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Larry Mullholland — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:42 -0000

I live in Central Illinois. I love the change of seasons. I love the leaves in the fall and spring bloom. I love the thunderstorms and the BIG snow storms. I am proud that I walk where Lincoln walked. I am proud that I worked with and where soon to be President Barack Obama worked as a State Senator. I love the fact that if I wanted to enjoy the big city life I am a short drive or a shorter flight away from the major metro areas of CHI and STL. I enjoy the passion, the work ethic the kindness of Illinoisans. Most of all I live near most of my family. Home is where the heart is...

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32nd Ward Roscoe Village — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:50:23 -0000

There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.

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soccermom — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:19:59 -0000

Because it's great! if the weather were perfect, everybody would want to live here. Days like this keep the California riffraff from overwhelming us.

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bored now — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:05:03 -0000

as no doubt most people know, i hail from florida. i "retired" here. yeah, tell me about it (my wife comes from here). i guess i'm a little different...

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Cheesehead Girl — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:29:41 -0000

Originally from SE WI, came to Spfld. as a new bride. My husband was born & raised here. Hated it at first but after several decades have come to appreciate what it has to offer. Cost of living is good, people are friendly, no traffic, plus it was a great place to raise kids. My daughter now lives in the 'burbs so I get to go up north & enjoy Chicago without having to deal with it on a daily basis. I've done a lot of traveling but I couldn't live anywhere else.

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Rebw — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:13:40 -0000

Even though I'm only 21, I want to live in Illinois more than anywhere else. I'm in the military and have visited quite a few states and several foreign countries, but nothing feels quite as homey as Illinois. There doesn't seem to be another place that mixes urban and rural, sprawling buildings and sprawling plains as well as Illinois.

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Belle — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:38:39 -0000

It's the most corrupt state. I like to be number 1! :)

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zatoichi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:37:45 -0000

Loved the cold weather as a kid and still do. The sweaty summers are great. Have lived around the country and have no regrets of coming back. Family, friends, good job, reasonable cost of living, within 3 hr drive of Chi or SL with interesting places in between.

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Justice — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:46:48 -0000

I like fast women and beautiful cars and Illinois has it's fair share. The folks are great, the weather always changing and challenging, and everywhere is close by.

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Secret Square — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:18:26 -0000

Also, Illinois prairie sunsets (and sunrises) are unique. When my husband was in the Navy 20 years ago, serving in the Caribbean, the Med, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, he said it was our sunsets he missed most.

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mark — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:41:03 -0000

because when we get thru this "cold snap" and snow-it'll be time for Bluesfest, Millinieum Park concerts, Summerdance, White Sox games, hitting 63rd Street beach with an ice cold adult malted beverage and complaining about how hot it is...there ain't no place better

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Six Degrees of Separation — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:25:59 -0000

Because CA is too full of people, it rains too much in the Pacific northwest, AZ and NV will run out of water someday, CO has too many transplants, the Great Plains are boring, the south is full of rednecks, and the eastern seaboard is full of east coast blueblood snobs.

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How Ironic — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:24:02 -0000

Springfield is a nice town. Housing costs are low. Big city life is only a few hours drive away.

Decent job, good family, and the Chatham School district gives Dupage and it's money a run for quality.

Not to mention we don't have the traffic of Chicago.

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Levois — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:23:06 -0000

It's home until I have a good reason to move. Such as lower standard of living, better weather, school, or a good job.

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Secret Square — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:17:42 -0000

It's home, number one. And because trying to live on the coasts or down south were "everyone else" wants to live means you have to put up with urban sprawl, crowds, crime, rising prices and all the things you were trying to get away from.

Five or 10 days a year of subzero weather (maybe not even that many) are outweighed by 350+ days a years of beautiful, so-so, or crappy but tolerable weather, which seems like a pretty good trade off to me.

I'll take blizzards and tornadoes over hurricanes and earthquakes any day as well. Tornadoes are over pretty quickly and only hit a narrow area, while hurricanes last for hours and flatten huge swaths of land.

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The Horse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:15:59 -0000

ahhh Rich ... I was trying to be snarky and original (and in fact it was true)

was it dropped cause it was rabid? or was it a gratuitous insult of my former hoosier neighbors?

in any event... sorry for crossing the line

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Jake from Elwood — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:12:12 -0000

Insufferable frigidity > Insufferable humidity.
You can always add layers.

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Bill Baar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:11:29 -0000

I can't get Italian Beef anywhere else.

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Say WHAT? — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:01:40 -0000

Cold climates give you an excuse to cuddle!

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alrtee — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:56:41 -0000

Sheesh..glad I moved out of state :) there is life outside the boundaries of Illinois and its good....

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32nd Ward Chicago — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:52:25 -0000

It's way above the bug line--no big spiders, poisonous snakes or other nasty bugs. I moved north from Kansas, the land of no corruption, so I hate the corruption and mediocre government/judges but I love the people and city. Just think, a hard winter means fewer mosquitos in the summer!

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Left Leaner — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:50:47 -0000

Best state in the Union. Best people, and we have a little of everything.

Rural, urban, small town, big city, big river, great lake, corn, soy beans, coal, nuclear, food (from every corner of the earth - and our own creations), beer, wine, four seasons, south, north, gambling, sports, shopping, etc.

Illinois events, politics and citizens have played a huge role in this country's history. Lincoln and Reagan two of the biggest. And I think a BIG new chapter is about to get started.

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Little Egypt — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:47:29 -0000

Kids, spouse & I have been on some really great vacations through the years. We've been north, south, east and west and I've never ever once regretted pulling back into the home driveway.

I used to work with a guy from Alabama who talked about the mosquitoes, gnats, flies, red clay, rocky farm fields, dust covering cars so thick he could write readable sentences on top of one another, hot sultry summers that were so humid he could hardly get his breath and I asked why he lived there. He said it all with two words - "It's home". Same for me and Illinois.

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clj — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:45:05 -0000

Don't know why. Been trying to figure that one out for 30 years.

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Vote Quimby! — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:43:31 -0000

I've lived in every area code in the state (until they started multiplying like rabbits) and now live in 618 near a city wtih a baseball team I grew up hating. My state reps live in East St. Louis, although only 10 miles away still a different world away and they care nothing for us. The county I now live in is also corrupt (they still think Midamerica Airport is a great idea) and political hacks drive around in county trucks. Our IDOT district is home to probably the most campaign staffers per capita, and we must cross the worlds' longest river to get cheaper gas and cigarettes. Why do I live here? As Frank O. Pinion says, I guess I'm just stupid! Or, I married a change-averse Illinois farm girl who doesn't see what I see...