As someone who lives in Minneapolis-St Paul, I can attest to the fact that there’s been an inflow of Illinois (primarily Chicago) residents in the last 30 years.
And trust me folks, I’m not talking about members of the Lions or Rotary Clubs that are moving up here. We’re talking about low educated, work indifferent, values compromised individuals.
Why are they here? Many have some up to take advantage of Minnesota’s comparably good welfare and social benefits. They’re not here to learn skiing.
And they’re bringing with them the problems of Chicago - crime, drugs, gangs, welfare dependency, bad social skills, anger mgmt issues, etc.
20 years ago or so, this problem was primarily limited to the inner cities of Minneapolis and St Paul and maybe some of the first ring suburbs. But it has expanded out to the 2nd ring suburbs too.
Call me racist, call me xenophobic - call me whatever you want. But it IS a problem and will only continue to get worse.
“We’re talking about low educated, work indifferent, values compromised individuals.”
I really like that description. Could we just shorten it to bums?