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Originally Posted by Crawford
The fact is that the far Northside of Chicago isn't affluent, and doesn't have comparable wealth as the regional core or the North Shore.
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I NEVER made any claim that the far northside of chicago is affluent, i merely responded to your initial claim that there aren't any desirable areas north of irving, which isn't true.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
You can't make generalizations based on two random home asking prices
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i wasn't making generalizations about anything, i was responding to your specific comment, and i quote:
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Certainly nothing between North Evanston and Lakeview has prices/demand similar to points north/south.
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there are areas between lakeview and north evanston that have prices/demand similar to areas in southeast wilmette, which is north of north evanston.
the reason that income levels are so different is that wilmette is over 75% SFH, whereas edgewater is only ~10% SFH, so while edgewater has some households that can take on a $600G- $1M mortgage, the VAST majority of people who live in edgewater are living in much more affordable condos/apartments, just like most places in the city/evanston. and for what it's worth, LP's median income is only $88K, so it's a FAR cry from the northshore burbs in that regard too.
i get the overall gist of what you're trying to say, but you're unfamiliarity with chicagoland is tripping you up a bit. if you only want to include areas of extreme and exclusive wealth, i think your point is better made by using lincoln park on the south and kenilworth on the north. lakeview, uptown, edgewater, rogers park, evanston, and wilmette all have way more variable levels of desirability/exclusivity, but within that stretch there are loads of desirable areas, they just aren't at peak desirability/exclusivity like LP and south or kennilworth and north.
and the only real reason i'm commenting here is because i know this particular stretch of chicagoland better than most people (and certainly better than you): i grew up in wilmette, i currently live in edgewater, i work in evanston, my parents live in rogers park, and i lived in lakeview for many years during my 20s. this stretch of land along the northside and northshore lakefront that we're discussing has literally been my backyard for the last 4 decades.