I live in Peoria, I love it here. We have some beautiful woodsy areas and a pretty good music, art, and comedy scene. Drum circles will be starting up soon, they're a good time. Lots of cool folks and vendors to meet. I don't really avoid any areas. I haven't really roughed it here beyond sleeping in vehicles so I can't speak to how difficult it is to squat or camp out. I know plenty of folks do that though. We have a nice amount of food pantries and an okay bus system. If you ever see somebody carrying bricks on the bus, that's me. I collect bricks.