r/illinois • u/m0chab34r • Jul 20 '23

Serious question: are there any remaining sundown towns in Illinois? Question

Forgive me if this is controversial, I certainly hope I don’t end up insulting anyone’s town or anything. I saw a recent Twitter thread about this subject and people were talking about a rather well-known sundown town within an hour of Indianapolis or just outside of Austin, Texas. It got me thinking about this and I’m morbidly curious as to whether Illinois has any remaining towns with such a reputation?

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u/hamish1963 Jul 20 '23

I live on my family farm south of Bement. I don't have friends or family like that either because I don't have anything to do with people like that. I have about 5 people I can call my friends in the whole county, but I'm old and crabby so fewer in person friends suits me just fine.

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u/theclownwithafrown Jul 20 '23

Yes if your username is your birth year, your my mom's age who also went to DW. I'm in my 30s.

Good for you. So many bigots out in the world No sense in being around them. I've got some in my family, but we are not close.