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Originally Posted by 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!
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You were in Bloomington, Illinois, where I live.
Mitsubishi is the third or fourth largest employer in town. We also have two large insurance companies and two universities in town. The single biggest profession in town is IT. You clearly weren't on Veterans Parkway at 5:00 p.m. (it is the busiest road in the state south of I-80). My property taxes are about $2,000 a year, so not so bad compared with Chicago. I've flown out of Bloomington's airport dozens of times, and I've had no problem getting to where I need to go.
Bloomington, Indiana is 200 miles southeast of Bloomington, Illinois. Please don't confuse us with that "other" Bloomington.
