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Thanks for the input. This seems like an unwinnable situation for me (still trying to convince mrs. mlbcard to find a job in the city). I figure with the metra and the shuttle from union station to NMH, it'll take about an hour each way. Is that on par with driving to sauganash, lincolnwood or skokie, or a little longer?
I used to do consulting for NMH about 20 years ago and I am very familiar with the commute. There are 2 different bus options from the train stations to NMH. One is the NMH shuttle. The other is the 120/121 busses run by the CTA. The NMH shuttle will take you directly to the Med Center campus and the CTA drops you off about 2 or 3 blocks south of the campus. In either case you have to allow 20 or 30 minutes to get from the train stations to your office.
If you choose to live in the Sauganash area, there is a train stop in Edgebrook (Devon and Central). That would take you about an hour to get to NMH.
If you choose Skokie, you can take the CTA from Skokie to Howard Street and then take the CTA to Chicago & State. That is about a 5 block walk to NMH. From Skokie you can also take the train from Morton Grove to Union Station as well (the same line that goes to Edgebrook, just the next stop north).
Personally, I would also look at other suburbs along the other commuter rail lines. There are a lot of very nice communities having excellent school systems that are a suprisingly short communute on the train from downtown.
In any event, I would avoid driving at all costs.