What are your top 5 favorite Chicago Urban neighborhoods?? (Lincoln, Roscoe: best neighborhood, to buy)

[chicagobear]

River North
Gold Coast
Lakeview
Lincoln Park
Wicker Park

[It'sAutomatic]

For hanging out/visiting:

1. Intact areas of historic inner-ring neighborhoods: downtown, Wicker Park, Pilsen, Gold Coast, Bronzeville, Lincoln Park, West Town.
2. Lakefront neighborhoods filled with prairie-style apartment buildings and other goodies: Hyde Park, Uptown, Edgewater
3. Everywhere else (tie) .... not dissing, I think that every neighborhood in the city is extremely interesting.

For living:

1. West Town
2. Noble Square
3. East Village

[ChiGuy2.5]

1. Gold Coast
2. Lincoln Park *
3. River North
4. Wicker Park *
5. Bucktown

These are all the 5 areas I would live in. Ones with an asterik are where I have actually lived.

[cump]

1) Lakeview
2) Lincoln Park
3) West Loop
4) Rogers Park
5) Uptown

[costello_musicman]

Originally Posted by gomexico

The answers will be different, depending on whether you're asking for tourism purposes, or living purposes. It seems to me you're coming at this from a tourist viewpoint. Why not tell us what your interests are, and then the responses will be better formed.

Definitely LIVING. The criteria I mentioned were "livability, amenities, etc," purposely leaving the question wide open.

[costello_musicman]

Total votes so far:

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhood Total Votes Avg Top 5 Rank
1) Wicker Park ppppp 9 pppp x, x, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, x, 4 = 3.17
2) Lincoln Park ppppp 8 pppp x, 3, 3, 3, 4, x, 2, 2 = 2.83
3) Lincoln Square ppp 5 pppp 1, x, x, 4, 5 = 3.33
4) Bucktown ppppppp 4 pppp x, 1, 1, 5 = 2.33
4) Gold Coast pppppp 4 pppp x, 2, 3, 1 = 2
4) Lakeview pppppppp 4 pppp 1, 2, x, 1 = 1.33
5) Bridgeport ppppppp 3 pppp x, 5, 2 = 3.5
5) Hyde Park ppppppp 3 pppp 4, x, 5 = 4.5
6) Logan Square pppp 3 pppp 2, 3, 5 = 3.33
6) Uptown ppppppppp 3 pppp 5, 4, x = 4.5
7) Andersonville pppp 2 pppp x, 5 = 5
7) Noble Square pppp 2 ppppp x, x = x
7) Pilsen pppppppppp 2 pppp 4, 4 = 4
7) River North pppppp 2 pppp 1, 1 = 1
7) Rogers Park ppppp 2 pppp 3, 2 = 2.5
7) Roscoe Village pppp 2 pppp 1, x = 1
8) Albany Park pppppp 1 pppp 3 = 3
8) Bronzeville ppppppp 1 pppp 1 = 1
8) East Village pppppp 1 pppp 3 = 3
8) Edgewater ppppppp 1 pppp 4 = 4
8) Jefferson Park pppp 1 pppp 5 = 5
8) McKinley Park pppp 1 pppp 1 = 1
8) Ukrainian Village pp 1 pppp 3 = 3
8) West Loop ppppppp 1 pppp x = x
8) West Town ppppppp 1 pppp x = x

[Chicago60614]

1: Lakeview
2: Lincoln Park
3: Wicker Park
4: Hyde Park
5: Uptown

[trainfan87]

Practical living...... Edison Park, Mt. greenwood, norwood park, garfield ridge, sauganash
expensive taste..... Gold coast, Lincoln park, lakeview, near north, edgebrook

[OhAcid]

Since you're asking based on livability and amenities the top two would definitely be...

1. Lakeview
2. Lincoln Park

In general though...

3. Edgewater, specifically Bryn Mawr or Andersonville

4. Wicker Park

5. Hyde Park

[jwaiter]

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