Planning a move to Peoria... (Springfield, Bloomington: 2009, hotel, home)

[linicx]

Much to the consternation of some, I do promote Proria and central Illinois and Central Illinos as it is not promoted very well by the state tourism board. It is hard for some travelers, and even some visitors, to grab the idea that you can find opera and ballet in the middle of a corn field in Peoria, and you can find terrifying hills in the middle of a cornfield in Peoria too - along with a lot of other things. IL is simply not all flat and boring farms and Interstate roads. Have you ever driven down Farmington hill late at night? .

[Scio42]

Originally Posted by linicx

Much to the consternation of some, I do promote Proria and central Illinois and Central Illinos as it is not promoted very well by the state tourism board. It is hard for some travelers, and even some visitors, to grab the idea that you can find opera and ballet in the middle of a corn field in Peoria, and you can find terrifying hills in the middle of a cornfield in Peoria too - along with a lot of other things. IL is simply not all flat and boring farms and Interstate roads. Have you ever driven down Farmington hill late at night? .

I have. It's very scenic and, after a quick laugh when passing Moonies pub (can't help but chuckle at that sign) it's a fun drive. I also like Forest Park Dr/N Kingman Hill Rd, that's a fun one!

[linicx]

The sign on the right about halfway down Farmington hill must have been taken down. The story goes that it was originally erected to slow down the drunks at night. There were too many accidents at the foot of the hill. How about Grandview Drive to Adams on ice and snow? Or snake hill in East Peoria? How about old Rome Road? The upper entrance to Detweiler hill. Creve Coeur hill is tame compared to some of the others.

[linicx]

Foesst Park Drive. Is that the Granview Drive to 29 shorcut? It is lovely in the winter and often closed for safety.

[Scio42]

Originally Posted by linicx

Foesst Park Drive. Is that the Granview Drive to 29 shorcut? It is lovely in the winter and often closed for safety.

That's the one. It connects Prospect to 29 and is often closed in winter in bad weather for safety reasons.

[linicx]

I meant Prospect. Grandview/Prpspect, is the same to me. The three hills in PH plus Western, Detweiller and the two hills in East Peoria are probably the worst when icy. But you can't call the four on Farmington Road, Limestone in Bartonville, or the eignt others in Tazewell County as not dangerous in the winter, either.

[cnylouhoo]

We have a 3 bedroom aparment in Peoria that we need to get out of by May 3rd...
Call if interested 309-712-3802

[linicx]

Put it in the Peoria Craigslist.

[Dukester]

I don't imagine the weather would be much different than B/N right? Towns are only 40 miles apart and the only difference I know of is that Peoria sits in a valley... I am originally from B/N and I remember seeing the Tornado Watch Symbol on the lower part of the screen of the television for about half the summer.

[linicx]

A torado funnel normally follows the path of least resistance - which is the Interstate, It isn't unusual for one to follow 1-55 due to the open fields, 1-74/474 seems to present more of a problme because of the hills and densly treed areas that tend to slow funnels. .

I remember being on the tail end of some straight line winds when I was on the south side of Peoria one day about 45 years go, but I don't remember any thing like it since.

Do you have Weather Bug on your PC or Mac? I find the weathre between Lincoln - on 1-55 and IL 10, Bloomington and Champaign, to be generally more severe than Peoria in that snow is deeeper and it is colder and storms seem to gravitate in that direction. This is from watching the local severe weather warnings on NOAA and live cams on Weatherbug.

What Peoria City and the county road crews do is an excellent job of keeping major city streets, bus routes, Famington Road, Western, Sterling, Farmington, Main and Abington hills open, plus clearing the five bridges and keeping higways 24, 29, 150, 474 and 1-74 open in bad weather. East Peoria and the Tazewell County crew keep the other side of 150 and 24 plus 116, Gernmantown and Creve Coeur hills, 1-74 and 474 clear past Morton. If you live in PH, there is no way that you can't find a route open to Blookington - even when the snow is 18" deep.

The worst snow I remember was in the winter of 1965/6. It closed the airport in Peoria and Chicago. I had no trouble getting to I-55 that night. One lane of 1-55 in each dirction was open to traffic from Chicago to St.Louis. The next day (Sunday) the four lanes of 10-55 were open, Monday the traffic in Peoria was slower, but it was business as usual. Very few employees did not report to work, ond a only a few small businesses were closed.

The Village of Peoria Heights is a very desireable area to live in. It is difficilt to determine the worth of any area without spending quality time in it. Driving through doesn't really tell you much about the town, the services or it people - or even what is available nearby. For instance, golf is a big deal in the Peoria area. There os a least seven courses plus four county clubs with courses and at least another ten in the surrounding areas. There is a private marina for sailors, a skeet club, too. Peoria has all kinds of little secrets waiting to be discovered, I think Peoria's offerings, on the whole, are pretty well blanced for the location, size and history. I AM biased.