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.”
She will be sitting there all by herself. But first she will need to get a haircut.
No fans means no foot traffic to the local bars. And since many of these Wrigleyville bars are dependent on heavy seasonal traffic to be profitable but will be subject to strict capacity limits, I imagine many of these bars might not survive the year.
I’ll pass as will my family.
Who wants to pay-per-view, and you know both teams will find a way.
We want to smell and feel the ballpark, the crowds and the sounds, the ambiance. Sitting and watching from home, smelly kids, so-so microwaved popcorn and hotdogs, barking dogs and barking wife. The only advantages would be the cheaper, colder beer, fewer millennial drunks, no parking problem and related extortion parking fee and Shi…congo taxes.