<p>it’s been many years since I lived in the Chicago area – although not so many since I’ve looked at potential transfers to the area and thought through where we’d live.</p>
<p>UofI is not really near Chicago … so with that in mind, I would look at the interstates that head down that direction and pick some communities with easy access to them. </p>
<p>So … I’d rule out the north shore and look instead at the western and south western suburbs. And I would definitely look at the train situation for commuting. As I understand it, the traffic congestion at rush hour is horrendous.</p>