"None of my reasons for leaving are new. If you live in the city or the state, you know what has been going on for a long time. And if you don't, you are as naive as I was at 22 when I moved here bright-faced and bright-eyed."
Sad to say but you are making the right choice for your family. Just watch the local news every single evening or morning– a lane closed on one expressway or another so the cops can pick up shell casings; endless stories about rape, robbery, children shot and a fire that kills someone; another business leaving; CPS making some outrageous demand; another trade show leaving Chicago. It goes on and on. Anyone who has spent some time in so many other cities can just feel the difference in the oxygen level . Nashville, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Denver. So many better places… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Sad to say but you are making the right choice for your family. Just watch the local news every single evening or morning– a lane closed on one expressway or another so the cops can pick up shell casings; endless stories about rape, robbery, children shot and a fire that kills someone; another business leaving; CPS making some outrageous demand; another trade show leaving Chicago. It goes on and on. Anyone who has spent some time in so many other cities can just feel the difference in the oxygen level . Nashville, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Denver. So many better places… Read more »