Also Sconnies need to learn how to drive in a proper fashion.
You mean about 17 mph over the speed limit passing a line of cars in the shoulder like at least one person does every time I drive through Chicago 
The flow of traffic on Chicago expressways is 20-25 over because the 55mph speed limit is laughable and people want to move efficiently.
Move over, Cheesehead. 
I had to drive through Downstate a few times (Peoria to Springfield to St. Louis); the fast driving is a statewide thing and by no means confined to Chicago.
Besides, no one can top Rhode Island as the worst drivers in the Union ... They aren't even particularly fast. They're LITERALLY just bad.
As someone who frequents many different Illinois expressways, if you were intimidated downstate, you'd be out of your mind in Chicagoland.
For example, on the rural expressways downstate I usually stick to 80-85 (70mph speed limits), and I am usually passing 3/4 of cars on the road.
In Chicagoland, I usually travel 75-80 (55mph speed limits) and find myself at the median speed and in the middle lane. The far right doing 70 and the far left pushing 80-85+ depending on what traffic allows for.
That said, I'm sure you've driven through Boston before, and they are just as fast as Chicago, if not faster and more aggressive.
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