Not a good place to move to, but OK place to raise
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9/25/2008
Springfield is an odd town, and the residents (not all, that would be unfair) are by far the ones who grew up here. I know people in their 50s who have left the state only twice and can't fathom reasons to ever leave the county, as if they have rubber bands on their backs.
They are not welcoming. You are judged by which H.S. you went to, and if you aren't from here, then you might as well be invisible.
Technology isn't welcomed by the majority. If shopping is important to you, you'll do a lot of traveling to get to shopping stores.
There's a t-shirt in town that has a face pic of Abe Lincoln and beneath it are the words: "You'd have to shoot me to get me to go back to Springfield." The county didn't vote for him in his presidential elections, but they like him now that he is famous.
Billy | Springfield, IL