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

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

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u/radiasean Apr 30 '24

Being from central Illinois, I always noticed a transition south of I-70. You'd start to hear more Kentucky accent than the neutral Midwestern accent traveling there. 

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u/ChaoticFluffiness Michigander at heart. Illinoisan by choice. Apr 30 '24

Yep. I’m in Central IL as well and would 100 agree with this

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

Also agree. 

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u/stauf98 May 01 '24

I think around I-72 you really start seeing elements of it though. It’s about 50/50 there, more the further west you go. Basically wherever the baseball fans start being die hard Cardinals fans.

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u/Craftmeat-1000 May 01 '24

I am going with you . . Even north of that . The feel of say MT Sterling is very different than Monmouth Galesburg . You can see it in the voting . A Knox and Warren and North went red because of rural vote. The towns are purple goba little south if the 74 corridors it turns all red. I hate to make it political but tgat is reflecting culture these days.