Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-211 days agoUS Americans, do you identify first as a US citizen, someone from your state, or from your town/city?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareUS Americans, do you identify first as a US citizen, someone from your state, or from your town/city?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareBadmanDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoI live in Chicago, which is a major city. So I’d say Chicago, believe it or not, I guarantee more people are familiar with the city than Illinois. But if I lived somewhere else in Illinois, I’d say the state.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoWhen I hear “Illinois”, I think generic midwest–agriculture, some manufacturing. When I hear “Chicago”, I think major metropolitan area. So you’re pretty spot-on.
I live in Chicago, which is a major city. So I’d say Chicago, believe it or not, I guarantee more people are familiar with the city than Illinois.
But if I lived somewhere else in Illinois, I’d say the state.
When I hear “Illinois”, I think generic midwest–agriculture, some manufacturing. When I hear “Chicago”, I think major metropolitan area. So you’re pretty spot-on.