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48 of 100 48. St. John, IN WINNER
Top 100 rank: 48
Population: 12,300
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Just 24 miles outside Chicago, St. John still contains working farms, horse stables, and undeveloped lots.
Residents praise the country feeling of this quiet, well-planned community, and more and more city dwellers are packing up and moving in.
While St. John is child-oriented, with a strong emphasis on Little League and the Lake Central High School band, adults have access to endless entertainment options in the Windy City. --D.G.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag ... 66852.htmlSomebody please tell me where this "well planned community" is, cause it's not the town I live in. And what's with LC Band? Is that what St John is rated for? Undeveloped lots!!! what a joke, only b/c the housing market fell are there still some undeveloped lots, that and the fact that Oltoff was such a bomb! Did Fryzel and Tiebel write this article? No, they would have mentioned all of the Halloween parties as an attraction... God, they ruined this town.