Gallup poll: Half of Illinoisans would leave if they could

This way out!

People in Illinois are getting smarter. Mismanagement and corruption are taking their toll.

As for myself, what I do for a living I can perform just about anywhere else in the country. Pretty much the same for my wife. And I can pay lower taxes, endure less crime, and have a local government that my not be honest, but it will certainly be less corrupt than here.

Soon Little Marathon Pundit will graduate from high school.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Half of Illinois residents would move to another state if they could — the highest percentage for any state, according to a poll released by Gallup this week. Nearly half of those polled in Connecticut and Maryland said they would move.

Some 19 percent of Illinoisans surveyed said they plan to move in the next 12 months, a rate that trailed only Nevada.

The New Jersey-based polling firm conducted interviews of 600 residents in each state, asking “Regardless of whether you will move, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move to another state, or would you rather remain in your current state?”

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