[LakeCleElum]

I'm no expert, but I was in Bloomington twice last week while attending a m/c convention in nearby Peoria. I had dinner in Bloomington with a relative that is a former college professor.

Bloomington's new larger employer is Mitsubishi. The traffic is light, the town is clean and housing prices are reasonable. Check property taxes, I heard complaints about that. Although Blooming has an airport, Chicago would be a main one.

Winters can be cold with snow on the ground for up to a few months at a time. If it had some lakes and mountains, I could live there!