<p>Lakeview is not really close. Now let’s learn a bit more about Chicago:</p>
<p>Chicago was built on a grid system with a “major” street every half mile - equal to four blocks. The starting point is somewhere in the middle of the Loop (downtown). From there heading north, the north/south streets are numbered with the addresses increasing by 100 for each block. There are 8 blocks to a mile. That’s why Chicago is so easy to navigate despite of its size.</p>
<p>So we have downtown as the starting point (zero) and Lakeview is about 3400 N while Evanston/Chicago boarder is around 8000 N (I don’t remember the exact number). Now we can do the math to get the approxiate distance from Evanston to Lakeview. 8000 - 3400 = 5600 which is about 56 blocks. Since there are 8 blocks to a mile, the distance is about 56 blocks / 8 blocks per mile = 7 miles. Similarly, distance between downtown to Evanston/Chicago line is about 10 miles. Northwestern is about 2 miles north of the boarder so that’s where you get 12 miles.</p>