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 Moving sidejack...and I'm probably gonna butcher this... - haighter May 27, 2025, 15:08:20
- Cities, Suburbs, and Florida (edits inside) - EffinIllini May 29, 2025, 10:07:22
- can't really live anywhere I need to drive to function, but Texas seems pretty hellish - ECEIllinois May 28, 2025, 18:03:31
- How bad is the Rockford area? Am I going to a shithole? - ibdoc May 28, 2025, 17:14:54
- Is there anything other than farmland and Belvidere 10-30 miles east of Rockford?* - Carl Spackler May 28, 2025, 17:55:32
- In my limited time there, it's basically Peoria* - Sounder May 28, 2025, 17:45:01
- Some really unsavory types live there* - Stu May 28, 2025, 17:21:01
- then why rockford? i'm sure you can find places that are nice enough for you. it's not chicago!* - torinese May 28, 2025, 17:20:14
- I read this as, “until my kids and future mrsdoc get out of college.”* - VIV May 28, 2025, 17:20:01
- Ohio - AintHatin May 28, 2025, 15:16:46
- I think I’d be willing to try anywhere assuming it doesn’t require me to spend hours in the car - GhostofPokeyStixPast May 28, 2025, 13:56:46
- grew up in ECI - high school in a town of 500 - in Houston now - bulldogmba May 28, 2025, 13:45:53
- Small towns are a HARD pass for me - illini21 May 28, 2025, 13:37:08
- Agreed, would happily live in the country, but no town smaller than CU. - larue33 May 28, 2025, 14:06:29
- i prefer the small towns around the college towns. away from the riff raff but still within 10-15 - lcubed May 28, 2025, 13:43:53
- Did you try that there once?* - ATL May 28, 2025, 13:42:30
- college towns are kind of a cheat code* - Sounder May 28, 2025, 13:38:32
- Having now lived in a city for 14 years that would have previously been on my “NFW” list - VIV May 28, 2025, 13:34:12
- Now that I think about it, I would not live in most suburbs - Chilango May 28, 2025, 13:14:04
- Yeah no suburbs. Would prefer small town over burbs.* - DiamondDazzle May 28, 2025, 13:47:42
- I'm going to be honest, I am finally at an age where I absolutely understand the appeal - Sounder May 28, 2025, 13:26:23
- On the flip side they opened a Starbucks that is walkable from my house. - tvillini May 28, 2025, 14:58:43
- I could very happily live in one of the close-in burbs here. - VIV May 28, 2025, 13:35:26
- They lock up stuff at suburban Walgreens too* - bjl63 May 28, 2025, 13:32:53
- I like the physical structures you’re able to get in the suburbs (bigger, not as old, etc.) - snipes824 May 28, 2025, 13:32:38
- I totally get why people live in the 'burbs, even if it ain't for me. - KingTalkyTiki May 28, 2025, 13:32:02
- love me those acres of parking lots* - cpsteine May 28, 2025, 15:33:23
- Also, “good schools” and “a yard”* - IlliniOllie May 28, 2025, 13:44:10
- TO be clear, I understand why, I just don't want it for me or my family* - Chilango May 28, 2025, 13:41:24
- Not sure how the burbs are more convenient. In my experience, they're - longsnapper May 28, 2025, 13:41:00
- There are times I want to go grocery shopping for example.. - KingTalkyTiki May 28, 2025, 14:09:03
- I'll drive past four grocery stores to go to the "good" grocery store* - Sounder May 28, 2025, 16:04:53
- I have two walkable, two others almost walkable. * - Chilango May 28, 2025, 15:59:33
- Also, I recently got an electric cargo bike and the thing is fucking amazing - longsnapper May 28, 2025, 14:26:20
- Don't think driving to a grocery store in the suburbs is any less a pain - longsnapper May 28, 2025, 14:24:46
- yes, I'm saying that at this life stage, I'm perfectly good with the trade off* - Sounder May 28, 2025, 13:38:08
- Same. Even in small cities. - KingTalkyTiki May 28, 2025, 13:24:24
- I'd never live in a city, but it's more just personal preference, not specific history* - IlliniOllie May 28, 2025, 11:49:38
- anywhere further south than northern IL - Sammich May 28, 2025, 10:34:50
- Pretty much any state that borders the Gulf of Mexico except maybe Texas. - ATL May 28, 2025, 10:22:12
- Which state do people regret moving to the most? - Sounder May 28, 2025, 10:09:16
- I could never live in an urban downtown. Too much going on for me.* - PapaDels May 27, 2025, 20:34:56
- Just Texas* - Taz May 27, 2025, 19:50:27
- Hot take: people who don't like Texas either haven't spent much time there - Sounder May 28, 2025, 10:12:01
- It's a great place if you like concrete and your favorite color is brown* - Herman Blume May 28, 2025, 11:43:25
- I lived there for about 4-6 months when I was 18. That was enough for me* - Taz May 28, 2025, 11:19:40
- it's ok for people to not like a place - IlliniSax05 May 28, 2025, 11:12:39
- Whatever you say. More Texas for you. - KingTalkyTiki May 28, 2025, 11:06:50
- Hill County is pretty.* - DiamondDazzle May 28, 2025, 10:55:02
- The heat would melt me* - reggiedunlop May 28, 2025, 10:31:16
- I've only been to Dallas one time. It was fine but I'd never want to live in that climate.* - Warrin'_Illini May 28, 2025, 10:23:10
- I've spent a lot of time there and even lived in Austin. I don't hate it there but not a top - ATL May 28, 2025, 10:23:01
- I don’t like Texas because I am raising a daughter* - IlliniJuice07 May 28, 2025, 10:22:48
- NYC, Chicago, D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Denver* - bbonb May 27, 2025, 18:26:03
- I don’t want to live in the woods. Even a suburban wooded lot. - DT May 27, 2025, 18:00:00
- Not really a hard pass, but I have realized I do prefer the coasts - snipes824 May 27, 2025, 15:58:10
- Not really. - Chilango May 27, 2025, 15:54:07
- Oklahoma * - illini thunder May 27, 2025, 15:37:02
- Any place with an HOA - timmer May 27, 2025, 15:32:45
- California* - Stu May 27, 2025, 15:29:05
- Is there a house on said farm? I'd probably stay in there. - Warrin'_Illini May 27, 2025, 15:16:31
- Can we just not do this again?* - Sounder May 27, 2025, 15:14:33
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