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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
Interesting that Chinese population strongly prefers the city (Evanston being an extension of that) while the Indian born population seems to go straight to the suburbs now.
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Yes, though I think downtown area adding over 1500 people from India (with another 1500 added in the neighborhoods north of downtown) is also telling. I believe most adding to the city in these parts are probably people under the age of 40, often with no kids. The ones going to the suburbs are probably families
As far as Chinese go, maybe a different mindset. The cities on average aren't as bad as far as being slummy, so there's not that mindset necessarily. My girlfriend's parents live in a suburban district of Shanghai, but it's nothing like Naperville. There's still tons of high rises and a 5 or so minute walk from their place has a lot of restaurants. It's more like a downtown Evanston or New City (Lincoln Park) type of thing but with way more green space, ponds, etc...nicer. They thought that Lakeview and Bridgeport were suburbs. My girlfriend says that Chinese people are fairly lenient and as long as they are close to the train, that's one thing that matters.