What it says in the title.
Illinois
With few exceptions, Chicago and it’s county, (Cook) and the surrounding (collar) counties are Illinois, as far as most of us are concerned (especially including good food, presidential elections and tax income).
We’re objectively better than NY.
Chicago holds the importance, due to being the main freight hub in the country, that once upon a time belonged to New Orleans. However the advent of railroad stripped that title away from New Orleans, relegating it and thus Louisiana to shadows of their former selves.
Off the top of my head…
The state is cut into two distinct separate areas, as far as everyone is concerned there is an east and west side, we have a mutual understanding that each dislikes the other.
The weather here is much nicer than everyone assumes, but we let everyone think that it’s horrible.
Tech drives the economy and brings people here, but it’s the least interesting part of the state.
That’s Washington State in a nutshell.