I live in Indiana and I want to go to one furcon besides IFC in the coming year. I've already been to MFF and while it was fun, I think I want to try going somewhere else for my next adventure. I don't really have any buddies I can share a room with, being fairly new to the whole fandom and convention going scene, so I'm going to be trying to save up enough for a room for myself since I don't know if I can find someone I'd be comfortable sharing with.
Since I'm going to be putting a lot of cash into funding this trip, I want to make it a good one. So, I'm curious to know if anyone here has been to a con they would recommend and why they liked it. Right now I'm looking into Motor City Fur Con, Anthro Ohio, or possibly Anthrocon if I can manage to save up enough for it.
If you've been to these or to another con on my end of the states that you'd recommend (or one you'd recommend avoiding) I'd love to hear about it! Also if you have suggestions on how to maybe find room buddies, I'd appreciate that too. I have a few things I prefer for a good con experience, but the biggest ones are having places to get food within easy walking distance of the hotel/convention space, and for the con in general to not have an emphasis on adult/fetish content. I don't drink, so a con that is all about booze is probably not really my thing either.