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I've lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta, but I've spent over half my life in Bloomington, IL. A big part of the reason is that I can take a relaxing drive in the country any time I want. It's one of the things that helps calm me. In the other three cities, I felt hemmed in. If I wanted to take a country drive, I'd sometimes have to sit in traffic for hours (the irony!).

I also find that living in a less densely populated area either means there are fewer idiot drivers or the idiot drivers have much less impact on me. (The jury is still out on this one.) Either way, I don't end up trapped behind some idiot that wants to drive 15 on the interstate with their hazards on just because there is a light sprinkle. If I'm driving 15 on the interstate around here it means there is a blizzard and I'm probably the only person on it.