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I've lived in the Rosemont Horizon (now Allstate Arena) parking lot on occasion Morning Dew Feb 2012 #1
I saw my first rock concert there. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #14
Illinois Nazis... I hate Illinois Nazis... TlalocW Feb 2012 #2
i had forgotten the nazis SwampG8r Feb 2012 #3
No idea TlalocW Feb 2012 #4
The Town's Name Is Skokie KharmaTrain Feb 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Rochester Feb 2012 #9
Skokie trof Feb 2012 #12
Much to say about Illinois The Genealogist Feb 2012 #6
Illinois is 1/3 New York, 1/3 Mississippi and 1/3 Iowa n/t eridani Feb 2012 #7
"that no good in law brudder o mine - from ill-i-noise" hfojvt Feb 2012 #8
Correction on BEARS dogfacedboy Mar 2012 #46
I like Illinois Rochester Feb 2012 #10
I grew up in Chicago and went to school downstate and hitchhiked through most of the rest. CanonRay Feb 2012 #11
My dad grew up in the Centralia area. seeviewonder Feb 2012 #28
I noticed the Cardinal logo CanonRay Feb 2012 #37
Yep...I've been a Cardinals fan most of my life. seeviewonder Feb 2012 #44
Except for Chicago, Illinois is merely another shit hole like Indiana...n/t dogfacedboy Mar 2012 #47
Actually, I lived in the city and it was great CanonRay Mar 2012 #51
Irredeemably corrupt. AngryAmish Feb 2012 #13
I was born and raised there. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #15
The Cahokia Mounds area is really cool. seeviewonder Feb 2012 #29
Illinois is interesting. MineralMan Feb 2012 #16
So Galena and Freeport are urban hfojvt Feb 2012 #20
General impressions. MineralMan Feb 2012 #21
St. Louis and Kansas City and Twintown are surrounded by farmland too hfojvt Feb 2012 #23
Compared to the 8 million population of Chicagoland, yes, anywhere else is rural. Sorry. dogfacedboy Mar 2012 #48
but you don't, or shouldn't, judge the rest of the world by that standard hfojvt Mar 2012 #50
I lived in Crystal Lake for about 5 years. trof Feb 2012 #17
We must have crossed it more than a dozen times on I-80--it's usually a stopping point TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #18
I love Chicago! babydollhead Feb 2012 #19
About 30 something years ago I spent a week in Woodridge, IL... Little Star Feb 2012 #22
Chicago, one of the greatest cities in the Country and World rufus dog Feb 2012 #24
Chicago is THE greatest city in the world! dogfacedboy Mar 2012 #49
I have to stand up for my part of the state WCIL Feb 2012 #25
I lived in Danville for about four years. seeviewonder Feb 2012 #30
Love Chicago rucky Feb 2012 #26
Illinois is a terrible state... JFN1 Feb 2012 #27
I wouldn't suggest trying to tell Mike Madigan that the legislature is dominated by Republicans. WillowTree Feb 2012 #33
What time machine did you come from? former9thward Feb 2012 #42
That's where the in-laws live MrScorpio Feb 2012 #31
Lincoln Logs were invented in Illinois by Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John Lloyd Wright Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #32
My parents met at Moody Bible Institute roody Feb 2012 #34
There are things about Illinois that you can appreciate. davsand Feb 2012 #35
Very well-written dog_lovin_dem Feb 2012 #36
If you love paying expensive tolls undeterred Feb 2012 #38
I lived in Joliet for a while lunatica Feb 2012 #39
The most corrupt state in the nation abowsh Feb 2012 #40
I have a cousin from dog_lovin_dem Feb 2012 #41
The University of Illinois at Chicago has just called Chicago the most corrupt city in U.S. former9thward Feb 2012 #43
We lived in Naperville twelve years ago, and we loved it. phylny Feb 2012 #45
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