Illinois, financially, is in a BIG hurt. School districts are feeling that hurt, with delayed funding and cuts from the state. Iowa's governor, on the other hand, is really pushing elementary and secondary education. Other pluses...Iowa isn't financially broken, like Illinois....Iowa has concealed carry....No FOID card....Iowa isn't totally dominated by the most corrupt city and county in the US-Chicago & Cook county. You could live on the west bank of the Mississippi and not have to deal with the insanity of Illinois politics...like 3 of our last 5 governors going to jail.