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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> THERE ARE NO GOOD PLACES TO LIVE IN ILLINOIS! It is all boring, ugly,
> flat cornfields. There are no forests, no wildlife, no hills, no
> streams, creeks or rivers. There is no fishing, no hunting, no
> possibility of homesteading. No one in their right mind would want to
> move here!

Gotcha. Taxes are probably high, too, like in New York and  
California. Rural dwellers living in states with big-city social  
programs have to support that system but get little benefit. And of  
course, all those gangs and other criminal types in the infested city  
are certain to find you sooner or later as they seek rural hideouts,  
right? And then there is the well-known pollution in the Illinois  
River, which drains all the crud from Chicago to keep it from going  
into Lake Michigan, including that green poison the Irish dump into  
the river on St. Paddy's Day. And then there is . . . ah, that should  
be enough. You can be sure that I will not be recommending such an  
awful place.

You are a brave woman to tackle such conditions.