Business stagnation and crime are particularly bad for Oak Park and Evanston. For the walkable areas increased density seems worse for local businesses. It prices out the mom and pop shops. I suspect there's a happy median.
I too am in a western Chicago burb. All this tearing down of $400k houses and replacing them with hideous cookie cutter $1.8M new builds drives me crazy. They're 5-6 bed 5-6 bath. One in particular is a $500k to $2.5M flip. That's criminal.
I too am in a western Chicago burb. All this tearing down of $400k houses and replacing them with hideous cookie cutter $1.8M new builds drives me crazy. They're 5-6 bed 5-6 bath. One in particular is a $500k to $2.5M flip. That's criminal.