Welcome to my world.

[Atticus]

There are two routes I can take to get to the closest town. Both begin by passing a neighbor's sign which advocates that all Illinois counties EXCEPT Cook (Chicago) secede from Illinois and form a new "more conservative" state.

Beyond that neighbor, one route takes me past one Trump/Pence yard sign before another neighbor's large "TRUMP 2020" flag flutters just below his US flag on his roadside flagpole.

The other route features a pair of professionally printed yard signs not more than four feet from the pavement in the same classy guy's yard. One says "Pritzker Sucks!" while the other screams "PRICKSTER SUCKS!"

These are just a few examples of why this small-town guy has stopped waving at his neighbors as he passes. It is often all I can do to keep from displaying the "universal gesture of disdain".

[Travel Hat]

1. Oh no no

I live in Winnabago county and we'd stay with Chicago. Mainly because Chicago creates 90% of the tax revenue in the state. I've heard down state crying about Chicago for 60 years, but they don't understand how much state aid they get from Northern Illinois.

[dhill926]

2. I grew up in the NW suburbs and it was crazy conservative...

1950's thru 70's Kane County. My parents were the only libs on the block...

[LisaM]

3. There's a guy with one of those Trump flags in Anacortes.

Below it are yard signs for local GOP candidates, and one that says "Thank You America" ( I always thought it would be funny if someone crept up in the middle of the night and swapped out RUSSIA for "America&quot .

[AwakeAtLast]

4. Seceding from Illinois actually made on my county's ballot!

Good times...

[Atticus]

5. It passed easily in my county. nt