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Beyond (And Above) Sprawl

07/07/11

Karen and Rich Angelbeck loved their neighborhood in Chicago’s Southport Corridor next to Wrigley Field. In fact, they had no intention of leaving it when, on a lark, they road-tripped with another couple last January to visit a neighborhood under construction some 40 miles outside the city. That’s when things changed. A week later, they found themselves returning, to a bank around the corner from the job site, and withdrawing money for a deposit on a three-bedroom bungalow. Their friends bought the lot next door…