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Born & raised in Joliet, SSW of Chicago.
We still live in the Chicago market but in a different city since 1980.
We're around 50 miles from downtown.
Even all 4 universities I attended were in or around Chicago.
Traveled all over the world for my job, but lived 35 to 50 miles from Chicago my whole life! So, I'm a parochial homebody who's seen everything? 
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