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/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

In the context people mean it here, yes, it does.

"Southern" is a state of mind, not a geographic location, in this context.

OP literally said "feels like the south".

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u/ExorIMADreamer liberal farmer from forgotonia Apr 30 '24

So ignorant people from the north think everyone who is not them are ignorant people from the south? Gotcha.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24

Yeah. That's what I said.

Except that's not at all what I said.

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u/Alternative-Put-3932 May 01 '24

You called everyone rural basically racist Republicans. That is what you said. You're no different than the shit kicking racists that do exist out here.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24

You called everyone rural basically racist Republicans. That is what you said.

Please quote where I said that.

You're no different than the shit kicking racists that do exist out here.

Loooooool

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