I have lived in Chicago for a long time and I love it. I like New York, San Francisco, and Madison, Wisconsin, but I like Chicago the best. My favorite place in the whole world is downtown Chicago. The great things about chicago are that you don't need a car, but you can have one if you want to, the streets are much cleaner than in other cities, and there is always something to do. I love the lakefront, magnificent mile, millenium park, lincoln park, and roger's park. I love to go jogging by the lake or just around the neighborhood. I love being able to walk everywhere or take public transport. I want to live somewhere with a lower cost of living and a lot of the same stuff I love about Chicago. Well I can live happily without some of them like clean streets. But being able to get around easily and quickly is a must have. I want to be able to walk to the grocery store. I do not really mind if it is not a big city, as long as it is not a hillbillyville. Thanks. I really would like some details. I do not want to live anywhere where you have to drive to get to a business district. I want some where more like manhattan, somewhere urban. An urban area. thanks