10 Things You Have To Be To Be A True Illinoisan

Update your driver’s license? Get a library card? No, those things don’t prove anything about your residence. If you want to be considered a true Illinoisian, you have to do these 10 things.

Pick a side: Cubs or Cards.

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Eat at Portillo’s. More than once.

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Be a total tourist and go to the Willis Tower.

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Eat some delicious Illinois corn off the grill at a festival.

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Enjoy live music at a jazz club.

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Strike that classic pose in front of the house from “Home Alone.” Pics or it didn’t happen.

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Learn how to pronounce the state name correctly…by dropping the S.

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Brave the crowds and go to a popular festival.

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Go to Springfield and rub Lincoln’s nose for luck.

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Take a family hike at Starved Rock State Park.

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What else must people do before they can say they are from Illinois?