Loyola & Northwestern

kyler242
Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:58:56 +0000

I always think that big box stores and chain stores could make a killing here, catering to the UChicago population. There are a lot of movements to bring a Trader Joe’s to Hyde Park and to amp up our retail-ness a little bit. It seems so out of character with the U. of C., though, now that I think of it-- there are bookstores aplenty, and that’s about it.



hahahaha, be careful what you wish for! First it’s a Trader Joes, then it’s a Gap, then Banana Republic…and then before you know it Hyde Park will be like (gasp!) Evanston ;)



Although I have to say, I wouldn’t understand why a NW student would want to go to Midway Airport, even if it’s “only 45 minutes” away (which is so not true - besides 3 and a half years at the U of C I lived in Chicago for 18…). I mean, O’hare is much closer, and you know, generally the preferred airport for people out in the suburbs.



Um, I don’t know if that was directed at me, but if so I never said Midway Airport was only 45 minutes away from Evanston, I said it was about an hour and a half by CTA. And I can think of a big reason why a NU student would want to fly out of Midway Airport: Southwest Airlines.