https://hitchwiki.org/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Ephilei&feedformat=atomHitchwiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T12:31:00ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.3https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Illinois&diff=20312Illinois2008-06-01T18:43:49Z<p>Ephilei: </p>
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<div>'''Illinois''' is a state in the Midwestern [[United States]], bordered by [[Wisconsin]] to the north, Lake Michigan (one of the Great Lakes) to the northeast, [[Indiana]] to the east, the westernmost portion of [[Kentucky]] to the south, and [[Iowa]] and [[Missouri]] to the west.<br />
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By far the largest and most interesting city in Illinois is [[Chicago]], located on the shore of Lake Michigan in the northeast corner of the state. With a population of over 9,500,000 (metropolitan area), it is the third-largest city in the [[United States]].<br />
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==Cities==<br />
* Assumption Renown across the county for their bad temperament. [[user:Ephilei|Ephilei]] had several bad experiences there.<br />
* [[Aurora]], second-largest city in the state and accessible from Chicago via the Metra BNSF railway<br />
* [[Bloomington (Illinois)|Bloomington]]<br />
* [[Carbondale]], location of Southern Illinois University<br />
* [[Champaign-Urbana]], location of the University of Illinois<br />
* [[East St. Louis]], across the Mississippi River from [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]<br />
* [[Joliet]], site of a major prison; bad place to try to hitch from<br />
* [[Peoria]]<br />
* [[Rockford]]<br />
* [[Springfield (Illinois)|Springfield]], the state capitol<br />
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[[Category:United States]]</div>Ephileihttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Ephilei&diff=20311User:Ephilei2008-06-01T18:36:56Z<p>Ephilei: </p>
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<div>I made a map of my hitchhike thru Illinois. [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106245675585325433176.00044003f8d3e94b8eaf5&z=7 here].</div>Ephilei