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by daveslash
2556 days ago
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As others have said, downstate means "south" Illinois. I'd add that it also means rural, instead of urban (Chicago, in up-state). The term "downstate" can't be universally applied to mean rural though; if we were discussing the same situation in New York, we'd talk about "upstate Donny". |
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