A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
The old books in your school classroom are there because a retired teacher, now living on a lake in Tennessee, has a payment every month to make on his new pontoon boat. Too bad for you…
Similarly, the high school kids here have to eat lunches brought over from the grade school for the same reason.