Curious about Cairo, Illinois

[linicx]

Yeah is shows tomorrow night in Paducah, and the next day at 4:30pm at the Cairo High School. I'd like to know why England is so interested in racism in SoIL?

There is other news that is probably more important than the gas and oil wells, nudist camps and meth labs. Nineteen Counties have joined together to form a SoIL Tourism Bureau. If it works, and I hope it does, it will eventrually force the state to clean up a mess ignored for 100 years.

[madpaddy]

Originally Posted by MUTGR

I believe the census data shows we are seeing "black flight" from cities like St. Louis and even Chicago.

Is that also "racist"?

The phenomenon is often called "white flight" but a more accurate description might be "middle class family flight." As the middle class population is statistically more white, it might look racially motivated, especially early on. But when neighborhoods decline and crime starts threatening the quality of life, families with the means to get out to the suburbs often due, regardless of race.

[rjhfinancial]

My mom and my grandparents were born and grew up in Cairo. I plan on visiting Cairo this summer and look into my history. If anyone has any pointers about where to go and stat on my visit please let me know, [email]rjhfinancial@yahoo.com[/email]

[TheProudChicagoan]

Chicago is a very liberal town. It turned most of that area of the state into one of the most reliable, and strongest progressive strongholds in the nation. It's still remains THE center of LGBT rights, in a lot of ways. However, soon as you go far enough south, it's like a farm town in Indiana. The upstate, and downstate ideologies, methodologies, and even ways of life, clash constantly. Peoria, IL is one of the bigger cities that isn't really a suburb or satellite city of Chicago. It is just north of the most central area of Illinois, however, it is very much a southern city, and very different than the big-city culture of Chicago. My relatives from Peoria constantly make fun of me, and my accent (which, like it or not, my fellow Chicagoans, we all have, though I'm actualy proud of it, in a way). So it is a true southern city.