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Normal, Illinois

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Location

The Resume

    (June 7, 1854- )
    2010 Population: 52,772
    Metro: 170,000
    Shares a border with the City of Bloomington, Illinois (together they are known as Bloomington-Normal)
    Located in McLean County
    Home of Illinois State University
    Original name was North Bloomington

Why Normal, Illinois might be annoying:

    The city's name is normally the butt of terrible jokes (like this one!).
    Since they count ISU's students in the census, the city's population is normally around 35,000 minus the students.
    Many of the Normal people are upset with their local government because they put the town in massive debt revitalizing their downtown area.
    Its residents like to give Bloomington-Normal not-so-normal nicknames like 'Blo-No' and 'Blormal.'
    Their Normal baseball team is called the CornBelters.
    A woman committed suicide in an abnormal way by climbing to the top of the their tallest dorm building and jumping off (2012).

Why Normal, Illinois might not be annoying:

    The Normal mayor (as of 2013) will give you $5 if you can tell him a joke about his city's name that he has not heard.
    They turned a Normal grain elevator into a giant rock climbing gym.
    The Ben Folds album 'Way to Normal' is named after Normal.
    Every Mitsubishi car made in America is a Normal car, because their only US manufacturing plant is here.
    McLean Stevenson from M*A*S*H was born and raised a Normal person.
    Their Watterson Towers are much taller than normal dorm buildings. In fact, they are the tallest dorm buildings in the country!

Credit: Diplomat


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Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying