IL residents--are you leaving?

[Don Gwinn]

I can't help but notice that a lot of Illinois residents on this board--perhaps a majority--are discussing where we're going to move to when we flee the state.

I've been trying to talk my wife into this for awhile, and last night she finally agreed. She has a friend who never wanted to move here from Texas, and they're probably going to be leaving in the next few years too. My parents are even thinking about it now. I think we're all settling on Texas.

So are you leaving Illinois? Where are you going and why? I know Arts said he's heading to San Antonio in March. Who else?

 

[longspurr]

The job search is ON, and I will go where the job dictates. about 80% of my job searching is OUT of the Dictatorship of Illinois. I do like the midwest, but my wife says "go south where the snow is only talked about". We will probably hit a comprimise and end up somewhere between central Indiana and Texas.

 

[CZ-75]

The South is overrated, at least where I am. That I've seen one day of snow in over a year isn't sufficient reason to stay.

I'm looking for something in IN or N. KY, possibly out West.

 

[bad_dad_brad]

Don,

Florida gulf coast, St. Pete area is where I am heading when I retire.

 

[Gray Peterson]

Florida gulf coast, St. Pete area is where I am heading when I retire.

I used to live there. Great area to retire to.

Btw, all you Illinois folk are warmly invited to Oregon. We may be a liberal state, but we have EXCELLENT gun laws, CHL with almost no restrictions, shall-issue, class 3 state, etc. Multnomah County is full of liberals, but Washington County on the western end of the metro area pretty conservative, and so is Clackamas. We need more of you folk in Beaverton and Hillsboro.

 

[DonP]

Not yet

I'm not gone yet, with the family all here including 80 year old parents. But I am picking up a couple of AR receivers to build up while I still can.

I figure to get the receivers now and the parts kits a little later.

The scary part is that with an all Demo state Daley can get anything run through Springfield like s--- through a goose. I don't "think" that he can make any new laws retroactive and the congress basically shut down his and Devine's attempt to access the 4473's for every Illinois gun purchase last week.

It's going to be ugly until "Mayor for Life" Daley slumps over his desk some day, with a Maxwell street Polish lodged in his left ventricle, in the fine tradition of past Chicago mayors.

As far as State elections go I see no signs of the Illinois Republicans pulling their head out of their A-- to see that we really don't want a Demo-Lite version of the GOP here. The "moderate" wing still thinks they can win with RINO types like Jim Ryan and it's our own fault I'm afraid.

The only thing that may slow the process is a series of court challenges, like the Daley Safe Neighborhoods act that was thrown out twice I believe by the IL Supreme court.

Good luck to us all in Illinois as the new whipping boy for gun rights. I'm sure violent crime will drop precipitously once he gets these passed. Then look for attempts by Daley and friends to drive legislation against neigboring states for endangering Chicago citizens. In his little mind it's not that gun control doesn't work, it's just that all these other counties and states don't see it the way he does and they are all wrong.

Don P.