You Know You're From Illinois When: (Chicago, Cicero: travel, work, suburbs)

[Chinolala]

I went to a Chicago public school and we went to Springfield for our 7th grade field trip (stayed overnight...it was a blast) and then to Washington D.C. for 8th grade. Of course, parents had to cough up money for those trips.

[j33]

Yeah, I remember those trips being offered, so I could have taken the trip if my parents were able to cough up the money (they weren't) (... and no, this is not a 'boohoo for me' type statement, I had a good life growing up, it was just a good life with very little money).

[Katiana]

My point with all this is that "taking a field trip to the state capitol" is not unique to Illinois. My kids did it here in Colorado in 3rd grade, part of their Colorado history unit. Of course, they were only about 25 miles from Denver, too. It was a day trip. I think every SD in metro Denver does that one at some time. Growing up in western Pennsylvaina, we never took a trip to Harrisburg. However, I imagine the schools closer to there do so.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

Love #4 and # 13, but I really don't get #7. I mean, my kids did that too, but not in Illinois. I don't think it's unique to Ill like having 3 former governors who went to jail.

Id agree. Ive made the trip myself, but so have my nephews who lived in TN. I think most states do that for kids nowadays?

Oh, and its IL.

[Mr Bigman]

Southeren Illinois is full of these rednecks who follow these things.

I should know, i lived there and people their are like those discribed in the Larry The Cable Guy shows.

[Tree]

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

Ha ha! Down here in Charleston we call it "rush minute". As in, "oh no, I'm stuck behind a school bus and a tractor."

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Id agree. Ive made the trip myself, but so have my nephews who lived in TN. I think most states do that for kids nowadays?

Oh, and its IL.

Well, it used to be ILL. lol and TN was TENN. I remember that dont you? Maybe the poster is far older than us and refuses to adopt the new abbreviation!

[Drover]

Heh, anyone remember when the "security fence" around O'Hare was nothing but brown-picket snow fencing that repeated "ILL" about every hundred feet?

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Well, it used to be ILL. lol and TN was TENN. I remember that dont you? Maybe the poster is far older than us and refuses to adopt the new abbreviation!

I remember. But times have changed. I hated having the abbreviation "ILL", didnt sound right (unless youre a Beastie Boys fan lol).

[arpschneider]

Originally Posted by joker

You know you're from Illinois when;
-You have a slight disability and you never, ever feel welcomed in your own community.
-You get arrested for saying "Hi" to an attractive woman in Du Page County.
-The streets and highways look like a stampede.
-The only time you are welcomed into the community is if you are top notch popular and attractive yourself.
-You are paying taxes that make taxes in South Florida look like a walk in the park.

That all would be true for the "burbs", but certainly NOT for Central or Southern IL, except in the larger communities.

Faithfully,

G.A.