River Forest
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2/26/2007
River Forest is a pleasant upscale older commuter suburb immediately adjacent to City of Chicago. Single-family housing prices are extremely high, and the real estate taxes are amongst the highest in the metro Chicago area. Houses tended to be quite large, older, and with architectural character. Many streets are graced with mature trees. Perimeter/major streets of River Forest contain multi-family condominium and apartment buildings that are significantly less expensive and house a ethnically and economically diverse population. River Forest's elementary school system is very good, but crowded and in older facilities. High school is shared with Oak Park, a more ethnically and economically mixed adjacent suburb; high school is very good for high-achiever students, but probably a poor choice for average-ability and moderately-motivated students. High school also has significant problem of address-fraudulent City of Chicago low-income students "crashing" the school from the adjacent city neighborhood of Austin.
Abhd | River Forest, IL