Originally Posted by
PacNWflyer
A lot of great advice on here, thank you!
For those of you who moved to Illinois, how many of you would leave if you had the chance? I've been looking at Houston and thinking that it would be a better move financially. I'm not sure that I want to give Illinois 5% in income tax for the privilege of living here...
What will really get you attention is the property taxes. Another issue with the state of Illinois is the state is in a terrible financial crisis with no end in site. A pension obligation they can't come close to meeting and grows every day. They have no idea how to solve the problems and the folks that are running the show are not fixing the problems other than raising taxes. Many people that can are leaving the state of Illinois.