Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
I once dated a man from Springfield, IL. He had nothing good to say about the place other than housing was cheap there - this was back in the early 2000's when you could buy a decent house there for under 60K. Other than that, he was so glad to be out of there and often expressed a wish never to return and the fear that hell was actually Springfield, IL. That's a pretty strong indictment but I have to say I've never been there and I know people that feel the same way about El Paso - a city I find home-like, affordable, interesting, and a good cultural fit except for one glaring defect - it's in Texas (no Medicaid expansion for the working poor, something I am permanently unable to forgive). Rob