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Originally Posted by TiredofHere
I am looking to hopefully move away from Arizona and thinking of moving to the knoxville area. I have family living in North henderson but dont want to live in the same town as them. I saw online the Lincoln apartments have apartments available but there was no contact info. Anyone have the number and prices for lincoln apartments in knoxville IL?
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My in-laws lived in Tuscon for a numver of years so I am familar with the general area. You'll be moving from a large metropolitan area to a small farming town. Illinois from border to border is farms and ranches except fo forested areas, water and pockets of population.
Knoxville is 2.2 square miles in size and has a population of around 3.000 people. Knox county is primarily flat prairie. Ir is a natural magnet for tornadoes.
National Weather Service, Lincoln IL -- Knox County Tornadoes Since 1950 Tornadoes spawn in the praries and move West to East along major highways and across farmland as that is the path of least resistance. Of all of the major population pockets in central Illinois, Peoria has had the least amount of tornadic activity.
The nearest Trader Joe's, Costco, Ikea or Whole Foods is Chicago. The nearest upscale shopping and dining is Peoria - which is the largest Metropolitan MSA with a combined five county population of under 400,000. It too is surrounded by farms and ranches as is Chicago Metropolitan MSA. The largest percentage of national stores and chain restaurants in central Illinois are in Peoria.
When you live in an isolated little farm town you find yourself driving "someplace else" for everything you want except meat and potato basics.
Illinois is a humid state. Summers feel hotter and wetter feel colder. Arizona winters in the mountains are bone cold. but it doesn't feel near as cold as Illinois because it doesn't have the humidity.
I spent a night in the AZ mountains in Winslow. It is a magnificent area and it was the best Denny's in the world. It was bone cold in November. It is just as cold in Illinois and the closer you move to Chicago the colder it is becuase of the winds that whip off Lake Michigan.
Another thing, the farther you live from a large populated area, the more clannish the town. This is anywhere in the US. I can think of other areas that offer more that are no more than a hours drive from your family.
I suggest before you move 1200 miles you come for a week visit. I Googled and found two motels near Knoxville. Visit the local grocery store, read the local paper, look in the yellow pages in the phone book, check out doctors and hospitals. It is a big adjustment to move from a town of a half-million people to a farm town less than 1/100th the size of Tuscon. Here's a link to Knoxville
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