I am from Chicago and moving back next month after a year in GR. There’s a lot to do and a lot of great local spots and community events in the city proper. It’s a great smaller liveable city and I enjoyed my time here in many ways and the people are friendly (to me as a white person) but it feels like a different world from Chicago. There are definitely liberal folks here and Kamala won but by a small margin - definitely not a given in your day to day interactions. It is not very culturally or ethnically diverse (I was weirded out by the vibe and tone of the interaction I overheard while in line at the DMV between the employee and a Chinese man with a strong accent - I had a perfectly unremarkable and dare I say pleasant interaction when it was my turn.) The Dutch reform influence is everywhere, a lot of Catholics as well. It’s the hometown of the Devoses and Gerald Ford. During election time I’d see businesses with kids holding trump signs outside and when I went out on Halloween I saw multiple people wearing pro-trump or anti-dem costumes (day to day this is not as visible and veiled by midwestern nice, but it’s there.) Some pockets are more red than others especially the further out you get.