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2023 Best Suburbs to Raise a Family in the Chicago Area

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  1. #14 Best Suburbs to Raise a Family in Chicago Area.

    Winnetka

    Suburb of Chicago, IL,

    19 Niche users give it an average review of 4.5 stars.

    Featured Review: Former Resident says I grew up in Winnetka as did my mom. It’s a wonderful town. As kids and teens, we rode our bikes all over, and there are stop signs on every corner so kids can safely walk everywhere. There are....

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    Overall Niche Grade: A+,

    Population: 12,658,

  2. #17 Best Suburbs to Raise a Family in Chicago Area.

    Vernon Hills

    Suburb of Chicago, IL,

    132 Niche users give it an average review of 4.1 stars.

    Featured Review: Current Resident says I've lived here for most of my life and I'm moving away for college. Vernon Hills really is a safe place if you can afford it- little crime (as far as I know), nice enough people, and generally just a pleasant town. My biggest gripes would be having no town center. I'm jealous of Libertyville lol. You can't do anything without a car, so that makes going out a hassle. It depends where in vernon hills you are, but...Teens don't have a lot of places to go after night events (school dances and performances), so we go to restaurants that are still open. A lot of places have started to just close on us, which is...Another thing is how disconnected we are as a community. Yes people are friendly, but we just kinda co-exist. There'll be neighborhoods who are pretty close, but as far as I know, we don't have a...again, nice place.

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    Overall Niche Grade: A+,

    Population: 26,723,

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