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Old 07-24-2009, 10:53 PM
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Can't we all just get along???????
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Old 07-24-2009, 10:58 PM
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NO offense taken dude! Glad you didn't have a motive with this type of question. And, I'm a woman, not a dude.
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Southern is in the eyes of the beholder. I don't really know there is an actual demarcation other than the dew line. I suspect newspapers, radio stations and television stations carved out an area and give it a name to draw advertising dollars. One of the TV stations trademarked HOI - Heart of Illinois - meaning the 7-8 counties in their broadcast area.

I live in the central part of state. To me Southern Illinois is south of US 60 and not nearly as far north as Springfield. I don't know if you called Springfield if any one could tell you where it is or how it is defined. Much let alone who dun it. US 60 is EW. It runs through Harrisburg, Marion and Carbondale before exiting into Missouri. I have to call down to Springfield, anyway, if I find out, I'll let you know.

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US 60 just grazes the state just to the South of Cairo. I think you are referring to Illinois 15. From what the map shows US 60 would more correctly be North-South oriented in that area.
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I can just give the opinion of someone who lives here...EVERYONE I know that lives in SI says the same thing if you ask them...I-64 is the cutoff between CI and SI....the terrain really changes there,the dialects seem to change there also and you start getting into the great cornfield there too..
I've been to Illinois before. I-64/US 50 being the "dividing" line between Central and Southern I can agree with.
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Thank you linicx. Apparently some have not heard of the famous film named "Southern By The Grace of God" a fine tribute to the Kentucky CSA Living History....a wonderful dipiction of what it was like during the war...the grace of people, the glory and the attitudes.

My entire family migrated from Kentucky. If I want to say I am Southern I can. Now I live in Illinois and am proud of it....but I am definitley proud of my heritage. Accuse me of being devisive if you want and I always say... if the shoe fits wear it.
Almost my entire family is from Eastern/Southeastern Kentucky( My grandma on my mom's side is from Germany) my entire family is German. My Great grandparents came from Northern Germany and German Switzerland and migrated to that area of Kentucky. so I guess if I wanted to say I'm Southern I guess I could do so..but I consider myself Northern. I feel the same way about what you said. Only I live in Indiana.
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Kentucky is one of my favorite states! Particularly the Mammoth cave region. Where was your family from??
I love Kentucky!! I've been to Owensboro,Bowling Green,Louisville, Elizabethtown,Grayson just to name a few......
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Old 07-25-2009, 07:23 AM
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US 60 just grazes the state just to the South of Cairo. I think you are referring to Illinois 15. From what the map shows US 60 would more correctly be North-South oriented in that area.

I've been to Illinois before. I-64/US 50 being the "dividing" line between Central and Southern I can agree with.

Almost my entire family is from Eastern/Southeastern Kentucky( My grandma on my mom's side is from Germany) my entire family is German. My Great grandparents came from Northern Germany and German Switzerland and migrated to that area of Kentucky. so I guess if I wanted to say I'm Southern I guess I could do so..but I consider myself Northern. I feel the same way about what you said. Only I live in Indiana.


I love Kentucky!! I've been to Owensboro,Bowling Green,Louisville, Elizabethtown,Grayson just to name a few......
I lived and worked just north of Owensboro on the IN side for awhile and I LOVE that area....my two favorite places in the midwest are Southern IL and Southern IN
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Just North of Owensboro I believe is Rockport if I'm not mistaked. Southern Indiana is a very beautiful place.
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Old 07-25-2009, 05:54 PM
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Just North of Owensboro I believe is Rockport if I'm not mistaked. Southern Indiana is a very beautiful place.
You are correct...My Dad worked on Rockport Powerplant from the beginning and I ended up working there when I graduated on the new construction side and then later in and out on maint....I lived 30 miles northeast in the hills on the Perry county line and moved back and forth between there and WY for a long time.I loved the people and the hilly area.
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You are correct...My Dad worked on Rockport Powerplant from the beginning and I ended up working there when I graduated on the new construction side and then later in and out on maint....I lived 30 miles northeast in the hills on the Perry county line and moved back and forth between there and WY for a long time.I loved the people and the hilly area.

Perry County eh? I've passed through a few times along I-64 and Indiana 62/37 going to/from Indianapolis. Never have stopped in Perry County atleast as far as I can remember. I'm sure I probably have some pictures of Perry County somewhere around here.

Wyoming? I bet that was a culture and geographical shock.
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Old 07-26-2009, 06:03 AM
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Perry County eh? I've passed through a few times along I-64 and Indiana 62/37 going to/from Indianapolis. Never have stopped in Perry County atleast as far as I can remember. I'm sure I probably have some pictures of Perry County somewhere around here.

Wyoming? I bet that was a culture and geographical shock.
It would have been,but we had moved back and forth between there and the midwest since I was 5...We were ALL over.

I was in the FAR NE corner of Spencer on the Perry line...it is beautiful there IMO...BIG hills,old well kept farms,fantastic people and a lot of old traditions.I really liked it there.
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Southern Illinois is Jefferson County (Mt Vernon) and south. North of that is central.
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Southern Illinois is Jefferson County (Mt Vernon) and south. North of that is central.
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It would have been,but we had moved back and forth between there and the midwest since I was 5...We were ALL over.

I was in the FAR NE corner of Spencer on the Perry line...it is beautiful there IMO...BIG hills,old well kept farms,fantastic people and a lot of old traditions.I really liked it there.
That area of the state is very beautiful. I love taking pictures of old abandon barns. I love old traditions but I also like new ones to. Southern Indiana is definetly well kept....atleast for now. Once I-69 comes through things will probably change.
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Southern Illinois is Jefferson County (Mt Vernon) and south. North of that is central.

I can agree with that
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