Hi Bunny
Aw, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make Joliet and the surrounding area sound like it was so terrible!
It was more of a shock to me than anything else. Illinois was one of the first places I traveled to outside of the New England area, where I was born and raised, so everything was just foreign to me. I do remember some beautiful parks, and historic buildings, and it was kinda cool to drive along the roads and see corn fields for miles. When the corn got "ready", we'd always stop and "borrow" a few ears for dinner! As I said, Joliet was _the_ place to go for entertainment, Chicago deep dish pizza is the best!
gfgirl -
Gosh, you make S. IL sound like a different world! I never realized there was so much difference between the two parts of the state. I have traveled through S. IL, but you don't get much of a view from the interstate! (obviously :rolleyes: ) Maybe someday I'll get to see it.
And you're right, every place has it's good and bad. Everyone has heard things about the South in general, (we're not too bright, we're lazy, we're all racists, we're all poor, etc.), but after living here for many years now, yes, we do have all of the above, but not really any more or less than anywhere else I've been. Here in Memphis, we also have places where you wouldn't go alone (not even in the daytime
) but we also have many beautiful and world famous places here. Some people may be jealous of our (mostly) mild winters and long growing season, but then there's our almost unbearable summer! Not only is it HOT, but the outrageous humidity makes it much worse.
(and then there's the tornadoes)
I think we're all lucky to be living in place that we really like, no matter what anyone else might think!
Nikkal