As cities go, Baltimore is a cesspool, but outside it are many historical places... It's not high on my list of travel destinations, but I've been there a lot so that's probably why... Still, it's not a cool city by any means either. The only reason to go would be the con...
Still, that's why you go... That's why I'm not a fan of Orlando and I doubt LFL is either. They don't want you looking for other crap to do, they want you spending time (and moolah) at the con... Flights are cheap enough, but I've been to Orlando too and really I hate Florida in general for any reason other than to see the beach... And even then there's a plethora of places on the East Coast I'd rather go to do that. Florida is truly the U.S.'s limp penis and taint (Sorry Rob).
I'm still all about Chicago... I'm all about the Northern area though, as downtown's just too congested and people there have said hotels are more expensive and fewer in number. The North is easily accessible to downtown, so it balances it all out. I've been to Chicago and enjoyed it and think it'd be probably the best area. Never been to Minnesota that I recall so I'd not mind checking that out, though the drive may be out of my range. Chicago's kinda the fringe for me so Minne may just not cut it.
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