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Originally Posted by ardecila
^ Yeah, North/Clybourn is very much part of "neighborhood" Chicago and not "downtown" Chicago. It commands high retail rents because rich people live nearby, not because it is unique, prestigious, or has a attractive character.
Think about it this way: would you take your out-of-town friends to anywhere in the North/Clybourn area? (let's excuse Alinea and Steppenwolf, which are more historic Lincoln Park). The only thing I can think of is IO, and even they are only by North/Clybourn because they wanted lots of space.
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I take my visitor friends to other neighborhoods when they've been downtown enough whether it's Chinatown, Wicker Park, Pilsen, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Hyde Park etc. I can say that I've never once considered taking them to North and Clybourn. There's a club that re-opened where Crobar was and that's probably literally the only time, if one of my visitors wanted to go to a club, that I'd consider taking anybody from out of town there. Otherwise, there's nothing about that area worth visiting for a visitor that downtown doesn't have.