Thursday, April 19, 2007

What Neighborhoods do You consider to be "Yuppie"?

yuppie neighborhoods in chicago to me are ...

Lincoln park (including old town) - King of the yuppie neighborhoods, though now many are moving out and 3 flats are being converted to row homes and modern day castles are being built to house newly arrived families to the city. I heard because of this demographic shift and housing stock shift the population of lincoln park decreasing unexpectedly.

Lakeview - the center of action for the young crowd

Wicker Park & Bucktown - it's days as the center of bohemian chicago are gone. Say hello to 1 mil plus homes and 500k condos and few doggy bakeries

West Loop & South Loop - big city life for former surbanites, a little older than other neighborhoods because housing stock is geared towards first time buyers rather first time renters.

Lincoln Sqaure/Ravenswood - Times of changed fast for this neighborhood with new bars, thai and sushi places, and the fairly new old town school of folk music yuppies have begun moving in, but the area is fully gentrified yet.

Roscoe Village / North Center - More families maybe than yuppies but this ara lacks the affordability it once had especially around roscoe. LOTS of TEAR DOWN homes and condos have plagued this area and there as almost a canyon effect of 4 story ugly brick condo towers down Damen Av. north of the new COSTCO. CB2 and trader joes have further gentrified the less yuppified and more family oriented northern portion of this area.

Ahh and finally the Near north side- Though older city dwellers and families seem to mainly fill the high priced apartment buildings of the gold coast and northern boundary of streeterville, newly constructed apt. buildings in river north have filled up with yuppies desiring a home close to their jobs in the loop.

Borderline yuppie hoods - Ukranian village + east village, andersonville, uptown, and hyde park.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK???>

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