I won't tell you Chicago is flawless, but if your looking for under 2K, it is absolutely doable for some decent places! Plus there's tons of lefties there. Obviously thriving art and music scene, the only thing that might give you trouble is proximity to nature. There is an awesome state park in southern IL, but the suburban sprawl takes up a lot of immediate space around city in all directions.
I won't tell you Chicago is flawless, but if your looking for under 2K, it is absolutely doable for some decent places! Plus there's tons of lefties there. Obviously thriving art and music scene, the only thing that might give you trouble is proximity to nature. There is an awesome state park in southern IL, but the suburban sprawl takes up a lot of immediate space around city in all directions.
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That's a fair point. Not really sure how to handle that one. Glad you had a good time!
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Midewin is 40 minutes away and has a reintroduced bison herd. Super cool place still unknown.