Chicagoans play favoritism with Wisconsin?

1778 Views 14 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Azn_chi_boi, Apr 12, 2006

chikid

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2006

Being from Chicago, its usually hard to find near midwest cities that will impress you, ex. Indianaopolis, Springfield, etc. I have come to realize though that most Chicagoans could really care less of Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, etc, but when its Wisconsin, its different. I don't know if its due to the fact that Wisconsin is where a lot of people go to vaction, or its proxomity, but I really haven't met a Chicagoan who does not like Wisconsin. Most people say nothing but positive things, about Milwaukee, Madison, its countryside. Sometimes I think if we had the choice, Chicago would vote to move the Wisconsin border south of us. Has anybody else experienced this? Experienced much dislike with the rest of our neighbors, but Wisconsin is our favorite? Same thing you could say for Michigan.

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marathon

· #2 · Apr 10, 2006

chikid said:
Sometimes I think if we had the choice, Chicago would vote to move the Wisconsin border south of us.

It already was.

When Illinois pursued statehood, it had the border moved 51 miles north because it saw its long-term future along the Great Lakes rather than the Mississippi/Ohio Rivers. If not for that, Chicago would be in Wisconsin.

Talk about prophetic

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Steely Dan

· #3 · Apr 10, 2006

yes, it seems to me that most chicagoans are more emotionally connected to wisconsin than we are to our own state. and i do think a LARGE part of it is the fact that millions of chicagolanders vacation up there every summer, afterall, wisconsin is "chicago's largest state park". outside of the bears-packers dealie, chicagolanders are very pro-wisconsin, but unfortunately, i've gotten vibes that the reverse is not always true.

interesting factoid: the original border between the subterritories of the northwest territory that would eventually become illinois and wisconsin was originally ~50 miles south of where it is today. when illinois was in the process of getting statehood, it lobbied the US congress to move the border northward to give illinois great lakes access. because wisconsin was not a state at the time it did not have the political power to stop the border move, and thus today chicago sits in the state of illinois instead of wisconsin.

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it looks like marathon and i got the same base covered

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marathon

· #4 · Apr 10, 2006

Steely Dan said:
EDIT:
it looks like marathon and i got the same base covered

In providing more detail, you lost the scoop to me.

I'll share the credit though :cheers:

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Chicago3rd

· #5 · Apr 10, 2006

The City is more tied to the Lake....with the exception of Indiana, which I believe most of us would "cut" out all together if we had a chance. So WI and MI are more in our psychie.

uberalles

· #6 · Apr 10, 2006

That's weird because I know way more of Wisconsin than I do about downstate Illinois.
I think it's mainly because there's not much to do downstate except look at corn. (I could be wrong on this, just my perception). You have Devil's Lake, Eagle river, the Dells, great skiing. The house on the rock. Milwaukee fest. I also worked from time to time up there, caught a concert in Milwaukee, had relatives up there. Of all of it, I think Devil's Lake is the coolest place to camp and hike. I had many good times up there.

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UrbanSophist

· #7 · Apr 10, 2006

Because quite frankly, Wisconsin surpasses Illinois in natural beauty, Chicagoans are more partial to it. But don't forget Michigan! A lot of Chicagoans like to vacation on the other side of the 'pond' in towns like South Haven. Also Mackinaw Island, Cedar Point, the Upper Penninsula... Chicagoans definitely love Wisconsin and Michigan more than Illinois.

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wheelingman

· #8 · Apr 10, 2006

Illinois is not all flat farmland. Northwest Illinois around Jo Daviess County and Galena as well as Carroll County are pretty hilly and have some nice parks.

Along the Illinois river from Morris to Lasalle are some great parks and preserves including Starved Rock State Park.

Just north of Dixon are some nice parks along the Rock River.

Also in the Peoria area it is hilly and there are some great parks south and west of that city.

The southern part of the state is very hilly and includes Illinois only national forest, the Shawnee National Forest. Even south east of East St. Louis there are many hills along the Mississippi River.

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Steely Dan

· #9 · Apr 10, 2006

UrbanSophist said:
. Also Mackinaw Island, Cedar Point, the Upper Penninsula...

Cedar Point, the big amusement park, is actually in ohio, not michigan.

UrbanSophist

· #10 · Apr 11, 2006

Steely Dan said:
Cedar Point, the big amusement park, is actually in ohio, not michigan.

Ah. I was actually thinking of Cedar Point, MI. Beautiful country up there.

edsg25

· #11 · Apr 11, 2006

Of all the states, Chicagoland is more aligned with Wisconsin than any of the rest (including our own state of Illinois). Wiscosin is literally our b ack yard.

XCRunner

· #12 · Apr 11, 2006

Yeah, Chicagoans own Lake Geneva in the summertime. I love it there. And all of those old-time 1920's super-massive mansions were built by rich Chicago capitalists of the early 20th century.

edsg25

· #13 · Apr 11, 2006

XCRunner said:
Yeah, Chicagoans own Lake Geneva in the summertime.

Chicagoans own Miller Park during Cub-Brewer games, too!

UrbanSophist

· #14 · Apr 12, 2006

Some reasons why Chicagoans love Wisconsin:

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Azn_chi_boi

· #15 · Apr 12, 2006

edsg25 said:
Of all the states, Chicagoland is more aligned with Wisconsin than any of the rest (including our own state of Illinois). Wiscosin is literally our b ack yard.

agree, especially Wisconsin is very scenic and most of the major attractions in Wisconsin is close by and is great.

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