COMMENT BY
Lisa from Carbondale, IL
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Carbondale, IL
COMMENT
Where's a good mid to large city to move to?
Hi, I've lived here for about 27 years and I've not been happy for quite a few of them. I've tried to relocate about 6 times and I did make it to a similar city I found I wasn't so thrilled with for 1.5 yrs. I had to come back here 2.5 yrs ago for family reasons but now I'm wanting to relocate again. My son and I lived in Charleston, SC several yrs ago (9 or 10 maybe) but we didn't have enough money and had to return here. It seemed very hot there in May and the Black folks there (are very nice/friendly) said for me to wait till July and see how hot it gets there in Charleston, SC. Now we finally have the chance to relocate again and my son would love Charleston but I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the heat. Anybody know of any great place to live that has lots of activities/attractions, natural beauty, historic, not so bad on the crime and a zoo would be great. So anybody know of a great place like that to live? And not a super big city but mid to large would be OK. Back to Carbondale, IL. You can walk in all but a couple areas in this small city and not have to worry. This one crime scale I was suprized said Carbondale was a little high especially property crime. This is a university city. I've never had the money but if you can afford concerts, plays/musicals, even dance ballots come into town you could have a pretty good time here. They have music and wine festivals if you've good transportation. They have good hiking/fishing/camping/hunting if you're into that. Other then that Carbondale doesn't offer a whole lot. I never had money to enjoy the things it does offer so I've been very bored. As far as restaurants Carbondale doesn't have allot but Marion, IL is down the road about 15 miles and has plenty restaurants. There are some very nice brand new hotels built here just a few miles out side of town down highway 13 that heads to Marion, IL. Carbondale has a state park called Giant City. So IL in general has some beautiful natural areas worth visiting. As far as attractions and things to do in my opinion there is a pretty big lack thereof.