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11-12-2007, 11:13 PM
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Middle American
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Midwest
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Uhhh, Champaign County will always be THE definition of flat.
Comments on the website of the Cleveland Plain Dealer today bemoan the lack of competition in Northeast Ohio for groceries. They really only have Giant Eagle [Giant Weasel] now, as Kroger does not compete anywhere northeast of Mansfield, roughly halfway between Columbus and Akron. But noooo, Chicagoland has both Dominicks and Jewel and it's not enough.
I fail to be convinced that most "you know Illinois" statements are not of the same utility as those that describe Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, or Missouri. The foliage is much different in Michigan and Wisconsin, even if the beer is the same. The air is probably cleaner in Kansas ...
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11-19-2007, 02:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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When I say "Hopeless Rural" I speak of course of Northwestern Illinois.
When I say Northwestern Illinois, the common response i get is "Oh, you're from Chicago?"
NO! CHICAGO IS THE ENEMY! ALL THOSE LITTLE A-HOLE WEEKENDERS COME OUT AND TELL US HOW HORRIBLE WE ARE TO BE IN A POVERSE AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND WHY WE SHOULD ALL MOVE TO CHICAGO!
We had Sullivan's, Shaw's, and Heeren's. All of em sucked, cept Sullivan's. then there was Aldi in Clinton, and that's it.
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11-19-2007, 08:20 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chicago
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Poverse? Chicago is crowded enough, as it is I can never get a seat on the 'el', so stay there.
I don't even know what Sullivan's, Shaw's, and Heeren's are. Are they grocery stores?
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11-19-2007, 09:32 AM
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Rangers FC supporter
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Western Chicagoland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoHogsGo
NO! CHICAGO IS THE ENEMY! ALL THOSE LITTLE A-HOLE WEEKENDERS COME OUT AND TELL US HOW HORRIBLE WE ARE TO BE IN A POVERSE AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND WHY WE SHOULD ALL MOVE TO CHICAGO!
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You sound like a cheesehead. 
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11-19-2007, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Side
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I have jumper cables in my Jeep (the 'no-tangle' kind) and get to use them often. Around the corner the Dunkin' Donuts lady gave me free coffee the day me and a friend pushed her into the parking lot in the snow she couldn't maneuver on her own. Folks are so diverse we tend not to speculate any more on people's origins. You don't always have to take stuff to the Salvation Army; the recycle people in their pickups are the gleaners in the alleys picking up anything reusable. I get rabbits, raccoons and yesterday a hawk in my backyard. The house next door is owned by nuns and there's a Mormon church across the street.
You gotta love the south side.
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11-20-2007, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: The rolling fields of Central Illinois
265 posts, read 319,003 times
Reputation: 59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoHogsGo
When I say "Hopeless Rural" I speak of course of Northwestern Illinois.
When I say Northwestern Illinois, the common response i get is "Oh, you're from Chicago?"
NO! CHICAGO IS THE ENEMY! ALL THOSE LITTLE A-HOLE WEEKENDERS COME OUT AND TELL US HOW HORRIBLE WE ARE TO BE IN A POVERSE AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND WHY WE SHOULD ALL MOVE TO CHICAGO!
We had Sullivan's, Shaw's, and Heeren's. All of em sucked, cept Sullivan's. then there was Aldi in Clinton, and that's it.
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WOW! And I thought the Chicago hatred was bad down here!
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01-14-2008, 10:13 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Chi town?
Where is Chi Town? I have lived and worked in Chicago for 65 years and NEVER heard anyone who lives her refer to it as Chi Town. Perhaps it all started with the famous dragster Chi Town Hustler. "Chi Town" will mark you as a outsider in a minute. Another observation is that when most suburbanites are ask "where are you from?" the will reply Chicago. Everyone wants to be from Chicago but no one wants to live here 
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01-14-2008, 10:22 PM
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Chicago
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When something Blago does or says screws up your day,week,month, or the coming years.
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01-15-2008, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
278 posts, read 287,950 times
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You've NEVER in your life been passed by a car with Wisconsin plates on the highway, but routinely fly by "America's Dairyland" tags like they're stopped at a $1.99 buffet.
It's true.
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01-15-2008, 02:41 PM
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Rangers FC supporter
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Western Chicagoland
17,240 posts, read 18,905,117 times
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Quote:
Originally Posted by runninfiend
You've NEVER in your life been passed by a car with Wisconsin plates on the highway, but routinely fly by "America's Dairyland" tags like they're stopped at a $1.99 buffet.
It's true.
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Bah. Ive been nearly run off the road by cars with "America's Dairyland" tags. 
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