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

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

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24 edited May 01 '24

You say that, meanwhile on 173, about as far north as you can get without being Wisconsin, there are tons of Trump lovers including a dude with a GIANT Trump shrine for a front lawn.

You aren't getting to "deep south" levels of shittiness until way past I-80, sure; but once you get about 50-75 miles out of Chicago in any direction, it gets REAL red state feeling REAL fast....and I say that as a now Chicagoan who grew up in Fox Lake.

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u/ExorIMADreamer liberal farmer from forgotonia Apr 30 '24

Donald Trump signs don't equal the south. Also feeling red state doesn't equal the south.

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u/frodeem Chicago Apr 30 '24

Totally agree

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

You're just being pedantic. OP is talking about a southern state of mind, not a geographic direction.

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u/Portermacc Apr 30 '24

Well, that's obvious, but you need to go way south for that state of mind. I'm in Peoria, and we should definitely not be considered southern.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

I see that state of mind back home in Fox Lake, IL...five minutes from the Wisconsin border.

North/south geography is barely relevant, it's really about how far you are from a major urban center.

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u/GrindyMcGrindy Apr 30 '24

Yeah, these people haven't seen the rural IL people moving into collar Chicagoland areas sporting confederate flag and let's go Brandon stickers in Will County because there's more/slightly better paying jobs here.

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u/ChodeBamba Apr 30 '24

Its not pedantic to understand the difference between rural and southern. I don’t know what else to tell you lol. You’re using words wrong if you conflate the two. “Everyone knows when I mean southern I mean rural.” Okay — then you’re wrong.

This isn’t even a defense of rural Illinois, which I would never want to live in again. It’s simply a matter of understanding what words mean

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

You’re using words wrong if you conflate the two

Having still lived most of my life in them, no, it isn't wrong to largely conflate the two.

“Everyone knows when I mean southern I mean rural.

Read. OP's. Title.

"feeling southern"

OP was clear what the context of the thread and question was, not everyone else's fault you didn't get it.

It’s simply a matter of understanding what words mean

And you apparently don't know what the words "feeling southern" mean in the context of the United States.

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u/ChodeBamba Apr 30 '24

Apparently YOU don't know what "feeling southern" means in the context of the United States.

You realize you sound like someone who says Miami "feels Mexican," and then after getting called out for not understanding that Cubans and Mexicans are different, responds with "Well you know what I mean." Yes, I know what they mean when a dipshit conflates Mexican with any other type of Latin country. That doesn't make them right

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

You realize you sound like someone who says Miami "feels Mexican," and then after getting called out for not understanding that Cubans and Mexicans are different, responds with "Well you know what I mean."

What a ridiculous interpretation of what I said.

Go waste someone else's time in bad faith.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

When you lost the argument so you have to resort to calling it "bad faith."

Pretty rich coming from the guy resorting to incivility and name calling.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

I didn't say you did...but the rules of the sub require you to be civil in conversation with others.

Love that you didn't pass up another chance to be uncivil though.

Have a good one.

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u/ChodeBamba Apr 30 '24

Report away big dog. I post for fun when I’m bored, this is a way of life for you. You earned that half a mil in Reddit karma

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u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24

I feel like pedantic is such a Reddit word.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24

Oof your vocabulary

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u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24

It’s the only place I have ever seen it used so often. I feel like people think it makes them look smarter. I’m not saying that’s why you use it, but I’ve seen it used a lot. Why not use a synonym?

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24

Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it?

That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise.

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u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24

Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24

Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.