What’s The Best Part About Living In Iowa or Illinois

What is the best part about living in Iowa or Illinois? Lets be honest, even though we live right in the middle of the country, there are many things we are proud of.

Every single state has a lot of unique stuff it can be proud of.  Even Delaware.  But what's the GREATEST thing they have to offer?

Thrillist.com just put together a list of the one best thing about every state.  Here are some of the ones that are hard to argue with . . .

Alabama:  Crimson Tide football . . . Arizona:  the Grand Canyon . . . Kentucky:  bourbon . . . Louisiana:  jazz . . . Nevada:  doing illegal things legally . . . New Jersey:  Bruce Springsteen . . . Vermont:  maple syrup . . . and Wyoming:  Yellowstone.

And here are five that should probably make the people in these states feel shortchanged . . .

California:  the Pacific Coast Highway . . . Colorado:  legalized marijuana . . . Iowa:  election caucuses . . . Illinois:  Lake Shore Drive . . . and Florida:  idiots in the news.

Even the late James Brown knew something was special about America in Rocky IV.