Cold Truth: It's Not Winter That's Driving People Out Of Illinois
From the Chicago Tribune
Leave. Just leave. Join the Illinois exodus. No one cares that you're freezing and miserable. Shut up and shiver. If you can't stand the cold, get out of the arctic air mass.
You need to buy some mittens and mukluks, or you need to pack up and go. Either way, no one wants to hear about it.
Winters, we'll tolerate here. Whiners, we won't.
Truth is, we're sweating bigger problems in this state.
What's cooled the affection of the people and businesses here and elsewhere toward this area is the glacial speed with which leaders in Springfield and Chicago have moved to address financial problems and other urgent matters dragging everyone down.
Trying to turn up the heat on these people has been like trying to light a match on a windy day.
Not one but two national moving companies recently reported ushering enough households out of this state last year to make Illinois seem a draining bathtub.
Allied Van Lines said it moved more households out of Illinois last year than from any other state, followed by Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan. Illinois was No. 3 for United Van Lines, trailing New York and New Jersey.
Read more in our daily News Update...
From the Chicago Tribune
Leave. Just leave. Join the Illinois exodus. No one cares that you're freezing and miserable. Shut up and shiver. If you can't stand the cold, get out of the arctic air mass.
You need to buy some mittens and mukluks, or you need to pack up and go. Either way, no one wants to hear about it.
Winters, we'll tolerate here. Whiners, we won't.
Truth is, we're sweating bigger problems in this state.
What's cooled the affection of the people and businesses here and elsewhere toward this area is the glacial speed with which leaders in Springfield and Chicago have moved to address financial problems and other urgent matters dragging everyone down.
Trying to turn up the heat on these people has been like trying to light a match on a windy day.
Not one but two national moving companies recently reported ushering enough households out of this state last year to make Illinois seem a draining bathtub.
Allied Van Lines said it moved more households out of Illinois last year than from any other state, followed by Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan. Illinois was No. 3 for United Van Lines, trailing New York and New Jersey.
Read more in our daily News Update...