Wrong — people are not fleeing Illinois

Your own experiences should tell the truth. Judging from the ever-increasing traffic it does not appear that anyone is fleeing Illinois. Even in outlaying communities, there are lines of endless of traffic.

On Route 47 from Yorkville north through Sugar Grove, east on Route 34 from Sandwich and beyond Oswego, all are experiencing heavier amounts of traffic. There is little relief from widening roads.

Route 59 has had ever-increasing traffic for years. The person who states that people are fleeing Illinois, probably does not get out much.

A larger percentage maybe moving out of Indiana if using the amount of homes for sale is an indication. There are .336% of the population have homes for sale in Illinois, but a larger percentage of .445% of homes are for sale in Indiana However, there is no indication if they are moving from either state. This could be downsizing or upsizing.

About 50,000 people come from Indiana and about 20,000 come from Wisconsin to work in Illinois for higher wages. However, Florida a red state, homes that are for sale have not fallen below about $250,000-plus and mostly have been higher than $300,000-plus, for the past two years. As of today, there are 309,952 total homes for sale. This is mostly from high insurance costs, due to climate related disasters, from fires, due to drought and flooding from heavy rains, hurricanes and tornadoes.

You cannot get a mortgage on an uninsured home. However, Babcock Ranch, Florida, which had minimal hurricane damage due to more resilient construction never lost power due to solar energy source, are fourth in the nation in home sales.

All homes in the U.S. should have used this as a criteria, 30 to 40 years ago and we would have more sustainable energy.

Rodger Johnson

Roscoe