This is dream candy!!! Imagine yourself living here in a world-class city like Chicago, and in homes like these. Forget for a moment that Chicago is home to lots of beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright creations like the one pictured here. Look deeper, beyond the beautiful skyline. Chicago is nothing like New York. Chicago is like New York’s country cousin. It’s not all skyscrapers and brownstones, with people living literally on top of each other. It may look like it on the surface, and these beautiful downtown Chicago homes certainly put the city on par with New York. Chicago is sophisticated. It’s elegant. But look beyond The Loop, and you’ll find a secret makes this city truly unique.

People have always migrated from all over the Midwest to live in Chicago. This is “the city that works”. You work all day, get to sleep at night, you party on Friday and Saturday, and go to church on Sunday. That’s the American Midwest. The city is big and dirty, but the suburbs were built to make you feel like you’re still living out in the country. Family, church, and community are the holy trinity for pretty much everywhere in the Midwest, and Chicago is no exception. You might be a captain of industry all day in your office overlooking Lake Michigan. But hop on a Metra train headed out to the Northern, Western, or South suburbs, and in 15 to 20 minutes, you step off the train into what feels like Mayberry. 

Chicago’s suburbs are built in such a way as to create that feeling of small-town Middle America. These are walkable, bikeable neighborhoods, complete with artisan cheese shops, craft beer, sidewalk cafes, coffee shops, and lots of boutiques. Green spaces abound, full of people walking their dogs and cyclists on bike paths. It’s hard to believe you’re still in the third-largest city in America, but that’s exactly the point. You have over eight million neighbors, and if you live in the city, it feels like the city. But if you live in the burbs, it’s small-town living at its finest!

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Who builds a Bohemian storybook village next to one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the world? America does! But only if you’re a Californian, because they’re the only Americans creative enough to even think of it. Carmel By the Sea is one of America’s little hidden treasures. Most tourists come to California for L.A., San Francisco and San Diego. But the clever ones get off the beaten path, jump on the Pacific Coast Highway, and head for the hidden gems of California. 

Carmel By the Sea is considered one of the most walkable places in America, and with good reason. It goes beyond the fact that the streets are lined with precious little boutiques that sell any and everything you could ever need to be completely happy in a place this beautiful. Even if you don’t have a dime to spend, the window shopping is almost as good as the actual shopping. It even goes beyond all the adorable gingerbread houses that make this place look like fairies fly about at night. 

This place is a gluttonous feast for the eyes and the senses. Being blind here would be a fate worse than death. Everywhere you look, there’s something beautiful waiting for you to stare at it. Being that’s it’s California, you’ve gotta know that everything costs ten times more than what it would anywhere else in America. But the most beautiful things in Carmel are 100% free. Just head down to the beach and you’ll see what I mean!

These rustic little fishing villages are where people with real power and money can live the good life without attracting unwanted attention. They invite you to walk everywhere  every chance you get. It’s not the kind of place you want to drive past quickly. It’s the kind of place you visit and never want to leave. You never know who’s who in that unassuming coffee shop. You could be standing next to some of the richest, most powerful people in America and never know it, because they’re wearing a pair of old jeans and driving a Jeep. They don’t need mansions. They might just as easily have a nice little houseboat, or they live on a yacht. They’re not looking for notoriety. Their names are never in the news. They look and act like normal people so they can run to Starbucks for a cup of coffee, or take a spin on a motorcycle without being hounded by median. But they got to Tiburon because they’re sharks. The town is named “shark” for all the sharks that live in the bay. And just like sharks, you never see them coming.