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We've been to two county fairs here in the last two weekends. Midwesterners at least will have some idea of what a county fair is, or what I think it should be. Those who live in other areas may not know. A county fair is, or at least started out as, a sort of harvest festival-holiday for farmers and their families and an opportunity for them to promote their agricultural products by exhibiting them and competing against each other in judged competitions.

( Reviews, critiques, and a little editorializing )

Conclusion: If you plan to attend a county fair in northeast Illinois next year, choose Boone County. You can skip Lake, McHenry, Kane, and DuPage because all have become mere yuppified entertainment.