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.”
“Betteridge’s law of headlines is an adage that states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no”.”
Is that true?
Seriously, it is true, and it presents a problem for us writers. Sometimes, we really are just asking a question. When I want to do that because I truly don’t have an opinion on the answer, it’s hard to avoid the implication of an answer.
Magic 8 ball says: outlook not so good.
I just went to the Welcome to ask 8-ball website and asked Are Illinois politicians corrupt and the answer was “Most Likely” and Will pension reform happen in Illinois and answer was “My sources say no” Trust the 8 ball.