We're #7!!! (Really?)

According to CNN and Money Magazine, Oak Park is #7 on the list of best places for the rich and single, beating out places like Irvine, CA, Belmont and Arlington, MA. As gratifying as it is to see our fair village get some positive press, I find it a bit hard to believe. Oak Park is great for the rich and married with children set, in fact, its probably near ideal for that demographic, but the single? Not so much.

Yes, Oak Park got a small but decent downtown area with shops, restaurants, and a bar or two, but really, compared to our next door neighbor (Chicago), its pretty miniscule. If I were still single, I think living in Oak Park would drive me crazy. Even working out in the far burbs wouldn't prevent me from living in the city proper. Still, I suppose its all relative, and we beat our neighbor to the southwest, Lisle, by ten places, so take that, DuPage County!