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In reply to the discussion: state by state speak your mind about...illinois [View all]CanonRay
(14,038 posts)51. Actually, I lived in the city and it was great
Chi has a lot to offer it you take advantage of it.
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I've lived in the Rosemont Horizon (now Allstate Arena) parking lot on occasion
Morning Dew
Feb 2012
#1
I grew up in Chicago and went to school downstate and hitchhiked through most of the rest.
CanonRay
Feb 2012
#11
Except for Chicago, Illinois is merely another shit hole like Indiana...n/t
dogfacedboy
Mar 2012
#47
Compared to the 8 million population of Chicagoland, yes, anywhere else is rural. Sorry.
dogfacedboy
Mar 2012
#48
We must have crossed it more than a dozen times on I-80--it's usually a stopping point
TwilightGardener
Feb 2012
#18
I wouldn't suggest trying to tell Mike Madigan that the legislature is dominated by Republicans.
WillowTree
Feb 2012
#33
Lincoln Logs were invented in Illinois by Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John Lloyd Wright
Brother Buzz
Feb 2012
#32
The University of Illinois at Chicago has just called Chicago the most corrupt city in U.S.
former9thward
Feb 2012
#43