[QUOTE=toomanybooks]Lakeview is nice, but don't you mean the El to vicinity of Michigan/Randolph Millennium Station, then the Metra to HP?
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When I was originally posting about the relative merits of Lakeview and the north side (should have also thrown out the neighborhood of Roscoe Village as another possible neighborhood to consider), I plugged in Lakeview to HP on www.Transitchicago.com and it recommended bus or El to downtown/Millennium Station and then Metra to HP as the fastest route.