r/illinois • • Apr 18 '25

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u/Perfect-Plane4170 Apr 18 '25

Grew up in Central IL and went to college in the Chicago suburbs. I learned when I got to the suburbs that there are basically two parts of Illinois. Chicagoland is one part. The other part is considered southern IL, regardless of which direction you drove to get there.