[conservative in nyc]

It'll take you 11 minutes on the Metra from Kenwood to downtown Chicago and 21 minutes on the express to Hinsdale.

And then there's that little issue of getting from the Millenium or Van Buren Metra stop, where the Metra trains from Kenwood go in the Loop, to Union Station, where the Metra train to Hinsdale leaves. And the little issue of coordinating schedules on trains that don't run as often as the El. You'd be lucky to be able to get from Kenwood to Hinsdale in an hour using public transit.

[wideawake]

I forgot that the Metra to 59th St. doesn't go up to Union Station.