By the way, what’s a trader like you doing in a place like Missouri? (I don’t have anything against MO, it’s just not the best place to rub shoulders with traders!)
My father lived his last years of his life in St. Louis County (NOT St. Louis City, look up the history, ok). He was born and raised American, and, if I may say so, arguably THE classic American citizen of 1955.
To answer your question directly: 1) I am not a day-trader, therefore I have little or no advantage to be gained in trading options in/near Chicago, and 2) A gracious G-d willing, I shall be doing my trading in 2012 from outside the US.
While I love the United States, I have lived -- not once but twice -- under a state socialist medical regime. The vaunted UK "National Health (cough) System" almost killed me, by dint of the sheer stupidity born of bureaucracy gone mad, when I was a few days short of 5 years old in 1956.
You may take it upon the VERY best authority that no goobermint, ever again, will have control over my health and health care.