Title: Find Another Map
Product review: I've used and liked Rand McNally street atlases before, but this one is hopeless! The grid starts in the northwest corner of Cook County and the maps work eastward. Consequently, many of the western suburbs are clearly pictured on a single page, but the eastern ones are awkwardly divided and require a lot of page-turning to view. For example, Evanston is divided between maps 101, 102, 117 and 118. The driver has to turn 3 pages to see them all. The most exasperating fact is that downtown Chicago is divided between 2 maps separated by the metal spiral, which makes them extremely difficult to read. Given that just about everyone who buys this book will at some time want to use the downtown map, Rand McNally might have included a clearer one at the beginning or end of the book. Alas, they didn't. If you are mostly driving around the south and western suburbs, this book may work for you. If you are primarily interested in Chicago and the lakefront suburbs, find another map!
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