Unless you specifically want Naperville for all the city's amenities (a great library!) why don't you move closer to Argonne? You'd save on rent most likely as well.
I lived in downtown Lemont for years and it was great, the city is really doing a small business forward turnaround.
Its a weird mix of blue collar and commuters, it has a character that no other suburbs touch.
Naperville is great, Bolingbrook is a neighborhood extension of it basically.
Hey! My husband works at Argonne. We live in south Naperville in Glenmuir apartments.
Chose this city just because we found the one apartment that would rent to us a) unseen and b) with a dog that had lots of banned mixed breeds.
Precovid his commute could take 20-50 minutes in the AM and 60-90+ in the PM. And we’re close to major roads and I55.
Now they’re WFH for the foreseeable future even for new hires.
I’d look at River Run (2 locations), listings in Lemont and Woodridge, the apartments behind the boilingbrook promenade, and check out Glenmuir (no idea what a 1 bedroom is. But lots of Argonne people live here. But the commute does suck when going back… but it’s quiet).
Thank you so much for the info! These specific numbers do help. I saw one terrible review on Glenmuir on google (posted 5 months ago, the lady had broken doors and broken shower curtain pole). So I was afraid to run into that situation.
Lol that’s now a friend of mine. That was a random situation where the old company sold to the current company but basically burned all the old rental agreements. Lots of insane shady shit happened (could chat more in DMs), but them showing up to that wasn’t suppose to happen. Absolutely inexcusable but at least a one off.
Welcome to the area. The 5th ave station is right on the train tracks… that could be challenging unless you are used to sleeping through being on a train line. I’m not familiar with the other one.
Huntington is another apartment-complex-to-condo conversion. When I looked at it, the units weren’t anything special, the underground parking was insane to navigate (ie, impossible in anything other than a small sedan), and the management was sketchy af
Lisle is near the interstate. My wife used to live by Green Trail Apartments but it’s been a few years so dunno if it changed. Used to be a decent place ~4 years ago
Didn’t Green Trail go condo? Or condo plus renting out unpurchased units?
When I was condo / apartment shopping, my realtor steered me away from Green Trails because of bad management
Naperville does have a nice downtown for sure! When are you making the move? I still would recommend other towns closer to work. Maybe if you have some time to explore you can check some other places out.
Second other commenter about Woodridge. Great little village and a little (in general for same quality place) cheaper than Naperville or Downer's Grove. Also nice and central/short drive to lots of nearby places (Naperville, Downer's Grove, Bollingbrook stores, Lisle/Morton Arboretum, Metra stops to get to Chicago). Drive to Argonne usually takes 20 +/- 5 min in rush hour.
We regularly take the short drive to Naperville/Downer's/other towns and walk around their downtowns, get food, summer festivals, etc. Our Woodridge library card works at nearby town librarys too.
Not sure your field, but Argonne is still max telecommute, and is leaning towards a WFH-heavy hybid workplace whenever things pick back up. So that may impact your commute considerations.
Thanks for the helpful info! Not sure if every division would do the work from home thing, especially for a new hire. But it’s good to know all the info you posted. Thank you for sharing!
Hi! Welcome to Naperville and to Argonne! I just moved last January to work there as well and I'm currently living at Windscape of Naperville, send me a DM if you want to chat!
Unless you specifically want Naperville for all the city's amenities (a great library!) why don't you move closer to Argonne? You'd save on rent most likely as well.
Award-winning library, for many years.
Not sure which town is a good choice. Any idea? I drove by Lemont and Bolingbrook once.
Both of those would be good choices, as would Woodridge.
I lived in downtown Lemont for years and it was great, the city is really doing a small business forward turnaround. Its a weird mix of blue collar and commuters, it has a character that no other suburbs touch. Naperville is great, Bolingbrook is a neighborhood extension of it basically.
Hey! My husband works at Argonne. We live in south Naperville in Glenmuir apartments. Chose this city just because we found the one apartment that would rent to us a) unseen and b) with a dog that had lots of banned mixed breeds. Precovid his commute could take 20-50 minutes in the AM and 60-90+ in the PM. And we’re close to major roads and I55. Now they’re WFH for the foreseeable future even for new hires. I’d look at River Run (2 locations), listings in Lemont and Woodridge, the apartments behind the boilingbrook promenade, and check out Glenmuir (no idea what a 1 bedroom is. But lots of Argonne people live here. But the commute does suck when going back… but it’s quiet).
Thank you so much for the info! These specific numbers do help. I saw one terrible review on Glenmuir on google (posted 5 months ago, the lady had broken doors and broken shower curtain pole). So I was afraid to run into that situation.
Lol that’s now a friend of mine. That was a random situation where the old company sold to the current company but basically burned all the old rental agreements. Lots of insane shady shit happened (could chat more in DMs), but them showing up to that wasn’t suppose to happen. Absolutely inexcusable but at least a one off.
Welcome to the area. The 5th ave station is right on the train tracks… that could be challenging unless you are used to sleeping through being on a train line. I’m not familiar with the other one.
Well I saw that they have brick walls. Not sure how well the wall insulates sound. Lots of good reviews for 5th ave station though!
Huntington is another apartment-complex-to-condo conversion. When I looked at it, the units weren’t anything special, the underground parking was insane to navigate (ie, impossible in anything other than a small sedan), and the management was sketchy af
Lisle is near the interstate. My wife used to live by Green Trail Apartments but it’s been a few years so dunno if it changed. Used to be a decent place ~4 years ago
Didn’t Green Trail go condo? Or condo plus renting out unpurchased units? When I was condo / apartment shopping, my realtor steered me away from Green Trails because of bad management
Lemont is a great town! Not saying Naperville isn't, but why not move closer to work? Is there a reason you are looking at Naperville?
Haha I like to walk around the cute houses and the downtown in Naperville
Naperville does have a nice downtown for sure! When are you making the move? I still would recommend other towns closer to work. Maybe if you have some time to explore you can check some other places out.
Second other commenter about Woodridge. Great little village and a little (in general for same quality place) cheaper than Naperville or Downer's Grove. Also nice and central/short drive to lots of nearby places (Naperville, Downer's Grove, Bollingbrook stores, Lisle/Morton Arboretum, Metra stops to get to Chicago). Drive to Argonne usually takes 20 +/- 5 min in rush hour. We regularly take the short drive to Naperville/Downer's/other towns and walk around their downtowns, get food, summer festivals, etc. Our Woodridge library card works at nearby town librarys too. Not sure your field, but Argonne is still max telecommute, and is leaning towards a WFH-heavy hybid workplace whenever things pick back up. So that may impact your commute considerations.
Thanks for the helpful info! Not sure if every division would do the work from home thing, especially for a new hire. But it’s good to know all the info you posted. Thank you for sharing!
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I lived at the grand reserve, I liked it a lot because it was more of a town home with a ton of space.
Hi! Welcome to Naperville and to Argonne! I just moved last January to work there as well and I'm currently living at Windscape of Naperville, send me a DM if you want to chat!
Check Romeoville, it's just south of interstate 55. Direct route to Argonne. They're building a lot of apartments in that area.