I want to offer this up to any of my Democrat friends out there who are living in Red states. Peoria, Illinois is a BLUE CITY within a BLUE STATE. Governor Pritzker is AMAZING. We have Super majorities in the legislature., and The housing costs are VERY LOW. Only 2 and half hour drive from Chicago or St. Louis and it's 1 hour drive from the State Capitol in Springfield .

I highly recommend checking it out