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Originally Posted by glowrock
Perhaps it's just that it's one of the suburbs I'm most familiar with, having spent a decent amount of time out there due to a few breweries/brewpubs I really like.  |
that's probably what's going on.
i really like what elmuhurst is doing to improve its downtown with TOD. it absolutely should be commended for its progressive thinking about growth. however, i just don't think elmhurst has made the leap out of tier 2 burbs and into tier 1 with evanston and oak park.
that said, as far as the original question asked in the thread title, elmhurst is a perfectly cromulent answer.
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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ I don't know, I just did a streetview tour of Berwyn and it seems to have its own little distinct downtown, unless I"m missing something.
It's not on the level of a Downers Grove or LaGrange, but it certainly seems to be on par with a lot of other Metra suburban downtowns
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yeah, berwyn has more of that traditional downtown centered around a metra station thing going on. i was really thinking more about where to put cicero in the tiers. it's the most densely populated suburb of chicago, but lacks a cohesive center. more than any other burb i can think of, cicero truly feels like an extension of the city that simply never got annexed, much like enclaved burbs norridge and harwood heights.