I live in a little place called LA. As far as myself saying idiotic stuff well : yeah I'm sure it would appear that way to a moron.
Yes it is dopey, BUT Canton is considered part of Metropolitan Atlanta. Population 5,268,860 or over 45 times the size of Peoria. "Pee-oria" OTOH is NOT considered part of "Chicago Land" or any other major metropolitan area. It's a cow town.
It's a little over 200,000, a nice place. Except when we have a dirt storm. We've had snow and dirt storms at the same time.