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To: Ilaine who wrote (16803)1/22/1999 5:38:00 AM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<My husband agrees. Chicago is not the same as down state. >>

We call that a blessing down here.



To: Ilaine who wrote (16803)1/22/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: DScottD  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<Chicago is not the same as down state.>

It was always funny to me that, even though I grew up in the part of Illinois that is north and west of Chicago, I was considered to be from "downstate".

In my mind, downstate is, like, Mt. Vernon or Carbondale.