My problem with this state is actually that it has too much sunlight and humidity for me (it burnsss usss! hatesss it forever!), but I'm sort of weird, I hate light and heat. Winter is alright here, nice and cold, with nice snow. RKBA is heavily restricted. If you move here, bring/buy all the toys and extra mags before they ban them here. FOID is required all ammunition and firearm purchases, public ranges are far and few (if there are even any). I don't care for hunting, but if you're into it, they have shotgun hunting for deer which is supposed to be fairly decent. Rifle hunting is for the most part illegal IIRC.
The politics are mostly neo-conservative in the more rural areas, moderate Republican in the medium sized cities, and overwhelmingly Democrat in the Cook county area. There is a decent sized socialist movement too, but a lot of the actual socialists actually tend to be pro-gun.