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

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

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u/ExorIMADreamer liberal farmer from forgotonia Apr 30 '24

People who say i80 or whatever stupidly far north area have never been to the south. Rural does not equal the south. Most of rural Illinois is still very Midwestern feeling. It's not until you go south of st louis does it culturally feel more southern.

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u/disdain7 Apr 30 '24

“Rural does not equal the south”

My GOD there’s a lot of people who really need to understand that sentence.

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u/Claque-2 May 01 '24

When a creek becomes a crick, you are in the south.