Day 11: Milwaukee, WI - Chicago, IL


Tuesday 9/12
From Milwaukee to Chicago along the scenic “Lake Front Drive”. We dropped off here and there to go closer to the Lake and followed the Sheridan Road. Here are homes like nowhere before. There are literally hundreds (100+) of exclusive mansions. No I’m not exaggerating – there is one large home next to the other on 1+ acres of land 10+ rooms. They are built in the style of King Louis or one of the British or Dutch dukes. And even those range in the $500k area. And when we enter Chicago we are greeted by a super modern city at beautiful Lake Michigan. As we review the trip so far we begin to understand what Gov. Schwarzenegger means when he said “Let’s recreate California”. Compared to so many States we feel we are behind. Those northern states are cleaner and way less expensive to live in. The streets up here are very well maintained. Given that there is no high tech industry that delivers technology world wide and there is worst weather conditions to deal with – California seem to become lazy and ignorant. May be the small scale example for the falling roman rich?
It rains cats and dogs. We can't even leave the car. All hotels in greater Chicago are booked. There is no place to stay for tonight. There is no $2,000 suite left and no $50 Motel 6 room. We drive further east and stay in Valparaiso.

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