Check out ELGL Midwest board member Bridget Doyle’s op-ed from today’s Chicago Tribune! Way to go, Bridget!
In defense of ordinary Naperville
The Internet has spoken; apparently, Naperville is snobby. Movoto Real Estate’s blog recently ranked Naperville as the No. 4 snobbiest midsized city in the United States.
To those of us who know the real Naperville, this is character defamation. Naperville, now a bustling suburb, was filled with rows of corn and old barns just 20 years ago. I’m in my late 20s, and the Naperville I grew up in was open land peppered with old strip malls and newish subdivisions. There is now less open space and there are more McMansions, but the Naperville I know is still comparable to most Midwest suburbs — packed with minivans, soccer practices, block parties, well-manicured lawns and chain restaurants.