19th Ward Chicago:
Although I live near Chicago, I was in Phoenix last week when the Census Bureau reported Cook County IL had the largest population loss and Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix metro) had the largest gain of all counties between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016. During that period, Cook County lost a net of 21,324 people to reach population of 5,203,499, while Maricopa County climbed by a net of 81,360 to 4,242,997 residents.
While Phoenix is happy to welcome new residents, experts are encouraged to see slower growth compared to the extreme population surges right before the 2008 housing crash.
During the census period, Maricopa County gained most of its new residents from people relocating from other parts of the U.S. Denny Barney, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors believes attracting companies to Phoenix in high-paying sectors like technology, bioscience, health care and aerospace is key to the area’s growth. “The focus is to create the right type of skilled work force and to allow the growth to be more sustainable over time,” Barney said. County government has encouraged companies to expand and relocate by cutting regulations.
Back in Chicago, people leaving Cook County aren’t moving to other parts of Illinois when net movements are considered. In addition, Cook County’s domestic migration losses have doubled over the last five years (while international gains remained flat). Most of Illinois at large is losing population: 93 of the state’s 102 counties are experiencing net out-migration. Weak job creation and an ever-increasing tax burden are cited as causes. A Paul Simon Public Policy Institute poll released in October 2016 reported taxes were the major reason people want to leave Illinois. more
Arizona where they have the slogan: “reach across the isle”!
Good. Arizona is a big state. There’s room for tax payers.
For the record, most of us would reach across the isle, to smack the shit out of McCain.
Kudos to his service, but jeeze, retire already. He’s making us crazy.
^^^^^^^^^^
Be a shame if something happened to him wouldn’t it?
Unfortunately, on average, relocating blue staters bring their destructive, liberal ideas with them; lowering our quality of life.
The leftist kooks in Chicago keep electing career criminal democrats. Most of the rest of the state is conservative and would be prosperous if Chicago wasn’t such an albatross.
Not good, I’m from Arizona and it used to be a solid Red State. It is now purple with a blue tint. Stories like this tell me the infection is spreading. The only thing changing for these rats leaving the ship is the address, not the politics.
To counter the population losses, Illinois politicians are hoping to raise income tax rates.
@even steven March 29, 2017 at 6:51 am
The Progressives have a plan! When the population drops low enough that current cell space can accommodate ALL residents who are not government employees (and only those required to live where they “work”), the crime rate can be reduced to literally “literally” ZERO percent. With no increase in taxes! IT’S BRILLIANT!!
Be careful what you wish for. I lived in Colorado before it was Californicated.
Sadly, many of the assholes fleeing to AZ to escape democratic party tyranny back home are just recreating that shit in AZ. Fucking Maricopa County voters sent Sheriff Arpaio packing and replaced him with some goddamn democrat faggot… Literally, he’s a fag. Classic blue city move.
They were suckered by the fact that Joe was being held in contempt of court for ignoring a court order to quit policing of immigrants. What got suppressed is that Joe was enforcing the laws as passed by legislature and that the judge was the person who was showing contempt for the law.
If you’re not constantly into the political scene you’re going to get tripped up by this. The majority of people in Maricopa County are still conservative, but they just dont get it that Proggressives are grotesquely abnormal.
They’re aware that proggs lie, but think it’s confined to the political season. They think that once you catch a lib in a lie they straighten up and fly right. They refuse to believe that a lib will simply start lying again and sucker you into taking a position that is at odds with your actual beliefs. I run into this all the time.