If you're dead set on the North Shore or any elite 'burb, Crain's has a report that shows Wilmette and Hinsdale as your bargain luxury house-hunting destinations. By "bargain", think single-family homes for under $500,000 (this isn't Cicero); and by "destination", think no more than 18 homes priced below that mark in any one of the 10 priciest locales. In fact, only Wilmette and Hinsdale have double-digit availabilities in the bargain bracket. Sad that life is all about wedging into a "top-tier" school district by any means possible. [Crain's]
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