I live in Wheeling, and I don’t want all of Cook Co. to be separated from most of Illinois. The new state should include Chicago and some of its liberal suburbs that are closest to it, including Evanston, Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Oak Park, Berwyn, and Cicero.
Your remark should have been addressed to #10. I was only quoting him. I also addressed the politically insignificant small towns of East St. Louis, Il. and Cairo,, Il.