The problem is that the time from "you need to get to shelter" to "you need to be in shelter" is generally minutes. It's safer to be in the safest part of where you already are than to try to get to a safer place during the storm.

Personally, I'd buy a 100 year old house in one of the good center city neighborhoods.

Everything is purportedly Jewish and yet you cannot get a bowl of matzah ball soup or a properly made bagel anywhere within 200 miles.

The Connecting Grounds.

Sam's and Costco

The Asian store on Glenstone just north of Bennett, in the coolers at the back.

A fair number of people in Rountree have them. And no HOA, thank God.

If it's in your price range, which coming from the East it probably is, look for a house in Rountree, Phelps Grove, or University Heights. Great trees, neat old houses, and the bluest neighborhoods for a 200 miles in any direction.

UPS is Teamsters.

UPS are Teamsters.

It's not great for the plants and waterways either.

Salt is expensive and not super effective on sheet ice.

Can't plow ice.

Yep.

Yep.

By whom? GCSO? The FBI?

I went to Central and got offered roughly $120k in merit scholarships to a top-10 university. Central also usually has about as many National Merit finalists as everybody else put together, and a WAY more accepting culture.

You should look at Central instead.

Your kid will have a better education and opportunities-outside-Springfield at Central doing IB. And will also be around all kinds of kids from all classes, races, etc.

However, if your kid can survive the rich kid bullying and actually make friends, they'll be well connected for a life in Springfield later on. There's a big if in there though. (And like, just having money isn't enough. If you do not, on a visceral level, know the social difference between being a Hickory Hills member, a Highland Springs member, and a Twin Oaks member, navigating the Greenwood social scene is not for your family.)

The north side is great in areas, less great in others. Personally, I only cross south of Battlefield under duress.

Yikes no. The name is misleasing -- it's a very, very bad homeless day shelter and unless you want to buy hard drugs, it should be avoided at all costs.

You know, if we had adequate shelter and places for homeless people to be, they might not be near Walmart. Have you considered devoting this energy to advocating for that?

There are workarounds on the insurance issues, depending on your budget. Regardless, all of them are better than messing up your digestion permanently, needing many expensive supplements forever, and often still not keeping the weight off.

I think this is a case where that right wing Karen energy could be weaponized.

You might also reach out to Dr. Maryam. She can be a nightmare Karen but I think this is a case where her special skills would be useful.