I didn't know where else to post this exactly. It's quite disgusting actually. Ignorance is bliss. If the moderators feel that it should be moved elsewhere, so-be-it...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...i_tab01_layout
PIONEER FAMILIES PUSHING THE EDGE OF SUBURBIA
Leaps of faith drive ever-expanding 'burbs
In this two-part series, we examine the Chicago area's population expansion through the lives of two families. Today: Meet the Schramkas, among the first to move into a subdivision on the Western edge of Aurora.
By Charles Leroux and Patrick T. Reardon | Tribune staff reporters
November 25, 2007
Standing in front of their new home, Alysia and Ryan Schramka and their 2-year-old daughter, Madison, look out across 600 acres of what recently were corn and soybean fields. At the moment, their view is of a barren landscape. The streets have been put into the naked ground but curve along lots where only weeds reside.