Shouldn't there be more forums on IL? (Rockford, Carbondale: school district, to move)

[Administrator]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Can you then move all previous threads about these places into the new sub forums?

Yes, when creating new sub-forums we always move previous threads as needed.

[tcs1366]

Steve-o ... you and Avengerfire are 'brutal' ... though i did get a chuckle out of it, and you are probably right... even though i have not read the New Trier thread, or really dont read threads that dont interest me... yet that is beside the point.

i have seen and met many who feel they are better than others just because of where they live.

[Katiana]

This needs to be a sub-forum on every city and state.

*I do not know how to google anything or do a search on the net so I will ask a question on citi-data about every bit of information I am too lazy too try to look up myself Forum

Examples: Does it snow in Denver? (just asked today)

Where can I live within 30 mn of downtown?

Etc.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Now I agree that those need to be added.

You forgot:


*Romeoville and Elgin suck therefore the entire state of Illinois and the Midwest sucks Forum

LMFAO

lololololololololololololololol

While Im here I might as well suggest a "Im a winter weenie and cant take the cold, waaaa, waaaa, waaaa" forum. It always amazes me how people can take the time to pull their thumbs out of their mouths just so they can type how they dont like the winter here.

[Katiana]

I guess I quoted this slightly wrong. Here it is (name removed).

I hear it actually snows down there? We don't really get snow up here.... just lots and lots of rain and clouds and pretty much constant drizzle.

[thePR]

Originally Posted by histo320

I am from East Central Illinois, actually moving to NC at the end of the month but I have noticed that there is only "Chicago" and "Chicago Suburb" forums on this. That is one thing I hate about Illinois, its either Chicago or nothing but there is a lot more to ILL than Chicago.

For example, Champaign/Urbana and UofI. An extremely diverse community with people from all across the globe. Areas include Mahomet, Tolono, Monticello (Allerton Park), and Tuscola which are all great communities.

Carbondale has lots of possibilities for camping hiking and other types of outdoor activities.

Springfield is the capitol and home of ol Abe Lincoln, lots of history.

I am just sick and tired of having a major city and all of the people from that major city always thinking they are better and more important than us form smaller so called less important communities.

It seems as though your post is more about larger metro areas getting more attention than small cities and not actually having new forums.

central and southern Illinois are nice places but just because it has history does not mean that there is enough talk here to create a new sub-forum in Illinois. This isn't unique to Illinois.

[linicx]

Originally Posted by Administrator

I'm waiting for more threads about these cities before creating new sub-forums. With the continuing growth of our forums I can see adding them in the future.

May I make a suggestion?

Not counting Chicago, there area five metropolitan areas in Illinois and they are primarily downstate: B-N, Carbondale, Champaign, Peoria and Springfield.

Bloomington-Normal, Champaign and Peoria are in Central and Eastern Central Illinois. Western Central Illinios which includes Macomb and Galesburg is mostly farm land. Springfield and Carbondale are more Southern Illinois.

Perhaps instead of city forums - and becase Illinois is primarily farmland - it would be better to create "area" forums IE: Northern Il., Central Il, and Southern, Il..

PS: There has for at least 50 years been a standing joke amongst Chicagoans that anything sourth of State and Madison is Southern Illinois.

[Katiana]

Some of these forums would be pretty quiet. Even "Illinois" does not always have many new posts.

[linicx]

The whole of Illinois except Chicago and East St. Louis are part of the Illinois Grain and Beef Belt. Villages sprouted where settlers farmed 150 years ago; many of those villages, that are much like like Cuba and Bath are still viable..

You will never get enough single queries to warrant a city forum, but taken collectivefly there might be enough to warrent a regional foroum - if and provinding the Admin would try it. We do get a goodly amought of questions for the central part of the state, though, because of the schools.

[Avengerfire]

IDK there are 90 pages of threads for Chicago, 76 for the burbs, and a whopping 37 for the rest of the state over the history of this site to date. Of course the Admin will decide, but how would it be broken down?

Maybe Central,Southern, and Northwest Illinois Forums?