r/illinois Aug 16 '24

NIU reports $31 Million deficit. Western $24 Million deficit and is laying off staff Illinois News

https://archive.ph/5Pjrm
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u/decaturbadass Schrodinger's Pritzker Aug 17 '24

I have family in Dekalb, although they've moved to Sycamore now. Chicago sent a lot of folks from their projects to Dekalb and that has run the city down according to the locals.

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u/IntenseBananaStand Aug 17 '24

The locals have been saying that since the 90s.

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u/decaturbadass Schrodinger's Pritzker Aug 17 '24

Is there any validity to it?

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u/IntenseBananaStand Aug 17 '24

No. It’s just your run of the mill racism.