Quote:
Originally Posted by Steely Dan
i would say that andersonville, ravenswood, and lincoln square are desireable, and they're all north of irving.
|
OK, but "desirable" isn't necessarily "wealth belt" or "favored quarter". It isn't "is this area nice", it's "is this the absolute top tier part of the metro".
Most of Chicagoland is reasonably "desirable", but there are very few places similar to Gold Coast, Winnetka and the like. Certainly nothing between North Evanston and Lakeview has prices/demand similar to points north/south.
And there are some troubled/high crime neighborhoods, like around the Wilson station in Uptown, or the Howard station in Rogers Park. The Toronto/DC examples are very different, with no such areas. There's no "hood" along Yonge or in far NW DC; only upper class neighborhoods.