It’s a plain and simple fact that there are regional biases in Indiana.  “The Region”, or northwest Indiana, has a red-headed step-child complex and refuses to consider itself a part of Indiana while the southern portion of the state gets upset at the site of progress being dictated to them by the giant Ogre that is Indianapolis.  While central Indiana appears to be disconnected from the rest of the state believing that the world revolves around us (which it does, just face the facts!  j/k).

Well, for those of us who are disconnected from the rest 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).  For those of us cloistered by Indianapolis related news, Lake County (specifically Gary, Indiana) is actually the 39th best place (of out 100) to find a job according to Forbes Magazine.

Now, that’s some news.

What that also tells me is that the Governor’s work to bring jobs to Indiana (even if those people don’t live here) is actually working.  And for all the crime and corruption that goes on up there, it appears Lake County is able to rise above it all.  Keep bringing the good news Christopher!