12 Super Obvious Ways Everyone Can Tell You're From Illinois
By Elizabeth Crozier|Published May 19, 2018
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Elizabeth Crozier
Author
An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. She has visited half of the states, as well as parts of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and regularly travels home to the Hoosier State to see friends and family. With more than five years of writing experience, Elizabeth’s articles have been featured on several websites, and her poetry and short stories have been published in multiple literary journals.
You may think you’re fooling people when you travel out of state, but everyone knows you’re from Illinois, and here are 12 ways in which it’s totally obvious. Don’t try to hide it, though. These are also the things that make us special.