Where to stay?

JHS
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:35:47 +0000

Anywhere in the South Loop area will have easy access to Lake Shore Drive, which will make it a 15-minute drive (at most) to the University, except maybe at the height of rush hour. Once you get to Hyde Park, however, you will have to park. Good luck with that.

The other place people will tell you to stay is near Midway Airport. That is cheaper than downtown, but not a pleasant neighborhood, and the drive to the University, though shorter, will take longer (and take you through neighborhoods you don’t want to think about being that close to the University). There’s a reason the University tries to steer you to the South Loop – the whole experience is way more pleasant, and you get to see great parts of Chicago (Grant Park! The lake! Soldiers’ Field! MSI!), not a lot of gang tags in Spanish.