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Old 10-31-2010, 07:42 PM
 
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For some reason when people say Chicago suburbs I usually think of Schaumburg. I olny been there like once or twice at the woodfeild mall. Its the steryotypical suburbia IMO. Next is Oak Park for older suburbs

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Old 11-01-2010, 11:42 PM
 
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It is probably easier to think of what communities are not suburbs of Chicago. In order to meet that criteria a city needs a few things:

1) A employer base
2) A first class library system
3) Cultural amenities (theater), museum etc
4) Restaurants from QSR to cloth napkin in several categories

So Aurora is not a suburb although it is losing fine dining and even mid tier dining and is starting to trend to being a burb as you really need to go to The City for a decent meal or Naperville

Naperville has grown from a suburb into its own and is a world class city in its own right. St. Charles is trending that way. Oswego is a burb for example.
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