<p>thanks all of you for your input.. I know CC will come through. I checked out some places already. Right now we live in the Northern NYC burbs and I work in Manhattan. As the crows flies it is 39.3 miles to my job. I get employee employee parking at work pay 200.00/ month forthe privlige, getting to work crossing the George Washington bridge now is 8 dollars (inbound, free outbound) or 285.00 month for metro north train into Grand Central Station and 2.00 each way for the train to workplace. right near the former WTC. it takes me 90 minutes or so avg. either type of commute each way. I am asking how far and in time is the commute onto Chicago from these towns? The glitz and glamor of being near the Big Apple has long ago worn off and the idea of going into the city for a ball game, theater, once in awhile sounds like a nice change.
My wife may be looking to move to the what we call the exburbs… 50 -75 miles away from what we New Yorkers call Manhattan “the city” The reason why we may move is because my 18 yo son (who is quadiplegic) is going to attend the U of I @ Urbana/Champaign because of their renowed disability suport program. and we like to be closer to him. We have a 8th grader who is also bright but has ADHD and not exactly a high aspiring student.. YET ..we are hoping someday.. but by putting him into what I can see from these replies are high pressured schools, may be not in his best interst. </p>
<p>anyway thanks again…</p>