No way I would live or own property in any metro area of IL, but I find the remote rural areas to have really good down to earth people, low cost of living and so far the property taxes aren't ridiculous. At some point the IL state government is simply going to get their heads out of their rear ends and start working out of their financial problems. They can't do something stupid like double taxes overnight or their problems will only get worse, so I don't really fear a big melt down or anything like that as an IL property owner.
Illinios has the second highest property tax in the nation (and you don't get much for your taxes).
Illinois' politicians will never, at this point, "get their heads out of their rear ends". First Chicago is the most corrupt city in the nation (
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-...ird-most-corrupt-state-in-country-study-finds) and Illinois is one of the most corrupt states, if not the most corrupt, in the nation.
Second you have people like the OP, me and DaveN leaving the state so fast there is a sucking sound anytime you get within 25 miles of the border. That is hard working people, people who own businesses and contribute to society.
Third, those people who are leaving are being replaced by the dregs of society thanks to Illinois' "sanctuary" status and entitlement programs. Of course population isn't being replaced as fast as it is declining. Illinois is loosing people faster than any other state (California might have them beat.)
The only solution the Socialist politicians, who have a super majority, can come up with is more taxes. Oh yeah, and a $15/hour minimum wage further driving business to neighboring states. Some of the shining jewels in governor Prickster's plan include a property tax increases, gas tax increases, a mileage tax on your vehicle, a progressive income tax and a gun/ammo tax.
Our state bond status is miraculously still (barely) above junk. A couple of my liberal associates think that legal marijuana is the answer. It will be taxed like cigarettes and solve all of our problems. The state's billions of dollars of debt will magically be erased when everyone is just as damned high as the politicians. They said the same thing when the lottery came along, and later when gambling was made legal. They can't seem to remember that every time Illinois gets an extra dollar the budget is increased by three dollars.
In the next decade or two the political and financial situation in Illinois will make Puerto Rico look like a well oiled machine.
