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Old 03-20-2008, 09:40 AM
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Default Fun Illinois question 3/20/08
If you had to retire in this state, where would you retire? And to spice things up a bit, you cannot choose what town/city you currently live in.

Im gonna have to go with Galena. Love the area, love the history, love the topography, love the wildlife, etc.

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Old 03-20-2008, 09:52 AM
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Default Retiring in Illinois
If the day ever comes, I would say that I would probably retire in one of the nicest areas of the greatest city in our country, Lincoln Park, Chicago.

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Old 03-20-2008, 09:59 AM
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Ditto Can't think of anywhere better!

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We like the location we are in now, but also are considering:
Upper northwest counties = Galena to Savannah along the mississippi. OR southern Illinois is nice too, Carbondale area.

If the taxes (among other issues) keep going the way they are, we may be forced out of this state to another, within the Midwest of course. We are also not sure we like our current county (will not name), having dealt with them for the last 16 years, they really have worn us out.

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Galena for relaxation

Lincoln Park for excitement

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Fox Lake region. My actual preferred retirement location is lake country up in Wisconsin; Fox Lake area is as close as you can get to Wisconsin both literally and in terms of environment/atmosphere.

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Fox Lake region. My actual preferred retirement location is lake country up in Wisconsin; Fox Lake area is as close as you can get to Wisconsin both literally and in terms of environment/atmosphere.
Im not familiar with the area, so forgive my noob question... is Fox Lake near Chain O' Lakes area?

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We like WI too - but I don't know if I could "bear" to be around all those Packer fans... we are Bears fans till the end.

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Im not familiar with the area, so forgive my noob question... is Fox Lake near Chain O' Lakes area?
Yeah, same difference.

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Sibley, maybe the political candidates would not be able to find me and call.

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