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I’d like to preface this by saying that I’m a lifelong Illinois resident, bachelor’s degree in History, and more than anything a concerned citizen. Because unknown to the rest of the world, the state of Illinois, the 5th largest in the nation, containing the 3rd largest city, is in a lot of trouble you guys. Let me tell you guys a story of the state of Illinois.
Well a few things are going down right now you guys. The main one that towners know about is of course, Chicago’s gang crisis that’s unprecedented in scale right now. We’re over 200 murders as of today, and at this rate we’ll be around the same pace as last year, which was the deadliest of the decade at 762 murdered in gun violence. [1] The real kicker is that for most citizens of Chicago’s majority White/Asian North Side, violence is actually very rare. The abhorrent number of murders is almost exclusively gang related. In reality, Chicago remains one of the most segregated cities in the entire Midwest, which is already one of the most segregated regions of the country. There are major highways and a large river that separate the different sides of the city, and it’s rare, but possible, that crime penetrates into the rather safe north side. [2]
The real issue in Chicago remains that since JULY FUCKING 5 TH OF 2015, the entire state of Illinois has not had a budget.
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