“And some of the media still don’t realize “DES PLAINES, Ill.” should be “Des Plaines, IL”. The old state abbreviations pretty much died out some time back. (though I kinda liked them).”
It was the two letter US postal codes that killed them.
On the other hand, “Ill.” describes Illinois very well, MUCH better than IL.
The federal government came up with the two letter state abbreviations in 1963.
“On the other hand, “Ill.” describes Illinois very well, MUCH better than IL.”
Like I saaid, I liked the old 3 letter usage - people didn’t get confused if AK was for Alaska or Arkansas!
You don't know the half of it. I live in this sorry-ass state. We call it Illannoyed. A far more accurate description.