Most diverse neighborhoods for young person?

Chicago is a lot more separated as far as demographics go than DC. If you want to live on the N. side West Ridge (devon ave) has good indian food, diverse neighborhood, same thing with Edgewater which has a lot of Vietnamese food, but my opinion is living there is living far away. Mid Chicago - Ukrainian village / East village / and Near West Side are pretty cool, things to do, etc I think that's the new cool place to live in for a young cholo in Chicago. I would try to avoid living in Lincoln Park and Old Town and places like that unless you want to get sucked into that bullshit, there is a lot out there.
Bridgeport is starting to be a pretty cool place to live, diverse, good for a young person starting out, you have Chinatown to the NE and Pilsen to the NW then a close drive south to Hyde Park and some other neighborhoods.
I guess it depends more on what kind of person you are, what things you want to be around, where your job or school is and how much you want to pay. All the places I suggested are on the cheaper side.