Where in Illinois do you live?

[illinoisprogressive]

I was wondering if most here are chicago or outside of chicago. I'm in Rockford, IL. Actually, Machesney Park, on the outskirts of north rockford. So how about you??????

[murielm99]

1. We used to have threads

where everyone here would list their counties. I don't think the person who did that is here any more.

I could start:

Ogle County

[lagged_variable]

12. old roll call thread

Roll Call, 8/19/06

[orleans]

74. hey hey hey (you linked to my old thread.!) still in dupage. n/t

[EST]

2. Jefferson county

[Bjornsdotter]

3. McHenry County

Chain O Lakes area....damn near Wisconsin, Packer and Bear's country here.

So you are about an hour from me :hi:

cheers

[mopinko]

4. chicago, cook county.

world greatest place to live, if you ask me.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Forest Park, which is just west of Oak Park and Chicago....

The town is renowned for having approximately 14,000 live citizens and 590,000 dead citizens in the many cemeteries on the other side of town from me.

[il_lilac]

10. Ah...so you did move to FP!

How are you liking it?

[il_lilac]

11. Oops..forgot to mention

I live in Riverside. Well, closer to Brookfield- three blocks from the zoo!

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. It's a great town, though I wish my commute to work was a bit shorter...

My niece lives in Brookfield, a bit south of the zoo and a couple blocks north of Ogden. Pretty close to you, apparently.

[madrchsod]

6. the home town of st ronald of reagan

need i say more?

[Monkeyman]

7. Dupage

[Cadfael]

8. DuPage

Wheaton, to be specific...:hi:

[Paula Sims]

75. Another DuPage County - Wheaton here too!

We're doing our best to keep the 'pukes to a minimum.

[City Lights]

9. Lake County.

Waukegan area.

[illinoisprogressive]

23. my daughter was born there. I use to live in Lake co.

[Skittles]

77. I'll be in Vernon Hills tomorrow

yes INDEED :D

[LSK]

14. Dupage

[rosesaylavee]

15. Kane County

Geneva. The deep red center of suburbia!

[RaRa]

71. eastern part of Elburn here! My neighbor's a Republican electiopn judge

but I actually like her alot.

[rosesaylavee]

72. Geneva.

Surrounded by RWers on all sides!

However, I keep I am meeting more and more people who identify themselves as DEMs.

[saged52]

16. I am from 'south central Illinois' -

unfortunately, I live in John Shimkus' district - major ugh.
while I'm at it - is anyone here being affected by Ameren's rate hike??? any thoughts on the subject - please?

[DollyM]

19. Wow! There are two of us!

From south central Illinois that is! Marion County specifically. I am a fish out of water here but will be moving to Green Bay Wisconsin soon, as my husband found a great job there. We have just about starved to death here with no job prospects. All our area leadership wants to do is bring in more factories. Those of us with higher level degrees have a harder time finding work as these type of jobs are far and few between.

[DollyM]

20. Three actually . . .

Jefferson county above is also considered south central Illinois

[illinoisprogressive]

24. Sorry I did not get back to thread but, was sick with flu

It's cool to know so many are from Illinois. I've been at DU for about 6 mo. but, just recently discovered the discussion and all the different groups. That came from them putting a front page notice of a different group I was interested in. A political one. From there I found the Illinois one.
it's good to meet people from here.

[Bridget Dooley]

17. DuPage

Bloomingdale.

[Critters2]

18. LaSalle County nt

[Rosie1223]

21. McDonough County

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

22. I'm in Oak Lawn, suburb SW of Chicago.

:hi:

[andlor]

25. Midlothian, Cook county.

[teriyaki jones]

26. I'm in central Lake Co.

Mundelein, to be exact. Just looked at the 8/19/06 roll call and see that I'm listed as "unknown"--so now you know. I'm not a frequent poster but I am a daily reader of DU.

If any of my fellow Lake County DUers happen to read this, wondering if you're involved in any local non-virtual groups? I'm in Lake Co. DFA and work with 10th Dems (even though I'm not in their district--just not a Bean fan, as you might well imagine!).

Finally, is anyone planning to go to Jan. 27 march in DC? You can PM me if you want.

tj

[Bjornsdotter]

27. There are a few

:hi:

..of us in District 8 and as far as I know none are Bean fans.

Cheers

[teriyaki jones]

28. Hey back, Bjornsdotter

Would be surprised to see a Bean fan here, really.

Glad to "know" ya.

[never cry wolf]

34. I'm in Lake Zurich and a Bean fan

Well, compared to Crane only. As long as the "D" after her name keeps Conyers as chair of judiciary, other than that she's pretty useless.

[Bjornsdotter]

35. Lol

That sums it up quite nicely and I'm in total agreement.


When oh when will the construction in Lake Zurich be done on RT 12? It's been forever...it stands between me and Costco.

Cheers

[never cry wolf]

36. I'm not sure anymore

I was on the plan commission for 16 years but quit 2 years ago. I believe both 12 and 22 are supposed to be complete this summer. BTW: when it's all said and done, there will be a new road connecting 12 and 22 between Wal-mart and Costco so you can get there from the north.

[teriyaki jones]

37. I worked for her original primary campaign…

because defeating Crane was important. But she's been a disappointment.

Still, I did work on stuff to support her this past campaign. Did you hear or see anything about Bluefest at the end of August? We put that event together for her and she fled without speaking because there were Military Families Speak Out people there to confront her. She actually called me a couple of days later after I wrote her a scathing note of protest regarding her non-appearance. What she had to say was no comfort.

Called her office the other day to get her stance on the "surge" and was unable to extract an answer from her staffer. I fear she will support it (not that lack of support will matter to the monkey king, however).

[Bjornsdotter]

39. Same response here

I also called about the surge and received nothing.....no answer. I guess that says it all.

I do remember reading about the Bluefest but was out of the country and didn't hear what happened.

Too bad, I had high hopes for her.

Cheers

[Nickster]

40. Bite your tongue! I'm in the 8th AND a Bears fan! n/t

[illinoisprogressive]

29. I use to live there about 20 years ago.

In Mundeline. Cool place then

[teriyaki jones]

31. I've been here longer than that, even

In this house since 1983, a townhouse 2 miles away in Vernon Hills for the 7 years prior to that. Have been witness to lots of change, obviously. I remember coming up to Libertyville from Deerfield back in 1970 to get my drivers license and it really was "a beautiful place in the country." Not anymore. I work at home so I don't have to go out and about all that often--I can almost pretend that it's still peaceful and pretty from the safety of my own little fortress. But the reality is a bloated consumer paradise, complete with its own transfat alley.

tj

[vireo]

30. Originally from Rockford

I live in WI (Madison) now but keep tabs on IL politics, thanks in large part to you guys! :hi:

[Bjornsdotter]

32. I love Madison

You have the BEST farmer's market ever!

Beautiful scenery, wonderful food.

Cheers :toast:

[vireo]

33. Yes, Madison is great

But us Swedes are outnumbered by Norwegians up here. Uff da! :D

[citygal]

38. Cook County - Chicago

America's greatest city.

[riderinthestorm]

41. Wheaton.

My farm is in Batavia so I have Roskam as my rep at home and Denny as my rep at "work".

;(

[sueh]

42. Eastern Will County...

in Crete. about 30 miles south of Chicago and about 30 miles east of Joliet.

[Critters2]

44. I used to live in Peotone

"Gateway to Eastern Will County"

[ProfessorGAC]

46. I'll Handle The Other Side Of Will For Us

I'm virtually straight west of you. (Well, a little south.) I'm straight east of Peotone about 15 miles.
The Professor

[Critters2]

49. Wouldn't that be Beecher? nt

[ProfessorGAC]

56. No, I'm Way Farther West

Beecher is east of Peotone. I'm 15 miles west of Peotone. I'm in the corner where Will, Kankakee, and Grundy counties meet. I braincramped on the original post and said east instead of west. Duh!
GAC

[dog_lovin_dem]

43. Crawford County.

Near Robinson, IL...hometown of author James Jones, the original Heath candy bar, and, infamous for porn star Callie Cox. It takes about 2 hours to drive to my son's apartment in Urbana from here, and about 4 hours to Chicago.

[ProfessorGAC]

45. Southwest Corner Of Will County

55-60 miles south and west of downtown chicago.
The Professor

[DemKR]

47. Carbondale, Southern

I wish I lived in the suburbs like the vast majority of you do!

[in_cog_ni_to]

48. I live in Bourbonnais...Home of The Chicago Bears Training camp.

GO BEARS!:hi:

[pro_blue_guy]

50. I go to school in DeKalb

[Monty_]

51. Chicago

but I work in Aurora

[kaleagal]

52. St. Clair County(Metro East/SW IL)

Whatever you want to call it.

[jeffrey_X]

53. Chicago - East Village

eom

[pscot]

54. Borrn in Chicago. I went to high-school in McHenry and Wauconda

But I haven't been back in 40 years. I still like to check in here from time to time to keep up on local political doings. I guess the old homestead has been pretty much swallowed up by exurbia.

[Bjornsdotter]

55. I live in Johnsburg

If there's anything in particular you want to know about McHenry feel free to PM me, I'd be happy to bring you up to date.

You are right the growth here has been amazing. We've only been in the area for 14 years and we can't believe how much it's changed.

Cheers

[bscottsmith]

57. centralia, marion county

[DollyM]

73. Two of us!

Actually, from Odin but recently moved to Wisconsin. Amazing the difference in utility bills when a person crosses the state line.

[scarlet_owl]

58. Urbana.

[hwmnbn]

59. Chicago, Cook County......

Pilsen to be exact..

[tofubo]

60. here

[midwesternguy75]

61. Dekalb County

Just south of Dekalb in a small town (for now-growth is headed our way not suprisingly). Surprised there aren't any other Dekalb County residents' postings on here.

[terrya]

62. Chicago - Edgewater area.

Not too far from the Granville CTA Red Line stop.

[dogfacedboy]

63. Elgin, IL (Kane Co.) n/t

[tgob]

64. South Suburbs

I'm a born and bred Chicagoan now living in Homewood, about 40 miles south of the great city of Chicago.

[IllLib]

65. Yay Cardinals, Go Bears!

So. Ill, St Clair County, 20 miles across the river from St. Louis

lived here all my life except for a stint in the Army.

Interesting area. dominated by St. Looie and Missouri, yet still Illinois.

[nickinSTL]

66. don't live in Illinois...but I work in Madison County...

Edwardsville, to be exact.

I intend to move over to IL in the next few months, for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the 45-minute commute from NW St. Louis County.

I used to live in Henry County, and went to college in Rock Island County. (and was born in Grundy County)

[nickinSTL]

76. now, I'm planning to move...finally...

to Madison County, a few miles from where I work in Edwardsville.

[nickinSTL]

81. Hamel, Madison County

less than 10 miles north of Edwardsville.

I also used to live in the Quad Cities area, and was born in Grundy County (Morris).

[Bluzmann57]

67. Born in Rock Island

Does that count? Actually, I still live in the Quad Cities and frequently go to Illinois. Like tonight for instance. Clapton is playing at our arena and it's located in Moline.

[Hailtothechimp]

68. North side of Chicago

The bluest part of Illinois-possibly even the whole country. No Republican represents me on any level--city, county, state, or federal. Except for that moron president.

[windy2000]

69. Berwyn

A lovely dump of a town about 12 miles west of downtown Chicago.

[Willinois]

70. Springfield

[frogcycle]

78. DuPage (Wheaton)

[truebrit71]

79. Woodridge....in the heart of Biggert country....

:puke:

[dogfacedboy]

80. Elgin for 4 years. Before that, Chicago for 44 years. n/t

[lynch03]

82. Oak Lawn, Illinois

My son goes to school in Logan County.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

83. Cook County!

[GypsyDave]

84. Where do you live?

I live in Hamilton, Illinois on the bank of the Mississippi.

[City Lights]

85. Hi, GypsyDave!

:hi: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[hwmnbn]

86. oops, I replied already!!

DOH!!

[rurallib]

87. Got a daughter in Washington in Tazewell county

Basically Peoria. So i check in here once in a while.
Thanks for Barack, folks. He's got a great organization here in Iowa.

[demdiva]

88. Downtown Chicago nt

[SlingBlade]

89. Rockford

Sorry :puke:

[datasuspect]

90. chicago - by diversey harbor