Well, as someone whose family came from Chicago, I'm partial to Berrien County. The rest of the world can suck it - I've been to 5 of the 7 alleged "best beaches in the world" [[I don't know why they always seem to have 7, a few of them change year to year) and none of them compare to Lake Michigan sand. [[Karikari Peninsula in New Zealand comes close) the last decade or so the water temps have been great and the water clear. Plus we have the benefit of some lovely forested land