THERE'S MANY REASONS I DIDN'T GO BACK! (Among them, not even HAVING to run plates on recreation boat trailers in Tennessee)

I do miss a few things but not enough to ever want to go back for any amount of time. Cost of living is WAYYY cheaper down here, plenty of good jobs to be had, weather is MUCH BETTER (although it does still get pretty cold for short spells), nice folks, beautiful mountains (I remember getting on my roof up there and being able to see 30 miles over top of PERFECTLY FLAT corn fields)

...and for an outdoorsman/sportsman, this place is pretty close to heaven. Central Illinois (and many other areas up North) is pretty awesome during the whitetail rut, but the other 50 weeks out of the year DON'T HOLD A CANDLE to this place.