This Town Has THE MOST EMBARRASING High School Mascot: Hoopeston, Illinois.

Hoopeston, Illinois is located just north of Danville, Illinois and west of Lafayette, Indiana. There's not much to Hoopeston which is surrounded by cornfields. Hoopeston once had a bunch of jobs in the food industry, but times have changed and there are only a few of those jobs that are left. The town has followed the trend of population decline that is present throughout rural Illinois. Oh... and they need to change their high school mascot. It's never too late.
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[@derekrhahn]

I feel like I have to comment since I was mentioned by name. 🤣 It’s a shame that the town has been in such decline.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

It's because it's in Illinois, everything in Illinois is declining. Illinois has the second highest property tax after NJ and unlike NJ Illinois is surrounded by low tax business friendly states such as Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri. Everyone who can get out of Illinois has been getting out of Illinois

[@ChrisHarden]

Haha no way! 😂

[@obosumba]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Property taxes only really matter if your property is worth something. In small rural towns where property is worthless the taxes are negligible. The fact is with nearly nobody with any education and no population to start any business anybody with any sense would move out. Where too? Often it’s to Chicago where taxes are high but who cares since all the high paying jobs are here as are all the top companies (except for John Deere). If you move out of state it’s not because of taxes but likely because of a better job or even better weather.

[@Champwsox05]

And the income tax is probably one of the worst if not the worst. I'm too lazy right now to look it up but I see it every week on my paycheck. More and more get taken out every passing year. I've lived in this state my whole 41 years. It's gotten really bad.

[@tony_2024]

@@ChrisHarden To be honest Chris, ive seen pictures of the Cornjerker mascot and somehow i can safely say that the Cornjerker mascot gives off scary nightmare-ish vibes. Do u agree?

[@adrienne1981]

This is my hometown. I wanna say a lot of businesses have opened downtown in the last year and we're under construction during this time. The burger barn, candy shop, book store, pizza king is expanding, steak house, 112 coffee and wine shop, flower and gift shop, new home store, hotel downtown is under complete renovation, and a tractor supply chain store is joining next to the grocery store. Hoopeston boasts cheap living and most factory jobs in town are unionized nearby making $20/hr plus while neighboring states still have federal minimum wages. Two dollar generals, a new large Casey's, a new subway, new McDonald's, renovated historical theatre, and more businesses joining this small town. During winter, the town lights up the park with Christmas lights and there's a light show at Thomas's house across the street that people drive from all over to see. They have a polar express night for kids with Santa and games and hot chocolate. In October, they have the spooktacular downtown for kids. During summer, there is miniature golf, the splash pad, pool, and a brand new skate park. Don't forget the huge fireworks show and events for independence day. Multiple play parks for kids in every nearby neighborhood. And the local festival draws hundreds of thousands in one weekend. It's the original sweet corn festival. We have a hospital and multiple healthcare companies in town. Multiple gyms. Many antique stores and small businesses. There are a lot of positives if you actually know the place.

[@rogerallen6644]

As a resident of said town, you’re not entirely wrong. I’d say it’s a pretty fair outside assessment of the economic woes our town faces, exacerbated by the absolutely awful economic policies from Springfield.

[@kennethroberson421]

I tho bout open a business in my home town.

[@tylerhanson8849]

My wifes family lives here, and every time we come to visit we both get a little depressed by how empty and down it looks. You usually can drive through the entire town and not see one other person. Its something else to listen to her grandparents talk about the town in its prime.

[@soup789100]

Corn Jerkers is crazy, but may I introduce to you the mascot from Freeburg IL, the Midgets

[@EggBenis]

idk, midgets doesn't seem as embarrassing as corn jerkers

[@ChrisHarden]

Haha for real?

[@EggBenis]

@@ChrisHarden yes, gone there once, they are actually the mascot there, but never as embarrassing as the corn jerkers ._.

[@markvogel5872]

Frankfurt Indiana are the Frankfurters! The mascot is a hot dog!

[@actionsub]

@@ChrisHarden I live about 10 miles from Freeburg. Soup's not joking. The Cobden Appleknockers, Centralia Orphans, and Fisher Bunnies (all of them real high school team names) would like a word... As for Freeburg, they get protests every few years from people with dwarfism who get offended. No kidding

[@nightwind7022]

I was born not far from Hoopeston, and it's sad to see how things have declined. Despite what the snotty, smart-mouthed Zoomer narrating seems to think, Hoopeston was once a fairly vibrant town with a lot of young people and a lot going on besides farming and canning. It was part of a major railway hub between Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis and there were once a lot of small businesses and really nice homes there. The High school got its nickname and the festival started because once upon a time, farming wasn't looked down upon, and Hoopeston was a major freight and processing point for a good percentage of the nation's sweet corn production. Maybe if the narrator had eaten more corn and fewer soybeans growing up, he'd have a better perspective on what our Midwest is losing. 😵‍💫

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

If you want to see a rural non touristy town that's been growing I highly recommend visiting Crossville Tennessee eventually. Our little main street still looks exactly like it did back in the 1940s with our little theater all restored and the shops all occupied. We still have all the shit most towns have on the outskirts of town by I40 including a newly opened Buc ees that's currently the only one in Tennessee. I think it's like this still because unlike Illinois and New York Tennessee is extremely tax and business friendly so the industry in this town did not leave and thus the people didnt leave either

[@ChrisHarden]

Maybe one day

[@underground9260]

A lot of small businesses are dying regardless of where you are. Because people would rather get it from big corporations

[@shadowvamp17]

As someone that moved to the town recently I've seen that. Still haven't had the chance to hit the theater yet.

[@Watthead80]

Illinois is losing population NOT because of the weather or people moving to "prettier places". It's because of our shitty politics and the shit hole that is Chicago. Our neighboring states are not losing the population we are, so that throws the weather theory put the window. We have the highest property taxes only beaten by Jersey I believe. Sadly it's the middle/ upper middle class leaving the state.

[@obosumba]

The real shit hole is the rest of the state outside of Chicago. Where there are no jobs, nothing to do, property is worthless, nobody graduated college, half the town is empty and of course everyone complains about taxes even though they don’t earn enough money and their property is so cheap that their taxes are minimal. Of course these are all Republicans who blame everything on Chicago instead of taking responsibility for themselves. Chicago is where the middle class and the high income earners are and they are not going anywhere especially not to a small rural town. There is a building boom in Chicago, the rent downtown is averaging $3500/mo. For a 2 bedroom. In the neighborhoods it’s $1500-$2000 for a 2 bedroom. And demand is going up. And there is no way we would ever want Chicago to turn into a Hoopston.

[@monkeysuncle2816]

If you pay a high property tax rate that means you don't own an expensive house. If your house costs$100-300,000, you probably pay 3-5% of it's value in taxes. But if your house is worth $1-$20 million, you'll pay less than 1%, often 0.4 - 0.6%. Who SAYS you can't buy having your own way!?

[@ScottShawPhoto]

I'm from Danville and would cover Hoopeston basketball for the newspaper before I went off to college. You are forgetting Ohio State basketball coach Greg Matta and his brother Thad -the Butler coach. I remember when they led their team to the state finals one year. The Cinderella team was the talk at the time. The coach had a buzz cut and so did the entire team. The mascot was a plus size girl with green hose and an ear body as the CornJerker. Another big deal was when they had enough population to get a McDonald's around 1980 or so.

[@ChrisHarden]

Yeah, local high school sports are always a big deal for every small town. Being excited about a McDonalds though?? Now that’s when you know that there is truly nothing going on.

[@joelayden115]

Thad was The Ohio State head basketball coach, not Greg, fyi. I graduated high school with Greg. Thad was a few years behind.

[@hobbgreen4529]

i believe hoopeston finished second in the state 2 years in a row when matta and the guy that went to indiana played . i forgot his name .

[@HEBiggs]

Thad is the winningest coach in Ohio State basketball history

[@shaywatson3856]

Only in your world. Define NOTHING. It's kind of the equivalent to being dead. Your life must be rich. It shows. How sad you grew up in a world where NOTHING excites you. @@ChrisHarden

[@Inkedryder]

Lmao this town brings back a lot of memories…. My parents were migrates,and came to this town every yr . They worked at the stokely canning company.

[@hobbgreen4529]

did you stay in a tin roof house ?

[@AquarianStar3]

I lived here in 1999-2003, and I must say pizza king and monicals are missed. The rest, not so much!

[@hobbgreen4529]

my parents lived in hoopeston shortly before i was born . my 3 siblings lived in hoopeston when born . my dad worked for the C and E I railroad . he was transferred to danville in 1952 .

[@toddkarrick6711]

This town was founded on hard work Corn Jerkers literally jerked corn by hand in the fields. We are all depressed now with the condition of this little town. We used to produce more tax income than anywhere else in Vermillion county. Now we export meth😢

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

I was born in Freeport, Illinois and their sports teams are called the Pretzels.

[@QueenAlienRocker]

May I submit a contender? 😆 Cobden Illinois is the Appleknockers, their mascot is a man with a piece of straw (last time I checked).

[@BartholomewSmutz]

Teutopolis Wooden Shoes and Effingham Flaming Hearts come to mind for Illinois High School unusual Mascot names.

[@shsuususjssnjsus8239]

That dint sound right

[@QueenAlienRocker]

@@shsuususjssnjsus8239 I know. I grew up there and it made me no longer want to be a cheerleader lol.

[@BartholomewSmutz]

@@shsuususjssnjsus8239 If you're referring to flaming heart it does sound a little unusual but it's actually a religious reference to the Sacred Heart of Jesus mostly used in the Catholic Church and depicted in paintings so forth. That school is a Catholic school although I can't remember the full name of the school.

[@jamesgriffin8354]

@@BartholomewSmutz The Catholic High School is called St Anthony's.

[@annabellelee4535]

What a pretty town, I like it. I think the high school nickname "the Corn Jerkers" is appropriate for a building full of teen boys. If you know what I mean. LOL.

[@HEBiggs]

the mascots name is actually Jerky so appropriate

[@annabellelee4535]

@@HEBiggs 🤣That's appropriate!

[@jag92949]

You love going to places in Illinois so Nick Johnson won’t have to.

[@lemonwazzoo]

As someone who lives here, i love how unique the cornjerker is even though its kinda weird. not like a bunch of tigers or wolves or vikings.

[@shelbyz1974]

The funny commentary did it for me on this video Chris. Thanks for the laughs! That flag at the end though.😂Someone's got a sense of humor.👍

[@mesocyclone2004]

As fertility rates decline worldwide and the baby boomers start to die, large swaths of rural areas of the world will become empty, so you are seeing the start of this process in rural Illinois. You will see the beginning of a world wide population decline, the results of which are unknown.

[@Champwsox05]

Stay away from the jab.

[@michigandersea3485]

Check the median age in Hoopeston, it's slightly lower than the state as a whole (38 vs 39). Actually, the affluent suburbs near where I live in north Chicagoland are some of the oldest places in Illinois. There are still plenty of kids and younger people in rural IL, they are just poor

[@Pipesandlights]

As a cornjerker and some who was raised in hoopeston were called cornjerker because back in the early 70s one of the only jobs for teens was detassling the corn just thought I should mention that

[@ChrisHarden]

Don’t you think cornhuskers would’ve been a better nickname for that?

[@johnkinney3884]

@@ChrisHarden husking is when the husk is removed from the ear at the cannery, the corn was removed from the stalk by a downward jerking motion before modern corn-picking mechanical machines were made.

[@actionsub]

According to Wikipedia, you're close. It was named for farmhands who picked corn manually before the advent of mechanized farm equipment.

[@joeybutafuco1845]

I live 15 miles from there...it's definitely full of corn jerkers!!!!

[@stevenboll322]

Hoopeston looks a lot better than a lot of other illinois small towns. Idk what it is but it seems like the bigger towns in illinois that are closer to indiana are on much better shape than others. Always like your videos too. Hey Chris would you ever consider doing a video of hammond highland or even st.john indiana or even the general area?

[@JamesSeaberry]

@@stevenboll322 Beverly Shores or Miller Beach would be interesting.

[@joeybutafuco1845]

@@stevenboll322 region rats rule!

[@ChrisHarden]

@@stevenboll322 The Region will be covered one of these days.

[@lisaarne7999]

Even corn shhuckers would be better

[@FusionShadow54]

I live here, and I love having jerky as our mascot, it is a good ice breaker at sports meets (golf and track)

[@Jettsense]

your gay london

[@FusionShadow54]

@@Jettsense what

[@jamesgriffin8354]

IF you think Cornjerkers is weird, try checking out the Cobden Appleknockers in southern Illinois. My all time favorite high school nickname is (no joke) the Cumby Trojans in the state of Texas.

[@stephenchota6396]

Illinois is the most corrupt state in the union. Honestly, people Louisiana and New Jersey feel sorry for us. We are overburdened by units of government taxation. We have 102 counties in this state with multiple townships in each. Redundancy is rampant with each fiefdom having their own tax levy. The state is technically bankrupt with no hope of getting itself out of this mess. This is why everyone is leaving. The surrounding states are all fiscally sound and prospering. Illinois is going down the toilet.

[@obosumba]

That’s not why people are leaving. You have two states Chicago and the Red state that is the rest of Illinois. Chicago has the top corporations, top schools, and highest paying jobs. Naturally it also has the highest taxes which trickle down to the rest of red state Illinois. Chicago is going through a building boom due to a population increase from the higher priced coasts and from people moving from rural areas. The reason why people are moving from rural IL and all rural areas is lack of opportunity. Without an education you move down south for low skilled cheap factory jobs. If you are educated you move to the city where the jobs that will pay you what your worth are. Taxes have literally nothing to do with it.

[@alexispickett91]

I grew up in this town and live here. I moved out of town to Danville, IL for a few years, but moved back at the end of June 2022. I even graduated from high school here. Yes. I went through Pre-K to 12th grade here. They closed one of the elementary schools due to the elementary school being in bad shape. Foundation was crumbling and the roof needed to be repaired. They also closed it due to population.

[@Franksinatra96]

If there was anything bad you can say about hoopeston what will you say

[@alexispickett91]

There's some, but I'm not going to bash on the internet and get into trouble for it.

[@Franksinatra96]

@@alexispickett91 can you just say in codes where I can read between the lines

[@stormyrage9189]

The biggest thing to happen there, in hoopeston, was the factory fire last year on July 3rd 😂

[@EndTheSimpademic]

Should've seen the mascot for Devils Lake, North Dakota High School. They were the Satans..

[@berniemarkley]

You forgot Thad Matta, former Ohio State and current Butler basketball coach, is a former Cornjerker.

[@OleGeezerCirca1941]

I see, Chris, even out of State you still use a "Michigan Stop". Coast up to the sign, slow to a 1 to 2 MPH crawl, and glide on through. 😁👍

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Also a California Roll, Massachusetts Rolling Stop, etc.

[@ChrisHarden]

I'll make a video one of these days of nothing but complete stops to satisfy the few of you that always show up in the comments for every video. 🤣

[@christiyoung4175]

You broke the rule and went the wrong way out of the entrance of the highschool parking lot.

[@ChrisHarden]

Eh... school wasn't in session and it was early in the morning... not a big deal.

[@noegarcia9239]

I miss hoopeston use to be a migrant and stayed at Stokleys and Hunts trailer park next to Monicals

[@yawningdoodle]

this is surreal to see a documentary on this town

[@craignovy2090]

Having spent my first years in Chicagoland it is very sad to see this in your excellent video that captures what is and what once was. I would vote high taxes especially property taxes as an economic drag. When drving from Indy metro to Aurora IL to visit family you can acrually see more new construction on the Indiana side of the border and in some places right on it.

[@ChrisHarden]

Pretty much. Development isn’t crazy fast in Indiana or anything but it’s been more consistent than what you see in either Illinois, Michigan or Ohio even.

[@jetsons101]

Love the F-biden flag.

[@elicarlson7682]

Why?

[@jetsons101]

@@elicarlson7682 ???? You are kidding? Right? Buy food lately? Pay rent lately? Buy gas lately? How's that defund the police and no cash bail going? Biden sucks and will go down as the worst president ever. The CCP loves him.....

[@elicarlson7682]

@@jetsons101 your laughable 😂 keep telling yourself that.

[@jrod03x]

live here now i hate it here also i see myself in the video lol

[@michigandersea3485]

What do you hate about Hoopeston?

[@dj2000lbs]

Living in Chicago it's cool to see how clean the sidewalks are with no homeless people or criminals. It looks like nobody will steal those chairs!

[@obosumba]

The way crime works in small towns is the criminals do their work in a neighboring town where they won’t be immediately recognized. If you end up homeless you’ll get a one way ticket to Chicago courtesy of the local authorities or concerned citizens

[@flicksyouoff3270]

the criminals here wear badges.. research some of our county cops youll see , they dirty here

[@oldguyreal9681]

Was Cornholers already taken?

[@monkeysuncle2816]

Are you THREATENING me?! 😆

[@GG-vx7gi]

I wonder if the corn jerker mascot inspired the fictional Hickory Husker mascot from Hoosiers... Gene Hackman, who played the coach, grew up in the area.

[@craigkimble1467]

Luv watching these being originally from Michigan, but it's very sad seeing what these cities once were, and now just seeing the same old franchises in every town 💔 Blame who you will, but whoever has been in charge for the last 50 years has been doing a poor job, thanks though.

[@tommycreamer2001]

Wish I knew you was in town. I would have given you a tour myself

[@carsonnans1036]

Don’t let him Offend you I’m from Peoria I understand his job is to entertain

[@KathySinder-ww2vw]

Not sending this as hate mail Hoopeston did have 2 stop lights. It's down fall was when the interstate was implemented in Paxton diverted all semi truck traffic hauling fresh produce. It used to be very self sufficient, American can made cans sent behind the building to can pumpkins, asparagus and tomatoes and of course SWEET CORN. I moved to Arcola(broom corn capital) making me a very corny girl, now in TN for 23 years. Did appreciate the trip down main Street 😮

[@stephenbrand5661]

Pekin, Illinois also used to have an amusing mascot.

[@Mooseman-fg4nv]

Yep, surprising that they got away with using that for so long, and up until recent years...!

[@ChrisHarden]

Yeah... that one needed to be changed

[@TheMysticshroom]

Sadly a lot of locals are still mad that it got changed

[@eshollen]

Still have a license plate holder that says it. Needless to say its been in the garage for years now!

[@whitelullaby259]

NO HOOP STOP DISRESPECTING MY TOWN

[@b.j.hinote4301]

Im from Danville. It could be worse is all im going to say. Its not that bad.

[@MusicBoxVinyl]

Hoopeston used to have a trailer park in the 90s and a Burger King.

[@derekoneal483]

Live here and you nailed it. Could be a great place but needs a lot of work. My trucks in the video

[@dmolina0333]

My cat was rescued from Hoopeston, IL and now lives in Los Angeles LOL.

[@ChrisHarden]

Huh? Lol. So even cats want to leave Hoopeston? Interesting.

[@dmolina0333]

Yep she was brought to Chicago where I was living and the rest is history 😂😂😂

[@TinaPickett-g1s]

Where I grew up. Always a corn jerker

[@mallorykjellander7473]

I grew up in Farmington, IL. We were the Farmers.

[@ChrisHarden]

That's a solid name for a school that wants to reflect an agricultural scene.

[@fanch1072]

I guess you have never run across the Fisher, Illinois Bunnies

[@ChrisHarden]

Cornjerker is worse

[@rob9802]

Illinois has tons of oddball high school mascots. Teutopolis Wooden Shoes, Cobdon Appleknockers, Fisher Bunnies, Polo Marcos, and two schools have Pretzels as their mascot.

[@Champwsox05]

DeKalb Barbs is another one. I'll bet that no other town or school in the nation has the nickname 'Barbs."

[@Shatyice420]

Zion-Benton Zee-Bees

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

I was born in Freeport, Illinois and I fondly remember their sports teams being called the Pretzels. Also, my mother, step father and my two step sisters lived many years on Polo, Illinois where their sports teams are called the Marcos.

[@joelyons3713]

Your videos have a subtle way of showing perfectly what the US was, and could have been had the government and central bank not robbed the US people of everything they had. Hence current opioid crisis.

[@PocketWatchPanda]

Rural Illinois is dying because both parties pushed job relocation to China, Rural Illinois is a GOP stronghold with most people ironically, existing only because of HUGE amounts of welfare. As a vet who has to go Danville for the VA, the entire county should be be plowed under, replanted with trees, poison Ivy etc. And walled off for 20 years. I think there is a sign on all the borders of the county that says, "If you are reading this sign, you have gone too far". 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@Henry_Jones]

Look at these roads. You can see why the detroit automakers have historically sucked at making good handling cars compared to the europeans and japanese. Long, flat, straight roads. No twisties like on the east and west coasts.

[@YeahNah100]

Your videos are addicting.

[@Lockbar]

Team should be "The Kornholios".

[@scotthuffman1545]

Dude…. I appreciate yer sense of humor but your ultra negative attitude is sad

[@ChrisHarden]

Cool.

[@christiyoung4175]

You also did this video right when they had their wonderful Sweet Corn Festival!!

[@ChrisHarden]

Yup!

[@KathySinder-ww2vw]

Not so strange if you do your history lesson about the community. It was the hub of the area until Paxton got the interstate.

[@gregb2]

Good sir, if you talk about any town south of Chicago, you will in fact have that cow manure smell. Hoopeston is not special for that reason 😆

[@paulgrindley8192]

I dunno Fisher has the Bunnies

[@hobbgreen4529]

i saw REO SPEEDWAGON and FRIJID PINK at the sweetcorn festival in the early 70s . was anyone else there ?

[@MetroCSN]

If you think the "Cornjerkers" are bad, how about the Cobden IL "Appleknockers"?! In the conference with Hoopeston are the Fisher Bunnies!

[@MetroCSN]

Cornjerkers was chosen because the high school students in the 30s and 40s big time job for them was to "jerk" the corn, that is ripping the tassles off the corn.

[@JCT442]

Should've played "Mean Streetz" throughout this one...

[@ChrisHarden]

Nah. Maybe Cotton Eye Joe.

[@lydiamartin5475]

And you know whats even crazier. I found this doing research on my town. I live in Hoopeston. Maybe it's crazy that out mascot name is messed up but you know that they call the high schoolers hahs for Hoopeston area high school and the moddsle schoolers like myself are stuck with Hoopeston area middle school Hams. Like god pick a food. Ham or Corn

[@prestigeworldwide5239]

@1:11 The Wadsworth Constant. @10:27 Freeburg Midgets.

[@chicagofan76]

Corn Jerkers? I have to get someone on OOTP to make me the logo and some jerseys.

[@colleenporter1119]

I grew up in Rossville ,I'll. Was a good place to be back in 60's. We had factories and business. Great High Schools. Times change and business left for cheaper places. No new tech companies coming in. People started to leave. Sad that what was a great area to live in is now so depressed. But don't dis my hometown. You didn't live there. Still a good place to live. Illinois is full of great small towns and good people.

[@flicksyouoff3270]

with all the decline, saddly the same corrupt faces keep getting elected over and over, it wont improve till the corruption is addressed in local government.

[@charleshatmaker4425]

Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@terrancewatts4812]

No Casey’s counter in this one?😂

[@ChrisHarden]

Haha there’s one early on in the video somewhere I’m pretty sure

[@christiyoung4175]

There is one and it's on the corner right across from subway. It's fairly new. Semi trucks can fill up their gas tanks in the back of Casey's and vehicles in the front of Casey's can get gas. He shows Casey's in the beginning of his video. It's in the left side of his video. It is in his video. Very beginning. Watch to the left of your screen

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

We have just been getting Casey's down here in Tennessee, still don't have their pizza unfortunately

[@christiyoung4175]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv hopefully soon you will. It's good pizza!

[@josslynshields9832]

we had two Casey’s, but now only one. the new one is across from the subway shown in the video

[@ironmanfanman4001]

Guess you've never heard of the Fisher Bunnies. Also in IL

[@reginamaxey4967]

Right he needs more studies about towns

[@ItsTheCostanza]

At least your videos don’t make people wanna move to places and ruin the place (Politically) .

[@jag92949]

Rich liberal elites hate small country towns. The ones in Metro Detroit avoid the Upper Peninsula like the plague.

[@shawnmiller4781]

I am waiting for the Yipsilanti video to see what I missed by not taking that job there

[@jag92949]

@@shawnmiller4781 There’s an erected water tower there that looks absolutely dreadful. Also, it’s Ypsilanti.

[@ChrisHarden]

I'm just honest about what I observe and research with places wherever I go. No political agenda.

[@jag92949]

@@ChrisHarden I’ve travelled to all 50 states, and seen a lot. Big city hoods run by Democrats are the worst places visually and safety-wise. In Michigan, that’s certainly the case. Baltimore, Colfax Ave. of Denver, Detroit hoods, East St. Louis, Flint, Lake Worth (FL), & the Philly hoods have the D-word all over them. There were scary small towns in New Mexico and Oklahoma though. But, most poor country towns don’t frighten me. I can actually feel safe spending a night in West Virginia.

[@lindajones4438]

It is sad that the town has gone downhill, but there are a lot of people trying to improve it. The biggie is the young people going to greener pastures, and just maybe the million babies a year that are aborted in a state that is ran by pro choicers.

[@AnN-nj2ny]

A million babies a year in Illinois??!! That's some number you made up because it's no where near that. You think it's only non Republicans that abort? You are sadly mistaken if so. And you want babies born to raise population in these towns that don't want change? The town is Republican, the county is Republican, so you can't blame democrats. There are 20 Republicans on the county board vs 7 democrats. Funny how you blame a party that's barely involved there. Typical though. Yes, young adults are more open minded and don't want to be stuck in towns with narrow mindedness and no opportunities. Many small towns don't want businesses there because they don't want it to attract other ppl they don't want coming into their towns. The abortion numbers have gone down in the state thanks to better birth control and morning after pill. There are many reasons for ppl to do so, and I am not one to judge. I'm pro-none of my business. Maybe after you research the numbers, which are very low and not in the millions, you can stop using that as a talking point!

[@iceman030575]

Are you still partnered with Manta Ray Masks? I was thinking of getting a pair.

[@ChrisHarden]

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[@iceman030575]

I ordered and used the code. Thanks

[@JadeWells2908]

I think I'm going to make a positive video for Hoopeston.

[@goldtopazasylum]

This was a funny video...hilljacks 😄

[@loganmosher5935]

Two Vermillion Counties I Think I Have A Idea To Avoid Confusion Have Vermillion County Illinois Be Renamed West Vermillion County Illinois

[@christiyoung4175]

Also, it is not cow manure. 🙄

[@ChrisHarden]

Sorry... Pig manure.

[@josslynshields9832]

@@ChrisHarden I don’t blame you, it always smells like stunk

[@josslynshields9832]

skunk*

[@christiyoung4175]

You are totally wrong about their mascot. Hoopeston is a wonderful town. How about saying something positive for any town/city you go into. You totally ignored the new Casey's and the nice park they have. You probably forgot more in that area. I have family that live there and my late grandparents lived there for a long time.

[@ChrisHarden]

I'm wrong that the mascot is the Cornjerkers? I'm pretty sure I fact checked it. I said a few positive things but seems like you glossed over it. Having a new Casey's isn't a positive. If that's your towns positive then that's pretty sad. I'm glad that you're prideful of your family ancestry as you should be. One side of mine is from Detroit... I'm proud of it but I'm not blind to the issues that Detroit has because of it.

[@loganschultz8312]

A new Casey's isn't a "good thing to say" about a town. They barely even provide jobs.

[@rhondawatson4048]

No clue who the famous person is and I lived there at least half my life. Who the heck is he? You need to look up the history behind the Cornjerker name as it was created by sources outside of the school. The history is pretty cool even though our town is looking a little worn these days.

[@mojomaxy]

doom and gloom

[@charlesklein1224]

You missed the part whefe nafta came and all the good paying jods are being done in china.

[@yas2733]

Bet most of the Hoopston-ites have a real job...how about you.

[@ChrisHarden]

Never worked a day in my life.

[@Bladeoceanic]

I'm looking to sell a house in the next town over in Rankin, IL if anyone's interested. It's also in the same school district.

[@ChrisHarden]

Let me know if you have any luck through my comment section.

[@josslynshields9832]

my grandparents lived there and my mom grew up there, it’s sad to see how much is gone. pretty much the only thing there is a Casey’s

[@Bladeoceanic]

@@josslynshields9832 Yea the old Rankin high school burned down a couple years ago but they did put in a new fire station not too long ago over by the Casye's.

[@christiyoung4175]

You had said more than a few are boarded up. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ChrisHarden]

It's true though.

[@josslynshields9832]

@@ChrisHarden at least we have the 112 downtown, it’s really nice and sometime we are gonna get a steak place

[@davehunt5766]

You'd be the perfect mascot just dropped corn off their name

[@jasonlongfellow7939]

What's funny. I live here. If you don't get the name then why say something. Especially if you don't know the meaning behind it. We used to be the sweet corn capitol of the world. Corn jerkers is based on picking corn by hands. This guy is looking at the name like a bully would. Pretty sad I say so myself.

[@ChrisHarden]

Oh I get the name. Corn Huskers would've been a more solid choice.

[@desperadogoldandgemadventu9700]

You gotta admit it's not the place even we grew up in.... It's becoming quite the shit hole😢

[@noegarcia9239]

​@@desperadogoldandgemadventu9700 i remember living there as a kid in the 90s

[@lorihasbargen5145]

What the heck?

[@ChrisHarden]

🤷‍♂

[@EmilyArellano-o3r]

It’s not that bad

[@ChrisHarden]

Probably not. Just boring with Danville (ugh) being the closest city for decent shopping.

[@christiyoung4175]

Nah I don't care about the troll voice. We are just putting out real facts that you chose not too! Danville is good definitely on north end.

[@ChrisHarden]

Wait... who's ignoring facts here?

[@KendraHolliday]

You're so sassy!

[@jag92949]

Birmingham, Michigan has a maple leaf. That’s pretty f**king stupid. I went there.

[@OleGeezerCirca1941]

I taught there. Old timey Royal Oak cross-town rivals (my hometown) were the OAKS with their mascot being an ACORN of course.👍

[@jag92949]

@@OleGeezerCirca1941 Which subject did you teach?

[@ChrisHarden]

What? Maple Leaf isn't that bad.

[@jag92949]

@@ChrisHarden It’s something that can be beaten and destroyed very easily. It can be easily shredded by a Groves High School falcon.

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

How about Polo, Illinois. Their sports teams are called the Marcos! Yep, the Polo Marcos!

[@sexyjulian9945]

Wild

[@sexyjulian9945]

The meth problem is terrible

[@ChrisHarden]

@@sexyjulian9945 I believe it