• iamnotacat@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m within commuting distance of Chicago, on the Illinois side of the line. For clarity, I don’t make that commute - I’m totally done spending hundreds of dollars a month and my valuable personal time on commuting.

    Illinois is supposedly around $49k. That’s low for Champaign county, and clearly does not account for Chicago in a reasonable way.

    The real numbers are far more depressing, and less reasonable. Factor in the variations from e.g., Springfield (median income $32k) vs Cook and Lake Counties, and it’s even less accurate.