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Old 05-27-2012, 12:04 PM
 
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Agreed

One thing about a highly centralized city in a state with onlly one MAJOR city is that its very easy for people not to know the beauty right in their backyard. The drives down Algonquin Rd, Dundee Rd, etc. are gorgeous through Barrington Hills.
I live on Algonquin Rd. Not too scenic if you ask me. Sheridan is a much better drive.
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Old 05-27-2012, 03:59 PM
 
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I live on Algonquin Rd. Not too scenic if you ask me. Sheridan is a much better drive.
Barrington Hills between Route 25 and Route 59. That stretch is rolling hills that is all horse farms, estates, and huge tracts of forest preserves with woods, marsh, and fields still cut for hay.

People don't know about that area, because its not on the way to anywhere that most people would go to.
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Old 05-27-2012, 04:23 PM
 
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I grew up near Ravinia so I grew up around hilly terrain, but I know what a rarity that is.

Frankly I think the Prairie is a beautiful ecosystem and I'm glad there have been attempts to preserve is in past 15 years or so.

The flatness sets Chicago up to put it's nearly peerless architecture in the foreground. The skyline is a metal mountain range unto itself and I can't say I miss terrain when I'm there. I'm too busy looking at arguably the best skyline on earth
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Old 05-27-2012, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh (via Chicago, via Pittsburgh)
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when I'm walking around the city, the thought "boy I wish there were some hills here" never crosses my mind.
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Old 05-27-2012, 10:31 PM
 
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when I'm walking around the city, the thought "boy I wish there were some hills here" never crosses my mind.
Really, being from Pittsburgh, don't you miss it?
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Old 05-28-2012, 12:42 PM
 
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Barrington Hills between Route 25 and Route 59. That stretch is rolling hills that is all horse farms, estates, and huge tracts of forest preserves with woods, marsh, and fields still cut for hay.

People don't know about that area, because its not on the way to anywhere that most people would go to.
Just a bunch of rich folks with horse farms. You can't build in Barrington Hills unless the home is on a 5 acre plot. Otherwise the area would be paved over with neighborhood tracts, like Crystal Lake and the like.
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Old 05-28-2012, 12:50 PM
 
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I grew up among high cliffs and rolling hills. I tried living flat with no place to go except another flat boring town with puny parks and no real green space.

Be it so humble there is no place like home.
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Old 05-28-2012, 12:58 PM
 
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Just a bunch of rich folks with horse farms. You can't build in Barrington Hills unless the home is on a 5 acre plot. Otherwise the area would be paved over with neighborhood tracts, like Crystal Lake and the like.
So? Doesn't make it less scenic. Besides, you said you prefer Sheridan. That rich folks too.

And I can still wander the forest preserves fishing or biking.
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Old 05-28-2012, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh (via Chicago, via Pittsburgh)
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Really, being from Pittsburgh, don't you miss it?
I might if I lived out in the burbs...but being in the city you don't miss it at all.
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Old 05-29-2012, 08:41 AM
 
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My wife is from Pennsylvania and is always amused by my excitement when we reach the Shelbyville Moraine when driving south on 57.
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