Claymore, you impress me with your ability to speak for "Most people from either coast of the US". Funny, I have lived on both coasts of the US for fairly extended periods of time. I have a great many friends from those areas. None of them ever brought that bit of information up to me. Hmmmmmmmmm............I will take Chicago traffic (only tourists and uninformed boobs call it Chi Town. Bet you call San Francisco 'Frisco too......eh........LOL) over the rush hour on I5 or 405 or 605 or the Ventura or any other Los Angeles freeway beginning at about 3PM until 7Pm, any of the east coast freeways at the same time. Chicago is a world class city, with a vibrant music community, that is easy to navigate, especially if you just get off the expressways. It is easy to get around in if you use one of those newfangled things..............wadda they call 'em..........Oh yeah, ...........maps.....nothing to it. I love the Eastern seaboard, and I love the West coast. Know both of them very well. But they have nothing on Chicago.

By the way, because context is hard to read, I am just teasing Claymore, not being nasty. Sometimes it is hard to tell on a computer screen.

Mick