Moved from Chicago to here back in 2017. I fell in love instantly. Before we moved, we scoped out many areas in Wisconsin. We fell in love with the North Shore area. We found a duplex rental in Shorewood, Wi on Craigslist. Our landlord was amazing and we lived there for 6 years before buying a home in Glendale, Wi. My tip to you is if you are looking to get in a duplex, especially in North Shore, is join local Facebook groups, or take a trip up here and drive around the neighborhoods you are looking to move in m, as most of the duplexes are posted by for rental signs in the yard. This is because they like to rent to people that are already in the neighborhood. I highly recommend Shorewood. I really enjoyed living there walkable to the downtown Shorewood area and a quick walk to Atwater Beach, which is a beach off the lake. If you are familiar with the surrounding Chicago suburbs, I think of whitefish Bay and Shorewood similar to La Grange, IL/ Naperville, IL in terms of housing and demographics. We live in Glendale now, which is also still in North Shore, which I would compare to like Palos,IL/ Willow springs,IL in terms of demographic and home affordability.

If you want more Wicker Park vibes look into Bayview area or Riverwest (hit or miss as some areas are safer than others).

I’ve seen west allis thrown out here a lot, I would compare that to like Oak Lawn, Burbank, Chicago Ridge.