12-16-2020, 09:29 PM
My family is from there. I spent most of my summers growing up in southern Illinois and am about 30 minutes from there now.
I think the biggest thing if you're thinking about moving there is this: consider what part. Southern Illinois (like the bottom half of the state) is mostly farms and rural communities, except for the chunk around STL (which is where my family spends a lot of time). You can drive on some parts on an interstate for a half hour and not see anything other than silos. The upper half is Chicago. If you like Chicago, then it's pretty good stuff. I've been there a few times and I like it. You can stay on the outskirts and take a train into the city, there's pretty much everything there. Personally, though, I like STL and the STL part of Illinois better than the Chicago part. But I prefer to drive where I'm going.
But no matter where you live, Chicago pretty much dictates what happens everywhere in the state.
Oh, and everyone drinks in Illinois. And drives. It's like a state law or something.
I think the biggest thing if you're thinking about moving there is this: consider what part. Southern Illinois (like the bottom half of the state) is mostly farms and rural communities, except for the chunk around STL (which is where my family spends a lot of time). You can drive on some parts on an interstate for a half hour and not see anything other than silos. The upper half is Chicago. If you like Chicago, then it's pretty good stuff. I've been there a few times and I like it. You can stay on the outskirts and take a train into the city, there's pretty much everything there. Personally, though, I like STL and the STL part of Illinois better than the Chicago part. But I prefer to drive where I'm going.
But no matter where you live, Chicago pretty much dictates what happens everywhere in the state.
Oh, and everyone drinks in Illinois. And drives. It's like a state law or something.
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