10 Places in Illinois You Should NEVER Move To
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2024
- Move to these places and you're gonna regret it big time!
If you haven’t heard the news, Illinois is kind of a sinking ship. A lot of people are leaving this state. In fact, more people left Illinois than any other state in the last decade. Last year alone, 51,029 people left the land of Lincoln, meaning .4% of folks skipped town. Many moved to nearby Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and even into the southern states.
Every ten minutes someone leaves this state for good. By the end of this video, we’ll see another Illinois goodbye.
Why? For many reasons I’ll talk about, but generally, people are tired of the taxes and the government mismanagement. But it’s also the cold and the gloom and the lack of jobs and the crime. Right now, Illinois is the 6th most populous state, but soon, Ohio will pass Illinois for number of people.
Now the places we’re going to talk about all fit into the ‘sucky’ category when it comes to quality of life. These upcoming cities are all perfect examples of struggling communities in this state, and a big reason why Illinois people are Illinoyed. Here are the worst places in Illinois that you could possibly live.
It's places like Chicago, Kankakee, Rockford and Peoria.
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We asked you talk about Chicago lesbian Mayer will you and the comments she or he ???????? Made no shame no nothing in her dirty life🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
It is the Southside of Chicago that is the worst, the Northside isn’t bad. It’s literally like two different cities.
Seriously where can someone go that will stay safe, for your average income person that is?
You skipped the quad cities ? 😂 94th largest city 4th in the USA with a drug and alcohol problem and 73% of the countries cities are safer then us .. Peoria is a hour south of us and east Peoria is bad but that city is like a safe zone compared to us smh
What city did you grow up in Nick Johnson?........Seems you are directed the North end of Illinois as potholes........that is understandable, cause of the population and all the urban areas you get more crimes........Decatur and Danville cut it really close to the smaller populations and towns and so the people either move South of Champaign or maybe a small town of 4000 called Casey, IL.. That at one time was pretty good small town but now with most of the North moving South is driving away the Rural folks, cause the Government wants to increase the size of smaller towns and where will that lead? Yes, those from the North try using their Power of the City they once lived on the people in the Rural areas......So why, (of all the absurd reasons), did they leave the Powerful Cities? Anyway, it really doesn't matter.......Our Lord and Savior will be coming soon enough when He knows it is His time to intervene........God bless Illinois and I came back after being in another state for 8 years and I missed my friends and family and lost a lot too while I was trying to live a better life........Doesn't really matter what state you live in, it is out there everywhere!! Stay safe everyone!!
Most of us who are still here , are here because this is where our family lives....it’s just that simple
True facts...
Period...born, raised, lived, laid to rest
Like deadass
Right
So damn true.
poor people aren’t our problem, and have never been the problem. bad governing, low wages, and no opportunity create the situations that cause poverty and the need for assistance. blaming the lowest common denominator is a gross take.
I agree he seems to blame the poor people most time when it's the government.
I wonder if he even lives in chicago 🤣
And yet you people still vote for Democrats............
@@groomersgotohell Yep! They have been brainwashed into thinking that if they don't, they'll lose their government freebies...
Very sad situation, but the Dems have them under their thumbs...
Government don't pull triggers
I live in Illinois & my town wasn’t on the list but my heart goes out to anyone that lives in any of these towns or are struggling. ❤
I'm from Kankakee let me borrow $40 😂
I'm from Kewanee 😭😭😭
@@phantomedits8069 how is the illegal immigrants situation there?
@@DoveGirlit's a big part of it.
@@wonderquartz yep, don't I know it...
I've lived in Danville for two years, I can agree. I am happy this was made for the right reasons because officials may, just may hear about this or we spread awareness about this so we can make a change. My hopes are very low, close to 0, but it is still there. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this video.
Every Illinoisan I know (me included) is planning an exit strategy...
Me too. Good luck to both of us.
Same
Same
Same here.
+1
I was born and raised in Illinois. Lived in this state my whole life, in the same town to be exact. I have watched the decline of other towns that were beautiful places to live. I have watched our government do absolutely nothing about it, but picking up and leaving doesn't help. This sort of thing only stops when people stay...when they take a stand. I'm not giving up my hometown without a fight. I'm just not built that way.
Not gonna lie same
My mother took a stand in Peoria. Political just dumped more Chicago excons in her once great neighborhood. East Bluff Peoria is a total dump.
The problem is, the residents who don't give a damn will kill you while you try, and my family just can't do it.
I was born and raised in chicago... I nearly got shot while at the black cowboy picnic in the parking lot before I was gonna head to college. That was the last straw for my family.
@@ScarletStarManor I am so sorry to hear that happened to you. I hope you and your family are alright and doing well.
Well Cadillacs weren't built that way either but take a 1960 caddy that hasn't been treated good and it gives our to
If you drive around deliberately looking for blighted areas, you’ll find them. It looks like you deliberately avoid the better areas.
He did say the worst areas even though he basically googled top worse places
Yeah dude came through my town and didn't even go on top of the hill. He also failed to mention that the neighboring IA town is literally the wild west.
Well yeah that's kind of like the whole point .
I grew up in Decatur, IL from ages 7 to 21. Your comments on the place are an understatement.
😂😂😂😂
Grew up in Bloomington, and joined the military to escape that hell hole.
Decatur is a unmitigated shithole, trash everywhere
The one good thing about Illinois is that if you hate your neighbor, they’re probably planning on moving soon.
ROTFL 🤣
Yes. ......
🤣🤣🤣🤣 or already hate the next one coming in!
you dont have neibors because you live in the country
Accurate asf
Bruh you had to buy a durag just for a two second clip lol
Appreciate the effort you put in your videos
Danville footage in Rockford huh? Really though, great video and good commentary. As a lifetime Illinoisan, I can say that you are spot on.
Great video my friend, I was born in Chicago in 1969 and grew up in Joliet, I moved to east Tennessee in 2015 after my dad died, I miss what used to be my home and still struggle with the culture shock here, I'm always missing something that doesn't exist anymore and its hard to feel like im at home in a place i have no history.
I have to agree. No matter how bad your place is, you grew up with it and know the culture. Other places are just other places. Dorothy was right, there is no place like home and no matter how hard you try to adapt to somewhere, it doesn’t work. Besides, how can you replace “DA BEARS”.
Illinois is the only US State whose credit rating is below investment grade. BBB. Nuf said.
Southern Illinois has some beautiful landscapes. The garden of the gods is a must see, giant city state park, And some other waterfalls and hiking areas as well, In that area.
There are some nice places left in Illinois the only problem is eventually the taxman will continue raising taxes in areas that want nothing to do with the bad areas of the state.
Yes, Shawnee is amazing
Lots of new immigrants-in every state- let them improve their home- ( the 🇺🇸 USA-they are the majority.( why wouldn’t they want to?)( most are citizens- right??).
Shhhh!!!! Don't tell Shitcago this exists. We don't need the graffiti or being mugged in the woods.
Yeah I live in the southern part
My cat I adopted is from Kankakee, because of this we named her "Billie" short for hillbilly. the shelter in my town told me they loaded a bunch of strays onto a truck and brought her there. It's funny because out of all our pets she is the only one who refuses to run outside when the door is open, methinks she had a hard life on the streets and enjoys her indoor life.
Aww Billie! ❤️❤️❤️🐱🐈😻
Lol, I adopted a stray cat 2 years ago and she has never made a dash for the door either so I think they know they have it good with us....
Lucky kitty!
No it’s because billi is a house cat
Oh my God, I adopted a kitten in Bradley, Illinois
Beautifully done, special kudos to the soundtrack
Family is the only reason we’re still in Illinois. So sick of the taxes and the Governor
@Mao LeBron 😀😵😂😅
Yeah many of us are here because of family. The winters here are horrible!
The only reason that he was elected was that people wanted to get high without being arrested.
just moved here and yes, tax is the worst here!
You have to leave
I found many faults in Illinois and planned on moving from a very young age. I moved to a southern state and now miss Illinois very much. I miss the flat lands, plentiful sidewalks, and change of seasons. The economy in Illinois is healthier than the economy of the state I’m currently residing in as well. While Illinois definitely has its faults, it’s not all bad and certainly not the worst state in the USA.
You moved to Florida didn't you.
@@Al-io8yc haha! stole my reply
I moved to Florida ...moved right back home ... lesson learned?
@@Al-io8yc she said the economy in Illinois is healthier so that makes Florida not it. Florida’s economy has been booming for many years 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and kills Illinois economy
Illinois high property tax. All is high
My wife and I were born and raised in Peoria and we moved away the day we married in 1986. For us it was 100% about the economics, but we were tired of the weather too even though we were just 21. By the mid 1980's Peoria had been on a downward economic cycle for almost a decade with little job opportunities across the board. I watched my dad struggle for years to find any work after being laid off as a bank executive during the prolonged Cat strike and subsequent recession of the late 1970's. He was unwilling to leave Peoria and I promised myself I would not limit myself professionally in that way. Though moving away from all family was difficult in some regards, (especially when we started having kids), moving south in the 1980's was the best decision we ever made. My employer brought us to Georgia but I generally notice that employers here welcome you with open arms and there are abundant career opportunities in every direction, quickly appreciating property values, much lower taxation, better weather, 2 hours from the mountains and 4 hours from the coast. Our extended family still lives in Peoria and we try to visit 3-4 times a year. It's not a bad place to be from and if you don't like or are resistant to change, Peoria may be your place to be.
I moved to Texas 12 years ago from Decatur and I 1000% agree with you. Home is always home and flying home for a long weekend is the best. But I'm glad I'm here where it's economically and politically better suited for me. 😊
who asked?
Great place to be from? Yeah far away from.
hi Nik I just stumbled onto your video and I'm going to watch it… My very first question is do you live in Illinois? And secondly where did you get your rankings what was your reference/ credentials?.... please don't think I'm being nasty I just need to be educated on where you're getting your information
Moved away - moving back - what Covid has taught is that family is everything, you can't hug your family through FaceTime - everywhere has good and bad
Yep! I literally lived in Grand Cayman...and I would rather live here lol call me crazy
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So you didn't follow social distance either? Whew, thought I was the only one
I came back too! Chicago people have a great sense of humor. I also missed the food. Be proud Illinois residents! That said, I can’t speak for the rest of the state, I’ve never been 🤣
@@kellym4753 olá tudo bem?🖐️👍
it seems to me that you're blaming the people living in the community instead of the actual truth about these towns.
What is the truth, then? Please elaborate.
that's Exactly what he's doing!...and, he's trying to be funny while he's doing it.
@@michaelfitzpatrick1241 the truth is that multiple years of corrupt governors and politicians have failed these poor communities and led them to take justice into their own hands leading to gun violence, robbing due to lack of money for basic necessities, “us versus them” mentality, etc…lived here my whole life.
@@shanedoss6189 Not to mention availability of any meaningful employment.
You can tell he never lived in Chicagoland cause he's pronouncing the state wrong
Bro, your vid is hilarious and sad at the same time. keep making these masterpieces.
Great content!
So so sad...
Other than the high taxes and high cost of living, I loved living in Illinois. DuPage and Cook Counties are very culturally diverse; great food; great parks and bike paths; lots of fairs, festivals and entertainment; great streets, sewers, and lighting; so much opportunity.
Then I spent a few years in Sangamon County (Spfld) working for the State and saw all the corruption first-hand. When y'all say the state is corrupt, you have no idea how bad it really is. Y'all just see the tip of the iceberg. The corruption is unfathomable. I saw stuff that was so sickening and infuriating, I quit my cozy state job and state benefits and moved to Missouri.
Turns out the grass isn't always greener on the other side. The b.s. in Missouri is worse than Illinois. After two years in Missouri, I'm planning to move back to Illinois, or maybe try another state, or another country at this point 🤣
What kind of dirty laundry do you have? I'm extremely interested.
Not worth it
Raised in cook but living in dupage now. Its cool but I still hate the weather
My town has paintings everywjere. Explains why I love art.
@@ShadeATV
Ottawa?
Reasons why people from Illinois are still going to live in Illinois: “family”
ABSOLUTELY
You leave, they will follow, Tennessee, son. no state tax, better weather, jobs a plenty...
LITERALLY
Exactly 💯👀💅🏾
yessss
Wow!😮thanks😊nice song
Great 👍 video thanks 😊
Gas is also too expensive in Illinois
Yeah, they come to Missouri to get gas where I live 🤣
I have family in Illinois and they do that
One pack of cigarettes costs around $13 in Chicago last time I was there..
Yeah they just increased the gas tax again about two years ago. It’s common for gas to be 0.25 to 0.30 a gal higher than Iowa. The license stickers were $84 about 10 years ago. Got increased to $101. Everybody flipped out. Now they run you $150 per vehicle, per year. Much less than some other states but the income tax is 4.95% which is about average and property taxes are obscene compared to surrounding states. Build a new home just about any location and your property taxes will push if not be, five figures a year. It doesn’t matter if you build out in the middle of nowhere far from the nearest town. Average house in a small town that has nothing to offer property taxes are commonly 3-5k a year.
@@sweetsexypickles Sounds like you might live in Quincy!
All the reasons why I'm leaving the state of Illinois, County of Cook and city of Chicago. Can't wait to leave. I'm planing my escape for 2022.
Great videos Nick 👍 You're awesome.
Good for you! Good luck!
Yeah Pete have fun - happy landing!
This is an excellent place to be "from" - and it's too cold in Illinois! Still the people are very friendly there.
Colorado sucks go somewhere better
I left 2 years ago to NC. My well paying job left Decatur , and so did I. I miss family and friends, but it was the best choice for my kids.
I grew up in Kankakee. My family has been there since the beginning on my French side. Such a shame what has happened to my hometown. It was once a good town to grow up in.
Kankakee was never a good place to grow up in. Unless you’re talking greater than 50 years ago which I can’t speak for?
@@Driving4bangers I'm close to 50 years old, so that's most likely the case.
Can tell u never been to a barber shop in the hood but I like how u break stuff down I have to travel for work so u be putn me up on what's fucked up
Illinois: Where all the Governors do two terms, one in office and the other in prison. Lived there for about 30 years. Humid, corrupt, miserable. Land of Taxes should be the state motto.
Illinois, Land of Pension Debt.
Yes it is robbery, but it costs to be the boss...loved Texas hospital slow as hell..merchandise behind Chicago Standards ..u can fry an egg on the sidewalk in the summer🍳southern Texas ""NO GOOD FOOD"" THOUGHT I WOULD EAT REALLY GOOD SPANISH FOOD🍖🌮🥗🌯🍲🍛WAS I FOOLED...most areas are Guatemalans...cooking, working!!!
@Booty Hunter And doubled the Illinois per gallon gas tax, from 19 cents to 38 cents. He did that to give the state workers a raise for helping him get elected.
@Booty Hunter trailer plates went from $18 to $118. 500% increase. Illinois is just the beginning. My city is on this list, and let me tell you, whatever the state is leaving in your wallet, the city is doing it's best to claim the rest. 4 new taxes in 2020.
Right!!!!
I am from Blue Island, IL. When I was little and moved to Illinois, my parents wanted to buy a house so they were actually looking for ones they could afford in Harvey, where my dad still works. But after learning about how bad Harvey was, my dad decided to rent a small apartment in Blue Island. And boy was that the right move
I live in france
Blue island still a bad area
@@RB-es1vx not too bad
Bruh you(literally) dodged a bullet 🤣
@@RB-es1vx Blue Island's bad section(whatever part of town it's in) isn't as bad as Harvey, though.
Wow, I grew up in Illinois. This video is good. I forgot how big Illinois is. I grew up in Wheeling. 20 miles north of Chicago. Glad it was not mentioned.
As someone from Illinois and still lives there some parts are bad but some are beautiful. The main issue is wealth divide some suburbs are becoming abandoned while others get filled with wealthy families
Peoria actually has 4 rough spots- The East Bluff and South End like you stated but also The West Bluff and the North End. There's a saying the uppity people use "Stay north of War Memorial Drive" basically white flight to the suburbs.
Edit: lol that Steak n Shake was my first job in high school 😹
That barbershop ad was the most uncomfortable skit ive ever had to witness
I was gobsmacked
YES
And when he says “ghetto people”
@@zazimazee6171 Uh oh the thought police are here
@@zazimazee6171 aww did it hurt your feelings?
The humor was great and offset the sad nature of the rest of the video. Are there any communities doing well in IL?
Nick I subscribe and I watch it on your videos are always great and very informative however the 10 worst places in Illinois to List It Too Short there are thousands of bad places in Illinois
I'm from Chicago and the South Suburbs (Kankakee County). This list was spot on.
Left in 1988. Never looked back. I could tell even then that the State was on the way down. Weather, crime, unemployment no reason to stay.
Me to. I left in 1984, to FLA. I sure DONT MISS those Winters 🌬❄❄❄❄☃️☃️⛄☃️⛄
Where did u live? Im in west chicago. Youre right this state is getting worse every year
@@xanderharris1104 Kankakee County, Bradley. Lived right across from Bradley Bourbonnais Community High. Hate that town! They took everybody's homes on that street, to build a parking lot. Mom n Dad bought that house in 1953. They came here from Germany in 1951. IT WAS the "House That Built Me". Mom had to move out in her 80s and find a new place. ALL for a GD parking lot for the spoiled little rich kids cars.. Dont know why THEY (BBCHS) couldnt waste there MONEY and build a Damn Parking Garage on Their property, so ppl could LIVE in a HOME they had paid off 30 yrs previous.!!😠😠SO,,, ALL my memories are buried under asphalt. It's Not "Home " to me anymore, when I can't even go "Home"😢😭😢😭. 🏡. Mom just passed away in Sept at 98. She always grieved to go "Home" . IT was NEVER my Moms Problem that the Ppl of Bourbonnais were to CHEAP to build their OWN High School because THEY didn't want the TAXES!! THAT SURE would have alleviated ALOT of Problems. So these ppl VOTED to BOOT my mom out of her home, with NO REAL HELP for her. THAT folks was The End of HER AMERICAN DREAM.🇩🇪🇺🇸😢. I live in FLA now, but always thought that would be my forever home. 2 my daughter's were raised there, and my 4 grandkids who still live in K3. I'm just sad every time I go home, ¿, cuz there is none, for me.
@@heidifisher7693 im sorry that happened 2 u. Its a real scumbag way 2 treat someone thats 4 sure
@@xanderharris1104 Thank You. At this point, it's Unfixable.😢🙁
I grew up on east side of Bloomington. Glad to see it not on the list. Some people think it’s a boring town but it’s not too bad. The neighbor city normal is a fairly fun college town. There’s some solid job opportunities in Bloomington as well. It’s quiet, no traffic, spread out, schools are good. It’s not too bad imo. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I don’t mind living in Illinois, I do want to try out other places tho
I go to Illinois state rn, and I think blono isn’t bad at all
It’s getting bad
Loved the song at the end
I live in Urbana 30 years now. No problems and love the farming and plot of land we have. No issues with crime and city parks are wonderful here. Im an Indianapolis native of 25 years, so when i visit Indiana : i cant wait to return to Illinois.
Ummm....not true. I also live here. Full of CRIME. Car jackings at EVERY Circle K, shootings constantly. Didn't see the armed robbery at the Indian Restaurant? Daily crime.
@@jenshoaf07 i live down the street.! So, i cant speak for Philo and a commercial gas station. Such as the location ,but only for the fact ive been in the same house down the street over 25 years with not 1 issue ...there is no Indian restaurant in Urbana , so just not sure if your aware of that, it's in Champaign.
@@livingforfree2 Eh, half the people I know tend to lump them together, the radio refering to Cham-bana doesn't help either I imagine only the locals make the Champaigne/Urbana/Savoy distinction correctly
Only the southwest part of the city near the campus is nice old houses attracting rich people with University Tenure Jobs, the rest of the city is rapidly degrading cheap housing attracting the worst from Champaign which is razing their worst neighborhoods and apartment complexes. They want to turn Champaign into something upscale like Ann Arbor and ultimately don't like Urbana as the dumping ground for the poor and prefer Danville and Decatur as their dumping grounds. Southeast Urbana has become quite bad compared to 30 years ago. Urbana has absolutely no development going on, the state has a dearth in General, but in the county nobody is building in Urbana. The Meijer they put up out there 20 years ago was Urbana's last gasp. Urbana keeps electing these horrible liberal school marm types as mayors and a lefty city council though not as bad as Berkeley.
That weed must be good
My father moved from a small town named smithville to Bloomington, I was born and raised there until we moved 4 years ago into Danvers. And my dad loves it.
Hey Nick! Another good video. I was born in South Chi, and I will never move "home"... ever.
Danville represent! I’m going to Decatur tomorrow, wish me luck.
I had to work in the East St. Louis area for Charter Communications Auditing, essentially doing block-by-block audits to make sure connections were as they should be. The video does not capture how bad this place really is and that is saying something.
I lived in Decatur for a few years in the early 1980’s, and am still in touch with a few people there. The city was declining when I lived there and has been on a gradual downhill slide since then. One thing you didn’t show is old neighborhoods on the north side where a lot of houses were abandoned, and later torn down by the city. Very strange to drive through there to see only a few houses on a large overgrown block. Check a satellite view if you want, north of Eldorado, and west of N. Main. Most people who work in Decatur, if they can afford it, live in neighboring towns like Forsyth or Mt. Zion. Most Decatur residents send their kids to private schools, if they can afford it, or live in a neighboring town with a better school system. There are jobs here, and many places are hiring. However, they have a tough time finding applicants that can pass a drug test or have a driver’s license. If you are employable and want to work, you can make a decent living for yourself in this area.
Sun people
Interesting how Warren Buffets son lives there. City has potential… however, it’s very run down. Reminds me of the Ozarks tbh
I lived in Decatur for about 6 months in 97, the rent was soooo cheap compared to Chicago. I lived on East Garfield St
I don’t mind working jus wish I knew I could afford it there
I'm sure glad I left Macon county after high school. What a $hithole
Caterpillar just left Deerfield, IL, too. Great leadership, guys! 👍
i would like to see an update on Illinois, it has just gotten worse here since you posted this in 2020. one correction i would make is everyone downstate hates chi-raq, not just most of them as you stated.
I used to work in Decatur at a dialysis clinic. A patient had their car stolen out of the parking lot in broad daylight. But, I imagine this happens most everywhere.
Hello Marie 👋
The best part I find about Illinois is when I'm heading back to my area of Florida from Missouri and I drive out of Illinois on the way. Although, I do like Metropolis and the Superman Museum. I'll be doing that on January 3rd again
Was the Clippaz thing really necessary?
Thanks So Much
No problem
I'm so glad you asked what I'm doing about it, Nick! I'm gtfo in 12 months! Can't wait!
Go on with your bad self!
I left 3 years ago to MO. Best decision I ever made!!!
Rockford was awesome when I was growing up in the 70-80s . After the factory jobs left it hurt Rockford Illinois bad
My dad was born in Rockford , left at an orphanage when he was 2 years old by his dad cause his dads new wife said he goes or she goes, so he left his son my dad.
I never used the food bank in Peoria, but I know they would charge, and sometimes more that the grocery store for some items
Nick, I've been a fan of yours for a year and a half or so. Ever since, I've wondered what state you grew up in. I want to guess that it's Ohio, based on your accent.
I’ve lived here for 25 yrs. I’ve met some wonderful people. However the state is corrupt and people keep voting for it again and again. We are leaving, I just hope we can sell the house before things get too bad.
80% of Illinois always votes republicans but the big city's make up all the college votes so we keep getting crap like Priz. and other democrats that only focas on Chicago. If Chicago was it's own state like they want it to be, and took all near by city's with it that are highly populated and Chicago effected, than Illinois would do better as far as tax, money and debt. These crime citys though is another issue
Glad you mentioned Harvey, where I was born and lived until I was nine. It was a paradise in 1964, where working men could walk to any number of industrial jobs, or at least to the train station, carrying their lunch boxes.
An enterprise can be opened and people can be employed. But the problem is that people have become insolent and lazy, they just want to sit in the office. And there are no those who will work with a shovel for 10 hours. But only a shovel can provide many residents with work. And all sorts of automation and robots - NO !!!!
💙Old Dixmoor here 🥰
I was also born in Harvey. Ingalls Memorial Hospital. My father bought a house in Markham and I grew up there. He sold the house and moved to another state in 1973 and never looked back. This has been my home for 45 years. Very little gang activity, very little homeless activity, low crime. Clean streets, nice homes, good employment opportunities. Amazon is building a distribution warehouse in the next town over than will employ 250 people. That is the difference between a blue state and a red one.
It's sad that you would throw Harvey under the bus just to jump on a random white racists' Fox News rant.
@@hurricanecamille8089 Have you ever been to Harvey? Im a paramedic and worked spent years of my life working in Harvey. Its hell on earth. I was assaulted more times than I can count. Was threatened with a gun multiple times. Called racial slurs on a daily basis. Very few shifts went by without hearing gunshots. You dont need fox news to know how bad it is. Terrible attempt at trying to deflect from the truth.
I am from Chicago, IL and I’ve never had a problem here in suburbs everything has been growing and people are nice and humble
Suburbs are getting worse. I'm in the far west and this town used to be all White. Now with "diversity" we have a school "diversity director" who promotes lgbtq and crt onto children, uses her pronouns, school board members use their pronouns and brag about going to "pride" parades, we have pot dispensaries and booze fests, etc. Just insane.
Only someone one from Chicago would try to defend anything about this god forsaken state.
Chicago is full of crime, and the suburbs are getting terrible, too, especially with "diversity". There are "woke" school boards, pot dispensaries, "pride parades", etc. It's terrible.
Which suburb? Must be one that is way out in the outskirts.
Literally everywhere, all chicago land and downtown is good. Literally the only bad places is south side west side, and near the border of Indiana. I've been to every single ghetto in the Chicago area and yes it's horrible but that isn't the whole state.
Love this guy's attitude/sarcasm 😂
I say I love illinois, in any other state I feel like I won't feel home. Also i lived in kankakee for a yr n I can say its super boring and nothing exciting there. But I lived in Joliet for most of my life its pretty dope there. Although the east side is dangerous but not as dangerous.
Springfield's corruption alone should of made this list.
OK, I grew up in Decatur & I agree, Since I left Decatur to move to Joliet (where I did grad H.S.) it really went downhill. Once a bustling town today it is in sad state. ps. I live in Colorado & would never return to Macon County. :)
There's a port project in the works for Cairo. It will bring a lot of jobs and some economical stability to the area.
I moved to Hegewisch Illinois from NY two years ago, its a great small town low crime and great schools
I used to live there yea it’s so safe here live in the safest area in Illinois Campton Hills the safest city in Illinois
No such place exist. You moved to Chicago and live in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago.
Hegewisch has taken a huge dump. I used to live there when i was a kid up until i was 21. Moved about 80 miles south. Much better. Im sure hegewisch was great back in the day but my time there it was always bike getting stolen, even with a bike lock and ending up on Brandon or Burley aves. Working in the liqour store in town saw some of the worst of the worst people. Had some fellas attempting to break into my house. Snd for the record Hegewisch is not a town its a neighborhood of pisshole Chicago. Not that it really matters. Place is still hawt garbage
It’s a ghetto
Yep! Saw the writing on the wall in 1991 when Caterpillar started leaving. I knew my children wouldn't have a pray of success if we stayed in "Piss"oria, IL. Got the hell out. Looking back, I've always known without a doubt, it was the best decision of my entire life!
🙌 for me!
Do whatever it takes, and pack your family up and leave for higher ground. There are better places to live!
Chicago is better right
Peoria is like 45 mins away from my town and my town is heaven compared to that place
Facts
I grew up right outside Peoria and it was not that bad. Tanners Orchard. Avantis. Stage 2 that closed down(had some great teen memories in the 80s).
You mentioned Herrin and I am from there but the community is very close. Sports and local businesses have brought the town together. Economically and population wise, we probably are sadly in decline😬 Could you explain further about what your input is?
Great video, way to share the reality of these places. Rather unfortunate though. Makes you pray they think twice at the voting booth
Im one of the few people who left illinois and actually came back. At least im in galena, a nice town. Rockfords my hometown though, aint goin back there
Galena is GREAT! You are correct.
Love galena!!! We visit every year in October. I’m in Chicago, Mt. Greenwood are to be exact, but I plan on retiring to Galena when my kids get older! So beautiful and peaceful!
small town Illinois is awesome just the taxes that are horrid. Not to mention the level of corruption. I live in Colombia, South America and as bad as some places here are there are places in the USA ten times as scary. Whole towns abandoned and areas where you can hear gunfire in the afternoon. Here I only hear gunfire when a thief tries to rob someone. Otherwise its really rare to hear it. The taxes here are far less and much more reasonable and the quality of life is at least 20 times better. I hardly ever get sick here. I got sick once a month in Illinois. I think it was called Illinois because as someone else commented, you just feel ill and annoyed. I think the tribes who once lived here, left happily with a curse for the pioneers who forced them out. We are all paying the price. But thankfully you live in a better town. I lived in Crystal Lake. Overcrowded, overtaxed and tickethappy police.
I left Rockford in 2005, never went back, ever
funny, i grew up in chgo and left state to Colorado than came back and have been planning on leaving for Texas and hopefully soon, forgot to mention i live in rockford, i think Illinois is where u insert the preparation H
You'll feel ill and annoyed in Illinois.
Ill as in 😎, or ill as in 🤢.
@@jonasabry9099 Probably 🤢...
👏 👏 Well done. Can you tell how much I love my birthplace ? Lmfao 😅😅😂😂
Thank your local liberals (commies) who dont know math let alone jb pritzker & madigoon.
I agree.
Born in Lagrange, but grew up in the North West Suburbs. ( Glendale Heights, Carol Stream area)
I want to leave but I can't picture leaving somewhere else
I tried to find the song at the end of the video ( I travelled on a broken road?) clicked on the music link but to no avail. Could you please let me know where I can find that song, please? Thanks😀
Places in Illinois to avoid: Illinois.
Places to avoid: To not watch this video
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Just throw the whole state away
@Hawkeye Pierce yeah that’s why people are flocking to Texas by the hundreds of thousands, and leaving Illinois like it’s Chernobyl
@Hawkeye Pierce -Partially S0.
Just about every state in America have rough spots and people on link 😂
Ikr
When the first Bush declared "no child left behind " every kid in public school was taught to the lowest level. It's not just Illinois but the entire US.
Looking forward to get the hell out of here!
I lived in Carbondale for a year. So many places have closed. It's sad
Literally just moved from Chillicothe, IL to Washington state. I was born and raised in Peoria and I loved my city, but when I had my own children I quickly realized I needed to move to protect them. So, we moved to Chillicothe which honestly has an amazing community and that small town wholesome feeling. Sadly, the taxes and lack of employment opportunities was precisely the c reason why we moved. Wish all Illinoisans the best ❤️
@@ExtraTankz Damn, sorry to hear that. I do remember there was a section of green apartments that were super bad news. The apartment complex I loved in wasn’t too bad, but my neighbor was loud asf and ridiculous. I didn’t understand why the landlord (who had previously been very selective on who he rented to) allowed him to stay there. Hope it improves for you.
@@th3urbangeisha696 As long as the residents are SCARY and afraid of blacks, as long as they shift their worries to the police, as long as there is no struggle for cleanliness, nothing will change and improve. And it will only get worse and worse every year...
We are in WA and planning to move to IL, now rethinking it all.
@Aldama Adventures depends on where you move to in Illinois. I have lived in different parts of Illinois my whole life and there are good and bad spots just like every other state. I would stick to the north-west suburbs if you can though as that is probably the nicest part. Dupage county in particular is probably the best in my opinion. Lower violence than cook county/Chicago, but you still have relatively quick city access and a more upbeat feel.
@@th3urbangeisha696 what’s your race
As someone who grew up in Peoria I can testify that it is very very sad there and I’m glad I’ve moved to the west coast
I was going to oak lawn Illinois that luxury apartments can you do a review of that area great information though
I live in Arcola Illinois, man it’s great here. Great people, great tradition, great football, and great fairs
But we shouldn't watch football!
My brother and his family just moved out of the Chicago area to Pennsylvania. I'm a big Frank Lloyd Wright fan and have visited several of his homes in Illinois, Wisconsin, NY, Pennsylvania and Taliesin West outside of Phoenix. There's a new place near Wright's Falling Water in western PA that has several Wright homes, including a few that were relocated there, one from Minnesota and, when my wife and I visited, we were surprised to find that another of the houses was relocated from none other than my childhood hometown in Illinois (Lisle, near Naperville). Even the houses are moving out of Illinois. Best farmland in the world though so maybe there should be less people living there. Mo people, mo problems.
Expensive on the east coast--
Illinois used to be great until people started voting the democratic machine & well everything turned to poop.
Anybody know what a link card is.
@@annmcneal7804 $1,000 - 1,400 a month, for a 2 - 3 bed Apt. in RI. You can take the train to Boston easily. You can get city pay, and live cheaper, if you commute. If you have good credit, and have the same job, or 5 years of the same career field, you can get a house with FHA loan. In Massachusetts, there are many jobs! If your in health care, hvac, construction trades, or trucking, or heavy equipment... You'll be comfortable. Don't live in/near the city, or you'll pay $1,600 for a co-op!
Link card is Illinois' version of food stamps and I'm not sure if it's anything else.
Another Gem Nick
You should check more of the southern side of IL. Even small farming towns have horrid unsavoriness.
I'm from the South Chicago Suburbs, I love Illinois!! I recently moved to a suburb of Nashville only for the reason I couldn't find work in Chicago Land (even before COVID). Hoping to one day go back after resume improves.
Went to school in Kankakee county, the city has some bad areas but it also has some really great spots. Peoria is very much not worse then Kankakee, it's crazy that it would be above the Kank on this list.
Chicago Heights and Ford Heights are both pretty bad, I would say Ford is worse between the two but both bad.
Chicago really shouldn't be on a list like this. Chicago has 9 very different areas (77 total communities), and when Chicago is put on list like this it doesn't mean much because of how different they are from each other.
Not really anymore. You used to be able to avoid bad areas. I can’t even take my kids to the museums because of the shootings and car jacking in the immediate area.
And we don't care how you did things up north.
exactly, the video feels somewhat misinformed
I was born and raised in Chicago.
I left before my 21st birthday .
It was the best decision I've ever made. I still have lots of family there who will never leave.
God Bless Chicago 🙏❣️
why your move tho please you should come back bc wisocnsin is worse so
Jeepers, I'm afraid to go anywhere near Chicago, and you have family who LIVE there??
I moved from Ohio to Illinois and I’m happier. Live where you are happy.
Moved from ia back to il and I feel safer. Lol poverty doesn't always mean crime. I agree. I too am happier in il. They have real education too.
@@bethanyderekw3723 Real education? You do realize that most students can't read or do math at grade level in IL, right?
Ohio is wayyyyy better than that dump Illinois 😂😂😂
Sometimes it's an improvement. That's how I feel.
It would be great to see an update. You nailed it back then and it’s stayed right on track to self destruct. We won’t stay here forever but we have aging family to take care of. Illinois sucks because of Chicago primarily.
“Every 10 minutes someone leaves the state for good.” Probably because they are murdered.
Wow, Rockford has lost 100,000 people since I left Illinois in 1985! This video is an eye opener!
It is
@@NickJohnson Rockford has not lost 100,000 persons since 1985. It has GAINED in toto since 1985. If anything, Rockford's downtown has been given new life in the last 10 years, although we do have a bit of a population dip in the last decade also, Rockford is nothing like East St. Louis. I've been starting to watch your videos Nick, and enjoying them, but I've run across some really dubious statements in your statistics. Speaking of ESL, you said they had 98 or 99 percent black residents and 1 percent white. No city in America has those kind numbers.
Is the rumor true about Mappy being drug out of the vehicle during a carjacking, being rolled up into a joint and smoked?
Omg I have narcolepsy and fell asleep in a Steak n Shake drive thru in Peoria. They called 911 and it was a whole ordeal. I told the cop I just got tired of waiting for my food and he laughed and said “They do take forever.” True story 😂
I'm from the intercity of Chicago an I thoughtI wanted to leave but after traveling around,I came back cuz we have one of the greatest cities an Chicago has so much to offer but u have to learn to maneuver it🌎😎
Yes, I grew up in Kankakee, but all my friends and I used to ALWAYS catch a Greyhound and just hangout in the "Loop", Museums, Adler, John Sheds Aqurium, "SEARS" Tower, All Wknd. We were Safe, had fun, never got in Trouble, and met Nice Ppl from all over the world. Does THAT even happen in Chi-town anymore?
@@heidifisher7693 Yes!!! But like everything else in the world now....cautions.....where ever u are!!! YESTERDAY was similar time....there are drugs crime all over...No Different ⭐
@@blancamiranda7424 We are prolly years apart, but back in the " good old daze", things were different. yea we had drugs, but not anything like 2day. ppl did them in their seedy little living quarters or you went to 1 area of town where the drugs were. It's JUST everywhere and everybody, seems like. I still feel safe downtown and go when I can 💝💖. I love shopping, stopping at the corner diner, seeing all the sites that have changed. the ones that hvnt. I Love Beautiful Lake Michigan. It's 🎼🎵🎶🎤 MY KINDA TOWN 🎼🎵🎶😍😚🤗
@@heidifisher7693 I'm 63 next month I've been in Chicago 62 years an have traveled like a gypsy woman , I'm a free bird of sort so I have seen places.....love life!!! But it's like that song by the ROLLING STONES...SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL ""....LIFE IS CHOICES...RESPONSIBLE....CARING FOR HUMANITY 🌎 NOT A CRAZY LADY JUST LIKE TO SMOKE BUD STILL......🙂
@@blancamiranda7424 Yup, me to, Sort of 😆😉. 65 is sposed to be the New 35, but 🤔, it's Not working to well. 😕. we'll see what the New Year brings. I'm not gonna let a silly thing like age get me down. It's 2 ppl I loved dearly dying this year. the stress of that, the Covid thing, trying to Live myself. But yea, I'll always Love Chicago and Illinois, and my memories of my hometown. but it's Not mine anymore, it's changed so much, it's not what I know. I've been gone to long. I really don't know why the HELL I moved to Fla. It's cheaper to live here, but after you've been here as long as me, Fla is really no big deal. been there done that. traffic is so bad, us "Natives" stay home and let the tourists have it!😂😉. So, anyway,,,, have a Wonderful Healthy New Year🎉🎊🎈🎆🍾🥂🌱🚬
I remember when i my mother and my brother got lost in east st louis it was insane it made Decatur look friendly
Grew up in Pekin (next to Peoria). Went to college in Carbondale. Then move to Seattle suburb 30 yrs ago for jobs. This vid brings back old memories.
I lived in the Greater St. Louis area for about 6 years. I went to college in the area too. I had a group project once and one of the students was a middle aged african america man from East St. Louis. He didn't show up to a group meeting so I texted him to see where he was at. He said he would be there in an hour. So we all met back up together and he apologized for being late, and the reason was he dropped his girlfriend off at her house in ESTL and as he was driving off he was shot at. He showed me the bullets on his new car he had worked so hard to get. I asked if he had called the police, he just looked at me, laughed and said "of course I didn't, I got off easy."