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Originally Posted by galleyfox
In a perfect world, Peoria would have become the state capital instead of boring old Springfield. Waterfront, proximity to Chicago, etc.
It has every other asset except for a functioning economy, which a capital could have stabilized at least.
https://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/...battle-capital |
and bradley is the #2 regional university in the midwest as ranked by USNWR.
perhaps if peoria has been the state capital all along, bradley might have grown into more of a full-fledged R1 national university, and the special sauce of state capital combined with major university could have propelled it into becoming IL's version of a Madison-lite?