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Anyone from Illinois here?

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  • amdrummer02
    amdrummer02 Posts: 19 Member
    Anyone that wants to add me as a friend feel free to.
  • IrishMinx32
    IrishMinx32 Posts: 77 Member
    Glen Ellyn, soon to be Lisle.
  • lu136mickey
    lu136mickey Posts: 202
    I grew up in Richton Park Illinois but now live in Alabama
  • Arwhite1865
    Arwhite1865 Posts: 65 Member
    Chicago (south side)!
  • mkbledsoe
    mkbledsoe Posts: 132
    Pinckneyville
  • lu136mickey
    lu136mickey Posts: 202
    GO Cubs!!!!
  • Cheezberger
    Cheezberger Posts: 12
    Nobody else from Roselle/Schaumburg?
  • nancyz7981
    nancyz7981 Posts: 4
    Well not FROM Illinois but I live here now in the wonderful city of Chicago.
  • joeynyi
    joeynyi Posts: 6
    Urbana-Champaign! Well I'm from Malaysia, but have been studying in U of I for about 3 years, and graduating this Sunday! I feel sad to leave! =(
  • succeedin2
    succeedin2 Posts: 501 Member
    Hi Everyone, I was raised in Chicago and I work downtown Chicago currently although I reside in Indiana just over the border and I am familar with Garrett's Popcorn.
  • Tara1090
    Tara1090 Posts: 199 Member
    Here I am!
  • Pipergirl2
    Pipergirl2 Posts: 25
    About an hour west of Chicago.
  • KellyKAG
    KellyKAG Posts: 418
    St. Charles :drinker:
  • Kkwalker88
    Kkwalker88 Posts: 35 Member
    Bourbonnais Area.
    Home of the Chicago Bears Training Camp!!
  • karimlakhani
    karimlakhani Posts: 21 Member
    North side Chicago here!
  • sabulla
    sabulla Posts: 58
    Me 2!!
  • Redbirdz83
    Redbirdz83 Posts: 153 Member
    me! Central Illinois! I love MFP!:smile:
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
    I grew up in the Quad Cities and now live in the NW burbs in Lake County. I'm actually closer to WI than Chitown!
  • katkat1717
    katkat1717 Posts: 143 Member
    originally from Homewood, il (South suburbs of chi.) now in plainfield/romeoville, il area (west suburbs of chi.)
  • dalessi123
    dalessi123 Posts: 22
    I'm in Chicago!!! Work & Live..& Play :D
  • KellyKAG
    KellyKAG Posts: 418
    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:
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    Chicago!
  • PaperThinLips
    PaperThinLips Posts: 79 Member
    i'm right across the river! D:
  • achief192
    achief192 Posts: 192
    Springfield IL :)
  • hales_04
    hales_04 Posts: 68 Member
    Originally form Central Illinois, now live 20 min. outside of St. Louis on the Illinois side
  • Sheila1968
    Sheila1968 Posts: 106
    Riverton (just outside Springfield)
  • LawyerLu
    LawyerLu Posts: 9
    Chicago! :)
  • hales_04
    hales_04 Posts: 68 Member
    Born in Chicago, raised in Waukegan. Moved to Houston last July....Boy, do I miss Portillo's! Feel free to add me!
    Portillo's! I love that place so much, It's always our first and last stop when we go visit friends up in Chicagoland.
  • jenigma75
    jenigma75 Posts: 1
    Hi, staying strong here in Montomery.
  • jkleon86
    jkleon86 Posts: 245 Member
    My daughter is in Woodridge
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