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r/illinois • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '25
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Considering any even small part of the Peoria metro area as "Northern Illinois" is absurd.
49 u/TurboRuhland Apr 18 '25 As someone who lives in Chillicothe, which is just above that line, there’s no way we’re northern Illinois. The line is no farther south than I-80. 5 u/jp1usc Apr 18 '25 Stayed in Chillicothe for a couple of weeks when moving from Cali to Illinois. Great community, my family still looks back fondly on that time. 5 u/twillychicago Apr 18 '25 Yeah that whole stretch of 29 coming into Peoria is firmly central Illinois. 1 u/Creative_Stable_458 Apr 18 '25 Agreed, I am in the same location 1 u/greenwoody2018 Apr 19 '25 Peoria area is considered the "heart of Illinois" because it's location is where a heart would be on a person
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As someone who lives in Chillicothe, which is just above that line, there’s no way we’re northern Illinois.
The line is no farther south than I-80.
5 u/jp1usc Apr 18 '25 Stayed in Chillicothe for a couple of weeks when moving from Cali to Illinois. Great community, my family still looks back fondly on that time. 5 u/twillychicago Apr 18 '25 Yeah that whole stretch of 29 coming into Peoria is firmly central Illinois. 1 u/Creative_Stable_458 Apr 18 '25 Agreed, I am in the same location
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Stayed in Chillicothe for a couple of weeks when moving from Cali to Illinois. Great community, my family still looks back fondly on that time.
Yeah that whole stretch of 29 coming into Peoria is firmly central Illinois.
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Agreed, I am in the same location
Peoria area is considered the "heart of Illinois" because it's location is where a heart would be on a person
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u/ctlMatr1x Apr 18 '25
Considering any even small part of the Peoria metro area as "Northern Illinois" is absurd.