<p>To add to gd016, I have taken multiple flight from champaign to chicago, It is a 30-40 min flight, and give or take 30-40 min for transfering flights, it comes to two hours and less to get from chicago to champaign via flight. As for being surrounded by cornfields, Most cornfields are miles away from campus, it is in the center of UC. To get the city of Detroit take the very ugliest worst part of chicago and multiply it times about 100. There you go. With champaign within 2-4 hours of 3 major major cities, it has much more to do, where at michigan the only cities you are close to are detriot and cincinatti, two of the ugliest cities in the US. As for going to Canada to drink and gamble, you can drink and gamble all you want at UofI. While there are other things to do, a lot of people party a lot, just like at Michigan.</p>
<p>Sorry for all the posts about Illinois, but I don’t think anyone should write it off as being a boring little cornfield in the middle of nowhere. It is a town of over 120000 people and very close to major cities. It is full of things to do.</p>