look at house out this way

Geneva-60134
St. Charles-60174 (Down Town)
St. Charles- 60175 ( Out West ) <- some good deals out this way that are in your budget

FreddyG

Don't forget New Lenox too! We are in the same school district as the above places and cheaper than most of them. The average family income is $75K, which is high enough to keep most of the riff raff out, but low enough to draw executive types that are moving FROM Chicago here. We have a Metra station that goes to the city to help the peeps that don't want to deal with the traffic of the city.

$500k would get you a Very Nice house around here that would cost probably $100k+ more in one of those other places mentioned. I've seen some houses in some of those suburbs that cost quite a bit of money because of location, location, location that wouldn't cost $300k around here. Just my take on it!

Best of Luck, but buy yourself a good snow shovel and an ice chipper!

xsiveone

Here's a good place for you to move to. You can join your Republican buddies down there and destroy the rest of this part of the country. I have no interest in that part of the country, so have at it.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/23/ten...ef=mpstoryview