{"id":1030,"date":"2017-11-10T13:09:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtonhomeschicago.wordpress.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2017-11-10T13:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T19:09:50","slug":"money-magazine-dubs-des-plaines-a-2017-best-place-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/money-magazine-dubs-des-plaines-a-2017-best-place-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Magazine Dubs Des Plaines One of the 2017 Best Places to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Money Magazine recently ranked the best places to live in the country, and Des Plaines, Illinois was ranked in the top 40, coming in at number 35. The rankings were based on affordability and quality of life. We\u2019re excited to be grand opening Lexington Pointe Townhomes in this highly ranked community.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1038\" src=\"http:\/\/lexington-staging.graphiclanguage.net\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/desplaines.png\" alt=\"Desplaines\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/desplaines.png 800w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/desplaines-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/desplaines-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Money Magazine said <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/collection\/best-places-to-live-2017\/4929076\/des-plaines-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Des Plaines stood out in the rankings<\/a> because of affordable housing and a low unemployment rate. They cited the benefits of being a \u201ctransit hub,\u201d near O\u2019Hare, with great top employers like UOP Honeywell, Oakton Community College, and AmericanEagle.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Other exciting Des Plaines points of interest from the article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Mystic Waters Family Aquatic Center<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">18-hole golf course at Lake Opera<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Trails and green spaces on the banks of the Des Plaines River<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The art guild and Big Noise Theater<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">A community concert series<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Public library events<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">A historical museum<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Claim to fame as the site where the 1985 movie <i>The Breakfast Club<\/i> was filmed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Money rankings evaluated thousands of communities with populations between 10,000 and 100,000 people. The 8 criteria included: cost of living, economy, education, housing, crime, convenience, cultural and recreational amenities, and overall pleasantness. Congratulations to the community of Des Plaines for ranking in the top 40!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1041\" src=\"http:\/\/lexington-staging.graphiclanguage.net\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lexpointe1.png\" alt=\"LexPointe1\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lexpointe1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lexpointe1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lexpointe1-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Interested in living in Des Plaines? Lexington Pointe offers 2-3 bedroom townhomes beginning from the $350s walking distance from the heart of downtown Des Plaines. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/illinois\/des-plaines\/lexington-pointe\/floor-plans\">available floorplans<\/a> and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/illinois\/des-plaines\/lexington-pointe\/welcome\">Lexington Pointe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Money Magazine recently ranked the best places to live in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[192,193,267,268,275],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonchicago.com\/about\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}