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Orvin posted:I know some people in the Chicago suburbs are looking to move to Indiana or Wisconsin. I know for a fact that Indiana has cheaper houses and lower net taxes (most counties have a ~1% income tax, but property taxes are way lower). I am not so sure about Wisconsin. I was raised in the Chicago suburbs, went to school in St. Louis, and currently work in Indiana. I want out of Indiana and back to Chicago. The difference is that I can see a way out for Illinois provided that the next generation doesn't gently caress up. Indiana...not so much. It also doesn't help that I'm a minority living in Indiana because it is getting unpleasant since Trump's election.
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Wait, what? Indiana has a flat income tax like Illinois.
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Oct 6, 2018 19:50
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https://theintercept.com/2018/10/22/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-pensions/ This is eye-opening to me. I knew Rauner was a Bond villian, but this takes the cake.
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Oct 24, 2018 01:34
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Adding to the bizarre place name pronounications, there is a town called El Dorado. Locals pronounce it do-RAY-do. A co-worker who was raised there said it drive her nuts how they couldn't get the original Spanish right at all.
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Dec 31, 2019 23:24
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Friend is worried Casten might lose in IL-6 based on the lackluster tax amendment support. Thoughts?
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Nov 3, 2020 04:59
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Pontius Pilate posted:Thought the Illinois quiz bowl community was odd, but I have no idea what any of this means Really? I was a member of quiz bowl in high school back in the 2000s but this is news to me.
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Apr 26, 2021 19:24
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Djarum posted:Southern Illinois is sketchy as hell in general. I had the misfortune of going to college in Evansville, IN which is no paradise either. Since Indiana still pretends it is in the 19th century there is no alcohol on Sundays you would have to travel to Illinois to try and get booze. Let me tell you as bad as southern Indiana is and even Western Kentucky, once you cross into Southern Illinois it is a whole other level of sketch. It doesn’t even really get much better once you get towards St. Louis. That was ten plus years ago too, I can’t imagine what it is like now. I live in Evansville right now. Planning on moving back to the Chicagoland area next year. It's gotten better but the politics still suck. At least you can buy alcohol on Sunday now, even if it's only for four hours.
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Jun 28, 2021 01:06
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You have to bring something to the region, like renewable energy or healthcare or education. You're not going to fix southern Illinois politically speaking if you want to turn them into blue voters. I've got a longer post but phone posting is hard.
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Jun 28, 2021 18:54
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Might as well include Bradley-Bourbonnais and Kankakee in there as well.
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Jul 10, 2021 02:01
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Wait, what is he running for?
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Dec 16, 2021 21:25
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It's me, I'm one of the people coming back to Illinois. Actually I moved here in 2022, but I wanted out of red state hell and move closer back to family.
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May 20, 2022 20:13
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His map is wrong for Lake County unless he has some information I'm not seeing on the website. Yes: 109,024 55.42 percent No: 87,712 44.58 percent EDIT: I see my confusion, it's compared to No/blank question. If you include blank, Lake County doesn't pass, it's 49.77 percent. DTaeKim fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Nov 14, 2022 |
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Nov 14, 2022 18:59
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Lake Forest is definitely old money. There's a reason F. Scott Fitzgerald mentioned the village twice in his books. It's biggest claim to fame would be the book and movie Ordinary People. I always characterized Highland Park as the Democratic version of Lake Forest. The two villages basically cancel each other out electorally. DTaeKim fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Nov 15, 2022 |
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Nov 15, 2022 15:38
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IIRC, he's from La Grange Park. I also remember reading a Patch article where his parents (or at least his mother) shared similar beliefs so the apple didn't fall too far from the tree.
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Dec 1, 2022 16:50
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Looking at the local school board election here in Lake County, I noted the one Republican in my neighborhood has a yard sign out for one of the candidates. Looks like a good reason to not vote for him.
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Mar 12, 2023 04:07
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Daily Herald leans left? Could have fooled me.
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Mar 26, 2023 01:18
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I have no idea who he is and I don't want to know.
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Jesus, and I thought you were mixing it up with Lake Forest or Winnetka.
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