a lovely college community and fine downtown shopping and dining, clustered around the elmhurst Metra commuter rail station. like an old town, the downtown lights flash red after hours. it is also a very conservative community with lots of middle class families living in old but nice housing stock on city blocks. there are industrial parks and some retail on the outskirts of town. only 20 minutes from everywhere, including downtown Chicago, Woodfield Mall, O’Hare, and Naperville.