What state in the Mid-West are you located and if you feel comfortable talking about it, what area? Any interesting trivia about your local area

I'm located in Illinois.

They filmed footage to two movies in this section that I know of. "In the Heat of the Night" and "Escape from New York" (more like "Escape from E. St. Louis")

The E. C. Segar, the creator of Popeye was originally from this area.

One of the original Dodge dealerships is still in business down here (Oliver C. Joseph).