Bloomington Vs Chicagoland (Geneva area)

[Paxtonian]

On the whole, the housing market Downstate offers more value. Those $100K houses in Bloomington-Normal are quite ordinary places. Out in the countryside, one can find bargains, generally housing needing a slight bit of work for much less. One house not too far from me is selling for $12K, though I imagine that one really is a "handyman special". As for Paxton, I've been looking at several very nice homes in the $90K range. Look up 60957 on Yahoo Realestate and you'll see what they're like.

[markablue]

This thread has indeed gone far enough. Many recent posts have been deleted as personal attacks. In the future, please, report bad posts instead. Not everyone is interested in personal issues of a few posters. Thank you to all who provided facts and opinions here.