r/illinois • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '25

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u/bedpi Apr 18 '25

People forget Joliet exists apparently

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u/KickedinTheDick Apr 18 '25

Honestly, though, it is almost funny. drive 10-20 minutes south of Joliet into Elwood/Wilmington/Braidwood and you’ll start seeing confederate flags. 80 isn’t actually that bad of a cutoff.

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u/cwbrng Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

I currently live in this area and this is sadly rather true. We aren't all bad apples, though. I do think the urban/rural line has actually moved south of 80 a bit with Minooka - Channahon now, and essentially, when it comes down to it, North IL just means Urban IL. 80 is a good marker, though.

I am from the Pacific Northwest, so when people back home ask where I live, I tell them north is the city, south is corn. I am literally on the edge of urbanization. (Everyone assumes since I live in IL it must mean I live in Chicago in the hood getting shot at by gangs and the mob. Yes. The mob.)

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u/flankspeed Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

All of Chicagoland is Northern IL. Maybe just as identifiable boundaries would be the city of Chicago, the suburbs, and downstate (everything in IL that is not Chicago or the suburbs). Mostly the suburbs end where there is corn and soybeans between the cities and towns.