Illinois has massive levels of debt, which mean ever increased taxes and decreasing government services for the next 20+ years. And they’re going to hit you hard if you’re upper middle class, since that’s who has the money.

Same situation with NJ and CT and KY.

If I was investing the next 5+ years of my life somewhere, I would check the reports below:

https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/financial-stat...

https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/2019-financial...