[ConservativeMind]

Thank you for the kind words about central and southern Illinois.

Your understanding is correct.

[cherry]

I’ve been to Vermont Illinois where some distant relatives of my husband lived in a Civil War era house...they were 3 elderly sisters, all deceased now, who lived there....yes, its a world different than Chicago/Rockford etc...

[rpierce]

“Thank you for the kind words about central and southern Illinois. Your understanding is correct.”

I agree.