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Old 05-11-2011, 09:55 PM
 
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I'm looking for a house in Evanston area and found one single house, two story, decent size listed for just $65,000. The house is near Emerson St and Dodge Ave. It's too cheap to be true for North Evanston area. Is this area bad so that this house can't sell with this price? It's been on the market for 3 months and has been reduced the price twice, from $83k to $75k, now to $65k. It's a foreclosure. The price is too low that makes me exicted but at the same time I'm afraid there is something seriously wrong with it that I don't know. Does anyone know this area?

Thanks for any help.
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Old 05-12-2011, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Berwyn, IL
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It's a little rougher around those parts. Though, I regularly bike on the trail over there.

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Old 05-12-2011, 09:36 AM
 
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Thanks. The website is very useful. How do I compare neighborhoods in a another city? I went back to "Home" but couldn't find a way to get to the crime rate page as you did.
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Old 05-12-2011, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Berwyn, IL
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Thanks. The website is very useful. How do I compare neighborhoods in a another city? I went back to "Home" but couldn't find a way to get to the crime rate page as you did.

Home > Illinois > Crime Rates/Community Crime Rate

And then you should be able to play around with the map.

Good luck!
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:02 AM
 
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yeah, the crime index of that area is very low (19/100), but why all the schools surrounding the area have rating 8/10 (according to greatschools.net), which is pretty good?
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Lake Arlington Heights, IL
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it is a middle to lower middle class neighborhood, primarily African-American.
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Old 05-12-2011, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Winnetka, IL & Rolling Hills, CA
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The price on that house is even low for that area. That part of town is not very desirable. There were some promising projects in that area, a few have gotten off the ground, but I don't see much more gentrification anytime soon. Crime isn't too bad, not much violent crime that I can think of in many years.

Evanston's schools are pretty good. The schools that those kids go to are typically out of their neighborhood. Evanston has had a longtime program that buses for integration.
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Old 05-12-2011, 03:17 PM
 
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I'm looking for a house in Evanston area and found one single house, two story, decent size listed for just $65,000. The house is near Emerson St and Dodge Ave. It's too cheap to be true for North Evanston area. Is this area bad so that this house can't sell with this price? It's been on the market for 3 months and has been reduced the price twice, from $83k to $75k, now to $65k. It's a foreclosure. The price is too low that makes me exicted but at the same time I'm afraid there is something seriously wrong with it that I don't know. Does anyone know this area?

Thanks for any help.
It's too close to the high school for my taste. It's also one of the sketchier areas of Evanston in terms of crime.
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Old 05-12-2011, 09:05 PM
 
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Default Never ever pay attention to the gr8skools site...

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yeah, the crime index of that area is very low (19/100), but why all the schools surrounding the area have rating 8/10 (according to greatschools.net), which is pretty good?
The numbers are USELESS
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Old 05-12-2011, 09:12 PM
 
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Default um, maybe 20 years ago...

Evanston re-adopted a neighborhood school attendance policy many years ago...

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Residents were not happy with efforts to achieve racial uniformity: Evanston School Desegregation Plan Unraveling - Chicago Tribune

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The price on that house is even low for that area. That part of town is not very desirable. There were some promising projects in that area, a few have gotten off the ground, but I don't see much more gentrification anytime soon. Crime isn't too bad, not much violent crime that I can think of in many years.

Evanston's schools are pretty good. The schools that those kids go to are typically out of their neighborhood. Evanston has had a longtime program that buses for integration.
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