10) Winnetka
No list of the ten best places to live in Illinois would be complete without mention of Winnetka, the richest town in Illinois and the second richest town in the whole of the United States. Yes, Winnetka is one of the most desirable places to live in the U.S., possibly even the world! Aside from the obvious, low crime rate, good schools, stable housing market, Winnetka is a desirable place to live based on the architecture alone. Many of Winnetka’s estates, homes and churches were designed by top architects and even the city’s Crow Island School Was declared a National Historical Monument in 1990. Winnetka can also make a number of claims to fame as in 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Winnetka and in 1994 the majority of the film Home Alone was shot on a Winnetka street. Located on the picturesque shore of Lake Michigan just 16 miles north of Chicago, Winnetka couldn’t feel much further from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
