Rank 2010 Rank 2000 City Pop 2010 Pop 2000 % chg 1 1 Chicago 2,695,598 2,896,016 -6.9 2 3 Aurora 197,899 142,990 38.4 3 2 Rockford 152,871 150,115 1.8 4 7 Joliet 147,433 106,221 38.8 5 4 Naperville 141,853 128,358 10.5 6 6 Springfield 116,250 111,454 4.3 7 5 Peoria 115,007 112,936 1.8 8 8 Elgin 108,188 94,487 14.5 9 9 Waukegan 89,078 87,901 1.3 10 10 Cicero 83,891 85,616 -2.0
and how many Liberals are moving to more Conservatives states, turning them blue and ruin another state
White flight. Fleeing humongous tax increases as well.
And I am proud to say I was one of those who left! Best move I ever made.
Looks like they’ll need more community organizers to keep the city afloat. :-)
Hmmmmmmmm, dimocRATS fleeing a sinking ship. I hope they do not move into my neighborhood. We have enough RATS as it is.
Chicago - 2.7 population. 5 million voters. The liberal way.
No big surprise. Does anyone wonder why?
When my past job required traveling around the country, Chicago was my favorite city to visit.
Great bars, restaurants, food, music, etc. From Jazz & blues to German, and everything else, my “off time” was great.
But… I would not live there for free, due to the corrupt politics!
Chicago sucks, I left too. Who would ever want to live among the likes of Obama?
The 6.9% with any brains or ethics.
Illinois Top 100 Government Pension Payouts 2008-2009
http://www.ntui.org/NTUI/downloads/2009_top_100_pensions.pdf
The ghost of Detroit sighs and shakes it’s head.