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Posted: 8/14/2022 6:55:45 PM EDT
...and then there is Eeleenahs!
Here up north its all  and I come from small town  And suburbia  Which is 20 minutes away from the rest of Illinois which is all...   And everyone has a thick southern accent!  Went down to Vienna to bury my mom's ashes on her parent's grave. Different world from up north. Think I might be an misguided country boy.
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Posted: 8/14/2022 6:57:44 PM EDT
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Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:00:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 You said a mouthful, there. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:00:30 PM EDT
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I’m 50 miles south of I 64. Gods country down here.
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:02:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m 50 miles south of I 64. Gods country down here. Back home now. Felt homeier down there. 
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:06:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m 50 miles south of I 64. Gods country down here. We stayed at Rend Lake campground. Kick ass dam.    
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:07:20 PM EDT
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Dupe
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:19:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:29:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 Shit. I’m a couple miles north of your border. 
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:32:11 PM EDT
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There are some very nice scenic roads along the Mississippi. Pretty country over by Galena.
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Posted: 8/14/2022 7:33:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 This. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:01:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We stayed at Rend Lake campground. Kick ass dam. https://i.ibb.co/zPzDwMf/20220813-115106.jpg https://i.ibb.co/58QTDzS/20220813-114728.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7Jqn2Wr/20220813-115323.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nntWYGj/20220813-115430.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I’m 50 miles south of I 64. Gods country down here. We stayed at Rend Lake campground. Kick ass dam. https://i.ibb.co/zPzDwMf/20220813-115106.jpg https://i.ibb.co/58QTDzS/20220813-114728.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7Jqn2Wr/20220813-115323.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nntWYGj/20220813-115430.jpg Rend is a very nice area. The state recently announced they were spending 17.5 mil on renovating the “ Resort”. The area could definitely use some tourism money. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:16:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shit. I’m a couple miles north of your border. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 Shit. I’m a couple miles north of your border. I'd give you an honorary downstater patch if it was a thing. Unfortunately, it would would still be an illinois patch. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:19:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rend is a very nice area. The state recently announced they were spending 17.5 mil on renovating the “ Resort”. The area could definitely use some tourism money. It was surprisingly empty, plenty of camp spots, barely any boats on the lake. You could have a lot of water all to yourself. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:23:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYeah, from where I am if you go 15 minutes west you're in corn fields. Takes about an hour if you go south. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:25:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYeah, from where I am if you go 15 minutes west you're in corn fields. Takes about an hour if you go south. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:32:13 PM EDT
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My family is from Macedonia and spread out all around the Henderson area. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and left Illinois in 1973.
Went back to Southern Illinois two years ago for work for a week and it was weird. I had forgotten how flat it was and full of corn. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:34:11 PM EDT
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Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball.
There, I said it. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:37:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball. There, I said it. I mean, southern IL is basically Missouri and Kentucky being held hostage. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:38:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball. There, I said it. SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED! |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:40:27 PM EDT
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I'm from Southern Illinois. It's a damn shame the rest of IL has to live under Cook County rule.
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Posted: 8/14/2022 8:53:29 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryThat doesn’t look like a cornfield. |
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Posted: 8/14/2022 9:58:51 PM EDT
[#22]
I love driving Route 1 on the Eastern side.
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Posted: 8/14/2022 10:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball. There, I said it. Damn right they do |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:09:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball. There, I said it.  I've always been a Cards fan. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:15:35 AM EDT
[#25]
Rural Illinois is nice country, filled with good folks.
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:26:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm from Southern Illinois. It's a damn shame the rest of IL has to live under Cook County rule. I live in Central Illinois and wish Cook (and surrounding) counties would fall into lake Michigan. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:27:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Real Illinois listens to Cardinal baseball. There, I said it.  Attached FileWith that said, I don't care much for baseball, and when I do watch it or play it on a game, I prefer the Sox over the Cubs anyway. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:32:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:37:16 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I live in Central Illinois and wish Cook (and surrounding) counties would fall into lake Michigan. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm from Southern Illinois. It's a damn shame the rest of IL has to live under Cook County rule. I live in Central Illinois and wish Cook (and surrounding) counties would fall into lake Michigan. Im in Kane, so lemme run to DeKalb real quick before that happens .Holy shit, you cross the county line into Cook and everything gets more expensive. Fucking stupid. Cook also has an excise tax on centerfire cartridges on top of everything else. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:42:20 AM EDT
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Dad had a buddy from downstate Illinois. His hatred of Chicago politics and how they ruled the state was white hot.
He was as country boy redneck as he could be. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:47:04 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Illinois begins west of 39 and south of 80 |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:57:48 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Im in Kane, so lemme run to DeKalb real quick before that happens .Holy shit, you cross the county line into Cook and everything gets more expensive. Fucking stupid. Cook also has an excise tax on centerfire cartridges on top of everything else. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm from Southern Illinois. It's a damn shame the rest of IL has to live under Cook County rule. I live in Central Illinois and wish Cook (and surrounding) counties would fall into lake Michigan. Im in Kane, so lemme run to DeKalb real quick before that happens .Holy shit, you cross the county line into Cook and everything gets more expensive. Fucking stupid. Cook also has an excise tax on centerfire cartridges on top of everything else. I'll give you 24 hours before I fire up my weather machine I have family that lives in the suburbs and I basically refuse to visit anymore. I've been up there enough to see the sights and have no desire to ever visit Chicago area again. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:05:23 AM EDT
[#33]
Southern Illinois here.
People seem to think Illinois is anti-gun/ can't own a gun and that couldn't be further from the truth. On any giving Sunday my church has enough guns in it to fend off a small army. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:07:13 AM EDT
[#34]
OP grew up in a big city.
Where I grew up just went over 13k residents. The building where we met for Boy Scouts, on the second floor. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:27:16 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll give you 24 hours before I fire up my weather machine I have family that lives in the suburbs and I basically refuse to visit anymore. I've been up there enough to see the sights and have no desire to ever visit Chicago area again. Thanks, that's a relief! I have a friend who lives in the city, I go to visit him one or twice a year. It's fun for an evening but I could never live there. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:35:49 AM EDT
[#36]
You spelled Illannoy wrong!
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:40:23 AM EDT
[#37]
Youin’s know I spent half my childhood in Little Egypt?
The other half north of I-80. I-57 million mile club member. Thanks for all the photos. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:41:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There are some very nice scenic roads along the Mississippi. Pretty country over by Galena. That is a gorgeous area. For a minute, you forget you're still in ILL while you're there. Southern IL in the Shawnee National Forest is supposed to be what the whole state looked like before we came along with strip malls and parking lots. It's like the forest primeval in spots. Very cool. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:51:05 AM EDT
[#39]
Cairo is way, way, way, too close to the Kentucky/Missouri border! We need to move that bridge SOUTH about another 1/4 mile!
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:53:22 AM EDT
[#40]
Ill-la-nwa (french pronuciation)
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Posted: 8/15/2022 10:53:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks, that's a relief! I have a friend who lives in the city, I go to visit him one or twice a year. It's fun for an evening but I could never live there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'll give you 24 hours before I fire up my weather machine I have family that lives in the suburbs and I basically refuse to visit anymore. I've been up there enough to see the sights and have no desire to ever visit Chicago area again. Thanks, that's a relief! I have a friend who lives in the city, I go to visit him one or twice a year. It's fun for an evening but I could never live there. Me....after I build my weather machine. 
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Posted: 8/15/2022 11:01:57 AM EDT
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OP, sorry for your loss, meant to say that in first post.
I was born on the southside of Chicago long ago. Hence the screen name. Was raised in an orphanage by an old blues musician, no wait, that was a movie. 33rd and Normal, grew up a couple blocks from Hizzoner Richard J. Daley. Lived there, Cicero, Harvey, Joliet area. Downstate to Williamson County where I lived with grandparents in a very small town. Joined the Air Force to see the world and got sent to Rantoul. I know a bit about Illinois. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 1:20:44 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, sorry for your loss, meant to say that in first post. I was born on the southside of Chicago long ago. Hence the screen name. Was raised in an orphanage by an old blues musician, no wait, that was a movie. 33rd and Normal, grew up a couple blocks from Hizzoner Richard J. Daley. Lived there, Cicero, Harvey, Joliet area. Downstate to Williamson County where I lived with grandparents in a very small town. Joined the Air Force to see the world and got sent to Rantoul. I know a bit about Illinois. Williamson County ? I have lived here most of my life. What small town if you don’t mind me asking? Town I’m from has a population of 750. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:19:15 PM EDT
[#44]
The bustling metropolis of Pittsburg my friend. :)
Granddad was a coal miner. Not to be confused with Metropolis, Illinois where I also spent time.  Attached FileGenerations of my family buried in Creal Springs. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:29:23 PM EDT
[#45]
Go farther south.
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:35:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm from Southern Illinois. It's a damn shame the rest of IL has to live under Cook County rule. Born and raised in Jefferson County but really enjoying my spot in southeast TN. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:49:37 PM EDT
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We have homes in both parts of the state……
South subs of Chicagoland. Just a bit north of I-80. There’s still a bit of beans and corn about a mile away. Our refuge about 30 mins south of Effingham. Spend most weekends and long holidays there for now. Will be down there permanently in about 8yrsish  Attached FileSpent part of the 4th relaxing….. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:51:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP grew up in a big city. Where I grew up just went over 13k residents. The building where we met for Boy Scouts, on the second floor. https://glencarbonil.gov/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=2387 No, I did not. I grew up in a town of 30k, err, now it's 30k. |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 6:56:12 PM EDT
[#49]
My grandparents lived outside Houston, I always like Missouri when we drove through. Maybe I'll move down there.
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Posted: 8/15/2022 7:00:03 PM EDT
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Grew up in chicago and left as soon as I could. Moved to lisle, then romeoville then onto the house we've been in for 21 years now.
IL is ruled by crook county. We need an electoral system in this state. Each county gets a vote. That would end crook county's dominance. |
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