Illinois is not the most popular state. When you tell people that’s where you are from, they mainly respond with something like “Is that the state with all the corn?” or “Oh ya Chicago!” But for anyone who grew up here, you know that there is so much more to the state than that! Keep reading for 20 relatable signs you grew up in Illinois.
Whenever you go on vacation and someone asks you where you’re from, you say Chicago. This is your answer even if you live in the suburbs 45 minutes away from the city. If you were to say your actual home town, you’d lose everyone’s interest.
If you order a pizza when in any other state, it will literally taste like cardboard. Chicago has the best pizza and if you grew up eating it, you won’t be able to eat pizza from anywhere else.
The weather is bipolar. You’ve witnessed all four seasons in one week… sometimes even one day. Because of this, your car probably had t-shirts and jackets piling up in the back seat for your convenience.
This is an actual rule. If you do ask for ketchup, you will not only be made fun of, but would be insulting the entire population of Illinois.
There isn’t much to do around summer time in Illinois, until August, when Lolla comes around. It is the weekend that every teenager looks forward to.
Unlike the rest of the United States, you understand the real surprise and joy in the Cubs winning the World Series. It was an event that shocked the whole nation, but for true Illinoisans, this was the epitome of your life. Even bitter White Sox fans couldn’t help but celebrate.
“Cool accent, where are you from?” is a common question you’re asked when out of town. We don’t have the accents, you do!
Most people’s pet peeves are nails on a chalkboard, or when people chew with their mouths open, but for anyone who lives or has lived in Illinois, yours is when people pronounce the ‘s’ in Illinois.
The closest thing you’ve known to a beach is North Ave, and it is the place to be on hot summer days.
As a teenager, you took many trips to downtown with your friends just to shop the magnificent mile. Even though you could barely afford anything from half of the stores, it always made a fun girls day.
As much as you complained about how much you hated the cold, you always went ice skating in the freezing cold. You’ve walked by and laughed at the people falling on their faces, or you’ve been that person. No matter which one you were, you’ve been to Maggie Daley.
Many middle schools take field trips to Chicago, stopping at the bean. It’s something you have to do at least once in your life.
When making plans to go to Chicago, you would ask “want to go to the city/downtown?”. Anyone from out of town would usually be confused as to where you were implying.
You know that Illinois is 99% corn fields and 1% city. You’re well aware that you can’t drive 5 miles without passing corn somewhere. So the Children of the Corn movie made you fear your entire surroundings as a kid.
Whenever your friends couldn’t find a place to hang out, you would meet up at McDonald’s. It was the place to be, and you were bound to run into people you knew.
For some reason, this is an argument that will never be won. You’ve experienced it at least once at one of your family parties, or at school.
Every state has their own stereotypes. We apologize Indiana, but we have labeled you as the slow drivers. 99% of the time you were behind a slow driver, their license plate was from Indiana. You have now become prone to assuming all slow drivers are people from Indiana.
You’ve had to correct people that try to tell you Chicago is the capitol.
Being stuck behind a tractor is a valuable excuse when explaining to people why you were late. We’ve all been through it.
You would pack up the car and drive however many hours to the Wisconsin Dells for the weekend. These were the best weekends of your life.
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