Reasonably priced neighborhood close to Evanston?

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by Maintainschaos

If you live in either Rogers Park or Edgewater, there is a free shuttle for NU employees that you can use to commute between the Evanston campus and the Loyola red line stop.

why does NU maintain a shuttle to the Loyola stop? are there really that many NU employees around Devon and Sheridan?

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by edsg25

why does NU maintain a shuttle to the Loyola stop? are there really that many NU employees around Devon and Sheridan?

There are lots of employees in RP and Edgewater (lots of grad students in the area, too). Tons also in Lakeview, but most people take the purple express to commute in that case. The shuttle continues on to the downtown campus, and NU also maintains some meeting spaces in RP and Edgewater, too.

[Larry Siegel]

Originally Posted by bobisinthehouse

You may want to look into Skokie, IL it is just as close to NWU. There is transportation that will take you there and back. it's called the Skokie Swift CTA Station. They also have public parking for cars for about $3 a day. Either location you choose will be about 35 minute ride to the University.

Just do a google search like this, "are there any buses that take you from skokie il to northwestern university?"

Skokie covers a large area and the Skokie Swift is at the western edge of it. 35 minutes to NU is about right. From most parts of Rogers Park, the ride is half that long.

[tommy_407]

Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown (avoid the central area by the Wilson EL stop). You may very well be able to rent a room in Evanston for the $500.00-$550.00 budget range you mentioned. My reason for giving these three neighborhood suggestions is that they all allow Red Line EL access to Evanston.

To be fair, lets not forget the suburban alternative of Skokie which shares a border with Evanston.