I have such a love hate relationship with Illinois. Mid/down-staters are the best people I've ever met. Chicago is still my favorite city on Earth. I worked for the legislature for years and learned to a depressing level just how fucked the state is. Democrats are so good at being evil Emperor Palpatine would learn a few things. Republicans are so ineffectual they're almost controlled opposition. Madigan is a goddamn vampire.
I left. I'm happier for it. But I get through IL a couple times a year. I miss being accepted by an entire culture of raging alcoholics.
As a current central-stater (I'm right about at the midline where things start turning into the southern part and people start to get that drawl in their speech), I have to agree. The people around here are generally helpful and have a decent head on their shoulders, although there are pockets of wokeness here and there that make one scratch their head. I also have to agree that watching the Republican reps from around here try to do anything is comparable to a simian attempting to fornicate with sports equipment. If we could ever get Emperor Madigan out of his seat, we might actually be able to do something with the state, but at this point his ass is going to die in that chair before he ever retires.
I have such a love hate relationship with Illinois. Mid/down-staters are the best people I've ever met. Chicago is still my favorite city on Earth. I worked for the legislature for years and learned to a depressing level just how fucked the state is. Democrats are so good at being evil Emperor Palpatine would learn a few things. Republicans are so ineffectual they're almost controlled opposition. Madigan is a goddamn vampire.
I left. I'm happier for it. But I get through IL a couple times a year. I miss being accepted by an entire culture of raging alcoholics.
As a current central-stater (I'm right about at the midline where things start turning into the southern part and people start to get that drawl in their speech), I have to agree. The people around here are generally helpful and have a decent head on their shoulders, although there are pockets of wokeness here and there that make one scratch their head. I also have to agree that watching the Republican reps from around here try to do anything is comparable to a simian attempting to fornicate with sports equipment. If we could ever get Emperor Madigan out of his seat, we might actually be able to do something with the state, but at this point his ass is going to die in that chair before he ever retires.