Lake Michigan vs Well-community water H2O (Naperville, Downers Grove . . . The older suburbs originally used well water but most switched to Lake Michigan water during the past 40 years or so I know that my town (Western Springs) still uses well water because it would be enormously expensive to build the infrastructure now to get water from Lake Michigan, plus we'd have to pay a fee to other cities for pumping it
South Elgin vs Tinley Park - Chicago Suburbs - Illinois (IL) - City . . . South Elgin and Tinley Park are distinct Chicago suburbs South Elgin, located in Kane County, is a relatively safe, family-friendly suburb with a strong sense of community, while Tinley Park, straddling Cook and Will Counties, is a larger, more developed suburb known for its recreational amenities and strong sense of community
LGBT friendly suburbs (Minneapolis, Golden Valley, Hopkins: living in . . . You'll be find in any of the first ring suburbs of Minneapolis (i e Edina, Golden Valley, Richfield) and St Paul But to be honest, many of the suburbanites in Hennepen and Ramsey Counties are not "hard-core" in their ideologies and are fiscally conservative more than anything, so they won't really care if you are LGBT
CALLING all soliders that served at Fort Dix in 1989 (how much . . . Question about Fort Dix, New Jersey Suburbs of Philadelphia, 14 replies Relocating from Alaska to Fort McGuire, New Jersey Suburbs of Philadelphia, 5 replies Please help restaurant by Fort Dix, New Jersey Suburbs of Philadelphia, 8 replies Comcast (Salem County area) Calling About Computer 'Bot', New Jersey Suburbs of Philadelphia, 3 replies
How come for a lot of suburbs the zip code and address shows up as . . . Your zip code identifies the post office that handles your mail Nearby suburbs do not all have Minneapolis as a mailing address For example, someone gave Minnetonka as an example Both 55343 and 55345 serve Minnetonka The first one identifies the Hopkins post office and the second identifies the post office in the Glen Lake area of Minnetonka
Unincorporated Glen Ellyn: Pros Cons (Downers Grove, Elmhurst: house . . . Again -- SCHOOL BOUNDARIES DO NOT EQUATE TO MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES in the suburbs! It is VERY DIFFICULT to change school district boarders in Illinois Best example --there are parts of Oak Brook that are served by schools in Hinsdale, or Downers Grove or Elmhurst, and other parts that are served by schools in Oak Brook
The decline of Country Club Hills (Chicago, Homewood: condominium, law . . . The south suburbs aren't bad because they're black They're bad AND black Have you checked the test scores and school report cards for any of the south suburban high schools? A school with an average ACT score of 15 is NOT good at all I still don't understand why you people act like its some utopia in the southern suburbs
Real Housewives of Hinsdale (Chicago, Naperville: house, bankrupt . . . Hinsdale is fertile ground for social commentary Known for its old money and celebrities including Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, the community — population 16,816 — is among the top 1 percent of the wealthiest towns in Illinois, according to one listing, with a median family income of $193,810 and a median house price of more than $832,000