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Originally Posted by sopas ej
I'm curious to know where some of you guys grew up where housing prices were in that fairly low range...
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in my parents' case, it was wilmette, IL (northshore chicago burb).
the house was a cute little 3-bed/1 bath craftsman bungalow built in 1914. it had good detailing throughout (crown moldings in all rooms, fully cased doors and windows, nicely-detailed brick fireplace in living room, leaded glass windows in living room, beautiful built-in buffet in dining room, etc.). one of the catches is that it still had its original and tiny 1914 kitchen in 1976.
wilmette, as part of the northshore, has always been an in-demand area in chicagoland, but my dad said that back in the '70s the older eastern half of wilmette was really starting to show its age. houses were reaching that 50-60 year old timespan with lots of general wear and tear, a lot of deferred maintenance/updating, and they just generally didn't appeal to typical 1970s tastes.
so my folks were able to snap that bungalow up for a song, and then over the course of 2.5 decades of living in it, as older pre-war housing with all of its charm and character fell back into fashion, wilmette came roaring back as one of
THE suburban communities to live in for professionals looking for something more than generic suburbia. and my lucky-ass parents got to go along for the ride.