Very cold in Illinois

Subject: Very cold in Illinois Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:14 pm

Statement as of 8:30 am CST on January 16, 2009

... Preliminary low temperatures reported across northern Illinois
and Northwest Indiana this morning...

The following are select cooperative observer and Airport
observations for this morning. Some cooperative observer reporting
end times are between 6 and 7 am and therefore it is possible that
temperatures may have dropped a degree or two since their
observation time.

Low temperature
location ending 6-8 am

Illinois

Dixon -32
Polo -32
Aurora Airport -31 (sugar grove)
Rochelle -28
Shabbona -26
Rockford Airport -25 at 0651 (new record)
Romeoville IL NWS -24
Marseilles -23
Barrington -23
McHenry -23
Paw Paw -22
West Chicago -22
Batavia -22
St Charles -22
Mundelein -22
Elgin -21
Joliet -21
Morris -20
Park Forest -19
Lisle Morton arb -19
Piper City -19
Streator -18
Chicago ohare -18 at 0722
midway 3sw -17
Dwight -18
Waukegan -17
Wheeling -15
Chicago Lakefront -11

Indiana

Wanatah -24
Valparaiso Airport -20
Valparaiso -19

Guest

I might be moving to the midwest where are some good areas to live and what areas are not so good?
I have three choices Illinois,Wisconsin or Iowa where would be best? I will be living all alone.