Originally Posted by absntr

Arlington Heights is a suburb - not much going on there. It's basically your average American suburb. It is however, close to Mitsuwa, an excellent and varied Japanese supermarket (and food court, book store, travel agent, etc) that used to be called Yaohan - some people who have travelled to Asia might recognize the name.

A few miles further and there's an IKEA.

If those are your things.