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Thanks. No, no specific reason for Evanston. My wife will likely be working in Northbrook. Evanston just looked halfway. Any livable community will do.
It depends on your definition of livable, of course
You're coming from Madison? If so, Evanston is a good bet. It's a good mix of urban and suburban. You can actually walk places.
The problem with Lincolnwood is that it's not close to the CTA. Unless you're a doc who will get comped parking, you don't want to be driving to NMH every day (monthly parking is something like $200). Skokie has the yellow line, but most of the housing right by the station is pretty awful (just ugly old 50s buildings that don't tend to be in very good shape).
As others have stated, Evanston isn't close to the expressways, so it can be tough to get around.