How AI Caused a Neighborhood of Mansions to go Abandoned

[@TheAlixour]

Feel for these old established trees and landscapes. Rest in peace!

[@MN12warbird]

Too bad this was a good part a good neighborhood in Chicagoland area. Its 20 mins from me in Schaumburg. It was an old money neighborhood. Retired 20th century ppl. Lots of that in Chicago area The estate sales are nuts.

[@shay1116]

NTT DATA Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a partially-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). Americans being forced out of their homes by a foreign company, what a great country we live in.

[@daewooparts]

It's partly connected with AT&T too

[@michaelgreene1260]

By your stock market* that all the founding fathers were against. That every member who attended the Bretton Woods Agreement was also against. Thank the club of Rome, and the European bankers, who now own everything in america again. For god & glory! - neither of which the colonists gave a fuck about. 👌✌️👋

@@daewooparts partly? as in our AT&T Engineers and such are working for the Japanese IT service? ☹

Has Nippon bought our steel industry too? Chinese have our farm lands - does anyone know what country we are living in ?

[@elocin9791]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@morgancarlson2720]

7:22 that’s my grandparents house. They built the house in the 80s and my brothers and I spent every weekend at their house when we were kids. That neighborhood was like a family of its own, we all knew each other and played together. I miss it so much, so many amazing Christmases and Fourth of July’s on Marino ct!

[@Dacia312]

Wth everyone left those beautiful homes😮am over here 31 years wishing I can get out my apt have my own house !!!

[@Nan-59]

How crazy to see their home in a video.. I feel sad for you about it. Life if fleeting…😢

[@mwinfield22]

Do you know why everyone left so much stuff in the homes? It's like they were not giving enough time to leave.

[@morgancarlson2720]

@@mwinfield22 Honestly, I think it was the fact that a lot of the people living there didn’t have family nearby to help or didn’t have the resources to hire people. I recognized some of the families in those pictures and their kids have moved away a while ago, and the homeowners themselves mostly being 60+ years old many of them moved into retirement homes or apartments where they didn’t have the space to bring everything. I can’t speak for everyone but my grandparents were given almost 4 months to move out so I don’t think time was an issue?

[@a-carpenter9229]

​@@morgancarlson2720why did they have to move out? I'm only at the 7 minute mark so far when asking this

[@Flamadiddle2]

It's crazy as I look around my home and realize that all of this stuff I value will someday just end up in the dumpster.

[@rickyemmirt4120]

@@Flamadiddle2 such a reality check

[@silverhaze_2121]

Truly very sad.

[@HappyOva]

That is why they say experience as much as you can while you are alive because in the end it does not really matter. Do what you enjoy and live your life, whether that be buying whatever you please or traveling the world meeting every female you can. My point is, just enjoy your time here.

[@GhostSal]

That’s why periodically go through what you own and give things away you no longer use to family members and other people you think will appreciate them. It’s hard to do sometimes but it makes sense, I look through my stuff and give away stuff about once a year.

[@janie3117]

This world is temporary. Everything about it. The only Forever is Above! Put your faith in “above”. Because this copy of “life” will not last. It’s evil and cruel. Evil rulers. This is the fallen place where we get a chance to decide what we will put our faith in. Love? Peace? Truth? Thing that cannot burn up in a fire.

[@screamingsole]

so happy i found your channel. i like how respectful you are of people's homes. and from what i've seen in your videos, you're near my age. i'm happy young people are still respectful of elders, too. :) seeing family pictures being left behind is really sad.

[@StringerMedia]

Thank you so much!

[@buildingdreams2279]

@@StringerMedia kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3XWZJd_oKmJhacsi=4XVfZJg9C0YA5Ofq Wait until the faces change from old humans to the ubaid....... From bonobos to humans and then from humans to we/ubaid

[@12NFLtitles]

The house with the rv I use to party at in high school. I went to school with the one son, it was a great layout. Good times and memories. The picture is of him you showed.

[@_AXHO_]

Your dedication and effort in exploring abandoned places and sharing such detailed content is truly amazing. The 1-hour video is a testament to your hard work and passion. Keep up the great work man 💪🏻!

[@StringerMedia]

Thanks a ton man!

[@kathleen726]

Unfortunately around the airport, houses are and were being bought up for the land. Bensonville is the other area that was left abandoned. Thank you for exploring!

[@jmack7281]

But they are acting like Itaska is abandoned.... there's like 10k people who live there

[@benjamincornier4268]

As a former Chicagoan and someone who now lives in rural Illinois, it's the saddest thing to the government work with corporations to destroy our way of life. It's even happening by me with a certain pair of corporations buying up all the land to build a commercian airport and foreign battery plant.

[@davidroberson8030]

Stuff like this makes me think about the homeless folks in this country, what is going on in this country???

[@ShawnC.W-King]

Corporate Greed; Screw The Plebs and Poors unfortunately

[@dawnrowsey2645]

Greed

[@silent.hills.explorations]

This is so crazy that the mansions and houses still have everything left, even cars! Sad situation

[@ZogTheStartrucker]

You will own nothing and be happy...

[@asa1973100]

Are you serious? These people would’ve got double the market value for their houses from that developer. Why do you think they’ve left everything and just walked away because they’ve cashed in big time?

[@ashog1426]

It puts the lotion on it's skin 😂😢 i donno y my mind went there but it did

[@plainTess]

Klau Schwab WEF

[@LynxStarAuto]

@@asa1973100I don't know about double, but likely got maybe 200-300k over market.

[@leiataylor1377]

Live in the pod and eat the bugs.....

[@cassandramonique]

It's such a mind-blowing concept that so many abandoned communities like this is all over Illinois, this is strange.

[@tammybrown4901]

WE WERE WARNED AN NOW LOOK

[@rickyemmirt4120]

@cassandramonique not strange at all if you have been paying attention we are jo longer human we are just numbers the Elite do as they want with. This has been happening for years. Covid just assured them they can do whatever with zero resistance

[@ShawnC.W-King]

The key is this is UNINCORPORATED Itasca, it'll only be a matter of time it'll be annexed to Crook(Cook) County

[@alexlindsey1169]

@@ShawnC.W-King Correct.

[@alexlindsey1169]

@@ShawnC.W-King And that is why these towns don't help these residents fight. They quietly watch with hands off and clearly WANT them to lose their land so the annex can occur. Then the incorporation occurs and the town gets HUGE tax money from (in this case) NTT Data. The whole process is quite gross.

[@ahfcross]

That data center is right near my office in Hamilton Lakes! Nice neighborhood, what a shame.

[@jameschanin]

Do you work for Jewel Foods?

[@ahfcross]

@ I do not.

[@Kw0617-b6h]

@StringerMedia I would like to talk with you about the history of this neighborhood and what was done to my parents who built their dream house there 40+ years ago. It was a beautiful neighborhood back then with tons of wildlife surrounded by trees. Everything disappeared when they built the freeway way and built around them the industrial park devaluing their home. It has been extremely painful for my parents and watching them go through this in their old age. Change is so hard for the elderly. They didn’t receive the amount people posted, thus not being able to buy something comparable. Without going into details of the deal, they are elderly and not treated well in this process.

[@StringerMedia]

My email is [e-mail]

[@BellaHolistics]

What amount did they actually receive?

[@pwghost]

😮 that sucks

[@alexlindsey1169]

I'm so sorry. Makes me want to throw up if I'm honest. 😓

[@MichaelG-s7e]

​​@@BellaHolistics All on that block received between 1 and 5 million dollars.

[@bdbing23]

Wow! This didn't make the Chicago news, thanks for posting!

[@Chaosmama25]

No it didn’t and I live no more than 10-15 minutes from Itasca

[@mattymayhem1232]

Why would Chicagoans care? They’re living in one of the top 3 cities in the US.

[@cindiloowhoo1166]

@@mattymayhem1232 You couldn’t pay me to live in Chicago City Limits ~ I’ve lived in Chicagoland most of my life.

[@stringlarson1247]

I live on the Southside of Chicago about 37 miles from there. Map says 1hr 45min driving time at 2pm on a Friday. That whole area is an absolute clusterfuh of interstate highways and stroades. I can recall when that area was prime real estate for people who worked downtown and wanted space to raise a family. Now, after 40+ years of suburban sprawl and office parks, it's just turned into a nightmare for so many.

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

It's pretty ironic to think that this video is located in multiple data centers right now.

[@MichaelDelancellotti-qy1wq]

I think that you are an amazing young man. You do great work and your videos are awesome! But the best thing about you is your character. Never change dude.

[@StringerMedia]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@Thelab1331]

If this isn’t an indication of the corporate state in which we live, and it’s only going to get worse unless we take a stand.

[@djeanpierre]

But how when people are too stressed from work, too afraid, too ignorant, or too stupid to make a stand? I don't have that much faith in humanity.

[@johnnyx1734]

If anyone remembers, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could take private property if it would benefit the community. How this benefits the community is beyond me. By leaving family photos behind shows, they gave up and didn't care anymore.

[@cathimcm]

Thank you Stringer Media for filming this. We are living this now in Marseilles, Illinois

[@StringerMedia]

I'll be there. I'm talking to Scott and Melissa right now.

[@irbeast69]

What’s going on in Marseilles? I was super close to buying a house there a few months ago. My coworker lives there right now; and he is satisfied with his town/location. I’d say he’s even happy and he feels like he made the right choice buying his house there 3 years ago

[@sleepingwitdemons3666]

​@@irbeast69 My parents have property about 6 miles from Marseilles near Seneca. Marseilles seems to have a few large corporations at its helm, including a phosphate manufacturer, as well as nuclear substations nearby. I go out there, often. After becoming an adult, I've noticed that there's been a lot of decline in the Illinois valley region. As a kid you don't notice economic/social issues in areas, but now they're very apparent nowadays. Great rural communities should fight for their autonomy; urban sprawl ruins everything beautiful.

[@ashtonsaunders5755]

Why are we not hearing anything about this in the news? I can’t believe how many of these warehouses and data centers are taking over neighborhoods! I have only seen it here plus a few Reddit posts. Keep the good work and thanks for showing us what’s going on!

[@ShawnC.W-King]

Mainstream Media don't care! It's not a ratings boost, don't wanna rile up the local population into a rage

[@radiolizner7054]

And there’s a housing shortage! Kinda hard to appreciate Amazon when other people are left homeless, in debt, derailed from their lives . As a society where are our priorities?

[@joebrenner9003]

What news they are all owned

[@djeanpierre]

Because news media all over this country (and planet, really) are owned by the global elites who want to keep us in the dark of what's really going on.

[@shawngregory1429]

Exactly. This is baloney. Nobody abandons an expensive homes in a nice suburb.

[@jcr4698]

These houses were not abandoned. They were purchased by ML Properties in arms-length transactions, at above fair-market values. As you can hear in the video, the aircraft noise is intolerable due to O'Hare airport expansion. Yes, an AI company wanted to build a data center there. The residents took the money and headed for the hills.

[@garryb.1334]

It's genuinely sad seeing the elderly people's years of work go at such a late stage in life.

[@Kw0617-b6h]

It’s heartbreaking for the elderly to start all over.

[@shez3530]

WHY would ANYONE leave behind IRREPLACEABLE PRECIOUS family photos. UNBELIEVABLE. 🇬🇧

[@Rickswars]

When government grows bigger than the people it serves..

[@BoRanz-kr9zw]

My take: blackmail

[@justmissjamey]

​@BoRanz-kr9zw lol way to much. Most likely they either forgot them or they thought they got them all or maybe they just didnt want then

[@valjodi3005]

It's like they just took them. Didn't wait for them to pack. I doubt they got their $$ for home. 😢

[@ShORTiiqOtGaM3]

i think it’s part of the money deal they get with the houses that or they get only like 48hrs to vacate after getting a check

[@susanloveshuskies]

Pisses me off. I hate big greedy corporations. Evil

[@rickyemmirt4120]

That is every single corporation

[@commonsenseisdeadandgone]

Stop and think without your emotions clouding your judgement....... You surround your life around said "big greedy corporations to improve your own quality of life and for pleasure and enjoyment as alas..... How do you think THIS exists!? I mean no disrespect and if you did not catch on I am referring to KZbin and the rest of Alphabet as well as the internet as a whole! Just a friendly reminder to stop and think just a couple seconds before reacting and getting worked up as not ALL corporations are evil and greedy! They ALL started out once as a "Mom & pop shop" that grew over years of work and taking the financial risk to either progress or lose it all! BECAUSE of them, our lives are FAR from what anyone would consider bad! 😉

[@NG..]

@@rickyemmirt4120not even close

[@1965jai]

Looking at this is very scary, especially when you say, left and never returned. How can people leave so many personal items? Photos, especially? This looks like a scene out of a movie! 😮

[@alexlindsey1169]

SADNESS....too sad and angry to pack....also forced to leave quickly or face penalties on the stupid contract they just signed. "Let the greedy bastards clean our shit up...kinda thing. Let's get outta here and start fresh...I can't take this anymore I wanna scream?!" (that sorta thing...try to close your eyes and imagine)

[@Lylo-mj8ek]

A follow up with the people to understand why so much left behind must have gotten some massive offer to get out?

[@alexlindsey1169]

It's always the same in every situation. It's not just these people. Watch the other similar videos. Same story. My guess is they are forced to hastily move out or they receive less and less money for every day, week, etc they stay? No idea, just guessing. I do know that for many the pain of packing all their stuff up is TOO PAINFUL to endure in these specific types of situations. They might justify their actions by saying something like "honey, we can start over....this sucks but at least we still have eachother....lets GTF outta here ... let those a-holes clean our stuff up...c'mon (crying)....let's just go and never look back." Seems plausible. ?

[@bluoval3481]

@@alexlindsey1169 what you describe is likely quite accurate, let alone angering and super sad.

[@magicimaginations]

The thing that blows me away is that when you have to leave quickly you take the family photos first, they didn't do that. 😭 the other thing that blows me away is you weren't allowed to take anything, and now it's all going to be left to be destroyed, what a waste, especially the campervan u wanted, hope you still get it.

[@carolmitchell-sp2vp]

Do you mean literally this works such that the homeowner gets a knock on the door or a phone call and they are offered a “too good to be true” offer that if accepted they have 48 hours to vacate? As I’m typing I’m picturing a nice offer that decreases daily for every day one is still at the property. I’m starting to answer my own questions, that clearly it is of most value for the folks to leave asap to obtain the best premium payout. Insanity.

[@bryank3980]

Its crazy i used to live in that neighborhood 20yrs ago you showed my old house

[@joiab11]

😮😢

[@StringerMedia]

Which house??

[@bryank3980]

@@StringerMedia the big white brick house i grew up there

[@MYDAILYHABIT-Publishing]

Why is every basement flooded? Has it always been like this

[@DCAZPER]

@@bryank3980The ranch?

[@sassysue6472]

Scary when corporations and developers buy up large sections of property. Not good. Sad to see these homes left.

[@celestelacey812]

Never understood why these just left everything. I couldn't just move without taking my stuff especially my pictures. Unless these corporations were pushing them to leave. I hate these big corporations coming in taking land just because they want it. If they keep doing this there soon want be places for people to live.

[@Haffschlappe]

Killed by ai

[@MindofMatter]

I drove past this neighborhood a few times over the summer of 2024. On my way to, yes, an office for work and I noticed this place. I thought it was really weird that these nice homes were being abandoned

[@xspaceghostxx]

Makes you wonder if they were told after the developers had the deal sealed to fuck off you can take whatever you can fit in your car now and aren't allowed to come back for the rest

[@justmissjamey]

Either that, or they gave them enough money to replace stuff. Maybe they downsized and couldnt take everything.

[@tammybrown4901]

I wouldn't be surprised

[@magicimaginations]

Yea I'm suspicious, why leave all the family pics behind though that would be the first things you take.

[@CMe828]

It would be interesting if you could find some of the former community to discover how they were obviously forced out of their beautiful homes, neighborhood, so we can prevent this from happening elsewhere.

[@Jesus.is.Lord23]

What I don't understand about abandoning your home, how can you leave pictures of your loved ones behind, what made you run and not take those memories with you, usually you start packing your stuff when you know, you're leaving, it's just weird... Even if you're threatened to leave you try and put your important thing together, just in case right? Or am I wrong???

[@sumleegai]

As I'm watching this I'm trying to rack my brain to understand how people can leave behind irreplaceable family photos. Even if I was bought out at a number of my choosing (millions) I could still never leave behind the photos. I don't know, maybe they had duplicates but that's just suspicious and a little creepy to me. Edit: Now that I've watched the entire video, who leaves behind drawings from their little ones taped to the wall? Sports trophies and collectables? This is just really weird.

[@alexlindsey1169]

It's complicated I'm sure. Nothing that seems strange has a simple explanation. One thing is consistent though, we see it in most EVERY situation like this one. So there is something behind the scenes going on that we just don't know about. Could be that they only receive money contingent on a QUICK exit? I don't know...just fishing. Sad regardless.

[@brians933]

Why insist on a quick exit though?

[@alexlindsey1169]

@@brians933 they don't want people changing their minds and the corporation wants to begin the demolition asap.

[@bashakruk]

It looks like they had 15 min to pack 😢

[@mattymayhem1232]

They give you 24-48 hours to leave after they give you the money. The buyouts that some people got were ridiculously high while some were not.

[@ItCantRainForever2]

This is crazy. Something strange is going on here.

[@ShawnC.W-King]

Just companies willing to buy up residential land because it's easier. Some unfortunately are willing to sell their life for a price

[@DolphinTrashPrincess]

One of the many reasons AI needs to be shut down

[@commonsenseisdeadandgone]

She says as she is using one of the biggest conglomerates contributing to the cause!

[@tammybrown4901]

COULDN'T AGREE MORE

[@ACHEIZM]

Never happening

[@mattymayhem1232]

You’re out of your mind. If anything AI needs to be ramped up.

[@lauranowak3632]

About 10 minutes from me, and the area was stunning. There simply was no reason for this to happen. There is plenty of space to build without this nonsense. The reason for this destruction is the expansion of the 390 which is being expanded even further to O’Hare. These are houses that were extremely well built, not like current construction / construction materials. Such a shame.

[@klote82]

I thought this was fake at first. In what scenario would people just up in the leave and leave everything behind? This is super weird to me..

[@ShawnC.W-King]

Money Talks

[@tcm2kd5000]

Sadly those older homes are the ones I would like to buy. The older 60 70s are going fast.

[@martyjoe8534]

I used to regularly ride my bicycle up and down Pierce Rd. in Itasca when it was just a two-lane, gravel, farm rd. back in the late 70s and early 80s. I remember when that road was first paved. Then when Park Boulevard was built to accommodate the Hamilton hotel, at that time. Eventually, the hotel, the buildings surrounding it, and the driving range were built up. And I left that area in the late 90s. So I knew that area intimately for about 25 years. Even from 2000 till today it’s unrecognizable. This neighborhood, which I believe is across Arlington Heights Rd, was just a very quiet, tucked away community that you would barely even know is there. The 80s was a boom in construction for Itasca. There were a lot of areas there that were relatively unincorporated, and still had the covenants and laws and regulations of a farm community. For example, you could have goats, chickens, And raise rabbits in your backyard. 😂😂 Back then you could’ve probably bought 10 acres for $60,000 😂😂

[@StringerMedia]

Crazy how much stuff changes. It's haunting looking at the past that I've never even seen

[@joiab11]

Wow Minivan Jack just made a video about how AI will make us all obsolete. I think you just proved it

[@rickyemmirt4120]

@joiab11 some of the world's top scholars have predicted that AI is going to be the end of humanity and must be tightly regulated. Of course they are just plowing into it with no caution

[@patriciamariemitchel]

This is your best explore to date. Great job. Great descriptiveness too. 🏆

[@StringerMedia]

That really means a lot thank you!!

[@elhombre73]

United Orbit Shuffle Alley was produced by United Amusement Co. in 1964. United Amusement Co. released around 170 machines.

[@tinavidales4510]

Lived & played here as a kid!!! Beautiful neighborhood. Can’t believe all the natural beauty is gone!! Wowzers so shocked 🤯

[@daewooparts]

No reason but greed to buy out residential neighborhoods, there is plenty of abandoned industrial areas as well as automotive assembly plants that could have been used way more efficiently, also plenty of abandoned shopping malls with large parking lots ,the electrical infrastructure would have been more sufficient in those areas then 110 v 220v & 13kv service ,its probably 32kv or more in industrial areas

[@arquivoyager2010]

For sure ! but these big corporations including the real estate big ones give a sh*t to environment, history, comunity, well being of people, just their sick greed and destructive mindset...

[@arquivoyager2010]

and the politicians get their bribes ehh, their share....

[@ShawnC.W-King]

Too expensive of a cleanup, they don't wanna waste time with a long "turnaround time" that's why these scumbag companies go through residential, it's "easier" and "quicker" but yeah I couldn't agree more. It's a shame

[@masterofnow1]

Every one of those homes were sold voluntarily. Probably offered above market value. Id prey for an opportunity like those people had!

[@conniejohnson290]

I admire you for not taking anything but when it comes to the greedy people that would rather it be destroyed than to let it go to someone that could get good out of it,that is wasteful! I don't agree with that. To me, that is just as bad as vandles!

[@commonsenseisdeadandgone]

come on now... Do you believe he left empty handed? This is different than an abandoned time capsule not set for demolition.... That is off limits to take anything from, not this!

[@michaelyahn3125]

I live in Wood Dale, IL. I saw the office buildings going down across Arlington Heights Road. But did not know the neighborhood across the street was sold. So sad. Getting closer to Rush version of 2112.

[@bigger62265]

Great analogy. I cherish people and memories and family heirlooms above all. Heck I still long for the era that 2112 was released, but I didnt actually catch the Rush virus until 85'. lol

[@asos4255]

Guy with the 3 houses in Mohawk terrace sold them for roughly 6.5M in total

[@michaelangelo975]

It seems that the homeowners were well compensated- I would have tried to structure a deal where they move the house (which was already paid for) to a developed lot or some nice acerage with electric, gas, water and sewer.

[@commonsenseisdeadandgone]

Not worth it, not to mention change of surroundings is rarely a bad thing!

[@chrislemaster2695]

eminent domain is taken over and used done in an evil way

[@Haffschlappe]

Maybe kidnapped and Partei out for langsam, harte and kidneys

[@chicagogal]

My clients home was worth 600k. They ended getting 5 mil. I designed a huge new one for them that came in at 3 mil.

[@commonsenseisdeadandgone]

@@chicagogal there's no way a home works 600k is getting 5m in a deal like this!

[@billieknobbbe]

Why leave family photos?

[@12NFLtitles]

My friend grew up in the red two story home alone type house. All the families made good money on their sales.

[@dabzprincess92]

That's so suspect that they would leave such personal belongings behind such as family pictures. I'm not talking about shit you can replace. Something is fishy with this whole thing. You obviously understand the type of money it takes to make whole neighborhoods move. This is just so suspect to me.

[@ShawnC.W-King]

The same reason a whole ass neighborhood in Bensenville off, along Devon Ave before 83/Busse disappeared and literally got OBLITERATED and now it's a bunch of shipping warehouses now... It's NUTS.

[@billmarshall268]

I live here.I have no idea what this guy is talking about?

[@MicheleBoechemakes]

It would be less sus if you had seen a ton of move-out videos, people with too much money leave all kindsa things that are, to them, 'extra' and 'garbage' they have plenty of other copies of those photos...

[@dabzprincess92]

@MicheleBoechemakes mute point since this has absolutely nothing to do with this video and you assuming I've never watched videos like that makes you well an arse. But you knew that before you stuck your nose in for 2cents

[@dabzprincess92]

@@billmarshall268 that's a little hard to believe Bill

[@fayereeve8154]

Residents must be getting offered serious money to leave sell up vehicles items of value left you don't leave unless you're got good money to buy new

[@arquivoyager2010]

but memories can't be purchased anywhere....

[@MelanieAylinnn]

I grew up in Bensenville & it’s so crazy to see all these abandoned homes popping up all around. my families all own homes near industrial areas.. right off of 83.. should we be worried? ☹️

[@katmando6199]

Sad we nedd to fight and say NO... I am fighting with Judges and Lawyers with selling of my moms house. STANDING MY GROUND not ready to sell, market to craazy may make money selling but interest rates to hogh to buy. My moms will states I must cell but I am not moving yet..❤

[@mrbob8618]

You know how you end that kind of stuff the next day you go to court on that you bring a prostitute in with you and have her stand up and say I slept with the judge

[@091961able]

Why did everyone just leave like that? Those homes and neighborhood look very quiet and peaceful

[@j.zoe7411]

Delivered packages for ups for that exact neighborhood. That little stretch of Marino. And the bay condos right off Devon were the only residential on that route, all the other deliveries were those office buildings across the street. Was a great route, and always thought how nice it would be to have a piece of propery there.. that was back in 2012

[@a.r.o7697]

We don't need AI in our society. It's a shame what they did to those people.

[@troystinson8064]

Such a horrible sad and disgusting thing to do to the people a community and many beautiful things and memories that have never had an opportunity to be realized will never be known. Probably the greatest horror to be waged on people in America. How could this have been allowed to be done. I don't know any of the people but my heart is deeply shattered over this horrible robbery of humanity greatest things never to be known.

[@barbaraforest-beriso1045]

Our friend lived in the Mohawk neighborhood, but he moved out just before all this happened....

[@Haffschlappe]

The GM 1970 motorhome is worth a fortune

[@StankMask]

At 19:47, Stringer. FFVII, a loose PS1 disc and very cool, kinda hard to find Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Big Box for the NES (came with an encyclopedia). Those salvage dudes didn’t know what they were doing. I’m sure there’s more there. Save some video game history it if you can!

[@Chavez787]

It’s pretty much been happening to the little neighborhoods around O’Hare for decades. There was also a little neighborhood on Devon and 83/Busse Rd. Then the neighborhood that was on the south west corner of O’Hare (to make room for the southern runway.) With the huge project of connecting the 90 and 294, I won’t be surprised if another part of Bensenville also loses more homes :(

[@janickgoudeau6126]

Right, right, also years back the John Wayne Gacey murder cases scared a lot of good people around the airport and surrounding areas.

[@ShawnC.W-King]

I JUST MENTIONED THIS! YES This is crazy

[@jerrythor6102]

I lived in Itasca 37 years ago. It was a very busy happening place

[@starrlehner1881]

It's almost sickening to think ppl are homeless and these ppl left so much

[@magicimaginations]

And they probably thought they were all on struggle street.

[@bashakruk]

People buy and buy often useless stuff, then realize that they don't needed stuff, 😢

[@steverakers]

It is SO sad to see these people's lives disrupted and all the pictures and property they cherished left for trash. I am sure they cared but could not have time to pack everything. So sad.

[@hollywiley5668]

I asked artificial intelligence if NTT data have anything to do with Smart savings and it told me that it was the foundation to the smart cities..

[@magicimaginations]

omg

[@jordanmatthew6315]

Remember, its also the changing job market, banks buying assets to then rent out to big packed families in one home, and our current generation (Millennial here) not starting a family to continue on.

[@privatename123]

Owners evidently made a lot of $. If we could all be so fortunate!

[@ssjwes572]

Stuff like this is what I consider "lost personal history". It might be insignificant to the outsider but it was still someone's life. I can't really put it into words but the feelings I have thinking about it are really sad. I know it's irrational but I grieve for them.

[@Star-fc4ni]

I have said for many years about losing your lifes work. If you keep getting loans you will own nothing through loan debt slavery.

[@jonathanmarrufo5647]

If you choose to pay it back

[@DonaldDasher-o7w]

Two reasons for this - Elgin O'Hare hwy expansion - O'Hare airport land grab These people got paid bro I used to work in Itasca

[@dabzprincess92]

This is so awesome you're preserving this history.

[@michelleford7392]

Why can’t a server warehouse be built AND the neighborhood stay? Does it take up that much land for one building?

[@StringerMedia]

No more open space

[@rickyemmirt4120]

Doesn't work with th 15min cities they eventually want us all living in

[@ShawnC.W-King]

​@@StringerMediaThe truth is Residential is easier and cheaper in terms of turnaround time; they COULD go into Industrial IF THEY WANTED but it's cheaper to be more aggressive with residential; more "bang for their buck" unfortunately.

[@Robert-bg2nm]

those homes would have still been standing 100 years from now.....they make junk now!.......they must have been given $$$$$$$ for everyone in the neighborhood to leave......sad that all those memories were left behind!

[@bighoss8793]

Is this country still America?

[@coltonkruse2313]

Why don't they buy undeveloped land? I don't get that? Why buy up entire neighborhoods? They just have endless money and don't care?

[@petergniech4631]

They did the same thing to my aunt tried to give them garbage money but she held out and gave her what her house and property was worth what a total trip.

[@SaltyNationalist]

My God, My mom would have loved to have that Elvis picture from that one home..

[@Annabow-h9p]

What a shame!!!!! That's stinks!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢

[@daewooparts]

37:55 , that definitely stinks

[@frankthepickle]

All the people in that neighborhood were paid out a lot of money for those homes..

[@stevehoch9528]

You did a walk through on my mother in law's house. It was the one you climbed on the roof.

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

Were they just forced to move out overnight? Why didn’t any of the residents bring their belongings?

[@ericnelson7958]

Data centers but the problem is adventure they're not going to have enough power we help put up Facebook and DeKalb and two in northlake you have to understand these guys are spending $75,000 a day to run five semi trailer generators a data center will probably make a hundred grand per minute they don't care how much money it's nothing to them

[@Phil-ey6yh]

I spentv half my life in Elk Grove, and had friends in all those neighborhoods. One friend's parents built a 100% custom home in Mohawk Terrace maybe 15ish years ago to retire in. Within a decade, they were forced out of their dream home and had to move. There were houses the were a lot nicer than the Centex "5 different models of houses/ plus the mirror images of those houses" in E.G. the folks who built in the early 80's made some good money on those places, but anyone who built late 90's/early aughts on really didn't do well. The old neighborhood is changing.

[@paulpower7018]

Why dosen't anyone involved with this takeover allow for the stuff to go to Goodwill or something?

[@zuam8198]

Nice to know I used to live in that neighborhood nice voice

[@StringerMedia]

Really? Which house?

[@phillhill9792]

In a suburb just northeast of here 4-5 years ago data center gave everyone $500K for 200k homes on 1/2 acre lots. About 80 homes i think. It was Elk Grove village

[@superhawk20002]

Two things... 1) Here's a sobering chance to see what happens when you die. Everything you own is going to be sold off and scrapped, your whole life pretty much meant what amounts to pocket change. 2) The new owners must have paid a pretty penny over market value. I can't imagine moving and nit taking literally everything, unless literally everything was paid for in a way to make it real easy to replace. This fact alone begs the question of why/what is so important for a private entity (data center/warehouse/whatever) to own so much land and guarantee no close neighbors.

[@igorslocks]

No doubt

[@bungsana]

the church at 39:15 is my old childhood church, just north of marino ct. the developers offered the church $6M to sell the building and land, and it caused a huge stir with the congregation. thing is, the church is a catholic church and it is owned by the archdiocese and they blocked the sale. i guess they didn't want to incur the wrath of korean baby jesus, nor the pope. for now, i guess the developers and the village of itasca hasn't gone after the catholic church, but we'll see.

[@BigBlu22]

Illinois is going down the gutter. Greedy politicians and companies are to thank!

[@janie3117]

I doubt he left the photos because he didn’t care. He prob was devastated. Maybe he couldn’t take so much with him. Maybe wanted to leave the memories behind because it’s too traumatic. These people didn’t build their dream homes only to be pushed out. It’s so so sad that anyone can have so much power to do this to others. But get used to it. La fires were no accident.

[@santoyo4563]

I feel sad for the birds, ducks, and sikaidas, such a beautiful neighborhood 😢

[@troystinson8064]

To top it off the disgusting greed they would rather destroy really good things than let someone make use of it. They shouldn't have the right. If only huge amounts of people would get their demanding to be allowed to salvage everything possible instead of destroying and waisting valuable items would be great to expose these scumbags

[@GeorgiGeorgiev-ne9ps]

I used to go to Itasca 10 years ago and was always impressed how good looking and well positioned town. I always wanted to drive around and streets were well made. I moved 15-20 miles away to a little but more quiet place but now that I see this I can tell you this is BS. There is so many other places near Chicago that can serve this purpose

[@rahayden2009]

I feel like we live in a totally different world from just 5 years ago..Its almost like we've been Transported to an alternate earth , where nothing makes sense.

[@BTSArmy4life613]

Yeah, I get what you mean. I said to myself recently how nothing is making sense anymore these days and it feels like I’ve found myself suddenly in the wrong timeline within the last 2 years. It’s scary.🥺😖

[@dawnrowsey2645]

The family photos left behind baffles me