Originally Posted by
M60_to_LGA
I have never heard of any gay people being happy in Evanston. It's a suburb, with absolutely no gay life except for whatever Northwestern's on-campus groups are doing. Expect that you would find your social life revolving around going in and out of the city all the time, which means you'd lose the ability to spontaneously meet up with friends for drinks, etc. and would have to deal with the schlep of getting home to the suburbs late at night if you do go out.
Even straight residents of Evanston have the same problem.
People get lured into thinking that Evanston is convenient to Chicago because it's adjacent and has El service. Nobody ever mentions that it's usually the better part of an hour to make the journey and that the El service stops at the Evanston border if you stay out too late, which means a long walk past a cemetery in a not so great part of town if there aren't any cabs around.