Anyone live near Champaign,IL
 

Can someone tell me about this place. I have a job interview there and I would like to know a little about the place before i consider it.

Is it good for a 25 yo single guy?

This is one for the Chicago folks.

I do know that the University of Illinois is there, that's a good thing for a 25yr old single guy with a job.

I'm from the area and it's a pretty cool area. Good luck with the interview!

You are about 3 hours south of Chicago, the Bears fall practices are about 90 minutes north of there.

Lot of Chicago tang there, as a 25 year old single dude, you should do well. It is a very frat'y community though. It is also very farmy. Kinda in the middle of nowhere.

It's heaven for a 25-year-old single guy. Soybeans to the left, corn to the right, the odd dairy cow in the road, but the University population is huge, international, diverse, urbane, sophisticated, and all their big minds are down there. Always lots going on, extremely easy to meet people. Very affordable place, too. You're only a couple good hours drive from Chicago (very easy to spend weekends there).

I have some friends who go to school at the U of I down there. They love it. Lots to do, lots of people. I live about an hour and a half north. Nice area. Good luck with the interview!

You near Kankakee? Love coming there for Bears Training Camp

No, southeast of there. I'm in Lincoln, which is a little south of bloomington. I guess I'm more west of Champaign than north.

Absolutely. I spent a lot of time there for work in the 90's. All of the above is true. It's a great town. As I recall, the OTB there even had tablecloths.

I Hope You Havent Been Living In California. I Did And Coming Out Here To Ill. Is A Culture Shock. All The Women Sound Like Hillary Clinton And I Could Go On And On.

well, I use to live in SO. Cal and right now I live in Houston so I have been around a busy cities all my life. I dont want to live in a place where I have to travel far just to see people and do stuff.

Hey, forgot about that - you're right! Very nice place.

Yes, an OTB ... all the essentials in Urbana-Champaign.