How the Surge in AI Indirectly Caused an Entire Neighborhood to go Abandoned

[@StringerMedia]

I made a part 2 for what happened afterwards kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6HEfq2sm6aip6sfeature=shared

[@illuminatidestroyerbear2231]

This is not only sad but it teaches our kids that no matter how hard you work some greedy corrupt corporations can come take it all away.

[@donniekraus1273]

You got that right

[@dnlmachine4287]

Its true. But it is an extremely valuable lesson to learn, and a situation to prepare for. Stay gold.

[@larryhanshew5173]

THEY WERE HIGHLY COMPENSATED AS NONE OF THOSE LOTS AND HOUSES WOULD BE WORTH $ 1 MILLION DOLLARS PERIOD. HARD WORK GUARANTEES ONLY ONE THING AN EARLY GRAVE SO THE KEY IS TO WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER…AND IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO YOU WILL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.

[@dglorious1269]

That's IF you let them.

[@sherrybennette2540]

Sad but true. May God help us!

[@Cathy_R25912]

As a person who is living in a old drafty 1940's house that is on disability SS and cannot afford to get my home better windows and insulation, it enrages me that the new owners (AI) corporation won't save and donate the items from these homes. I could cry watching this knowing how I'd be ever so thankful to receive some. What I give for the kitchen cabinets from some of these homes.. Give to Habitat home Restore for God's sake.

[@Wistful77]

Absolutely.Donate reusable resources!

[@kristenharper6912]

Respectfully , Have you thought about reaching out to them? Or informing an organization that may be able to put some pressure on them to donate? Great idea.

[@LoriCurl]

Where I live, there is help for some of what you need. Have you tried 211, or whatever the resource place is for your neck of the woods? All free and set for you!

[@dianeyoung2914]

If they are just planning to demolish everything anyway there would be no harm in asking if you can take stuff, like the guy on the video was saying, they were allowing people to come help themselves. Such a waste. I can't understand why people have left so much stuff behind?

[@w8what575]

A lot of people do or have in the past only to have them throw it in the garbage or put it for sale in their stores for almost new prices…restore ..owned by goodwill…notorious for doing this…if u get a chance to get to know any contractors in the area…and talk to them about ur situation, they’ll help u find the things u need and salvage the stuff for u….reach out to local churches and see if they can help input the word out…my dad is a retired contractor as for who has done this for a lot of elderly folks and disabled folks in our area and even donated his time and the materials to install and replace things like u need help with…there was an elderly lady that he had repaired a leaking roof for many times trying to find where the leak was coming from…her insurance finally agreed to pay for the roof to be replaced and him and a few other contractors that went to the church she attended did the work and wrote off the portion the insurance wanted her to pay out if pocket….it finally got the leak completely fixed …

[@LordVader407]

This is exactly why it is so important for everyone to stand against corruption in the government.

[@jrduncan5988]

It’s hard to stand against corruption when we don’t all view the government as evil

[@LordVader407]

@@jrduncan5988 only an idiot wouldn't see the government for what it is. Or a traitor. Either way we need less of them.

[@bridgetlyons876]

Too late….😢

[@LordVader407]

@@jrduncan5988 you'd have to be blind in order to not know the government is evil

[@DontAsk-x6v]

​@@jrduncan5988they are all one in the same.

[@eyeson6113]

My family owned a trucking company in Cgo. It sat on 5 acres. We built the building along with a small private hotel for the drivers. It was about ten years old. One day the powers that be decided they wanted to make an Auto Row because car dealers generate so much sales tax for the city. All the businesses in the area were forced to sell and they were all demolished. Our company operated in all the big midwest cities. Chicago was hands down the most corrupt.

[@christigoth]

did they get cheated on the payoff?

[@staceyadams2272]

😢❤

[@ashog1426]

Something about Chiraq lol its where the gangsters of the 30's went too

[@Angela-g1q4q]

Yup

[@Angela-g1q4q]

When you get. Find folks they pissed it off

[@nativeamericanfeather9948]

Ps When a house is no longer a home or loved..it dies. We can live in a house for many years & walls still stand.But as soon as its abandoned it rapidly decays & dies

[@phoenixeagle462]

Right! Seen it for myself. Like 1 week and it's already decaying.

[@janekilIer]

ikr and its so weird too like someone ik went on vacation for an entire month and their house is perfect, but then a house thats been abandoned for like 4 weeks theres overgrown grass and roof tiles missing Edit: the porch collapsed and now the entire house is gone ;-;

[@morablaze486]

almost everything has energy, when that energy is drained out of someone or something it begins to decay and fade away

[@Freud_Mayweather]

That's because most of the time people clean and maintain it when they live there

[@synnove1046]

@@phoenixeagle4621 month. Partly because there’ no heating in the house anymore.

[@FOX007-um1wr]

This makes me want to cry. Not only did they lose their homes, they loose their community, friends. The kids have to move in the middle of the school year. Just outrageous!

[@relytunder]

why do warehouses that literally can be anywhere, want to be built in family neighborhoods? there is more to this evil than one can imagine.

[@sherrieowen3945]

Fema camps being built

[@jikuyemanamouna]

Marketing, sales, expansions of ppl moving into the area, they're doing the same with house flippers gentrifying neighborhoods especially low income ones they'll buy dirt cheap flip the houses in the neighborhoods, up the price & here comes different ppl of a different income status.

[@maxwellalexander2962]

Because these same companies want you eventually living like it's Tokyo everywhere and being confined to eternal servitude as they monopolize everything. "oooomg hooow could it be people just wanna live their lives because that's what I waaaaaant!" lol. Fun times ahead, if you have the cojones.

[@arleenhunt856]

Probably a FEMA camp coming soon❗

[@tammyward1765]

Why are all the basements flooded ?

[@lindalazzara4323]

Thank you Stringer media for walking through the home I grew up in, and letting me see it another time on the inside. My parents left the neighborhood in 1985, it was called Roppolo Estates, and they were custom homes built by Roppolo Builders. I am so sad to see this neighborhood destroyed, my heart goes out to all the people who lived there.😪

[@TheOneAndOnlyWisCali]

😢😢😢😢

[@thatcreepyxmastreeinyourat8950]

Nice to see this comment. He repeatedly stated that he was giving a thorough run-through of each house in hopes that former homeowners might see it. Looks like that's already coming to fruition. 😊

[@Mary-hh3hs]

💔 Tragic

[@hackandtech24]

We need to stop these pedo companies

[@mistique77]

@linda, what State or region is it in?

[@Styxswimmer]

A mansion built in 1891 torn down for a warehouse. That breaks my heart

[@hackandtech24]

We must do something about these companies doing this evil thing.

[@Styxswimmer]

@hackandtech24 I'm a fervent capitalist and I despise socialism, but I agree stuff like this should NEVER be allowed. Forcing people out of their homes and destroying a beautiful mansion built over 130 years ago for a warehouse is a crime

[@hackandtech24]

@@Styxswimmer we have to do something about it. Im a capitalist too I believe in true freedom but this is corporatism

[@LKYme]

That one made me the saddest too. The history! And it was fully restored, obviously in the 80s-ish, but SO much money was poured into that home to make it as nice as it was. A million dollars for that home versus what was spent over the years to restore it, it doesn't seem like enough.

[@OneTwoMark]

One thing ive seemed to notice is America doesnt value its older buildings, which results in it never having many historic buildings. Unlike Europe where we keep things hundreds of years and more.

[@zephyr.....]

With all the empty warehouses across the US, I don’t understand why they would do this. It’s so sad.

[@sherrieowen3945]

The criminals in government are just beginning. This will b happening more and more.

[@undomiel152003]

@@sherrieowen3945Correction: It's been happening less and less. Learn your history on imminent domain. It used to be that they would do this for the highways we all use quite often in the 40s and 50s. And they'd give nothing to the families. At least these get 1 million dollars, which is x2-x3 the value.

[@sherrieowen3945]

@undomiel152003 yeah I know exactly what that is. I'm a realtor so no need to correct me on anything about imminent domain. Go correct someone else

[@christopherallen9580]

@@undomiel152003 eminent domain

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

the last 2 businesses that opened up near me ; was a credit union and a bar. two of the most stupidest things to build when there is a fkn liquor store and bank anywhere you want to go.

[@PsychoMatt6061]

The house at 0:07 with the boarded garage belonged to a family that went to the same church as mine. They would always thrown a Christmas party every year, along with inviting my family over since we lived in the same town. Sad to see it go. Almost feels like my a part of my childhood is going away. In the beginning you described it well, the village has tried to eliminate this neighborhood over and over again. People being given 1 million dollars for their property is likely why some of them agreed to this. And after Covid, we don’t know everyone’s situations, some people may have needed the money. But to those whom didn’t want to move, it’s heartbreaking.

[@snooks5607]

whether you need it or not it'd be insane not to take 4-5x the value of your house, no place is that special

[@coreybabcock2023]

Go in the house and get the stuff

[@TeresaHatfield-l9g]

Godbless you all , couldn't imagine leaving my home, let alone town .I hope you all are doing well, it's been a year if anyone wants to comment.

[@G00gLe_was_my_idea989]

​​​@@coreybabcock2023there's probably an easy 20k in just copper pipes and wiring just sitting there waiting for the right mf to come along and get paaaaid. edit: scratch that, I don't see any power lines leading to any houses they might've already scrapped all that, I know I would. I used to pull in no less than 500 Dollars a night hitting old abandoned schools

[@coreybabcock2023]

@@G00gLe_was_my_idea989 wish you was near DC but yea we pulled copper bus bars in 2008 from the buffalo memorial auditorium

[@sparkleszion6622]

The trauma of losing your home and your neighborhood can never be bought to replace their pain

[@someguy9293]

It's a tragedy that an AI company is prioritized over the people. This is one of many reasons why Chicago is a shithole, and Illinois is terrible.

[@lookingbehind6335]

A company buys 55 houses from the owners. The same company is building a factory that is going to provide over 500 jobs. Exactly how is that a tragedy?

[@DaRkHoRsE-_-]

@@lookingbehind6335are you sure snout that AI is not human.

[@mikeb6085]

​@@lookingbehind6335 lmao you cannot be this clueless. The cognitive dissonance is strong.

[@snooks5607]

that seems a bit weird to me though, I can see that the land is worth more for industrial purposes but why a server farm? servers can be put anywhere, in fact since they need a lot of power and good reliable infrastructure to multiple network providers it'd make much more sense to me to place it outside settlements where it's easier/cheaper to secure those utilities at scale

[@piercedriver1]

@@lookingbehind6335I don’t know, how about if this were your house or neighborhood ? So how would you feel about seeing your parents forced to sell the house you grew up in . You know the house that they worked hard to build and provide. Your neighbors displaced and your whole world turned upside down when all they wanted to do was live out their lives out where they raised their family and their memories there .

[@Chad-y8t]

Boycott the company that stole that neighborhood

[@Black_unity597]

They didn’t steal anything those people got rich for cheap houses nobody else in this country would get a payday like that I have no sympathy for any of them they didn’t have to take the money but they weren’t stupid they knew that they got a great deal! Welfare for a certain group! They literally just took homes from my people and we got Pennies on the dollar some got nothing to build the highways that a lot of you drive on so where was and is your boycott about that or the lakes that a certain group enjoy with my family memebers buried beneath the water? I know no sympathy for my people right only for a certain group who got rich 🤑 just laughable laughable! They got rich for gods sake!

[@marksykes3817]

WHO WAS IT ? AMAZON? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂?

[@tara-arat]

Lol Temu, shein, cellphones, toilet paper??? Ahhhh I can't use anything without being connected to the downfall of society ahhhhhhhh

[@justaguy-69]

a million dollars a house isnt really stealing, they are all probably happier now than before

[@Rodogg7787]

​@@justaguy-69that's what they paid the Ppl who lived there? Wow, no wonder they left everything!

[@michele_torres_sososilver]

This is so very heartbreaking to me. These are not just a group of houses, these are lives. Families who grew up together. They shared holidays, and walked their dogs on the streets. They looked out for each other. There were Christmas decorations, and kids who came home from school to their parents.and now it is all gone. All of it. The trees are gone. The lives are gone. This completely breaks my heart on so many levels. I can imagine people picking out their paint colors, and their ceiling fans, expecting to live out their lives in the home they have invested so very much in. And now it is all gone. I am really heartbroken to see this

[@maryann_bekind]

I dated a paramedic who was on Elk Grove Township Fire Dept and I helped him paint their tanker truck in 1979. His twin brother was also a part-time Fireman with Elk Grove Township. I didn't hear anything about this before I watched the video. Thanks for sharing this! My cousin's husband was an Elk Grove Village Fire Fighter for over 20 years.

[@sherrieowen3945]

I went to school there. Called Ripley. I was in 2nd and 3rd and 4th grade.

[@SusanHolbert]

I was never aware of this. The atrocities that go on in our country, it's disgusting.

[@piscarius79]

Also most of the basements are flooded because there's no electricity to run the pumps to pump out the water

[@monicakoch5526]

The water in all the basements could be due to the pipes freezing after the electricity was shut off during the cold weather.

[@Maven0666]

Or the sewage system had tree roots growing through their exterior sewage drains.

[@cameronking3551]

The water table might be high.Older homes sometimes have sump pumps and if the electricity is shut off the basement/crawlspace will fill slowly with water.

[@kimleighton302]

Or it could be from ripping out all the septic tanks.

[@matt5721]

​@@cameronking3551Chicago is literally supposed to be swamp land. Every home with a basement has a sump pump.

[@someguy9778]

No, the pump can't run without electricity. That's just ground water seeping up.

[@WhiskeyNTea]

I lived in Mt. Prospect. It's so sad to see this happening. It's like a part of my childhood being deleted.

[@margaretpetersen8586]

This actually reduced me to tears! Where does the GREED end? It makes me think about other beloved homes destroyed in the name of GREED. Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii comes quickly to mind.

[@angieholguin244]

how can you sit there and possibly think what happened here in where every single house owner was bought out with A MILLION DOLLARS EACH but yet Hawaii homeowners where literally left with NOTHING??? Thats ridiculous and sad. Sorry not sorry

[@margaretpetersen8586]

@@angieholguin244 you totally misunderstood my statement.

[@kimleighton302]

​@angieholguin244 she literally capitalized GREED in her comment because she was comparing the GREED of corporations taking homes. Not methods.

[@margaretpetersen8586]

@@kimleighton302 The 'greed' caused the method.

[@DontAsk-x6v]

Because there are people out there who join forces to overpower every one else and people play into it under the false pretense that these people are standing up for them. It's all a facade and always has been.

[@cnj1133]

everyone shocked at the sight of 55 homes being destroyed should read up on the thousands that were in the 50s-60s for the interstate highway system…

[@undomiel152003]

If I remember correctly plenty of those were poor or minorities, and they don't care.

[@thenaturalbae]

Indeed, my beautiful 2 story childhood home in the 70’s in a predominantly black middle class neighborhood was uprooted to build a freeway. Lansing, MI. The city has went downhill from then. Allowing more traffic to enter and exit a town breeds violent crime and drugs. City officials must have known that right?

[@maxwellalexander2962]

@@thenaturalbaeThe traffic concept is off but the words "middle class" means more to me than anything. Essentially they drove the middleclass to move and spread out to disrupt everything. Interesting to think about, if people with better living standards is peppered between poverty, what is that wealth amount to REALLY? Effectively, the century-long progress those families had were stamped out and the society of that town degraded as a result. Through-traffic is just icing on the cake because now the town is a hub for the entire nation to trek across, leading to the things you were talking about.

[@ioele1000]

At the very least the highways actually help everyone, even the poor and homeless. It used to take 62+ Days to travel from DC to San Fran now it takes like 41 hours. That stupid warehouse is just gunna absorb all the nearby wealth, funnel it into some offshore BS account and never recirculate it. Leaving the area poorer than if it never existed.

[@jalen8r]

We all know the highway system was the worst thing that’s ever happened to small cities and towns. The country might never recover from being forced into cars and separated

[@iheartherbs]

THERE IS SO MUCH LAND, RESOURCES AND SKILLED BUILDERS THERE IS NO REASON ANYONE SHOULD BE HOMELESS OR HUNGRY. THE SYSTEM ISN'T BROKEN, IT IS FIXED.

[@NayanapNap]

kick out your talmud laws and federal government that would help ..start again...

[@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993]

Do these builders work for free?

[@aaron___6014]

People would rather fight for Palestinians than for their own freedom.

[@NayanapNap]

@aaron___6014 Yes, you are right ..fake lockdowns and fake vaccines prove this .... control the scared cowardly sheep job done

[@michaell1603]

How did you turn this into a topic on…homeless people? 😂

[@noreenschuetz2331]

My father designed and built our family home at 701 Roppolo drive the last house on the right on Roppolo. The older home you are in is Martha Dietrich's home that was moved from the original Ohare (Orchard ) airport property. We were one of the original owners along with the Cocomice, Baileys, Robacks, Allen's, Halls, Horvath, Garry's, Millers, Schmidt and so many more families.

[@StringerMedia]

Wow!

[@nicolemorton89]

I find that hard to believe. And if so, to leave your houses and possessions in those conditions must have meant that the price was so worth it, then I guess the greed concept works on both sides and no one should actually feel bad. And or you were forbidden to ever step foot on your property and retrieve your belongings, which, doesn't seem to be the case. I have a hard time believing any testimonies, since NO ONE has been confirmed by this video or in any way. This smells so much more than just corporate corruption and greed. Show me proof of anyone who was a resident ALIVE and HAPPY, and will say more than any testimony we heard yet.

[@summergbl8611]

@@nicolemorton89they didn’t say this happened to them, jut that they were from there

[@TheLostAngel1986]

Wow rude much get manners ​@@nicolemorton89

[@alexlindsey6446]

@@nicolemorton89 easy there....consider you might be a little fouled up. no need for such rigidity

[@damwaterthomas1980]

My name is, Thomas I live in Oregon and this is horrible. The Corporations do not care and they are evil themselves. I don’t believe anyone has the right to take away someone's home to profit over the land and I feel terrible for those who loss everything. May God have judgment upon the corporations that did this to the families that didn't deserve this to lose everything. However, my prayers are with the families right now. Thank you for reading my comment and hanging in there please.😪🙏✝️

[@michelerussell7627]

They didn't loose everything. They each got 1 million dollars. 3x more than house value.

[@TinaMarie869]

​@@michelerussell7627money is not everything when you get old you will understand

[@onekerri1]

@@michelerussell7627 lose*

[@lisaparsons4124]

Hi I'm from Morrow Ga,I think it's so sad those people lost their home,Ive been struggling to keep my moms house,she passed away in2020,was82

[@christigoth]

i'm from Oregon too, and you sound dumb. because it's a commercial zone and surrounded by industry. They also got 3x the value of thier homes . They can get another NICER home IN A MUCH BETTER AREA, PAY ALL CASH, and still keep at least half the money in the bank.

[@KCH55]

I can't imagine how like polluted the land must be in that area is. With all that industrial factories. Those poor trees. They were beautiful. Probably been there either right at the beginning of when that neighborhood existed or even before some of them. So tragic.

[@zariballard]

I'm sad for the trees too!!

[@tankueytryn]

@@zariballard Forget the families. Save the trees!

[@larkatmic]

Those trees were probably filtering and cleaning the air. Btw there are no leaves on the trees, because it’s wintertime. They aren’t dead.

[@KCH55]

​@@larkatmic oh I'm sorry you assumed that I meant that they were dead. No, I said that It's sad that they were cutting them down. The area's last bit of trees where basically being cut down the place will be worse off, It's polluted. I guess I didn't clarify that. 😅 And to clarify, you can have trees and it still will be polluted. Trees are quite amazing and their ability to adapt to an environment could have been studied. The blatant disregard for them absolutely disgusted me, these trees were very old. I would have personally loved to at least study the trees in that area postmortem, studied. No way and heck that that area is not extremely polluted. Yes, I feel bad for people losing their homes but in a way their health is probably better off in the long term in some ways *though health their long long-term life could still be impacted.

[@KCH55]

@@tankueytryn Yes, it's sad that the families homes were taken from them, but their health will probably be better off. However, The area is most likely polluted and people's health in the long term is still in jeopardy. So the people's lives are still in fact probably being impacted in that area. Now that people live very dispersed, it would make it very hard to determine their health outcomes. By cutting the trees and not having the land investigated beforehand, it was a missed opportunity for researching the land. Also, those trees were quite old and mature it takes a long time to grow like that so yes, poor trees, I live in an area with lots of trees, a woodland they are very vital to the land. Although I do not know these trees were native to the area and were most likely planted. It does not matter as they could have been valuable for that area, that area has to be extremely polluted, trees can tell you the history of a place, that will be forever lost.

[@LexieLeighTea]

As someone who lives in a neighborhood that just had two new warehouses built next to us, this unlocked a new fear that someday we’ll be pushed out like this too

[@juniorr2646]

Most definitely specially if they started already so be prepared they will knock any day

[@banthomsananikone2818]

It's coming don't worry ... The US is so fucked up

[@bridgetlyons876]

I pray not. 😢

[@alexlindsey6446]

yes especially if the industrial begins to surround the residential. as happened to here and that other town in elk grove and bensenville. once that happens the homes fall like dominos. if you can keep the warehouses to one side only you might have a chance

[@margaritag.9483]

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot”😔

[@albertawheat6832]

Counting Crows did a good cover of Joni Mitchell's " Big Yellow Tax "

[@noneofyourbusiness6419]

Joni Mitchell was sure right about that paved paradise and put up a parking lot

[@jays.4254]

This was a very good urban explorer video. One of the best I've ever seen. Thank you for posting it. Very sad to see such nice homes get distroyed.

[@normduch]

There are countless abandoned towns and neighborhoods across the country. I found some accidentally when driving cross country in the early 2010's, and stumbled onto more later. It's eerie to see an empty town with old toys on the lawns and the occasional dusty vehicle; let alone 8 on one round trip.

[@Luvpig]

This is absolutely appalling and incredibly sad. No one should be forced to sell their homes, period! Love your vids.❤

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Nobody can force you to sell your home lol they offered a high enough price so the people gave in and sold

[@alexthebluehermit]

​@@ADreamingTraveler no they didn't if you refuse their price they can just say fuck you were taking it anyway and now you're not getting anything

[@lightinczproductions2195]

If people got their weapons then they, wouldn't even be able too at all! @@alexthebluehermit

[@milanomartin5417]

@@alexthebluehermit companies that do not own that property can't just force people to leave. They can do tactics to entice them but that's about it.

[@sandasturner9529]

Those are some nice homes..... being torn down and yet the US. still has a homeless problem.

[@christigoth]

that makes no sense. there's no relation, the homeless would nevr live in these middle class homes. . now if you want to talk about empty houses sitting for years, that's different. someone bought these homes and THE LAND for a purpose, , they aren't just going to waste but something else is going in there.

[@sandasturner9529]

@@christigoth yeah somthin' else that the US doesn't really need as a whole. True, someone bought the land but unfairly, and that doesn't sit well ❤️‍🩹 📉 with a lot of working, retired and disabled people/citizens. Don't act like this couldn't happen to you or your relatives too.

[@sandasturner9529]

@@christigoth I don't want sell my house if I am a content homeowner/ law abiding person.

[@undomiel152003]

@@sandasturner9529Yet world changes. It happens across all areas, you know if we were of your mindset we'd be living in caves of Roman huts. I get it, you guys live thinking that change cannot happen.

[@freedomforever1962]

Sad as it is they just have to move. My uncle bought country property, build his homestead and made something good from a forced move. .....🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Pray.

[@80skid4ever8]

Its happening everywhere in the country. I have lived in SC for 30 years and its sad to see what this old state has turned into. Corporations putting up warehouses any where they can fit. It's disgusting. We The People need to stand up and say enough is enough!

[@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993]

But you buy stuff from said corps don't you you hypocrite

[@milanomartin5417]

Warehouses provide jobs.. do you not like jobs? Would you rather have a destitute state?

[@edds-qy3mh]

Just like banks. These corporations will build a new one across the street and let the other one rot. They are true scum that get away with a lot

[@DaRkHoRsE-_-]

This is just heartbreak. I pray each homeowner finds a beautiful new home. Just sad😢

[@G00gLe_was_my_idea989]

With A million dollars I'm sure they all did, hard to feel sorry for them. they crumbled and took the cash

[@DaRkHoRsE-_-]

@@G00gLe_was_my_idea989 true but money and pressure works it’s charm. Some were blessed to get out I think others not so much.

[@G00gLe_was_my_idea989]

@@DaRkHoRsE-_- yeah idk, I half retract my initial comment, more I see the more and more it does have some sketchiness to it all

[@donniekraus1273]

There will be human casualties from this corporate greed

[@donniekraus1273]

@@G00gLe_was_my_idea989a million dollars is not a lot of money anymore Unless you still live with your mommy which is probably the case with a ignorant comment like that

[@robertevans9354]

This is an ongoing endeavor in my town , the local authorities are in cahoots with the fortune five hundred companies along with the ""we want to buy your house""" crowd , ex cops who are now in the real eastate business , go around strong arming citizens with code violations etc, until the elderly are forced to sell or worse , many are simply forclosed on .

[@evanswiththevans5727]

The little kid chairs and parts of ppls lives that they were forced to leave behind💔 imagine the tears

[@arlieberry]

after seeing all the stuff people accumulate and leave behind i'm way more conscious of buying things i want to become more minimal

[@ClownWorldRebel]

I am literally sitting here crying, these homes are beautiful. It’s unbelievable to me. I didn’t realize that this was happening, but it tears my heart into pieces like all we want is to be left alone. work, raise a family, buy a home and be a law biting citizen. So much for the American dream right.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

not to mention the amount of copper these guys will take and sell. i would have gone there and stripped it all of copper.

[@0311catholic]

​@@ChickenMcThicckendirtbag

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

why didn't previous house owner strip it? its gonna get taken either way. what difference does it make who takes it@@0311catholic

[@elizabethmclaughlin2537]

@clownworldrebel It’s law abiding

[@yagurla]

yeah the American Dream been dead. Certain people won't have felt it, or cared, until it hits them personally.

[@gangleweed]

These are not houses they're homes......once upon a time they were loved and now they are discarded........I felt a tear at the end it was so traumatic to see the residue of a life........I have to wonder if a million dollars can rebuild the memory of a home...........you have to walk a mile in someone else's boots to know how it feels to just walk away and relocate.

[@salinarogers7465]

Deep, sad, and tragic is all the words that come to mind seeing this. Completely breaks my heart. My prayers are with all the families that was forced out of their homes.

[@Ilovecookies12]

My family used to live here up until they had to leave and it makes me so mad that this happened.

[@G00gLe_was_my_idea989]

They didn't HAVE to leave, they all seen them dollar signs and sold out

[@Ilovecookies12]

You don’t know anything so please stop

[@G00gLe_was_my_idea989]

@@Ilovecookies12 and you do? Lets hear it then, you could clear up tve mystery for everyone right now

[@jenniffer9034]

@@G00gLe_was_my_idea989true I want to hear it

[@annahgibbus8]

​@@Ilovecookies12 What do we need to know?

[@dcell7037]

Cool video and documentation of the properties before they are gone. Also, Iwill add that this guy was very well mannered and respectful of the properties and its former residents. He was super polite (didn't swear once...lol) and considerate of the situation. Well done, please continue as you are. It is extremely refreshing to see and hear this in todays world.

[@aunttriciaattic]

Look how wasteful America is because of greed

[@wictoriaolofsson2714]

That whats happens when corporations take over an whole nation and iwns it. It aint owned by the ppl anymore! Lincoln tried to save US so its ppl Trying to save fedwral reserve. Today 7t is owned by a shadow gouvernment by private owned banking of corporarions, but they killed him when he tried to stop it! Hence the war inside us too! US aint what it used to be anymore. You americans needs to realise it! It is AMERICA INCORPORATION today, not an state!! Next migrants will be the American ppl!.. They just need to wake up!!

[@bindywuertenberg6644]

YES!! America never has had any respect for the land or buildings. It’s always tear down and rebuild! In terms of this issue, the states could learn a lot from Europe and how they continually maintain and nurture buildings. That’s why so many areas over there have buildings/ homes that are hundreds of years old. It’s called rehabbing, and maintaining. But the states are VERY wasteful about this. Not to mention how they constantly rip out old trees and at times continue to take out huge areas of forests or fields, rather than incorporate them into any building. It’s just disgusting.

[@tomservo5607]

If you don’t like Capitalism you should probably immigrate to a Socialist country where you can can have the least of everything and finally be happy!!!!

[@tarchinecook1675]

It baffles me how nice and very modern and recently these homes are I feel like they were forced out and it's sad how if you own the land on the house and you know the property that it can definitely take it away from you because somebody else wants it

[@Kinann]

They look modern on the outside (in an 80's way) but I was surprised how dated and in poor taste most of the insides were, DIY upgrades look really bad in all of them.

[@christigoth]

they were zoned for industrial, not residential, and not a good place fo r homes. now the people are much richer and can build a much better home and still have 500,000 bucks left over.

[@christigoth]

@@Kinann they look about 1960-70.

[@bill360]

Thanks for the info​@@christigoth

[@Floydian4everr]

They were well compensated for those ugly houses

[@Carlehhh]

I literally got in an argument with people on Instagram bc someone posted a reel of this town with no explanation right and I simply said “rent and homelessness at an all time high and we have abandoned homes and huge buildings being abandoned 😮‍💨” and everyone told me the town was saying different things like it was a mining town and it got posioned with lead and that it became toxic and that the land was leaking toxic substances, everything under the sun and low and behold it WAS CORPORATE GREED AND THE BUILDINGS ARE ABANDONED.

[@milanomartin5417]

There are actually plenty of towns that were abandoned from toxin contamination.

[@9thumbsup88]

Yeah, that's why you should stay off those apps. Only idiots on them.

[@edds-qy3mh]

​@@milanomartin5417okay that's not what he was saying

[@milanomartin5417]

@@edds-qy3mh ?

[@edds-qy3mh]

@@milanomartin5417 ??

[@danc2581]

You guys really went above, and beyond with this one! I was born and raised in Illinois not very far from this location. Thank you for documenting this, and making it a small part of history. Keep making more great videos!!!❤❤❤

[@rrodak]

great job on documenting what happened. it is so sad that city government can take away a citizen's home.... or in this case, neighborhood.

[@StarMoonchild04]

This just breaks my heart. So many families and friends just torn apart. Memories is all they will have left because of corporate greed 😢

[@maxmanx1294]

Basements are probably flooded because homes use sump pumps which require electricity to operate.

[@thrashard760]

It’s called gratification and it can happen anywhere. Dodgers did it, Disneyland, Coachella fest and so on. Never trust the phrase “it will bring more jobs “

[@luny2ny1]

This is so crazy! I was super surprised to stumble across this video today! I've been away for many years now, but I grew up in and around Elk Grove Vlg. Graduated from EG Highschool etc. I didn't know this was going on there! ☹️

[@rubyroseberry6891]

I thought we had a homeless problem not a factory problem.

[@FairyGothMotherG]

I understand your feelings of empathy for the people who lived in that neighborhood. I often feel the same way when I am at an estate sale & then it hits you, you are rummaging through someone's personal items who has died. What I don't get is why people would move & not at least take their irreplaceable items like family photos.

[@kb94596]

Stellar Job Kaiser! didn't think i could sit and watch for 2 hours but you held my interest.

[@krystalm5988]

So many emotions watching this. Sadness, anger, bewilderment, disappointment and rage. It seems like these homes were owned by mostly Hispanic families - which may be why they didn't stand a chance against the big machine. They are lucky in the sense that they got a million dollars. People in my neighborhood were forced out by eminent domain, so they got barely more than their homes were worth ($25,000-$30,000). Some were abandoned and curiously burned to the ground. We don't have the rights that we think we do, or think we should, because no one is truly representing the people - only the corporations. One last thing I am feeling - sick to my stomach.

[@DanielHuet-Vaughn]

what neighborhood did you come from that did eminent domain? what was the cause to use eminent domain? like a highway or something?

[@martydel1]

I wonder if they all got together and made an agreement to flood all their basements. I would have made it as difficult as possible.

[@simplepleasures620]

This is a testament to GREED.

[@edds-qy3mh]

I swear there is more to it than simple human greed but I have no proof

[@_.Michael.Cordova._]

​@@edds-qy3mh what do you suspect?? 🤔

[@ceciliadelance8600]

People work so hard for their home it's sad people take it way

[@ForeverLuckyLika]

Some of those homes are really beautiful! This is so sad.

[@Ang85323]

When you watch the show Yellowstone 😢. You see exactly how a corporation ,city, and state can take your land away 😢. Intimate domain is horrible 😢. I feel so sorry for these families 😢

[@Macksbet]

Even an HOA can take the house you own because its on land they own

[@Bullybugger]

Total corupt corporate greed!

[@ernestlopez6173]

Thanks for sharing this. I hope that everyone that watches the video understands that this can be anyone of us. Nobody really owns their homes. I know because our family went through the same thing in 2010 roughly.

[@joegomez6016]

I seen your video. And it reminded me of were I am right now. I'm part of a demolition crew that is tearing down 92 Akers here in bloomington ca, Amazon bought each home starting at 1 million. I met 1 owner that got 3 million. All warehouses are getting built..

[@StringerMedia]

Please DM me on Instagram. I'm curious on exactly where. I'd fly out there

[@someguy9778]

The project would involve the destruction of Walter Zimmerman Elementary School and displace occupants of approximately 100 residential homes. Found this article. Probably all gone now. 😆

[@robertpresha9504]

Being a builder I am just looking at all that money they are going destroy 😮. If I had a large warehouse I could make a hundred thousand dollars just on doors 😅.

[@christigoth]

200 halfway decent used doors is 100,000?

[@KJ-ep9cw]

Where? I got a couple of solid wood doors for sale.

[@edds-qy3mh]

Dude i could resell those windows for big bro 100 if i had access to it man

[@DavennaRettig]

I looked up property values around this area. These people made some serious $$$$ selling out.

[@angelastewart1450]

That what I’m saying .

[@BitterDemo]

You can claim the R. V. and re register it from the Abandoned Vehiclel Laws. I have several. All you have to do is advertise in any News Paper that you have claimed it as an Abandond Vehicle and want to claim it. You then have to leave it in the Paper three days and if nobody Claims it you can then apply for tidle. On your reference to the Brick Layers Mansion, That is a long way from being a Mansion. It is just a Contractors design many have built .

[@someguy9778]

RV was nasty.

[@SamanthaOlensdottir]

This is the kind of news that matters

[@Punkpsychobilly]

That is crazy man. I grew up in Arlington Heights and lived there til my early 30’s. I can’t believe this happened in the NW burbs. Goes to show you how dangerous these billionaires in control of mega corporations are. One day you come home and find out you now have no home. “You will own nothing and be happy”. ☠️

[@TomTobin67]

The last time I was in Elk Grove Village was around 2009 and it wasn't in great shape back then. Little known fact about Elk Grove: The singer from smashing pumpkins is from EGV.

[@tonyedwards2064]

No shit,his name is Billy Corgan, an I read it was Glendale Heights suburb? Is that right near EGV?

[@TomTobin67]

@tonyedwards2064 - Not really but I didn't need to Google anything. I'm going on my memory.

[@noneofyourbusiness6419]

Billy Corgan, guitarist and singer of the Smashing Pumpkins, grew up in Glendale Heights 14 minutes from each other so he’s not lying

[@TomTobin67]

@noneofyourbusiness6419 - Yes and I knew Corgan when we were teenagers.

[@kevschannel2042]

Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha is from Elk Grove. Went to school with him when I lived in that neighborhood.

[@909crime]

So glad you're making this video. Over 50,000 people were displaced by urban renewal housing efforts in my home of Newark, NJ in the 1950s. they grazed so many neighborhoods large sections of the city are unrecognizable. Very important work!

[@christigoth]

yeah that old time urban renewal was bad because it displaced people in apartments and never gave em a penny, and didn't build new apartments. They paid home owners too little to build new anywhere . but these home owners were extremely well paid. Now they have 3x the value of those homes, and can build new ones and still keep over half the million bucks each in the bank.

[@undomiel152003]

@@christigothBut these are the real victims it seems. People don't know the past, so they scream the v word out loud too much.

[@heathers8659]

250 pesos is worth $14.71 in U.S. dollars today (June 1, 2024), if nobody told you already. Thanks for the tour. It's very interesting to watch, but must have been heartbreaking for the homeowners

[@nicolemorton89]

Soooo......

[@edds-qy3mh]

You in the right video?

[@someguy9778]

Yes...Did you not watch the video? lol.

[@thevillageidiot1655]

End all corruption and corporations !!!

[@sherrieowen3945]

Start with dementia biden

[@onnaquest]

Sent from my iPhone

[@SooSkiTzO_YT]

This shit really pisses me off, there are so many abandoned and decaying neighborhoods all around the U.S that they could tear down to do this, like come on, going to destroy perfectly fine buildings just to build warehouses. WTF?

[@milanomartin5417]

Many of the abandoned/decaying neighborhoods are abandoned for a reason. Of course they're not going to set up where the soil, air, water are toxic. Of course they're not going to set up in a high crime area. Let's be serious...

[@GingerNinja1]

New sub. You did an amazing job filming & documenting everything. I watched from beginning to end. It's a shame what happened when we have so many homeless ppl as it is. Atleast the families were well paid for their loss & upheaval from their homes. One thing I wanted to note other than what a decent neighborhood it was is, seeing the homes where everything was left behind just goes to show how much junk we all buy & for what?! I used to be an impulse buyer, but over the yrs I've learned self control & I remove 95% out of my cart before checkout bc it's things we just don't "need." We can't take it to the next life & simplifying my family's life has been so much more rewarding. Quality over quantity anyday. Lastly, they did this very same thing to my childhood home & community. It's all apartment buildings, dealerships & corporations that have moved in. The families will be glad you did this one day. At the end of the day it's humans that are causing this destruction. Thanks for the upload! You can tell this was an emotional journey for you.

[@jannawhitten2473]

I cannot watch anymore of this! It breaks my heart!😢😢😢

[@KeithCindyPanama]

in virginia a data warehouse is being sued by Springfield neighbors to stop developers from developing.

[@willcal3679]

A group of friends including me rented a house there from one of my friends parents in my early 20s. I made my first kid there

[@guyanon9792]

I live in Fontana, CA and many of our southern neighborhoods have been completely demolished and turned into empty warehouses, my grandma owns a few properties on 1 street and they’ve tried to pressure us into selling our land, but us and other neighbors have been refusing and it’s been a few years since developers bothered us, but they build warehouses around us now and we got a little traffic n stuff, it’s annoying but we aren’t leaving 😊

[@milanomartin5417]

With millions on the table for property worth a fraction... you'd be a dummie not to take the money, strip the property, and go on about your life elsewhere.

[@adameve2647]

​@@milanomartin5417you won't understand such stuff anyway specially if that place give you good memories and the environment makes you comfortable

[@milanomartin5417]

@@adameve2647 that comfort and good memories die when you're surrounded by the unfamiliar. People that want to sustain memories should capture it on film. Nothing and no one last forever. So to limit yourself in the moment and keep yourself where you're at for those memories you can capture and retain while moving somewhere else is crazy. There's just to much on the plate. Let's be real most of these household are in better places now. Memories are captured with the people you love. More memories are expected where they moved on to for sure. They wouldn't have been happy where they were at for long. Dealing with the constant harassment... losing their neighbors left and right. Being surrounded by unfamiliar things that would've made it less like a home.

[@someguy9778]

Housing shortage and these people want to tear them down for a empty wearhouse.

[@Wistful77]

Change never stops. It will keep happening, and not just there, it's everywhere.

[@christigoth]

some good, some bad. this is one where they can actually move on to something better as they were well compensated. They'll defnitely get over this one.

[@lovelydiva06]

This isn’t change this is greed at work and then we wonder why people are being priced out for homes all over the country and there’s a major homeless problem

[@adameve2647]

Change but on a suicide path many woodlands and farmlands had turn into factories and commercial buildings that create alot of harmful waste that can destroy the ecosystem and don't forget the rising population cause to built more homes the more concrete the more heat absorb the more temperatures rising giving many people heatstroke even death because of it...

[@Wistful77]

@@adameve2647 That's the truth of it, yes.

[@noreenschuetz2331]

The house with the concrete porch on the second floor and the spiral staircase of bricks and concrete coming up through the porch was my childhood home. My father designed it and built it with his brothers. Many people and parties there.

[@Monti_Rain]

I enjoy your videos. This one was fun to get a story behind most houses. Sad what happened to the people. Thanks for the video!

[@cody1648]

What a suprise. The city working with developers kicking people out of their homes.

[@supermiguelYT]

Crazy those boobytraps made out of McDoubles down the starts going down to the basement! Lol All jokes aside this was super nice from you man I feel horrible for all the families that lost their homes.

[@Liimpy]

This happened where i live, about 10 city blocks were bought out and razed to expand the college. There's 1 guy who still refuses to leave. He now has black top right up against his house, and he lives in the center of a giant parking lot..lol

[@conuregirl007]

This is just sad. I lived in Morton Grove for a short time. So sad.

[@debra3409]

Very well done documentary of a neighborhood that had a life with memories and dreams will be forever destroyed. I’m originally from Dupage county and I’ve seen how much it’s changed. You should be proud of the work you do for posterity. Thank you

[@phoenixeagle462]

Saddens me even more just watching this. So many stories that went in these houses. Some of them were even passed down to their children as inheritance and properties that have been worked on, upgraded, only for it to be taken away in a whim is just sad. To consider leaving what you once called home to a data center warehouse. Regardless of the disrepair... is just sad. I can't speak from a homeowners perspective as I dont own a home sadly I rent. But my parents do. They recently just lost a ranch house in their country (a 3rd world country) to criminals. Theyve had that house for over 40 years and we partly grew up there as kids. Only to be forced to give up that house and move to the US for our own safety. No amount of money my dad got from the sale would make him happy. He loved that house so much he would do anything to keep it. But he knew he had to make a heartbreaking sacrifice for his kids. TY dad. As for the residents of that neighborhood. My heart goes out to you guys. No amount of money can make up for what you once called home. I dearly wish a newer better house can come after this loss. May the most high bless you with more than what you lost. Best wishes.

[@vikkihays3869]

Greed is disgusting.

[@mgt9491]

A whole neighborhood? So sad. This happened to me as a child. The neighborhood had 15-20 kids at any given time. Let me tell you all we had a blast. Maybe because it was the 80s, but we were outside from sun up to sun down doing the most. The main road was a long steep hill. Barely no traffic because it was a dead end. After school and on weekends we would gather at the top of the hill with our bikes, wagons, scooters, tri wheels and fly down this long road into a parking lot that would be empty by the time school let out. It was epic! We all knew each other, so sleepovers and birthday parties and camp outs were a common occurrence. We definitely had the "Goonies" vibe. I was about 6 or so when we got the notice that they were making room for new apartments, and slowly, our group shrank until there were just a few of us left. So the houses came down, and the feeling of sadness was overwhelming. We moved further into the city so I had to start taking the bus and the bus would pass by my old house every day and every day I would see more and more of it disappear and I watched the new apartments go up. I understand now, but at the time, I couldn't understand how those apartments were better than houses. I'm 40+ years old now, and that neighborhood will always have a place in my heart.

[@fatgrandmafinds]

Tearing down entire neighborhoods during a housing shortage. Yeah, that makes sense.🤬

[@AllAboutAdventures]

U could rent a box truck and salvage a lot of furniture. A good dresser can sell for 200+ and if u got the whole bedroom set maybe 1000+

[@Justme-mt9zn]

I was thinking the same thing

[@swedeheart214]

The large old house was probably one of the original farms. After decades, the farmers land was sold, and eventually, someone buys the land and boom.....you've got a new subdivision!!

[@LocumRex]

I lived and worked in this area for quite some time, from the mid 70s to the 1990s. I also worked in that industrial section until 2001. I know this area very well. It’s only a few blocks to the west of the O’Hare airport runway. And it is completely surrounded by the industrial section of Elk Grove (East of Busse). This neighborhood has been surrounded by all varieties of toxic everything for quite some time. In fact, it kind of stands out-of-place as an island of residential homes. Since the 80s as Elk Grove Village has grown and expanded. It is no longer peppered with small farms throughout the township. I don’t even know if there’s an unincorporated area anymore. Also, it’s been well known to the residents in some areas, that they could be annexed by the airport, Schaumburg, or any other number of eminent domain claims. My backyard used to be a farm, until The state annexed it for the Elgin O’Hare Expressway and Itasca built warehouses in our backyard. So yeah, shit happens. Regarding the data center. I still remember when that data center went up on S.E. Corner of Devon and Busse back in the late 90s, when Sanfilippo was across the street roasting nuts. And I thought that was a big facility. This new facility promises to be at least 10 times that size. It is going to be incredibly huge. 😮

[@sherrieowen3945]

Yes huge fema camps lol. I wonder if Lou malnatis is still in business. I love there pizza to bad they don't deliver internationally lol

[@undomiel152003]

@@sherrieowen3945Oh the conspiracy theorists. For who? Who's going to be in these Fema farms?

[@sherrieowen3945]

@@undomiel152003 most likely you

[@undomiel152003]

@@sherrieowen3945 So you want concentration camps for those you disagree with? LOL. Please, the conspiracy theorist in you is showing what you actually want to happen. You guys are all "accuse others of what you want to do"

[@videosbycherylo]

Great job! Your videos are amazing!!! This information you are reporting At on is like a time capsule- I love the house tours! I for sure would watch your videos giving house tours!

[@RonnySmith-z3j]

It's very sad. My heart brakes for the familys. Thank you Stringer Media for sharing. God Bless you . Your a Good Man .

[@Robert-k3x2t]

In 1967 Cleveland Ohio 77 intersections of 490 and opportunity boulevard area was all homes. 15 large mansion homes was relocated whole to other sites in a wagon train style removal!

[@amandalevell1306]

Greed is absolutely sickening to me....

[@NatPat-yj2or]

Personally, I think stupidity is even worse than greed, and there's a hell of a lot of it in this video comment section, let me tell ya. Get on your high horse and fuck off into the sunset. There's no greed here, only stubborn fools that live in their own heads.

[@thearts31]

1 million dollars per home??? There isn't a single person I know who wouldn't happily sale their home for that much. People can't even afford to buy a home these days. These people were lucky. Many, many families lost their homes and didn't get anything!!! Most people don't even have home owners insurance worth 1 million dollars and those home didn't look like they were worth that much.

[@MrRod632]

location location location

[@aprilcarr3043]

These people got bought out. At least they weren’t flooded out…. JS

[@tinyfrog_jpg]

You're forgetting very important context: these people were pressured for generations to sell. *They didn't want to sell their homes*. I would never sell the house that I built with my own hands, that I made my family in, that I watched my children and grandchildren grow up in. This is coming from someone who has been forced out of their home because of money.

[@thearts31]

​​@@tinyfrog_jpg do you know how many families had their homes taken and barely received anything? At least they got far more than their homes were worth. I'm certain many of them were able to use that money to end up in a better position financially than they were previously. You will never convince me that you would turn down 1 million dollars unless you already have it. I stand by what I originally stated.

[@tinyfrog_jpg]

@@thearts31 Then I guess I can't convince you of a very real possibility.

[@jennainfl]

I wonder if all the homes were owned or rentals. I can’t believe anyone is intentionally leaving pictures and personal items if they had a choice. This is sad.

[@queenicedcoffee4217]

They probably had less than a day to leave