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.”
Postwar Berlin, Tokyo, Seoul all revived more quickly. With ample foreign aid and investment they managed to produce products and create an economy. They also had functioning/functional governments and a populations eager to rebuild. I doubt they had public employee unions with an excess of workers retiring in their fifties. Meanwhile the citizens of Detroit are planning Major Mayday Mayhem to “demand” more — http://www.mecawi.org/may-day-detroit-2017/
Here’s a great video from last year of Detroit after dark. Scary stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMWHJDr8fxE