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.”
““You’ve got what looks like a pandemic, possibly, on top of an uncertain trade deal,” Hubbs said. “It’s just a lot of uncertainty.” I’m just a casual observer to all of this, relying on the imperfect random Twitter accounts and business reporting to understand what is going on, but this pandemic is going to cripple the Chinese, if not the world economy. Tens of millions of people are quarantined, and tens of millions of people are in self-quarantine, not going to work, as factories are shutting down across the country, and American companies are closing their offices and factories for… Read more »