How would this state be viewed today if Chicago (including the metro area) never became so highly populated? What would they be famous for? What would their most populated/famous cities be? What would their population be?

>>17869933 (OP)
i live in indiana so basically that

>>17869933 (OP)
They'd just be another state known for corn.

>>17869933 (OP)
>How would this state be viewed today if Chicago (including the metro area) never became so highly populated?
They'd be another Dakotas/Nebraska/Iowa/Kansas aka red cornfield state
>What would they be famous for?
Corn, like the other 23 states
>What would their most populated/famous cities be?
Ig still Chicago? But it'd only have like 200k people
>What would their population be?
Probably like 4m

East St. Louis would be more important.