Top 5 Suburban Downtowns, 5 that need improvement

Well we talk about Chicago 99 percent of the time, as well we should. But how about the suburban downtowns. Here are my Top 5 Suburban and 5 that could use improvements: 1./2. Tie Evanston/Naperville -Well both are charming Downtowns with lots of restaraunts, foot traffic etc. for Chicago suburbs. Evanston is very urban, lots of great places to eat, NU right in there, medium built skyscrapers, excellent public transportation to the city via purple line. -Naperville has probably the best collection of restaraunts in the burbs, along with a beautiful lake front and walking path, North Central college, lots of bars and foot traffic. 3.Geneva/St. Charles - These Fox Vally towns are small and quaint, but with excellent downtowns. St. Charles has the most pubs per square mile in the burbs, while Geneva has tons of thriving shops on 3rd street. 4. Arlington Heights - A few good restaraunts in the mix with some pretty impressive high rise condos for the suburbs 5. Park Ridge - Really going through some great changes right now, gotta love the Pickwick, great downtown, extremely close to Edison Park restaraunts. Top 5 needed improvements 1. Aurora- Where I currently reside. Aurora is going through some major redevlopments right now where hopefully in 5-10 years the downtown with start to thrive. As of right now downtown is as dead as can be. Only attractions being Hollywood Casino and Paramount. 2. Elgin- Same thing, going through some redevelopments 3. Waukegan- See a trend here, the big satellite suburbs all have one thing in common, larger populations and mixed(lots of Hispanic, African American Population) relative to other western/northern burbs. 4. Mount Prospect - Downtown has really done well with the new library and condos, but needs something to draw people into this suburb. For now, most residents just head north on NWHWY to Arlington Heights 5. Skokie- Downtown Skokie is dead, wife and I used to live near Lincoln, not much has changed. It has much promise, but Old Orchard just killed downtown, continues to Well here are mine, feel free to add your thoughts, add your own. Love to hear other opnions>