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Originally Posted by IL Anchor Girl
And to the mom from out of state who was worried about everyone being from Illinois: we used to joke that as far as geographic diversity at Illinois went, students came from 2 places: "Chicago" and "downstate". But in the Greek system it was "Chicago SUBURBS" and "downstate". I was one of only 3 girls in my pledge class from the actual city of Chicago. But- it didn't matter at all! Once we were a pledge class, we bonded. If anything, girls from outside Illinois were like a prize because they were such an exotic rarity!  |
WOO! High five for an actual-city-of-Chicagoan!
Always loved that conversation with new people I met:
Stranger: "Where are you from?"
Me: "Chicago".
Stranger: "Oh, what suburb?"
Me: *Sigh*