I hear you. I have ancestral ties to Roseburg, OR. We normals here in illannoy are screwed by shitcago/crook county.
I was stationed outside Chicago on a Nike base in 57. I often drove a 2.5 ton with missiles in tow down outer drive. Picked up lead dimes and quarters there couldn't imagine anyone bothering with such a pittance, because I was making so much at $85.80 or so a month, before the First Sgt had his hand out at the end of the pay line for his favorite charities.