5 Friendliest Illinois Towns According to Travelers

One of the most underrated aspects of traveling is finding a destination where the locals are friendly. There are 5 towns in Illinois who get praised the most by travelers for their warm personalities and overall hospitality.

How do you determine Illinois' most friendly places?

Go to TripAdvisor, Best Places Rated and other travel and living sites and you'll see what real people have to say about places they live in and visit. Here are the 5 towns in Illinois that receive the best ratings and reviews from those who would know friendliness from strangers and hospitality the best - those that travel.

What's ironic about sharing lists like this is the number who will raise their voice (loudly sometimes) to claim that (insert town name mentioned here) isn't friendly at all because they had a terrible experience. I respect those who share those types of encounters, but lists like this are meant to query multitudes of reviews and comments and not just one isolated incident where someone had a bad day. Yes, that kind of stuff sadly happens, but we're all imperfect humans last time I checked.

I often hear great things about the people of Galena and I've lived in Quincy many times during my life. My family have had great experiences more times than not and I'm glad there are places in Illinois gaining a reputation for being friendly. This world we live in needs much more of that and less harshness.