yeah, I never lived in the city because it's not my preference. I do live in cook county though which encompasses a ton of area outside of the city. We have forests, lakes and ponds just like you..
That's where all your bullshit for today started. The only difference is I've seen things and you haven't. I don't mean to be a dick but lumping me into some kind of urban hellscape is not scoring any points like you think it does.
I don't blame anyone for moving out here. I never could figure out why people wanted to live downtown in the first place. Unless you're like blackhawks who has lake micihgan at his doorstep and lakefront beauty down trails as far as the eye can see.. I could do that in a heartbeat but these days there's no way I'd be able to afford it. I missed the boat on that one and chose to stay out here..