I currently live in Chicago IL, near Norridge,?

Question

I decide it's time to buy a house we cant afford this area.

I want to stay close to the city.

I was pre-afford for 190k.

Where is a good suburb to raise kids? I have a son that's going into the 5th grade. So I need to consider school's eespecially High School's.

I was thinking west of Chicago maybe Hanover Park.

Answer 1

You could buy a condo in Norridge for that amount.  It would be a good starter home.  If you really want a house, you'll need to look further west or northwest but then you lose the amenities of public transportation and city life.  Go online to Baird Warner.com and do a search of single family homes or Condo's in your price range.

Answer 2

Plainfield is real nice and its close to i55

Answer 3

New Lenox, Il. They have great train service to Chicago and its easy to get there(train station) an dhe schools are great.

Answer 4

Stay in Norridge or  move to Park Ridge. Buy an apartment if that's what you can afford. Send your kid to a Maine South when the time comes. That's where I graduated 2 years ago. If he goes there, he'll turn out better than most (especially better than any Chicago high school kid). Colleges know Maine South's reputation.

I think it's better to have an apartment in a good town and a good school system than to move to a worse off neighborhood and own a house.