Great topic, i have always enjoyed hearing or seeing life in other parts of the country, or world even.
I live in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Mid-West born and raised.
The Good: CHEAP real estate (250,000 will buy u a mansion here lol), beautiful four seasons, good place to raise kids, Fresh air, decent traffic, No natural disasters, good location 2-4 hr drive from Chi/Det/Ind/Cle/Luv/Cin/Canada, Not flooded with looser/fakes/fronters (cats acting to be too hard,rich,haters ect)
The Bad: middle sized city, little to no night life, no large colleges near, somewhat conservative, boring landscape (just flat land and corn fields), hard/expensive to get good trees
The Ugly: Cold snow & ice 4 months of the year, VERY hot humid 2 months of the year, Few good job available, Nothing to do ever, no hangouts spots/fashion scene/music or artistic scene, Lots of redneck bumpkins, slim picking of dime females (lot of fat,married,3 kids, or good for nothing babes here)
all and all, its a coo city. Its what made me who i am, and i love Mid-west swagg. I almost moved to Phx but it didnt pan out. Im now interested in moving to Dal, I hear nothing but good things about the city.