Chicago suburb
Town near Chicago
A Chicago suburb is any of the communities surrounding Chicago, Illinois, forming one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
The term encompasses both affluent North Shore towns like Winnetka and working-class industrial cities like Gary, Indiana.
They moved out to a Chicago suburb when the kids started school.
The suburbs extend across northeastern Illinois and into Indiana and Wisconsin.
- EvanstonChicago suburb with university
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- NapervilleSuburban Illinois municipality
- ElmhurstSuburban municipality name
- Oak ParkVillage west of Chicago
train station · bedroom community · La Grange · Kenilworth · Frankfort · Berwyn · Lombard · Highland Park · North Shore · Lake Michigan · Aurora · ranch house · backyard barbecue · Riverside · Cicero · expressway · sprawl · cul-de-sac
Chicago suburbrural village
Small countryside settlement
exurb · urban neighborhood · exurbia · small town · unincorporated area