Who here is from Illinois?

[Tweed]

Come check in for me. Perhaps you could say what county too?

Oh and if you are in Chicago, just say Chicago, not Cook.

I'm in Chicago!

[EstimatedProphet]

1. I was born in Peoria

Lived some time in Belleville-just outside St. Louis.

[ronzo]

60. me too.

odds?

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. Douglas County, Illinois.

Hi, Tweed!

:hi:

[benny05]

Champaign County

Salutations...

[Tweed]

4. Welcome to DU!

Glad to see more people form Illinois here and joining

[benny05]

6. Thanks

I like it here so far...thanks for asking for Illinois folks. I bookmarked the Illinois page to check in. :toast:

[scarlet_owl]

22. Welcome! Where are you at in Champaign Co.?

I'm in Urbana.

[benny05]

46. Champaign proper

nice to see one of my neighbors..:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Grew up

in Champaign County, worked in Egypt, then moved to AR.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. I was born in Mt. Vernon

Jefferson County. I now live in Indiana, though. Most of my family still lives in Southern Illinois, but my sister is in Chicago.

[XNASA]

43. Really? Mrs. XNASA was born and raised in Mt. Vernon.

We used to visit there quite a bit when the kids were little....

Now we don't get there that often. It's easier to invite her Mom up here.

[LEW]

7. I live in Madison County

in Alton - Wonderful historic homes and antiques

[Willy Lee]

40. Madison County here

Edwardsville

[murielm99]

I live in Ogle County. nt

[Acryliccalico]

8. Rockford , Winnebago county

[Cooley Hurd]

9. I lived in Pekin and Creve Coeur...

...and would have no inclination to do so again.:puke:

[ikojo]

14. Creve Coeur Illinois could not be any

more different from Creve Coeur Missouri....isn't CC IL where Matt Hale is from?

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Yep... that's why my memories of Creve Coeur/Pekin are bad...

I have a scar on my knee from where one of his thugs shoved me down during a tussle in downtown Pekin - he was spouting his usual shit on a street corner and I shouted "Seig Heil." His thug/bodyguard shoved me over a planter (what can I say? I was young and mouthy). I couldn't press charges due to the fact that my ex-wife was a police beat reporter for the Pekin Daily Times (she requested I didn't, so it didn't make her look bad, despite the circumstances).

[dog_lovin_dem]

10. Hello from Crawford County!

Happy to be here.

[FuzzySlippers]

11. I went to school at the U. of Ill.,Urbana-Champaign.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

12. Born and raised in Chicago,

but now living in a southwest suburb in Cook County.

[ikojo]

13. I was born and raised in Springfield Illinois

No longer live in that Republican cesspool of narrow minded bigotry.

[Menshevik]

16. My mom's side of the family

is from Sparta, IL. I spent so much time there as a kid that it felt like my second home.

[Tweed]

20. Is that anywhere near Athens?

I'm serious now, there is an Athens, IL.

[Withywindle]

26. Doesn't every state have an Athens and a Springfield? n/t

[RetroLounge]

17. I was born in Chicago and grew up in Niles.

Cook COunty, 'natch.

RL

[Tweed]

18. Sweet!

You are still in Cook County now?

[Rincewind]

19. Illinois

Born, raised, and still live in Champaign county.

[davsand]

49. I'm another Champaign County person.

I've been here all my life--never managed to make the great escape, I guess.

Well met to all the Champaign County DUers! I swear we need to do a cup of coffee or whatever beverage makes us all feel happy! I had no idea there were so many of us here these days and it feels good to know I'm not here alone.

Are any of you active with the U of I College Dems or the local Dem party? Do ya WANNA be? I can fix you up, if so!!!

:hi:


Laura

[scarlet_owl]

21. I'm in Urbana.

Champaign County.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

23. Born/Raised in Coles Co., IL, went to UIUC

But relocated (sadly?) to NYC a couple of years ago.

[Tweed]

24. Yes, very sadly

We could use all the Coles County Dems we can get.

[JVS]

25. I live in Urbana

[Tweed]

27. Oh JVS, please stop by the Illinois Forum

We could definitely use more DU stars there. I didn't know you were from Illinois.

[orleans]

28. DuPage

very republican.
but i grew up here--outstanding in a field i guess
(while all the republicans laughed and pointed at me)
(they didn't really)

[Kire]

29. I've been to Ohio. Once.

that doesn't count, doesn't it?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

30. Born and bred in Chicago

[Skittles]

31. native Illinoisan

(Rantoul)

one of the high shcools I attended was in Libertyville

enlisted in the Air Force in Evanston

was for a short time a "FIB". :D

[Peak_Oil]

32. Born at Cook County Hospital

and transferred to Cook County for indoctrination. Finishing school in Aurora, IL. Followed up by Beta+ indoctrination at Illinois State University.

It didn't take. Over to Los Angeles for spirit-killing, and finally to Portland, OR for whatever comes next.

[Kamikaze]

33. Grayslake here.

Smack dab in the middle of Lake County. Yay?

I'm a native Hoosier (southern Indiana), but I moved here when I was 10, and have stuck around for almost 11 years now. As much I love the State now, I'm itching to move someplace warm, like Hawaii, or Japan. ^__^

[Downtown Hound]

34. Born in Elmhurst

and lived in Barrington for a little while as a kid.

[RadicalMom]

36. I grew up in Elmhurst, from 1960 - 1981. In CA ever since.

[Downtown Hound]

45. Me too!

:hi:

[Tweed]

51. Grew up in Elmhurst

Still in Chicagland

[RadicalMom]

55. Where and when? Did you go to York? Sandburg? Who needs Classmates.com?

[Downtown Hound]

57. I've been in CA a long time

That's what I meant. Since I was nine years old in fact. I went to Humboldt State University. Most of my family is from Illinois though. My dad went to University of Illinois and my cousin went to Western.

:hi:

[RadicalMom]

59. Humboldt is so beautiful! Some very fine Redwoods, of course.

[Bat Boy]

35. Yep.

Chicago. Beautiful Homboldt Park, to be specific.

[B Calm]

37. Born in Danville, but moved across the border to Indiana in 1976..

[Skittles]

38. Danville - is that near Rantoul, my place of birth?

nt

[B Calm]

39. Rantoul is pretty close by. Matter of fact I was there last night

making a delivery. Rantoul is appox 30 miles northwest of Danville. Its a shame Bush #1 closed down the Shanute Air Force Base and it really hurt Rantoul.

[Skittles]

52. yeah, I was born on Chanute

did get a chance to visit it before it was shut down. I think I only lived for 3 months in Rantoul but I consider myself a proud native Illinoisan. Yes INDEED.

[B Calm]

58. You'll have to come back and visit your birthplace. They

turned Chanute into a museum.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Southern Will County

About 55 miles from downtown, about 18 miles straight south from Joliet.
The Professor

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

42. Illinois Born...

Carroll County

[XNASA]

44. Southern Cook County.

[More Than A Feeling]

47. Checking in!

Lake County. This semester will be the longest I have spent outside of Illinois.

[GOPBasher]

48. Hey go back to your own country, you Illinois people!!!!

Wait, I think I'm a little confused. :shrug:

[Skittles]

54. I WILL KICK YOUR NEW YAWK ASS

:D

[GOPBasher]

56. Well I deserve it, but New Yawk

is a damn good country. I'm still terribly confused. :shrug: :-)

[pmbryant]

50. Born, raised in Evanston. Now live in San Antonio.

I miss Chicago, even though there is a dearth of natural areas within a short drive.

--Peter

[Skittles]

53. LOL

I'll never forget being lost in Illinois and asking a guy who was standing in the middle of the road (don't ask) WHAT TOWN IS THIS and he replied I DON'T KNOW. Turns out it was Evanston! :D

[Ellen Forradalom]

61. Chicago, Illinois here

Love that Windy City.

[Tweed]

63. Hey, be sure to check out the Illinois Forum

I haven't seen your user name there before.

[renaissanceguy]

62. Illinois

Lake Co. here.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/477698