Chicago Decline Accelerates, Boeing Abandons City | National Review
The move comes as Chicago is increasingly ravaged by crime and random drive-by shootings in the middle of downtown. In recent weeks, the theater district in downtown Chicago has had to shut down plays because the area has become so unsafe at night.
Crime in Chicago is up 35 percent this year compared with the same period in 2021. Theft is up by 67 percent.
The business climate is dismal, the result of punishing tax and regulatory policies that make Illinois the third-most unfriendly state for job creation in the nation. So it s no surprise that the state s unemployment rate is the sixth-highest in the nation.
Democratic governor J. B. Pritzker has proposed a record $46.5 billion budget, with extra cash for everyone from state legislators to households, with the latter slated to receive direct cash benefits.