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Old 07-09-2007, 02:06 PM
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Since when is Kankakee in Chicagoland?

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Old 07-09-2007, 03:15 PM
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Its on the far, far outlying reaches of the Chicagoland area according to some people and probably more people will agree as the area connects more and more to the suburbs.

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Old 07-09-2007, 09:19 PM
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Since when is Kankakee in Chicagoland?
Since about yesterday afternoon. Suburbia keeps creeping outward, and Kankakee is in its sights. Give it 20 years and it will be surrounded by suburbia on all sides. Even sooner if the "Third Airport" ever gets the go-ahead.

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Old 07-10-2007, 04:34 PM
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Its often rated one of the worst cities in the USA... I think there are far worse cities (ever been to Nogales, Arizona???), but thats just my opinion.
You compared Sterlnig, IL to Nogales, AZ? Wow.

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Old 07-10-2007, 04:36 PM
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What's worse, Joliet or Kankakee?
Kankakee. It looks like an inner city. (Well the part I was in once.)

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Old 07-10-2007, 06:25 PM
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Kankakee. It looks like an inner city. (Well the part I was in once.)
I'm too yellow to drive into either city. The Bradley/Bourbonnais commercial strip out near I-57 feels like typical suburbia, and the Gas City station south of town near I-57 is a decent place to refuel.

Kankakee is a Chicagoland satellite that could soon integrate into the metroplex if Will County continues to develop southward.

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Old 08-05-2007, 08:41 AM
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There are also some very nice little small towns within Kankakee County that aren't too far out there. Bonfield and Essex (west of Kankakee) have new subdivisions going up and the houses being built are pretty nice.

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Old 08-06-2007, 11:15 AM
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Old 08-06-2007, 11:24 AM
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You compared Sterlnig, IL to Nogales, AZ? Wow.
Um, nooooo. This is regarding Kankakee. And I never said it compared to Nogales. Re-read.

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Old 08-08-2007, 07:57 PM
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Yeah, don't live in Kankakee if you don't have to. It's better to live in Bradley/Bourbonnais. I lived in Kankakee for 14 years and it was never that great of an experience. My family moved after I graduated from junior high so I've only been back a handful of times in the last six years to visit family and it hasn't gotten any better. From the time I went to kindergarten thru my graduation of junior high I witnessed a fight break out almost every day. You can't get a decent education there, the teachers can't control the students and it's just not a good learning environment period.

The schools spend a lot of time preparing for state tests to get more money and less time on actual teaching. Once I moved to Southern Illinois my freshman year in high school I had to retake Algebra 1 because I failed the first semester of algebra 2, even though I passed algebra 1 in 8th grade with flying colors.

I went back last month and visited my grandma who lives right across the street from my old house, which is where my uncle lives now and the old lady next door died and has been replaced by a crack dealer and pimp. And there had been a couple murders withing a three block radius of my old house so I'm really happy I got out of there. Hope this helps.

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