@HipKat :
"It's a terrible place with a lot of problems that only get worse, each year. Nothing here is good. Not one thing. And anything that may seem good is eclipsed by the overwhelming negativity that permeates the Peoria area."
Geez, man, that's brutal...I can understand being frustrated that certain things are not as good as they could be...but I spent a couple weeks going through slums of Manila...people living in serious poverty and crime...but they're full of people who love their neighborhoods and their neighbors and life in general... I'm not saying everyone should be happy living in poor neighborhoods in Manila, but saying there's "not one good thing" any city in the US is just not true...is it possible you are just depressed or pessimistic about life in general, and that's being redirecting to the city?