Is Park Ridge worth the money?

Wife and I are house hunting this spring and looking in the burbs along UP-NW and MD-N corridors. This likely won’t be the home we have where our kids will go to school so that’s not a huge factor. Of all the burbs, Park Ridge has been the least bang for buck as far as homes. Is it really that much higher quality living then places like Mount Prospect, AH, or Glenview, especially if school district isn’t a factor?