Illinois' Largest Quad City: Moline, IL 4K.

[@ChrisHarden]

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[@gaylenewood7707]

I love the music..

[@gaylenewood7707]

My sister was born in moline back in 1961.

[@Noone9227]

I was just there last month. Disagree with your assessment about how bad you made it out to be. It has it’s bad areas like every city does, but there are much worse looking cities. Most of the places you’ve been driving through actually don’t look all that bad, just older. We stayed at a wonderful boutique hotel downtown. The restaurant there was great as well. Didn’t look rundown from the view from the hotel. My battery and alternator died while having breakfast right before we left town. We had so many customers and staff volunteering to help us. I will never forget it. I have doubts I would have have gotten that much help back home. I’m absolutely certain we would not have gotten it in Ohio, where we recently moved from. (Just think Appalachia...clans, uncivilized, and lazy people.....I grew up there, so I know) The people of the Quad Cities get a huge thumbs up from me.

[@josephjacobs6977]

Just found your channel and I lived in East Moline when you actually filmed this. I miss it so much even though I have since moved out west for a new job. But the quad cities and Moline specifically will always hold a special place in my heart ♥️ It’s better than what it seems 😅

[@monohydrate2]

My grandma is 92 years old. She lived in Moline for many years. I went to high school there. She really loved watching you drive throughout Moline and Carbon Cliff. Thank you!!!

[@QuadCityPigpen]

I grew up in the Quad Cities "Moline" and I have many fond memories of my ole home town. I know every single minute in this video. It's as if I was riding along with ya. I plan on doing a vlog later this year when I come home. Let's get together and have a Hariss Pizza.

[@jackduburg9267]

Why get Harris pizza when Franks is so much better?? To each his own right? LoL! Coal valley kid here. Go Maroons!

[@BrianMagnafici-mw5xh]

What about happy Joe's pizza and chuck Acre Creature F 6:19 eatures show 😮❤

[@John-k5o7z]

This guys trying very hard to trash Moline ..cz he's purposely going by all of the interesting areas of Moline .. He's driving up/down all the worst avenues & streets -why ? Driving fast on the outskirts of old nice downtown Moline on the one-ways ! ..He must be on a mission !

[@S8ER]

Spent decades here until about 9 years ago. This was a total nostalgia trip and brought back some memories (drove past where I worked, where I lived, etc). Thank you for this!

[@monohydrate2]

Fun fact: Avenue of the Cities used to be called 23rd ave. Whitey's, Clint's Pizza, Harris Pizza, Happy Joes, Adolf's Tacos, Rudy's Tacos, all hot spots. Most people live near Avenue of the Cities or John Deere Road. Downtown is abandoned because it is too risky to live near the river. The flood of 1993 was catastrophic! Moline has many hills, very fun to drive through!

[@Mytowerisaneiffel]

Shit we still call it 23rd avenue

[@ninbendoyt3203]

I feel like Moline's downtown has definitely gottwn better recently tbh

[@TheresOnlyOneWayToRock]

Famous jazz drummer Louie Bellson was from Moline, Illinois. He moved there as a teenager from Rock Falls, Illinois. His family had a music store there.

[@patriciagoulet5228]

Louie and his wife Peral Baily use to come into my parents restaurant in downtown. Loved that man. So humble and nostalgic

[@TheresOnlyOneWayToRock]

@@patriciagoulet5228 That's awesome. I met Louie at Disneyland. He was walking alongside a marching band playing a drum when I recognized him. When the song was done I went up to him and he was so cool. He invited my family to be special guests at his jazz show later that day. When we went to the show he instantly stopped what he was doing and came up to us and invited us to sit down. He told me to come over just off stage and sit since I was a drummer. A few minutes later Pearl Bailey came and sat with my parents and they were completely floored. They sat chit chatting all evening while the music played. We kept in touch over the years after. What a great guy.

[@QuadCityPigpen]

I lived a block away from his house.

[@glennso47]

Famous jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbieck (sorry about the spelling) was from Davenport.

[@ameliarhodes5000]

Perfect video for this morning. Rainy and cloudy out the window to my left, computer monitor straight ahead of my stationary bike. Get to watch an informed video that also provides the feel of riding along in Moline without the traffic or fumes of passing cars. Bonus!

[@xand1472]

being a street bmx rider from moline, this has quenched my thirst for seeing downtown, thank you

[@eduardoraya5983]

Where did u buy ur bmx from

[@randydecker7015]

Love this video. I grew up in Moline. You even drove past my house when I was in High School on 12th Ave in Moline in this video. for the record, all the places that looked run down looked run down 20 and even 30 years ago.

[@alexandercoffman8319]

I knew a girl from Moline when we worked together at a Bowling-Alley in Missouri-city Texas.

[@DK-sw6xx]

Awe... no shout out to Whities ice cream? You went right past the factory, You should have stopped and had best ice cream in the mid west? United States? World?

[@mcad_1141]

I know! Such a missed opportunity

[@pixelboard5495]

Yeah I’m mad cmon whiteys is the best

[@1bbasket]

Truth!!!!

[@chriscordell5255]

Nice video. I escaped Moline in 1987 and it has changed a lot. A ton is new but so much is just....gone. Entire blocks. I see the roads are still what I would expect to see from Rock Island County roads. That hasn't changed. But I still remember when most of the streets were brick.

[@craignovy2090]

Excellent video and highly recommend seeing all four of the Quad Cities videos. Pay attention when Chris talks about the tax difference between Illinois and iowa. Look carefully and see for yourself. All too often economic discussions are very dry but they have real consequences for real people. Well done and narrated evaluations!

[@cynaptyc]

Was born in Silvis and lived in Moline, Rock Island, Milan and Colona throughout my first 16 years of life. 52 now and appreciate you work here. Get to go home and visit without all the hassle! 😂

[@timothyfrey5413]

Love this channel. Been binging all day... great to learn about some less known places. You deserve more subscribers! Keep em coming! Hope to see some Ohio cities/small towns at some point.

[@ChrisHarden]

Appreciate that man! And I will go to Ohio. I plan on going to every decently sized city/town in the US. It’ll take a while but stay tuned.

[@michaellaval-lindley4482]

I definitely think you showed only the bad in Rock Island and none of the good. Rock Island has Augustana College, 4th best private college outside Chicago and the state uni system), Trinity Rock Island (saved Prince’s life in 5 days before he died) . The population declines can’t be blamed only in taxation because Illinois provides tax benefits that Iowa doesn’t and home values reflect the property tax differences anyway. The “up on the hill” neighborhoods around Augustana, Longview Park, Saukie Golf Course and Blackhawk Court are actually quite beautiful and great places to live. The whole Quad City area has been hurt by NAFTA, anti-union policies and globalisation. Whatever savings people might get in property taxes will get countered by higher property values because the taxes are lower. The assumptions that made Illinois a manufacturing powerhouse are gone. Lowering tax rates won’t change that. My advice to the Quad Cities would be to merge all RI/Moline/EM/Milan/Silvia/Carbon Cliff into one city, with one police force, one fire department, one city hall administration. It would become the the largest city of Illinois and would become more competitive. The cities all compete against each other for investment. Together they would yield more power at both the state and federal levels.

[@ChrisHarden]

And you get a C- on your thesis.

[@michaellaval-lindley4482]

@@ChrisHarden Wow! Didn’t graduate from high school or something? Got an agenda or something? You just be a Republican. Enjoy pushing away potential subscribers. Your work kinda sucks.

[@Mytowerisaneiffel]

That’s what he likes to do

[@deborahvretis3195]

The original four cities was Davenport, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline. At that time, Bettendorf was little more than a cowtown.

[@glennso47]

The John Deere headquarters is a fantastic place to tour. Went there in the early 70s with my brother.

[@davidtaylor4832]

Giving the same stretch of road several name's has been standard practice in urban area's for centuries here in the UK. No one knows why but it's teeth-grinding aggravating for out-of-towner's. Good choice of back-ground music.

[@ralphjackson8295]

Wow, i never thought I'd see a video of my home town on KZbin. That bridge has been replaced now, and the reason our downtowns have been abandoned is because everything is now on John Deere Road.

[@gaylenewood7707]

Well what's bad ppl in that town keeps voting for idiots who gives them fairy tales and then once voted in those ppl who are voted in will leave to live in another state where taxes arent high and also fancy homes I think these politicians need to be forced to live in the counties and state they are voted into not to be allow to leave unless it's for business..

[@ralphjackson8295]

@@gaylenewood7707 ok Trump, its time for you to go night night now.

[@gaylenewood7707]

@@ralphjackson8295 So you think biden is doing a great job when he mumbles and acts like he is loopy?

[@ralphjackson8295]

@@gaylenewood7707 like I said Trump, it's night night time.

[@christopherbye5821]

@@ralphjackson8295 Tenuous response. Way to circumvent the issue. Truth hurts in the deranged world of leftism. That's why blue states continue hemorrhaging residents in droves.

[@stephenbrand5661]

This video inspired me to look up the census numbers for Illinois. When the numbers first came out the state was one of only 3 that lost population since the last count, about 18,000 people. More recently there has been a revision to the numbers that show Illinois actually gained about 250,000 people during the last decade.

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

I love this video, especially the part of John Deere headquarters, my dad liked going there for the tours

[@gaylenewood7707]

My mother's relatives use to live there and I think some probably still do but wow it changed since I was a little kid back in the early 80s..

[@robertanderson2664]

My hometown East moline Illinois great childhood memories

[@ultimatevixn]

I want to thank you for taking us on these trips with you. These look like nice towns.. We people have to demand more from our elected officials... You now can Google everything and everyone.. You can check if they voted for or against the people of your City or town.. also the answer should be NO to bringing in a casino to your town, they do nothing for the locals!

[@BoratWanksta]

It seems like there are SO MANY examples of declining cities and towns, that attracted a casino(or more) in a desperate hope to get their economy rolling again. I.e. Atlantic City, NJ starting in the 1970s, to more recently talk about Danville, IL trying to get a new casino to open in their city. And over in Virginia(which very recently legalized casinos), Danville, VA is also trying to get a casino built. Of course not all places with casinos, are super depressed. But it does seem more and more, that the amount of physical casinos in some areas is almost getting too saturated with so many around. I do wonder if that's why at least one or 2 casinos in Tunica, MS closed a few years back?

[@josephfoster9603]

Nice video

[@hitechredneck6366]

Ha! How apropos: there was a white-tailed deer on the road of the John Deere campus. Caught a quick glimpse of it at 18:12. Nice series on the Quad Cities!

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks!

[@RogersHollow]

Pause at 29:17. The green house on the hill to the right is John Deere’s house my friend.

[@glennso47]

The architect was Earo Saarinen. Sorry about the spelling. The building was made of a special kind of self painting steel that beautifully ages over the years. The Deere headquarters.

[@chubbymendoza2844]

Being going to east Moline now like 4 years to deliver 140ft girders for that bridge we usually stay in Bettendorf side more options should be finished bringing rest of bridge by this summer

[@bnallen5078]

Finished and opened late November or early December 2021. I don't remember exactly because I don't go in town that far very often.

[@АлексейНауменко-ю8о]

video anda sangat bagus dan mempunyai mesej yang luas terima kasih

[@robertray4191]

i missed seeing my friends business! Just off 53rd street as you were passing a truck :( Def Moline has grown at least business wise speaking, but yeah it has shrunk ! I lived there in the 60s when the population sign said 47,000! THANKS for driving around , me gettin to see some familiar sites!

[@joeydryoel3866]

Just watched this and my car is literally in the video

[@FritzsGarage]

Silvis is my hometown! I live in Alabama now. Frank’s Pizzaria!!!!!!!!!!

[@isaacreyes351]

everyone loves good old franks pizza

[@dr.waluigi6526]

Whats the song at 15:33? After the "evidence song" ends. Also I enjoy your videos. Its sad to see Illinois lose so many people. It hits home for me, because i have ancestry and relatives up there.

[@edwardgrenke6417]

How bad does it flood in the Quad Cities region?

[@ninbendoyt3203]

Downtown davenport gets flooded like almost every year

[@glennso47]

There used to be a mental hospital. My grandfather died there.

[@dylan-wq7ql]

I live in Hampton IL next to East Moline

[@vlopez1ruiz2]

Our new bridge is half way up atm, we ride on one half of the new bridge and still operate the old one.

[@ninbendoyt3203]

Now its up amd it looks pretty nice especially at night with all the cool colors

[@indianrungolfclub6953]

Say hello to Leonard and Stevie as you pass the Wunder Y.

[@garykaplan7728]

Your videos confirm what I’ve noticed when I’ve driven in the Midwest and East. The towns and cities in the Eastern Time Zone generally have traffic lights hanging from thick cables over the intersection while in the Central Time Zone generally traffic lights are placed on steel beams over intersections. As with anything, I’ve seen exceptions.

[@BoratWanksta]

The traffic lights that have a single black horizontal wire over all the lights to hold them up, are called span wire lights. Thanks to someone on facebook, for mentioning to me what that type of traffic light is called. And yes in some states those type of traffic lights are more common, i.e. Indiana(though I've seen a handful of exceptions that opted for metal horizontal pole traffic lights, i.e. Indianapolis and South Bend), Ohio, and Florida to name a few examples. I think sometimes in bigger cities of those mentioned states, that they'll opt for newer style traffic lights with metal horizontal pole traffic lights, instead of span wire. I know in the city of Chicago the only time I'd ever seen a temporary span wire traffic light, was when a traffic light was in the process of being replaced. An example was when a few years ago, the city was replacing one of the traffic lights on LaSalle Drive slightly west of Lake Shore Drive.

[@garykaplan7728]

@@BoratWanksta Thanks for the information. I didn’t know they were called span wire lights. Here in Minnesota we have the horizontal pole traffic lights and like what you have observed in Chicago, when there is road construction temporary span wire traffic lights may be used temporarily. There are a couple of MN small towns I’ve seen that have permanent span wire lights, but those are very rare exceptions. When I drive out East to visit my relatives, I see more span wire lights with the exceptions like you pointed out that exist in Florida.

[@misssmith2746]

Great video and like the music background.👍

[@shelbyz1974]

18:12 How fitting to see a deer @ John Deere.

[@ninbendoyt3203]

I dont see it tbh sry

[@ninbendoyt3203]

Ok nvm

[@erikflores2409]

I live here and yeah its kind of a shit hole lol

[@nanoa1721]

I think it's pretty BS to down talk Moline when you didn't down talk Davenport the buildings and homes are about the same quality. The first 3 minutes are just you down talking the city.

[@ChrisHarden]

You can get offended, or you can take the rational approach and realize that the Illinois side of the Quad cities is continuing to lose population, while the Iowa side is continuing to gain population. Also, some people were offended by my Davenport video as well, saying that I had a narrative to show the negative and not the positive. All of these assumptions are hilarious to me. Point is, you must be from Moline or Rock Island, which is why you're taking it personal.

[@korkee1111]

@@ChrisHarden Hi, I'm from Moline. Davenport is a shitbox where all the QC crime comes from. Trying to sum up an area based on cursory knowledge is always going to get some negative responses. I don't claim Moline to be anything special but having lived in this area my whole life I can tell you people aren't leaving Moline, they're leaving Illinois. When they leave they aren't moving to Davenport.

[@howardvandersluis266]

Funny- you drove right past my father's house.

[@yasharfarzaneh4695]

Perfect!!! Please Make A Video About Ohio Cities.

[@grantkoeller8911]

Deere and Company, Moline, Ill established in 1847

[@Steelers2841]

i-74 starts from the Quad Cities to I-75 in Cincinnati's West end via Indianapolis

[@BrianMagnafici-mw5xh]

Who is the largest city

[@daviddavis1716]

Your going to be big

[@ChrisHarden]

That would be nice. Appreciate the love man.

[@classicerynn8452]

Can we have this view of Moline back? Its all covered in ice and snow right now!

[@heathersibley9855]

right!!! lol

[@Manwithaplan2021]

All of northern IL is a tundra right now lol

[@ninbendoyt3203]

Now maybe lol

[@dunkdafunk6378]

Dave blunt brought me here😂

[@DchaseCho]

Man I can’t believe I made it out of moline 🎶

[@dawns4641]

My parents and grandparents lived here, my Dad worked for John Deere in the 60’s as a draftsman. My Dad had talked about John Deere parties, Mad Men style. They left the area for more opportunities and felt it lacked culture, not much going on.

[@blameks9136]

Thinking about moving here from Tucson, AZ and I’m originally from Leavenworth, KS.

[@Mytowerisaneiffel]

I would recommend the Iowa side of the Quad Cities. Le Claire is a nice elevated river town so you don’t have to worry about flooding and it’s close to everything. Iowa is so much cheaper it’s actually ridiculous. I’ll use cigarettes as an example because I have to get them for my grandmother. In Clinton Iowa a carton is $70. Where I live in Illinois less than 5 minutes away, a carton is $110 and it’s not just cigarettes that are more expensive here. There’s beautiful countryside in Iowa with rolling hills and fields. Davenport and Bettendorf feel like thriving bigger cities whereas moline seems like it’s slowly dying. I prefer Moline only because my grandparents lived there for years and I’m from a small town so it’s less stressful to be there. I dated a girl years ago and she describe the Quad Cities perfectly. She said the Illinois side, particularly Moline has a very content feeling, the people there just want to go through the day to get back home and don’t want the stress of change. The Iowa side seems to want more, they want better, work isn’t their life. Either way it’s a good place to live. If you do move here good luck to you. Although I’ve heard Arizona is one of the greatest places to live

[@shaylanewlife]

I can't wait until I move

[@Vincent-ke5zn]

You forgot to mention the Augustana University . I know that you can't show everything, but it's a nice University

[@ninbendoyt3203]

I think Augustana is technically in Rock Island but right along the ri-moline border id say tbh

[@Omri2112]

do you know that rock island llinois is losing more population then the other quat cities

[@Omri2112]

and moline too

[@msshayonnachannel4596]

I'm from Chicago I live in Coralville, IA I am moving the hell away its boring here. I am moving back to Illinois I am going to Moline, IL

[@pamelacampos7629]

Thats where I live, Moline! Can you please tell me who sings that song "carrying all the evidence" that was playing as you drove thru our city? couldnt help but hear the song and would like to know name of song please. Thank you! I know what you mean about streets changing names, and even changing numbers, as you go from one town to the next here...thats one of the first things people learn here when they come to this area and drive here, its confusing for sure. Thank you for a drivethru of Moline & Quad Cities!!

[@leonardvanorden5308]

Falling up evidence mnemos

[@pamelacampos7629]

@@leonardvanorden5308 Thank you!

[@FSAUDIOGUY]

I'm watching all these videos. The worst I have seen in recent days for filth and drugs is Kensington Ave in Pa. It looks like zombies after an apocalypse seriously!

[@bnallen5078]

Downtowns on both sides of the river are going through changes, especially when this video was made. They were in the process of building a new bridge and buildings were/are I the process of being re-purposed. I live outside he QC IL side. Every town has it's rundown areas with low income just barely getting by. I know we are losing population because of taxes mainly. A lot of people are moving to Iowa and just commuting across the bridge

[@evanmeyer4994]

After watching some of ChrisHarden videos. I do not know why he goes anywhere. He hates everything. I enjoy driving to smaller areas and look for positives Hope you find joy in life somewhere

[@ChrisHarden]

Not sure why you watch if you don’t like the videos. Sounds pretty miserable to me to be wasting your life away by watching KZbin videos that you don’t like… Hope you can find joy through either mine or someone else’s content.

[@michaelmoline7058]

Pretty cool they named a city after me. Actually it was the tractor, ancestors immigrated and saw one and said eh sounds good! ☹️

[@felipegoncalves4051]

Deere & Co.

[@glennso47]

In Rockford you can be on the same street and the street changes names depending on the area of town you’re in.

[@neverjethot]

Iowa has tenth highest tax burden in USA. That's unfortunate, because houses are cheap.

[@normroberts3468]

Great KZbin premium

[@tonyrock1983]

Instead of taking Crosstown Ave/30th Ave/12th Ave (Mostly residential) you should have taken either Avenue or not Cities or gone downtown (State Highway 92). Both those routes (IMO) have more stuff to see and possibly talk about.

[@hudsn51]

Rust belt at its best. Need to do one of Marshall IL another town that was ripped off by a nice old lady.

[@wheatonsspeedshop1412]

I currently live on 4th st. Hopefully out of this state within the next couple weeks though

[@bethmccall3735]

I thought that the Mississippi River was located in Moline, IL?

[@pheynx7573]

It's between the border of Illinois and Iowa. Goes through the Quad Cities.

[@johnboswell6830]

He crossed over the bridge in the beginning that was the Mississippi The new bridge is done now Much better

[@danadyd59]

I live here. And while I don't think the Quad Cities are great, you really showed a negative side of the Illinois Quad Cities. And FYI, retirement isn't Illinois taxable.Also, Illinois has a flat income tax rate.

[@alphacapo]

I can't figure out how they figure the national average is 35% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree. Totally not true.

[@heathersibley9855]

i live in east moline!

[@cherisemcknight7994]

Yes, taxes in Illinois is way toooooooo high. Taxes in Missouri…🤔🤔

[@babyq4499]

yall did not pass my house in this video-

[@nolanfuller4626]

Cambridge love!

[@jaredzanders4550]

moline il home of joh deere

[@daviddavis1716]

I'm here when you only have 700 subscribers

[@John-k5o7z]

Why wudnt u learn the area/streets BEFORE trusting Google map ! ? This idiots going too fast & on the one ways (OUTSIDE of the downtown interesting areas ! ??

[@brandyboo]

I worked on site at John Deere for a while back in the day. It was great. Good food in the cafeteria. I almost moved to the Quad cities, but decided for more freedom in a Southern Red state. All of Illinois is trash

[@alexandercoffman8319]

@ Brandy 11 Thee corruption is thee problem with thee state, especially with High Property-Taxes & Chi-Town Favoritism.

[@lonewolfomegamale690]

HOME 😘❤🤘🏠

[@nolanfuller4626]

Kobe tower! And methhhh

[@tamzart8162]

Kone tower

[@mrslushy7558]

I live here

[@alanstrong3295]

Hope Mike Frutiger and Rick Caldwell did not move back.

[@jomama5186]

Very nice, what a shame :(

[@CarlosRamirez-td4mq]

He said Moline don’t got no crime😭😂 boyyyy floreciente bussin yeah nothing on news cause they can’t never solve damn thing but bussin bussinnnnnnnn fireworks out like it’s 4th of July...

[@whodat1884]

Facts, S/o little mexico

[@sheenalynagrava5937]

my boyfriend is from here ❤❤❤

[@contenderfortruth]

Miles and miles of nothing but a depressed, rundown ghetto. So glad I left there 38 years ago and will never go back. Nothing good there.

[@glennso47]

Can anything good come from Moline? Or Nazareth?

[@saraiantonio7093]

East moline. Ew.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

It's awful.