The only things worth visiting outside of Chicagoland are Galena, IL and Shawnee National Forest.
Illinois counties to become part of Indiana?
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The only things worth visiting outside of Chicagoland are Galena, IL and Shawnee National Forest.
In a similar thought, Iowa wants Minnesota counties. A new manifest destiny is sweeping America.
Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties: 'Could still buy Gopher gear'
Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, proposed a bill that would let Iowa buy nine Minnesota counties.www.usatoday.com
What a stupid concept. People are absolute morons if they are publicly bringing these ideas up without being in jest.
Iowa offers a state where a red vote matters and lower taxes. But, it can't even throw a forward pass.
I’ve been on the road for work this week and honestly save a few states with natural beauty outside of cities the entire country is So Ill
Maybe more wide open spaces to expand manufacturing/warehouse/shipping/receiving hubs, where our property tax dollars/revenues actually come from? Anything along the I-70 corridor and the north/south intersects would have mutual interest?
Wouldn't that place them in competition with existing Indiana counties also wanting to expand shipping/manufacturing/etc?
Someone elsewhere said that several of those Illinois counties have failing rural hospitals. That's something Indiana would then be saddled with. Chances are they are older, rural areas have a higher average age than urban/suburban. That can equate to additional costs. I'm not seeing a huge upside.
I think some Republicans have thought, "Hey, we bring in rural Republican areas into Indiana, we may gain an EC vote in Indiana and cost blue Illinois an EC vote". Same for Iowa/Minnesota.
I take my son to Sparta, Illinois for trap shooting. Many of the backroads are in decay, certainly needing money allocated to their attention. The Southern end of the state which I live close to, just feels neglected.
Chicago obviously gets the majority of funding in that state. I live in Western Kentucky and there are TONS of Illinois people moving here. Rural Illinois people are typical conservative voting folks, they DO NOT like how liberal the state has become.
Chicago obviously gets the majority of funding in that state. I live in Western Kentucky and there are TONS of Illinois people moving here. Rural Illinois people are typical conservative voting folks, they DO NOT like how liberal the state has become.
Joe, ratings on schools, such as this one, put Indiana and Illinois schools neither among those at the top or bottom and fall pretty much in the middle.
I’d much rather join Illinois. Legal weed, legal abortion, no state interference in education, no attempts to defund universities, and no major cuts to Medicaid proposed.
I also didn’t say Hegseth won’t be confirmed. I put him on a list of those whose confirmations weren’t certain. Hegseth, RFK Jr and Gabbard are on that list. Patel is now as well. Hegseth isn’t confirmed yet.
I also said Gaetz had no chance. He didn’t.
I get that you believe this is actually going to happen. I'm worried that Trump also believes it.
Sounds like a tall task but.
We need to have a "remind me of this post" next Thursday/ Friday function on here. Circle back and see how it aged, kind of thing.
(I know I would have some real doozies!)
You would think all these "smart" people would know that. But I do think the urban areas think they know what's best for everyone and a lot of the rural areas just want to be left alone.
That’s the rub with one size fits all legislation though, it effects everyone.
And from the, for example, Indiana legislature’s activities, they sure don’t seem to be leaving us alone very much.
Also, not to be pedantic, but policy that would “leave everyone alone” is still policy and would be an example of, in your description, of rural folks thinking they know what’s best for urban folks in that regard.
I see/hear this all the time on a much smaller, localized scale. People in Owen Co. and Greene Co. and Bedford are all the time ridiculing the People's Republic of Bloomington, but guess where they head for shopping, dining, and entertainment.
He campaigned on the plan of mass deportation. Why does it worry you that he 'believes' it? Of course he believes it. It's his policy.
This isn't complex. I don't want to be led by someone dumb enough to think that policy is possible. I'd like our president to be a human being, not a would be wizard.
The policy is possible and is going to happen.
Is anyone dumb enough to think that wasn't his campaign promise?
Ah, so you actually imagine there are a bunch of 1) DHS officers, 2) immigration lawyers, 3) immigration judges, 4) pilots, and 5) foreign nations who are just sitting around twiddling their thumbs waiting for us to finally increase the rate that we deport people?
Let's circle back in six months and see how gung-ho you still are about this f*cking nonsense.
Are you currently pregnant, or think you might become pregnant in the near future?
He’s not. MSOs with deeper pockets and over saturation destroyed it
They’re still around. $5 wholesale for a tube. Guy on the corner can’t even compete with that
