NEAR NORTH:分三个部分:STREETERVILLE,RIVER NORTH,GOLD COAST。 NEAR NORTH
很多YUPPIE,OLD MONEY和YOUNG PROFESSIONAL并存。但有一部分是PUBLIC HOUSING。
NEAR NORTH包含了MICHIGAN AVENUE和OAK STREET以及RUSH TRIANGLE,是最适合喜欢
SHOPPING和RESTAURANT的人居住。
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MID NORTH:分两部分:OLD TOWN和LINCOLN PARK。OLD TOWN其实现在被认为是LINCOLN
PARK的一部分,跟DOWNTOWN很接近,大致与LINCOLN PARK无大不同。
LINCOLN PARK是整个芝加哥市内,唯一一个东南西北四边不被任何一个坏区包围的地方,西有
CHICAGO RIVER,东有LAKE MICHIGAN,北有LAKEVIEW,南有GOLD COAST/OLD TOWN。
LINCOLN PARK绿树成荫,且有NORTH AVE BEACH (芝加哥市内最大的),且有LINCOLN
PARK(芝加哥市内最大的),且有全芝加哥所有区内最多的BAR/RESTAURANT PER CAPITA
。芝加哥最著名的酒店都在LINCOLN PARK,比如ALINEA, CHARLIE TROTTER啊。芝加哥最著
名剧院也在LINCOLN PARK,比如SECOND CITY,比如STEPPEN WOLF啊。更让人欣喜的是
LINCOLN PARK内SHOPPING繁多而且店铺大多UPSCALE。比如有BARNEYS,J CREW,
LULULEMON,POTTERY BARN, CRATE AND BARREL,CB2,WHOLEFOODS 等等。星吧客与日
本寿司店更是几乎每个BLOCK上一家。 由于以上原因,所以这里的房子比DOWNTOWN还贵。
比如福布斯杂志发表全芝加哥最贵的BLOCK并不在GOLD COAST,而在LINCOLN PARK,如下
Lincoln Park is one of the wealthiest and most expensive neighborhoods
in which to live. While the average single family house is priced around
1,000,000 dollars, many homes in the area sell for more than 10,000,000
dollars. In 2007, Forbes magazine named the area between Armitage
Avenue, Willow Street, Burling Street, and Orchard Street as the most
expensive block in Chicago
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park,_Chicago).