Thanks for the advice. I'm really excited and curious about Skokie.
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Skokie was once heavily Jewish and middle class. It's diversified lately and gotten more upscale, however it is suburban, if inner ring post-war suburb (mostly, it was platted out before WWII and there are a few apartment buildings and bungalows from just before the depression). Some of it is very, well, kitschy, in a 50's/60's suburban way. Lincolnwood is also similar as are some of the immediately adjacent areas of the city. Evanston is immediately to the east, which is similar in parts to Skokie (in terms of housing stock) and much more upscale in other parts. Keep in mind for purchasing that taxes will be higher than in the city, much higher in fact, with lower asking prices. Example, the asking prices for property in West Rogers Park will be 1/3 more than in Southwest Evanston, but the property taxes in Evanston are double (and Evanston city services aren't all that, they don't plow as well as the CoC).
The immediately adjacent neighborhoods of the city West Rogers Park (sometimes called West Ridge now), Sauganash and Edgebrook are mostly quite nice and have bigger houses overall than Skokie. Skokie has the Swift (CTA Yellow line, which now has two stations in Skokie) which connects to the Red Line downtown (or Purple express, though really, no faster due to poor maintenance, during rush hour) at Howard. The Swift may eventually connect to Old Orchard (local mall, one of the older malls and still an outside mall).
Skokie was once heavily Jewish and middle class. It's diversified lately and gotten more upscale, however it is suburban, if inner ring post-war suburb (mostly, it was platted out before WWII and there are a few apartment buildings and bungalows from just before the depression). Some of it is very, well, kitschy, in a 50's/60's suburban way. Lincolnwood is also similar as are some of the immediately adjacent areas of the city. Evanston is immediately to the east, which is similar in parts to Skokie (in terms of housing stock) and much more upscale in other parts. Keep in mind for purchasing that taxes will be higher than in the city, much higher in fact, with lower asking prices. Example, the asking prices for property in West Rogers Park will be 1/3 more than in Southwest Evanston, but the property taxes in Evanston are double (and Evanston city services aren't all that, they don't plow as well as the CoC).
The immediately adjacent neighborhoods of the city West Rogers Park (sometimes called West Ridge now), Sauganash and Edgebrook are mostly quite nice and have bigger houses overall than Skokie. Skokie has the Swift (CTA Yellow line, which now has two stations in Skokie) which connects to the Red Line downtown (or Purple express, though really, no faster due to poor maintenance, during rush hour) at Howard. The Swift may eventually connect to Old Orchard (local mall, one of the older malls and still an outside mall).
Thanks Davey7. Those are very interesting information.
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The Skokie Swift. I haven't even heard of thought about that since the late 1960's.
It's been around forever!
It's been around forever!
The Swift
Now called the Yellow Line in CTA parlance. It has a new stop at Dempster in fabulous downtown Skokie (such as it is) and will get a new stop at, I think, Asbury (could be Dodge) when Evanston gets the money. And might eventually go up along its original route (in olden days) to Old Orchard.
FYI California becomes Dodge and Western becomes Asbury because Evanston is special (only immediate suburb which doesn't use Chicago house numbering).
Now called the Yellow Line in CTA parlance. It has a new stop at Dempster in fabulous downtown Skokie (such as it is) and will get a new stop at, I think, Asbury (could be Dodge) when Evanston gets the money. And might eventually go up along its original route (in olden days) to Old Orchard.
FYI California becomes Dodge and Western becomes Asbury because Evanston is special (only immediate suburb which doesn't use Chicago house numbering).
If you end up with roaches as a result of loading your dishwasher, then I would probably reason that your house was already infested and the dishwasher is just a place where you can see the infestation.
Remember, those little bastards are mighty hard to kill - so whilst you might think your house is "clean," the reality is that an infestation next door will cause an infestation at your own home. This is why we have disposers in the sink, as they limit the rotting piles of garbage that cause the issues in the first place.
When I've had several days at home by myself, the dishwasher (drawer style) is slowly filled over 3-4 days. I didn't see a roach in the machine the entire time (on any occasion) and that is with our small issue with (German) roaches and non-rinsed plates: Perhaps they hate coffee and chicken, lol.
Of course, those pests hang around elsewhere in the kitchen, but certainly not in the dishwasher!
Besides, if you see roaches in the dishwasher, dust some borax in the bottom. Used correctly, it causes the roaches to pop. Used incorrectly, they'll stay away and your dishes will be cleaner too.
Remember, those little bastards are mighty hard to kill - so whilst you might think your house is "clean," the reality is that an infestation next door will cause an infestation at your own home. This is why we have disposers in the sink, as they limit the rotting piles of garbage that cause the issues in the first place.
When I've had several days at home by myself, the dishwasher (drawer style) is slowly filled over 3-4 days. I didn't see a roach in the machine the entire time (on any occasion) and that is with our small issue with (German) roaches and non-rinsed plates: Perhaps they hate coffee and chicken, lol.
Of course, those pests hang around elsewhere in the kitchen, but certainly not in the dishwasher!
Besides, if you see roaches in the dishwasher, dust some borax in the bottom. Used correctly, it causes the roaches to pop. Used incorrectly, they'll stay away and your dishes will be cleaner too.
