West Washington State was good for a while, but in mid 2015 the cost of housing, utilities, food, and other staples nearly doubled while wages stagnated.The city of Seattle is in the process of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, but if the federal minimum wage was pegged to inflation from the mid-1960's it would be well over $20 per hour by now.
Things are just getting too expensive out here. Luckily I have a family that loves and mostly tolerates me back in the midwest so I'm coming home.
I'm going to dust off this old blog and start catching up on what's going on around Springfield, Illinois.
- I wonder what the gangs are like?
- What do the people west of MacArthur call the people east of MacArthur?
- I wonder if the class line has moved from MacArthur to Old Chatham Road? I know it moved from 5th Street to MacArthur when they built Veterans Parkway, it made a nice socioeconomic barrier. Maybe it happened when they developed Falling Brook
- Will anyone send me leaked dirt on local and state politics? Did someone already start a blog called Springy Leaks? The reports must be worded in such as way that the sources are not exposed.and the subjects are not specifically identified.
- Could I get a regular full time job as a media analyst in Springfield?
I'm preparing to sell all of my stuff here as I prepare to move home so it will take a while, but I'm coming home.
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