Originally Posted by krudawg

I spent my first year with United in Chicago - one of the suburbs that is - Elmhurst. About a 20 minute drive to the parking lot unless a freight train was pulling into the yard in Bensinville. Loved it - at least the 2 days annually that were perfect weather days. Lots of humidity in the Summer, plenty of mosquitos and yellowjackets. It seemed like once a month some Chicago Alderman was caught jacking up a local business for money. Besides all that, Chicagoland is not a bad place to live.