Comments on: Come On IN

By: HoosierAccess » Blog Archive » Who Knew Lake County Had Something to Offer?

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:43:42 +0000

[...] of the state, it appears Lake County is making it’s own progress. Christopher Hedges has a very interesting post about how many people come from Illinois to work in Lake County (complete with fancy graphic). [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:18:06 +0000

It will be interesting to see new figures when they become available for subsequent years.

I’m the opposite in my work pattern.

My office is in Lake County, but most of my work is “Illicentric” in nature.

By: Buzzcut

Buzzcut — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:00:41 +0000

At my place of employment (one of the big guys on the lake most of the new hires live in Chicago.

In that respect, the Lake County Income Tax would pull in some serious revenue. All those new jobs are BP, Mittal, and US Steel that pay BIG BUCKS.

Most of the engineering contractors are also out of Illinois. Not sure if they would pay income tax or not.

So as long as there are huge expansions going on at the Lakefront, there’s going to be a LOT of Illinoians coming into Lake County.