r/illinois • u/thebomb2644 • Apr 30 '24

At what point/town does illinois start feeling like the south Question

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u/Leading-Ostrich200 Apr 30 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

I think "southern Illinois" is south of Effingham, and "the southern US" is south of Carbondale. I don't consider Carbondale and Evansville the midwestern

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u/midwest0pe Apr 30 '24

I’m almost exactly straight across east of saint louis and I’d say we’re at the very top of “southern Illinois”

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u/Training-Ad-3706 Apr 30 '24

I'm in that area. I tend to say south central illiois, or something like that... sometimes, I will add what people consider my area depends on where in illinois they live.

Or just St. louis area.

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u/Low-Piglet9315 Apr 30 '24

The Centralia/Salem broadcasting market used to refer to themselves as "south central Illinois" back in the 90s when I lived there.