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Old 08-27-2008, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Denver
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Possible relocation to Chicago from Atlanta. Commute would be near O'Hare (I-90/I-294) area. We have a three year old, so schools are very important. We'd be in the $500-600K range for a nice house. Suggestions?
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Oak Park
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Palatine, Arlington Heights, maybe even Oak Park?
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Old 08-27-2008, 10:31 AM
 
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Park Ridge--minutes from O'Hare, lovely homes, great schools (actually, one of the Maine high schools is great, the other is good--you'd want to do some research before you buy to make sure you are in the high school district you want). The grade schools are all good. Plus, for your price point, you'll find something very nice.
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Denver
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north shore neighborhoods too far?
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Old 08-27-2008, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Oak Park
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north shore neighborhoods too far?
Kind of, and also expensive for a "nice" house...assuming your definition of nice means something big enough for a growing family, and something that doesn't need lots of work.
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Old 08-27-2008, 04:43 PM
 
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Palatine, Arlington Heights, Elmhurst and Park Ridge should fit the bill for you. Depending on what you are looking for you may find something in Glenview at your price point but you will get less house for your dollar there (the low end of the Glenview market is in the $500-600k range). I don't know the area as well, but I have heard great things about Western Springs from colleagues.
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Old 08-27-2008, 07:27 PM
 
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Western Springs is very nice, very pricey, but a 500k-600k should be a good budget for a house there.
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Park Ridge. Norwood Park. Edison Park.
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:31 PM
 
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Park Ridge, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Mt. Prospect all good burbs close to O'Hare
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Old 08-28-2008, 09:07 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Palatine, Arlington Heights, Elmhurst and Park Ridge should fit the bill for you. Depending on what you are looking for you may find something in Glenview at your price point but you will get less house for your dollar there (the low end of the Glenview market is in the $500-600k range). I don't know the area as well, but I have heard great things about Western Springs from colleagues.
Since the OP said schools are very important, all of the towns suggested above would be good except Elmhurst. While all of the other towns have access to US News medal winning high schools, Elmhurst doesn't because their high school is underperforming given their student demographics.
Best High Schools Search - US News and World Report

It's important to not base school evaluations on ISAT (K-8) results because the state dumbs down the ISAT and/or manipulates the 'meets' and 'exceeds' cut-off scores as explained by a D26 school board member here...
http://www.chrisjenner.org/ISATComparison2007.pdf

The high school test (the PSAE) incorporates the nationally normed ACT, and so provides a much more realistic means to evaluate the educational quality of school districts when demographics and school district mobility rates are taken into consideration.
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