I love Chicago. It has big city excitement without many of the negatives of big city life. (I was in the NYC area last weekend...everything seems so difficult and hard....including the people!)

We have the lake....it is as big as some seas....(I met people in NY/NJ who were surprised to learn that sailing is done in Chicago. They asked how far we live from water and were surprised when the answer was "20 minutes!") We have theater, great restaurants, bicycle paths, parks galore! Lots of tall buildings and yet I can be in the country in an hour.

I think it is an extremely liveable city and of course...we have Wisconsin in our backyard!