Sick of your Home state you arent alone.

Acorrding to Gallups polls if people could just pick up and move to another state there are a fair amount in certainly places that would. Some states on the high end are surprising at first but then you think about it. CT,MA, NY all are some the most expensive places in the country to live and finding work is pretty damn hard at times. While the places that have the lowest numbers are a lot cheaper and are experiencing hiring booms so the numbers aren't too surprising in the end.

 

Good Post. The dark green states are a no go for sure.

 

Got a feeling that I will end up there eventually. Until then the beach towns will never get old.

 

Southern hospitality never gets old either.

 

California has been good to me and don't think I'd be a good fit in many other places in America.

 

I'm bumping this thread. I found it after looking for another thread that I'm also about to bump. LOL.

It doesn't surprise me that Illinois is at the top of the list. This state sucks beyond all measure.

I hate it. And the first opportunity I have to move out of it, I'm taking.

 

Ditto

 

I'm surprised that California has that many people wanting to leave it. I haven't been there since 1973-4, but most Californians that I have met or talked to express a lot of love/longing for the state, especially those that have had to move b/c of job/life.

Illinois' position doesn't surprise me, because I moved there for work in 1999 and couldn't wait to leave. I like the City of Chicago, but I lasted one winter and was ghost with the spring thaw.

 

I was surprised as well but I imagine cost has a lot to do with it. I love Cali but it's a bitch trying to afford everything out here lol. Got to make a decent salary or it's impossible to survive.

 

Aside from this past winter, winters aren't even that horrible in Chicago.

It's the TAXES that screw everything over. Our gas prices are the highest in the nation (or they were) because of taxes.

They keep raising taxes, yet the state is still in terrible shape and corporations are leaving in droves.

 

Cost of living is hell and appears to be increasing nearly everywhere. Where do they think the working class is going to live if they price everyone out of existence? Who will do the work for the 1%? They will have to ship us in on trains each day.


Chicago winters are hell on wheels for me. I've never experience cold that intense before. I got plowed in (VW Golf) twice and then got parking tickets for not moving my car. Lol

 

I had once heard the legend that winters in Chicago are so cold that you could break off a finger even if you're wearing gloves. Chicago gets those Canadian winter storms that blow across The Great Lakes. I had once wanted to live there because of the music scene. I guess like hurricane season, residents have to prepare and stock up on food, warm clothes, utility bills all paid up and other things.

 

Having experienced a bad winter and a few decent tropical storms, I'll take the storm over the blizzard any day. Chicago does have a great music and food scene, and during the summer it is great.

 

Chicago winters are normal winters, yes we get cold weather and yes we get snow, but they're not a constant thing, except this past winter. But this past winter affected just about everyone in the US, so Chicago wasn't the exception.

Minneapolis is actually the coldest major city in the US (colder than Alaska).

And yes it's colder by the lake than where I live in the suburbs, but it doesn't get THAT cold for any length of time. If you're already accustomed to winter weather, Chicago is no different than most major cities.

 

Yep. This past winter had me wishing I lived in Florida. I don't want to live in a year-round warm climate (bugs are WAY too big for my liking), but that's how badly I wanted to get out of the Chicago winter this year. LOL.

 

Put me in with the get me out of here demo. Alas, no luck with job leads/networking yet.