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LIST: The Snobbiest Towns in Chicago Suburbs Are ...

The latest list from RoadSnacks names the snobbiest places in Illinois and all of the top twenty are in the suburbs.

If you are turning your nose up at this article, you may want to read on.

Travel website RoadSnacks.com recently “analyzed” criteria for 341 of the state’s most populated areas (towns with over 5,000 people) and determined which ones were the snobbiest. This analysis was based on the number of private schools in an area, people who went to college, art galleries, Whole Foods nearby and theaters, playhouses, opera houses and performance art centers in the area. They also looked at income levels and area home prices.

Roadsnack writes:

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In order to rank the most stuck up people in Illinois, we had to determine what criteria makes people snobs. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people who have the highest educations, live in the nicest neighborhoods, and who attend fancy events.

So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic

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All of the top twenty snobbiest places in Illinois are in the suburbs, according to Roadsnacks. The North Shore has the majority of towns on the list. As a disclaimer, Roadsnack writes the list is “based on facts and is meant as infotainment. Don’t freak out.”

Here is a look at which towns made Roadsnacks list:

  1. Glencoe
  2. Winnetka
  3. Oak Brook
  4. Wilmette
  5. Long Grove
  6. Lincolnshire
  7. Barrington
  8. Lake Bluff
  9. Northfield
  10. Highland Park
  11. Lake Forest
  12. Oak Park
  13. Deerfield
  14. Libertyville
  15. Winfield
  16. Northbrook
  17. Glenview
  18. Evanston
  19. Hinsdale
  20. Glen Ellyn

You can read more about why these towns made RoadSnacks’ list on RoadSnacks website.

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