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Post by wvhsparent on Mar 4, 2006 7:27:17 GMT -6
Use this thread to list factors of why you are here in the area
I would like to see a positive and a negative. Let's see what kind of list we can get going.
I'll start.......
I am in Aurora BTW.
Positive....Close to work (15 min)
Negative.....The Traffic!!!
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Post by forthekids on Mar 4, 2006 7:37:47 GMT -6
Use this thread to list factors of why you are here in the area I would like to see a positive and a negative. Let's see what kind of list we can get going. I'll start....... I am in Aurora BTW. Positive....Close to work (15 min) Negative.....The Traffic!!! Positive ... the schools Negative .... Definitely The Traffic!!! |
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Post by title1parent on Mar 4, 2006 8:16:38 GMT -6
Okay, I also live in Aurora.
Positive...Schools, Close to Work (5 min), Park District/WAA programs, Plethora of businesses(MALL, Restaurants, etc) Remember...I'm a rural girl.
Negative....traffic/Construction, Loss of green space, (personal issue...no place to get some really good tavern fried chicken), So many subdivisions
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Post by wvhsparent on Mar 4, 2006 8:45:12 GMT -6
OK good start....Try to list other factors too. If it is already mentioned think of something else. after a while I will list them all and we can rank them.
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Post by refbasics on Mar 4, 2006 8:56:43 GMT -6
Negative- we are all so busy fighting with each other that the developers are just 'building away'- "if you build it, they will come" to paraphrase a very popular movie! posted Saturday, March 4, a DH Letter to the Editor from a person in burlington (i could not have said this better than she did) Voting ‘no’ the only sure route to change Are you thinking of voting “no” to the local school district referendums? If so, you are not alone. In recent years, many tax increases for school districts were solidly voted down across Illinois. Voters just like yourself came to realize that this tax increase, like the last one, won’t fix a darn thing. In a few very short years, the dreaded referendum issue will return because the schools will fill again from out-of-control growth. The city of Elgin literally invites builders to the west side, signing building permits faster than schools can even be planned. Meanwhile, the District 301 School Board pleads with city officials for appropriate impact fees and is blatantly ignored. But as long as the homeowner base “enables” the building addiction of city and village officials by approving tax increases, the irresponsible growth will continue. Thousands of families move into a district in a single year only because a developer executes a business project designed to make him literally millions of dollars. Yet taxpayers are expected to pay thousands more for the privilege of funding the “side effect” of the developer’s gold mine — new schools. Please notice that every time a tax increase is voted down, impact fees go up. Vote “no,” and send a clear message to city and village administrators that it is time to get serious about impact fees for schools. Jo Volkening Burlington www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=162825on this thread, people have mentioned 'traffic' as a negative- i agree(altho it hasn't reached a crisis point (i know, i have lived in orange cty, CA and had to travel around LA!); Greenbrier TH-which has just been stopped by the naperville planning commission- would have put so many more cars on the road, right at ogden and rt 59 & 75th and rt 59! Some people will say we don't have much to develop but teardowns are occuring now (some of these lots are big enough for 2 + homes) in the area west of plfld-naperville rd, south of leverenz, and infill lots are being built on plfd-npvlle rd north of 103rd. Palomino paddocks- book rd north of 95th(i don't know much about it, but it was a horse ranch- now a development)- and this is just in my neck of the woods! MM at the scullen RIM mtg said he just got on a state task force to study developer impact fees- that's a positive for the SB, but a little late! |
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Post by doctorwho on Mar 4, 2006 9:04:12 GMT -6
Negative- we are all so busy fighting with each other that the developers are just 'building away'- "if you build it, they will come" to paraphrase a very popular movie! posted Saturday, March 4, a DH Letter to the Editor from a person in burlington (i could not have said this better than she did) Voting ‘no’ the only sure route to change Are you thinking of voting “no” to the local school district referendums? If so, you are not alone. In recent years, many tax increases for school districts were solidly voted down across Illinois. Voters just like yourself came to realize that this tax increase, like the last one, won’t fix a darn thing. In a few very short years, the dreaded referendum issue will return because the schools will fill again from out-of-control growth. The city of Elgin literally invites builders to the west side, signing building permits faster than schools can even be planned. Meanwhile, the District 301 School Board pleads with city officials for appropriate impact fees and is blatantly ignored. But as long as the homeowner base “enables” the building addiction of city and village officials by approving tax increases, the irresponsible growth will continue. Thousands of families move into a district in a single year only because a developer executes a business project designed to make him literally millions of dollars. Yet taxpayers are expected to pay thousands more for the privilege of funding the “side effect” of the developer’s gold mine — new schools. Please notice that every time a tax increase is voted down, impact fees go up. Vote “no,” and send a clear message to city and village administrators that it is time to get serious about impact fees for schools. Jo Volkening Burlington www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=162825on this thread, people have mentioned 'traffic' as a negative- i agree(altho it hasn't reached a crisis point (i know, i have lived in orange cty, CA and had to travel around LA!); Greenbrier TH-which has just been stopped by the naperville planning commission- would have put so many more cars on the road, right at ogden and rt 59 & 75th and rt 59! Some people will say we don't have much to develop but teardowns are occuring now (some of these lots are big enough for 2 + homes) in the area west of plfld-naperville rd, south of leverenz, and infill lots are being built on plfd-npvlle rd north of 103rd. Palomino paddocks- book rd north of 95th(i don't know much about it, but it was a horse ranch- now a development)- and this is just in my neck of the woods! MM at the scullen RIM mtg said he just got on a state task force to study developer impact fees- that's a positive for the SB, but a little late! For everyone still on the fence, here's an interesting perspective -- a NO vote because there will be more built than is even predicted now . So much for the concern over the fact we won't reach the population estimation. So that way it can guarantee even more crowded schools. |
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Post by refbasics on Mar 4, 2006 9:08:03 GMT -6
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Post by doctorwho on Mar 4, 2006 9:10:15 GMT -6
Use this thread to list factors of why you are here in the area I would like to see a positive and a negative. Let's see what kind of list we can get going. I'll start....... I am in Aurora BTW. Positive....Close to work (15 min) Negative.....The Traffic!!! I am in Naperville Positive -- the schools ( but not ITRF - then becomes a negative) - the park district - the downtown area of Naperville - house value - ( again will be neg ITRF) - and when I moved here I took the Burlington to work Negative - up until recently I had nothing in here , nor did the 4 sets of families that moved here from another suburb with us.....but there is a change in the air as IMHO kis were priority 1 when we moved here 20 years ago, I am not so sure any more that that is true across the board p.s. as far as traffic, I grew up on the south side of Chicago -- traffic here ( with the exception of a stretch of 59 by the mall ) - is nothing compared to the city, either the residential area or downtown, then or now. Also lived in So. Cal for 4 years - again, this traffic is not comparable. No it is not like it was 20 years ago, but we have more than doubled in size... |
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Post by wvhsparent on Mar 4, 2006 9:11:42 GMT -6
RB
OK I was going to allow the 1st one cuz you did list a factor. The next was off topic and needs to be move to "in the News" topic please.
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Post by wvhsparent on Mar 4, 2006 9:15:16 GMT -6
See to me traffic is a concern...but I grew up here, so I had nothing to compare it to. To those of you from So. Cal. this traffic is nothing...interesting perspective
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Post by doctorwho on Mar 4, 2006 9:15:24 GMT -6
Moved to "in the News" topic
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Post by doctorwho on Mar 4, 2006 9:17:29 GMT -6
See to me traffic is a concern...but I grew up here, so I had nothing to compare it to. To those of you from So. Cal. this traffic is nothing...interesting perspective Drive into downtown Chicago at rush hour -- or any major intersection on the North or South Side -- traffic far worse on streets as small or smaller than ours. Look at what they are doing to the Dan Ryan expressway the next 2 years -- it was designed to hold less than 1/2 the traffic it does today. |
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Post by doctorwho on Mar 4, 2006 9:25:05 GMT -6
Okay, I also live in Aurora. Positive...Schools, Close to Work (5 min), Park District/WAA programs, Plethora of businesses(MALL, Restaurants, etc) Remember...I'm a rural girl. Negative....traffic/Construction, Loss of green space, (personal issue...no place to get some really good tavern fried chicken), So many subdivisions Ok, I am curious- what is tavern fried chicken ? Sounds good, just never heard that term. Have you tried White Fence Farm ? Is it anything like that ? like southern fried chicken - very basic - seasoned flour drenched - I knew some places on the south side of Chicago ( a little drive I know) where I grew up that had yummy versions of that.... okay, now I have a taste for fried chicken ( at 9:24 AM) - ;D |
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Post by gatormom on Mar 4, 2006 9:26:22 GMT -6
I live in Aurora.
Negative: Husband works near O'Hare, but still worth the commute. We moved from Lombard, very congested, starting to get that way here.
Positive: I absolutely love the two different types of downtown experiences I can get. Naperville very chic, Aurora has a wonderful ethnicity and diversity in its downtown that you just can't get in Naperville. Both offer great community events, Naperville has all those wonderful fests and Aurora has Downtown Live all summer. I love being so close to such diversity and to have so many choices.
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Post by title1parent on Mar 4, 2006 9:42:23 GMT -6
I know this is off topic but wanted to answer the question.
DW, Where I grew up, we don't have "bars" we have taverns.....beer and shots. Small towns that were booming during prohibition. Al Capone made some, not so welcomed visits there. Very Blue collar farming community. The taverns also had Fri nite fish frys and Saturday was Fried Chicken night. It still is today. My husband and I go back home just to get our "grease fix". Not the place for the Health minded. The chicken is flour breaded and comes with French fries, and a buttered piece of regular white bread. All of that is put into a brown paper bag and you pick it up for carry out. The bag is usually dripping with grease when you get home.
Yes, not healthy but delicious. There is a small town 70 miles west on I80 called Ladd. It is the home of Rip's Chicken. People stand out in the street to wait to get in. Those who have come from Chicago and have tried it, will come and stand in line again.
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