Anyone from the Quad Cities?

[Shhon]

I wonder what will go in place of the old kraft foods area

[Kmanshouse]

Originally Posted by wjj

Not really. Illinois is losing population at a fast rate. Second worst in the nation on a percentage of population basis. Only NY is worse. Third worst on a raw number basis (only NY and CA are worse). This takes into account the revised census numbers. Illinois's population was increasing at a decent rate the first part of the last decade included in the last census, but has consistently fallen since.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illin...ng-out-faster/

Interesting - so the outflux is weighted toward the last couple of years the most. Thanks for sharing.

Funny, I do think IL will level out - I'm hearing more chatter that there is some reverse trends starting to happen. I guess we'll see here in 2-3 years.

[hat_man]

The Quad cities area is nice to go to but there are quieter places to live that are still a healthy mix of red and blue. Varying shades of purple for lack of a better term. Stay away from Chicago. We live 45 miles east of the Quad Cities and have no problem whatsoever being more blue than red. Our area us solidly purple. Population of 15k surrounded by very rural communities or 2k+. The Quad Cities offers a lot and I'm sure has some very nice neighborhoods, but that price range won't put you in one. But out in my neck of the cornfields you might find something more affordable but still in driving distance to the QCA.