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- nadnerb0
here are my opinions which most likely are skewed somehow, but I will pretend to actually know what I'm talking about.
I live in Albany Park which is adjascent to Lincoln Square. It's boring, not much in the immediate vicinity, mostly families, very "mixed" (I'm one of about 4 white people here) but there are lots of cheap super nice apartments. The neighborhood is one big gut rehab. Tons of really cheap mexican produce, and an AMAZING sushi place. It ain't bad. And it's close to the train which is just a few stops from lincoln square.
lincoln square/ravenswood is safe, the brown line is right there, lots of shopping, restaurants and things to do, almost all bases are covered besides live music venues. One of the better neighborhoods here IMO. People are I guess hip-ish but more families etc. . . my friend has dubbed the vibe "hipster-to-beaver".
I too like Wicker Park but maybe wouldn't live there. Expensive hipsterville.
Lakeview yes.
I hear bad things about Rogers Park from people who don't live there, and great things from people who do.
Logan Square - there's a good area and a bad one. As mg33 said, be as east as possible, in general.
Uptown is ok, tons of good restaurants.
There are actually decent areas of Pilsen.
Stay the fuck OUT of Wrigleyville unless you're a frat douch.They had to invent a new word for the extent of racial separation here: hyper-segregation. Barriers are close and very defined in general. Also you can suddenly end up in a very bad neighborhood if you go 3 blocks in the wrong direction.