Reply #22: When I was seeking a new place to call home as I sought employment

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I looked at everything I could find about 'livability' for cities in the US .... I asked DUers what they believed was a great place to live ...

The reports came back for Chicago .... the hands down winner by a mile ....

I have never been there .... I have only driven through Southern Illinois on my excursions across this great land ...

I wound up finding a great job in Portland Oregon, and still live in this wonderful, quirky little city ...

But it is my understanding that Chicago IS a wonderful place to live .... No matter what semi-fictionalized, overly-dramatized accounts you may have read ....

It is unfortunate that our DU friends in places like Arizona and Texas have to tolerate the rabid conservative philosophies of their local and state government, but surely they should not expect other DUers to NOT criticize those right wing nutcases simply because they may happen to live there ...

Yeah .. it sucks to live under the yoke of right wing haters .... But we all have our own crosses to bear ...

The governmental policies and personalities in Arizona are just as open to criticism as anyone in Chicago might be ...... Still, the reports are - Chicago is OUR kind of town ...

Signing off from Portland Oregon .... Whatever ....