Anyone from Illinois here?

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  • chi18
    chi18 Posts: 95 Member
    Another Chicagoan here!
  • SlimSammy2012
    SlimSammy2012 Posts: 893
    <~~~New Lenox here :smile:
  • carlsonrobb
    carlsonrobb Posts: 914 Member
    Arlington Heights here
  • Barb_0457
    Barb_0457 Posts: 14
    Peoria
  • nicolereed85
    nicolereed85 Posts: 6 Member
    Born and raised in St. Louis but now living in Southern, IL...Johnston City
  • parallax693
    parallax693 Posts: 40
    Chicago il, and I work in romeoville/Bolingbrook area. Love this site!
  • outlaw5353
    outlaw5353 Posts: 50
    100 percent cubbies fan from harristown il
  • kornmaiden
    kornmaiden Posts: 109
    Near NIU
  • AliciaNorris81
    AliciaNorris81 Posts: 185 Member
    Petersburg. About 30 miles NW of Springfield.
  • brighteyesxluv
    brighteyesxluv Posts: 334 Member
    me!
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    Fairview Heights, about 30min east of St Louis :) Never been to Chicago,farthest north I've been is Quincy to visit family. I four wheel in Waterloo and work in O'Fallon, born in Belleville, raised in Shiloh, moved to Fairview Heights when I was 10. So basically metro east :)
  • sunnie326
    sunnie326 Posts: 721 Member
    I am from Central Illinois. Small town of Pana. 40 min south of Decatur.
  • outlaw5353
    outlaw5353 Posts: 50
    ^^^^not chicago girl loving it country life all the way too many people think il is chicago
  • schume89
    schume89 Posts: 118 Member
    Morton, Il, right outside of Peoria! :)
  • Adsnwfld
    Adsnwfld Posts: 262 Member
    Wheaton
  • Droope2
    Droope2 Posts: 82
    I'm in Minnesota but was born and raised in Illinois, South Suburbs, in fact I'll be there in 1 month and 8 days, can't wait!! :)
  • Droope2
    Droope2 Posts: 82
    West Chicago. As in the town, not the City. LOL. Who is doing the Warrior Dash in Channahon next month? I am! :smile:

    I have a niece and brother in law doing it as well, good luck!
  • Droope2
    Droope2 Posts: 82
    You might be from Chicago if....

    * You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois .

    * You are annoyed by people who do

    * You measure distance in minutes.

    * You have no problem spelling or pronouncing " Des Plaines ."

    * Your school classes were canceled because of the cold.

    * Your school classes were canceled because of the heat.

    * Stores don't have sacks, they have BAGS.

    * You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. (Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the Jewel I wanna go with.")

    * You can locate Illinois on the United States map.
    * You carry jumper cables in your car - and you know how to use them.

    * "You drink "pop."

    * You realize that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads.

    * You refer to any interstate highway as "the Tollway."

    * You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, Reagan, Bishop Ford. (Numbers? They have Numbers?)

    * You refer to anything South of I-80 as " Southern Illinois " and anything west of Rt. 47 Iowa.

    * You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake."

    * You refer to Chicago as "The City."

    * No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Chicago.

    * You buy "The Trib."

    * You know what goes on a " Chicago " Hot Dog, and you're permitted to berate anyone who puts ketchup on a hot dog.

    * You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.

    * You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City."

    * You understand what "lake-effect" means.

    * You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at.

    * You have ridden the "L."

    * You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847, 630, 773, 708, 312, & 815.

    * You know the phone number for Empire Carpets.

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    LOVE IT!!!! :laugh:
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    588-2300 EMPIRE!!!!
  • jadesign19
    jadesign19 Posts: 512 Member
    Batavia. Yea
  • bensmom912
    bensmom912 Posts: 12
    I live in Elgin~NW Burbs :)
  • tauny78
    tauny78 Posts: 180 Member
    I'm in central IL, in the country near Decatur :) Surrounded by corn, yay! LOL
  • typingathome
    typingathome Posts: 100 Member
    Southern Ilinois, out in the country.
  • tdixn65
    tdixn65 Posts: 1
    I am from Auburn IL just outside of Springfield. I have recently decided to get more involved with this and am hoping to find people near me that I can chat with and discuss options, issues, recipes and all that fun stuff.
  • sagittarianna
    sagittarianna Posts: 11
    I live in Iowa, but it would take me maybe 10 minutes to get to Illinois. :)

    I live in Indiana, but it would take me maybe 15 minutes to get to (southern) Illinois. :)
  • jerbear1962
    jerbear1962 Posts: 1,157 Member
    Born in Pekin, living in Peoria.
  • di2losew8
    di2losew8 Posts: 131 Member
    Seems like everyone is either from Chicago or the burbs around Chicago...I am NOT from any of those. I am however from the heart of Lincoln Land, near Decatur (grew up in Decatur), in a small town 10 min from there, Dalton City. Surrounded by farmland!
  • SethosTBG
    SethosTBG Posts: 16 Member
    Hailing from Bolingbrook, IL
  • di2losew8
    di2losew8 Posts: 131 Member
    100 percent cubbies fan from harristown il

    I am not too far from you...but you lost me at 100% cubbies fan....Cards all the way here!
  • SethosTBG
    SethosTBG Posts: 16 Member
    Been down there before, Went to SIU Edwardsville, lived in Alton, IL Back in the 80s
  • knitawit
    knitawit Posts: 1
    Peru, Illinois

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