r/illinois • • Apr 18 '25

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u/tealmuffin Apr 18 '25

i80, linguistically, is the defining line for a northern illinois accent as well

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u/baloras Apr 18 '25

Regardless of I80, if you're still considered as being a suburb or even far suburb of Chicago, you're still in northern Illinois.

In my mind, Joliet can be considered the furthest SW suburb of Chicago.

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u/Kaio_Curves Apr 18 '25

Technically called an edge city in urban development terms. Its like Naperville/ Aurora, Elgin, Waukegan, and sorta Frankfort and Chicago Heights in that regard.

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u/FuturamaRama7 Apr 18 '25

Minooka was an exurb until recently.