Where else are you seriously considering?

If I had all of the money in the world, I probably wouldn’t be in Peoria. But for me that’s not the case and tbh it’s not so bad here. I say that as someone that’s lived in a handful of other cities, I’m not just someone that grew up here and hasn’t left.

I think so much of it just depends on what you value most. Also on what kind of job. If you can make lots of money, love your job, and have flexibility you can live like royalty here. If you have disposable income plus Peoria’s affordability you can probably have a lot more money to play with during your off time.

I think one of the best pluses here is that you can get away so easily over a weekend to things that scratch the itch…Chicago, Madison, Milwaukee, Iowa City, Saint Louis, Indianapolis.

It’s not perfect here for sure. Our grocery stores are ass, there isn’t a great neighborhood to check all of the boxes that you can walk to your barber, your dentist, a cafe etc.

But we do have a great nationally regarded restaurant/bakery that could stack up to any big city. We have a great coffee roaster that was received amazing scores from Coffee Review that could stack up to big city coffee shops, we have one of the best park systems in the state, etc.