Where Cook Co. residents come from

[aragx6]

I lived in Westmont until literally 30 days ago. If you'd ever read any of my posts you'd know that.

So the question is, if Westmont's property values aren't lower because of the poor quality of the schools, then why are they lower???? Whatever reason you give, it'd have to be a negative right?

[UnderTheLiveOaks]

Originally Posted by NYrules

I would have to second this person's question. Chicago drove IL into bankruptcy? UMMM I think its quite the other way around my friend. Almost all of the major employers and tax generators for the state are located in Chicago or Cook Cty. Farms (of which IL is mostly made up of) are real pretty and all, but don't generate hardly a darn dime for Blago's spending bills, so where do you think all that money comes from for our roads that are finally after 30 years being updated? You guessed it, that county that is breaking the bank in Springfield as you put it, you know the one where most people live; Cook Cty.

And yes, young folks are flooding into the city and inner ring burbs again, not only for stuff to do, but how about getting to work and not having to pour $80 every other day into their gas tanks?

Well, this accusation gets thrown around all the time: The idea of urban dwellers as leeches. Truth is, areas with a more concentrated population generally shoulder more of a tax burden than other areas. Things like roads are expensive. So are schools. Parks. Their cost doesn't change significantly whether 10 people pay for them or 100,000 people pay for them. (True, some of these things are maintained through municipal authorities, but many others receive state and federal funds.)

I'm just curious about actual data rather than opinion.