I’m sure glad you didn’t get shot or carjacked

Got my first stereo from Polk Bros in Dixie Square in Harvey in 1969; got a Zentih Circle of Sound

Show the nice houses on Vermilion and ones in the North end.

Born and raised in Danville. A sad sad story of the times changing. General Electric left, Esco, General Motors,Caterpillar, Windbreaker, Chuckles and the loss of the strip mines. Now Quaker Oats is gone. Jobs that haven't been replaced. Add too that Richard Daley's gentrification of Chicago that send thousands of Urban Section 8 housing families into Central Illinois. Add to the mix absentee landlords and city government not prepared to handle these challenges. A once wonderful place to grow up as you so ineloquently put it in your last video an " armpit"

0:37 Saul’s ex-wife, Kim Wexler, lives in Florida.

I live in Santa Barbara and it's paradise. Hard to go on vacation because I get homesick so quickly.

Wish you'd hit my street....lol you're missing key hoods by flushing Rd and Ballenger

💛💛💛 Love "Into the wild' by Kandi Peterson!!!

Noticed "Taste of Italy" is still standing but no more Chi Chis... wonder if Misch Bros. is still there or across the street was Panos and down the street was ole hangout on weekends called Guzzo's on Burhnam Ave.... ohhh wow, Misch Bros sign is still up

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💛💛💛 Dont sell yourself short. Your videos should get an award. They will be very valuable to the historical society of each town /stretch of road you do. I also enjoy them immensely. Keep up the good work!

I was born in danville. My family lived on griffin. So cool to see. Now i need to see the hospital i was born in

Federales

You really reached for anything bad and completely neglected the good..click bait jerk 😊

Love your vids of St. Louis city. The 'paranormal' vibe has led me to research. Watching your vids, I'm vibing more. Seeing these 'hoods' I grew up, remembering how beautiful they were in the '70s, then returning from the Army .... 👀

Spot on with this one.

I'm a Calumet City native from watching these videos I learned about Peoria relocated to Peoria and now live in Wisconsin. Anywhere between or from Stony Island to Clyde from state to Sibley where my old stomping grounds I live 3 hours north in Wisconsin but always will love the hood.... I miss petes fresh market and Nickys gyros everything I needed was within a 3 minute walk . .. it's a suburb but it's a small little fast paced City. Prairie Avenue and Stewart st Cal City

Illinois turning into one giant ghost town. High taxes and crime have residents fleeing the state.

This is amazing idea, appreciate the effort you put into the videos. The insight on various facts about the different cities is also great. Thanks again!

Hell grown now but still life there was good till the lights went out and it was very up setting to see my old hood gone one house the Hickman house florissant and new house st.wish we could have saved it but you see why

Looks nice, I live here. It's not that bad. Old homes, mature trees. Lots of smaller homes close together. Don't cost a fortune mine was $35K. Had it resided and a new roof. Lots of inside work. I have a garden. I'm older so don't need anything larger.

Why isn't there a blues radio station in Chicago?

Well you certainly started in the correct city for the speediest driving video! People are qualifying for the formula races in Chicago.😂 Be safe out there Chris!

I’m from Harvey

Popped up on MY feed on the right day because it 🌨 🌨 today in NYC 1/6/25. Oh, can't forget Insurrection Day when Nationalist white supremacist storm the Capital

It’s FINK-el

Lived in the apartments at Broadway and Division ‘85-‘87. Bought a house in Riverdale at the ripe old age of 27 in ‘87. Good credit score and a decent job and I qualified for an FHA loan. A seeming improbability for that age (and older) these days, sadly. Thanks for the drive around, Chris.

You missed a whole side of Markham which is the most poverty stricken

22:59 Albuquerque - Home of Heisenberg (Walter White)

WOW, that's pretty much normal driving for me. If you really want sped up, take a spin with my Sister in her Volvo.

I always look forward to your videos! :)

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Hi Chris I’m loving your videos , it’s pronounced Matt’s - son ,I’m from new Lenox new Lenox crime has been going up slightly it seems like the the most recent years

It was always sad driving through the heights to get to prairie state. It was all down hill once they lost the hospital.

5:40 What used to be a pretty large steel mill can be seen. My Father worked there many years ago. Before I was born. It was called Wyman-Gordon. Also went to Gordon Elementary School when I was young. I never put those two things together before. Might just be coincidence.

well, at least there's plenty of parking. 😁

I live in Danville now.southview was my son school. Yeah I seen better days of Danville especially when I was little.

12th and East End you go right by my grandparents. They have been long gone but they were Italian immigrants. One specific name mentioned several times in your other video is my great uncle. Crazy

Grew up here (surrounding towns of Fairmount and Summitville). The entire area is an absolute shithole. My dad still lives here and I refuse to visit. I get depressed anytime I come back, like going back in time. Ugh, screw this place

Back in the day, a friend and myself would visit Arnie's Idle Hour. That was literally the safest place in Harvey. Italians owned and ran it if you catch my drift.

Nice job showing the vapidity/bleakness of Detroit’s suburbs.

Where the money was, and where the money left lol

The pizza in that city is the best.

43:36 as someone who has lived in that area for a while, i dont think that corner store is going to be in business again which sucks because i used to head up there with my brothers when we were kids. I heard that the owner has no plans to sell it but for some reason it doesn't look like he has done any work on renovating it either. I could be wrong tho and hopefully he has done some rhings to get the store working again

I live in terre haute since my child hood

I don't believe it

What kind of nefarious operation is this?

1:37:07. Prairie State Community College. Known to the locals as the “Harvard on Halsted.”

This video would have highly benefited from ambient audio recording of the streets as opposed to the music that was slapped down on it. But other than that, Excellent and interesting work!

I was a truck driver out of Esmark Steel for years!