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The city of Chicago is in Cook County. Cook County also includes some of the north, northwest, west, and south suburbs. It is the largest of the six counties that compose "Chicagoland."

DuPage County and Lake County are the two suburban counties that have been considered part of the Chicago metropolitan area the longest. DuPage is highly developed and is very popular with people who commute to the city. It is located due west of downtown Chicago, west of Highway 294. Schaumburg, Wheaton, Bensenville, Elmhurst, Lombard, Carol Stream, and West Chicago are all in DuPage County. Lake County is the area above Cook County, bordered on the east by Lake Michigan. It extends to the Wisconsin border, and includes Barrington, Antioch, Grayslake, Round Beach Lake, Zion, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, and North Chicago. Real estate and especially construction in this area are booming.

Kane County, which encompasses the communities of Aurora, St. Charles, and Geneva, is west of DuPage County. McHenry County is north of Kane County and borders the western edge of Lake County, which means that it is (very far) northwest of the city of Chicago. To the southwest of the city is Will County. This is a relatively undeveloped county with a lot of available land. Communities in Will County include Joliet and Bolingbrook.

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