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Where are my Illinois people???
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Lots of people at my school (University of St. Francis, Joliet) live in New Lenox, though I've never been there. I hear it's nice and quiet.
I always wonder if I'll want to enjoy the suburban life. I have friends who are also getting married and having kids who LOVE the suburbs. However, I am having a baby in February, and getting married next October. We're already looking to move back into Chicago. I don't understand the appeal to country/suburban life aside from what Polo said. I think it's pretty safe in Mt. Greenwood/Beverly.
I don't know if I'd leave all my stuff unlocked though
Lots of people at my school (University of St. Francis, Joliet) live in New Lenox, though I've never been there. I hear it's nice and quiet.
I always wonder if I'll want to enjoy the suburban life. I have friends who are also getting married and having kids who LOVE the suburbs. However, I am having a baby in February, and getting married next October. We're already looking to move back into Chicago. I don't understand the appeal to country/suburban life aside from what Polo said. I think it's pretty safe in Mt. Greenwood/Beverly.
my friend's sister goes there.
Polo is a town of 2000.
Our closest real mall is 45 miles away. (There is a small one 14 miles away with many shuttered storefronts.) The closest Apple store is 90 miles away.
We don't lock our cars when parked, or even our front doors. I don't know where our house keys are.
Our kids are safe on the streets.
Small town living is really great.
Digging up an old thread ... I'm right up the road in Forreston but I work in Chicago
I'm from Grand Chain, which is at the very southern tip of IL. Right now I live in Carbondale and attend SIU (as is evident from my name and signature), and for the record, there is nothing wrong with Southern IL. I can imagine it would be quite a change from Chicago, but I enjoy the laid back way of life down here, not to mention all of the parks, forests, and everything else nature has to offer.
