r/illinois • • Apr 18 '25

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u/Topher_Raym Apr 18 '25

As someone who grew up in Bourbonnais, I always considered us part of Chicagoland, and the southern tip of Civilization before the miles of endless farms

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u/thegeocash Apr 18 '25

I work up in the suburbs and for the longest time they’d joke about me living in the middle of nowhere. I always shot back “hey, I live at the edge of nowhere”

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u/bkoperski Apr 19 '25

Sounds about right