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Chicago and Chicago Land are good place to raise a family

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Background, definitions, and assumptions For a place to be considered good, it must be better than average.  Chicago land is, of course, Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Reasons to agree : +10 Chicago has lots of stuff to do, that don't cost too much money .  Trips to the zoo are good for kids  (+1). Chicago has good zoos.  Chicago has good mass transportation  (+2).  Chicago has good architecture  (+0). Its cool to live near good architecture.  You can leave near Chicago, and still have a back yard.  Despite criticism of suburban sprawl kids have fun in their back yards  (+0). Bolingbrook, a typical suburb of Chicago, has pretty good parks . Kids like fireworks , and there are often good fire works shows around Chicago. For instance Navy Pier has free fireworks during the summer, their are good firework shows across the suburbs on the 4rth of July, and the Chicago Air Water show has good fireworks. Numbers are what ma...