Detroit and Chicago- an Apples to Apples Comparison

[313WX]

Detroit homes are not the same like NYC. NYC homes are primarily high rises and vintage apartments. It's when you head into the suburbs of N.Y. where the homes are similar. Chicago is in the middle; it's a blend of Detroit suburb style homes and NYC high rise and apartments.

That part of Chicago [[which is mostly in/around the loop) is much like Detroit's Cass Corridor & Midtown.

Majority of Chicago has medium-density Foursquares, Victorians and Bungalows like Detroit.

[Fury13]

That part of Chicago [[which is mostly in/around the loop) is much like Detroit's Cass Corridor & Midtown.

Majority of Chicago has medium-density colonials like Detroit.

In Chicago's inner neighborhoods, most housing consists of multi-family buildings, two- and three-stories, brick or limestone, with anywhere from two to six families living in them. There are also a lot of apartments above retail shops on commercial strips, as well as large apartment buildings. In some of these older neighborhoods, single-family housing is mixed in. Moving outward, there is the "bungalow belt" that forms a crescent across the middle of the city -- these are mostly brick, very well built, one-and-a-half story bungalows dating from the 1920s. In general, only on the outer fringes of the city proper do you see a preponderance of single-family ranches and colonials.

[Retroit]

In Chicago, they tear down buildings to build bigger buildings; in Detroit, they tear down buildings to build bigger parking lots.

[mikeg19]

I just returned from Chicago today after spending the weekend there. As much as I love Detroit, Chicago is 1,000 times better than Detroit in pretty much any way. Architecture, Transit, Dining, Entertainment, Housing. The only thing that has kept me in Metro Detroit is school. Having said that, I always defend Detroit because I love the city and what it has to offer, but trying to compare it to Chicago is ridiculous.