Need another reason to consider life on the North Shore? Two of our communities made the TOP 10! in Business Week’s survey of the best places to raise kids in the U.S.

Deerfield came in at Number Three, and Wilmette placed seventh in the annual survey, which determines rankings based on school test scores, crime, recreational and cultural opportunities and the cost of living. How awesome is that? Even if you don’t live in one of those ‘burbs, we all benefit from living in the same area - after all, it’s not as if the rest of us don’t have access to the same assets, such as our great lakefront, awesome local theater, youth sports and excellent park district programming.

In fact, it was the North Shore’s recreational and cultural opportunities that helped Deerfield and Wilmette shoot to the top - they came in 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in those categories. What dragged us down? The cost of living, where we placed…ahem…49th and 50th. Ouch. The price we pay, I guess, for those opportunities, right?

I just think it’s worth crowing about - especially when you look at the list in its entirety. Many of the locales are darn close to flat-out rural, with a number of small towns in Nebraska making the list. And I’m not sure what’s up with Buffalo ‘burbs, but a lot of them made the list. (My grandmother lives in a Buffalo ‘burb, and there’s not a coffeeshop in sight, unless you count Tim Horton’s, where the coffee is so hot I swear Satan would spit it out.)

So - if you live on the North Shore, celebrate! And if you don’t, why not? Check out our Deerfield and Wilmette real estate pages!

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