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@davidgago6712Ай бұрын
I wonder what a lot of Chicago's rough suburbs will look like in 20 or 30 years from now.
@grimmace18342 ай бұрын
As a resident of Hammond and working in Riverdale, and living in the Calumet region over 40 years , I really enjoy your videos.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you
@MooPotPie2 ай бұрын
Once again we see the devastating effects of de-industrialization and the loss of manufacturing jobs which sustained communities such as this. Most who can afford to leave do so. No significant development replaces what is lost. Poverty, crime, and corruption ensue as a result. Such typical a scenario now as to be cliched.
@paulj67562 ай бұрын
The metal scrapyard may have been the site of National Railway Equipment (NRE). NRE was a scrapper of locomotives and also a dealer and rebuilder of them. I was a railfan back in the 1980s and 1990s. Back then my railfan buddies and I would drive down from the Northwest Side to Dolton Crossing (it was a lot safer back then) and we'd always make a side trip to NRE to see what locomotives were sitting on the siding.
@302Mustang132 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris. Another Chicago suburb I'll be sure to avoid permanently.
@richardm30232 ай бұрын
Ah, Dixmoor. When you can't make it in Blue Island, you move into a trailer park in Dixmoor.
@kendalson71002 ай бұрын
Truth!
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Haha
@Maaaatttttt2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice. Can't afford much these days
@chiraqburbs7082 ай бұрын
No cap and blue island is bogus lol I lived in oak forest midlothian and Posen if you live in dixmoor you might as well live in Harvey
@1PrinceJay2 ай бұрын
You got that right! 😂😂😂
@richardm30232 ай бұрын
You need to do Phoenix, Illinois soon!
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Did. 2nd video of Harvey on my archive channel
@richardm30232 ай бұрын
@@ChrisHarden I'll check it out. Used to teach school there.
@themagnificentone59692 ай бұрын
Dolton is soon heading there.
@MokenaBob2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. As a kid, I grew up in South Blue Island. Hung out In Dixmoor a lot . Sure has Changed. Now I am in Mokena. Yes and go to the town of Phoenix.
@joannunemaker63322 ай бұрын
All that money should have replaced those water mains. I feel bad for the people who have to live there 😢❤
@chrisgoffe50482 ай бұрын
..these are great to watch ..I'm in New Zealand 🇳🇿 so its interesting to see bits of America
@JV-mw7gv2 ай бұрын
I worked these areas (the last several videos) as a field manager for a big company for over a decade and grew up nearby. I still live about ten minutes away in a pretty good spot, Oak Forest. I only dream about New Zealand. Nice to hear from ya! 🫡
@Clementinee2 ай бұрын
wow surprised a kiwi even knows of our south suburban existence. hope to see what nz is like one day
@davehawash22552 ай бұрын
Wonderfully said Chris, Dixmoor will be Nomoor!!!
@kennybubash32782 ай бұрын
Another great video. I enjoy watching them !
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@CrystalClearWith8BE2 ай бұрын
I know the southern portion of Cook County is getting worse over the years, especially in South Side Chicago. When it comes to suburbs, Dixmoor, IL is quite a different struggling suburb in Chicagoland. I think Dixmoor has to be the most corrupt suburb in Cook County.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Definitely corrupt, but more than Dolton?
@boristheamerican29382 ай бұрын
More than Cicero? Bellwood?
@Section_8_Supercars2 ай бұрын
No suburb was more corrupt than bridgeview when oremus was mayor
@NunyaBizznaz2 ай бұрын
black
@CrystalClearWith8BE2 ай бұрын
What about Harvey, IL? It sucks too. When I think of the northern portion of Cook County, it's decent, but the best suburbs in Chicagoland has to be in DuPage County.
@AriesSuperLove2 ай бұрын
I remember when the suburbs used to be nice and manicured looking and now it went to ish
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
There’s plenty of nice suburbs… Just… not the ones that I’ve been showing the past few months 🥴
@tamboogie22 ай бұрын
The water main issues are all of Thorton Township
@5339kimhall2 ай бұрын
One of the highest taxed states in the country and still can’t get it together. I’m so glad I left 40 years ago.
@AdamSmith-gs2dv2 ай бұрын
I hope you aren't voting for the same politicians
@6300As2 ай бұрын
I used to work in posen il 9 yrs ago same mess its so sad looking especially in the night depressing
@christopherbuckley942 ай бұрын
Blue Island is a popular place for train watching especially at the junction and cross-overs of Broadway St on the north side of town. There are several rusty steel bridges over the SAG -Cal Channel which make for nice photo backgrounds. There is a lot of train movements through this intersection. The area is a little on the grungy side for sure. There is a little unpaved parking area, and one of the homes has quite a nice garden growing in his backyard during the summer including a small orchard of peach trees. I did find a Dunkin' Donuts in the town proper, so how bad could it be? I forgot to ask if they had toasted coconut!😜😂 If you run out of locations in the rust belt, we have quite a few super fund sites here in New Jersey! Keep up the good work!
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Doesn’t New Jersey have more superfund sites per capita than any other state?
@christopherbuckley942 ай бұрын
@@ChrisHarden I think so.
@bonzocleach24962 ай бұрын
There is a 1997 article in the Chicago Tribune about the Dixmoor Park District having 59 police officers. They had 7 in 1994. The Park District had no office. I think the article is behind a pay wall so this is a clip "The Dixmoor Park District currently collects nearly $250,000 in taxes. Until recently, it listed as many as 59 officers on its police force, including, federal prosecutors alleged Friday, a leader of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang. The Park District doesn’t have an office, and its phone number is disconnected. In fact, the entire village has only one little park. Even officials at Dixmoor Village Hall aren’t sure how to contact the Park District or where to find its officers." “The last time I heard, they were in St. Mark’s Church,” said Towana Ashley, a village water clerk. "Dixmoor has just a tiny “tot lot” called Children’s Memorial Park. The park at 143rd Street and Paulina Avenue has two swing sets, a slide and a couple of plastic whales and pelicans for children to rock back and forth. There’s a fence around the swing sets, but the seats are falling off the swings, and there is no lighting in or around the park."
@shelbyz19742 ай бұрын
If you're a Harvey resident would you really want to annex Dixmoor? Thank you Chris for another entertaining video of where not to buy a home in Illinois. Gritty music fits this city perfectly.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
And thank you for all of the support as always!
@mrh64312 ай бұрын
Another great video,Chris
@virginiamccaskey18972 ай бұрын
Love the series
@FrequencyORD2 ай бұрын
My family and I live in frankfort illinois and sometimes I forget how close we live to this overflowing toilet 😂
@suburbankaren51372 ай бұрын
The theme song at the start of the video sets my mind for "uh oh, here we go on this city."😂😂
@erictorow2502 ай бұрын
Dixmoore looks better than both flint Michigan and Gary Indiana and Camden new jersey and East Cleveland Ohio, all combined into one messed up community folks thanks for listening and sharing anyway s😊
@aprilh91242 ай бұрын
Gary bad but it don't look like this amd the water is drinkable
@jpjpjp63282 ай бұрын
Took a quick look on Google maps seeing if there was some rail infrastructure that could be at least some help to the town a bit and saw a number of spur lines which looked promising. Switched to satellite view and found that they were all overgrown and long out of service. Oh well.
@boweandrew32 ай бұрын
Fascinating history
@craignovy20902 ай бұрын
Well I have had quite a day viewing your videos...from Santa Barbara Beautiful and Unaffordable to this. Very disparate places and both handled very well by you...amazing. Corruption is often about kicking others when they are already down...despicable. I thought about your prophetic livability score in many different places while driving through Chicagoland on a recent visit. Thanks to you I am seeing places more deeply and thoughtfully.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Thank you for all of your support!
@4149stonepony2 ай бұрын
I love your videos especially all your Illinois videos, it saves me time and curiosity of driving into these places. Why I love the ghetto, sorry deindustrialized and abandoned places can be something people should see and has political and economic lessons involved.
@mnoliberal733510 күн бұрын
My great grandparents lived on Wood Street, but in Harvey. Bet it's a vacant lot today. One way to find out.
@Brookfieldilrailfan2 ай бұрын
Chicago suburbs especially southern and some western suburbs have been going downhill over the past years only good chicago suburbs are Hinsdale,Clarendon Hills,La Grange, Western Springs, Oak brook, Elmhurst, Willow springs pretty much all the higher class suburbs
@warbirdwf2 ай бұрын
Sad that folks are so poor that they can't afford to board up their homes and move away from those corrupt, dying cities. No wonder there's liquor stores on every corner. I'd be drunk all the time if I had to live there too.
@aprilh91242 ай бұрын
I truly believe that the suburbs went to hell when the projectd started coming doen in the 90s. Everybody started moving towards the suburbs and my hometown Hammond. We definitely saw a difference out there so i can only imagine hownit affected the other suburbs
@pjosl2 ай бұрын
You are not mediocre, Chris. I’m from Scandinavia, and I enjoy your videos and information 😊
@mikeya2472 ай бұрын
That is a sad, bleak place. I can only imagine what it's like in the middle of winter...😢
@citizenkang25242 ай бұрын
Dixmoor had a volunteer fire department.
@spaceghost8995Ай бұрын
I deliver cardboard to a company in Dixmoor all the time. Yep the whole region is trashed. Dixmoor, Harvey, Blue Island, Posen, Calumet City, Dolton, Sauk Village, Chicago Heights, Homewood, Markham, South Holland and many more are all sadly trashed.
@ryanwilliams509317 күн бұрын
Homewood is doing just fine.
@spaceghost899516 күн бұрын
@@ryanwilliams5093 You are correct sir! I got Homewood confused with something else.
@His_Name_Was_King2 ай бұрын
The better question should be "Is their any city that isn't corrupt in Illinois"?
@user-wy1dl2me2p2 ай бұрын
Sounds like Jackson Mississippi
@blueztx2 ай бұрын
Ha ha, you drove right by "Dimoor Meat Market". That came up first in my search of this town. South Side Chicago and it's troubled suburbs are a national embarrassment.
@trell0192 ай бұрын
11:39 why does this sound like it can happen today!!!! Sounds just like what we been going thru the past couple of years
@jays.42542 ай бұрын
My guess if the highway wasn't running through Dixmoor it would be in far worse shape. but still a very good video Chris
@wandak18892 ай бұрын
Dixmoor Meat Market been selling bad meat since the 80’s!
@lloyddavies55872 ай бұрын
Your RAM upgrade "Saved the Business"...
@eddieb51492 ай бұрын
It's like a mini Flint, Michigan. So sad
@buckjones49012 ай бұрын
and run by the same political party.
@jerrystadeker59782 ай бұрын
Don't forget where you came from. It's not where you from, its how you come!
@Chitwn812 ай бұрын
Mannn most of the southern Cook County suburbs are in disarray. Thank goodness the western suburbs are in a much better shape and look a hell of alot better esthetically
@bearworldwide10112 күн бұрын
I could see Dixmoor split in two where the trailer park and junkyard side will go to Blue Island and even some unincorporated areas of blue island. And the areas south of the third set of tracks south of the junkyards can go to Harvey. Basically along racial lines the north is mostly Hispanic and White the south is mostly Black. But as more people move out of Dixmoor I can also see demographics changes in the town as more Hispanics/immigrants moving into places like Blue Island Posen and creeping eastward towards these areas and Harvey.
@joelyons37132 ай бұрын
That’s horrible.
@cashIND2192 ай бұрын
Not to mention the water mains keep breaking leaving people without water..
@user-wk9wq8yq5u2 ай бұрын
It was a forging company and that’s a steam plant for their steam hammers not a coal plant.
@cynthiawylie35842 ай бұрын
If you live in Oakland California, dixmoor looks like the place to be!.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Anywhere looks like the place to be compared to Oakland, California
@erictorow2502 ай бұрын
If dixmoore residents want help with there water supply problems flint Michigan people know exactly how they feel from past years of flooding drought like policies from there corrupt politicians who are in charge of the town😮
@user-zx8de8op9l2 ай бұрын
Well done
@user-sp4id6kf2x2 ай бұрын
Hi Chris I want to know do you ever do the city tours lived on the southeast side of Chicago my hold life. The history when I lived there the southeast side alway been nice middle class after the 90 it started to go down bad it would be great if you do one
@Wasimamirali2 ай бұрын
Can u do phoenix IL
@user-vg6vx9ve7j2 ай бұрын
Pritzker he is an anecdotally nightmare for Illinois I don't believe Pritzker was ever in East St Louis Illinois I used anecdotally as a substitute word for something else because Pritzker he gets my blood boiling and I'm not over in Illinois I'm in Missouri. I have friends and family trapped in Illinois and I can't afford to get them out. Dexter Lombardo out 🤠🧔 Great video next time do Northbrook Illinois they cook the books too they live behind those gates in those gated communities they are bad people.
@santo-rr4uv2 ай бұрын
Send migrants there. Then you will see how fast the government fixes the water issue.
@erictorow2502 ай бұрын
Your right I was wrong all three of those comments on Those communities are not as bad as dixmoore .on the other hand ✋ hand i could be wrong 😑 that’s a wrap up Folks for today’s world history lesson as always Chris your videos are amazing 😊😊😊😊
@juliemackowiak59852 ай бұрын
When I was working as a teacher in Harvey and had to go to a meeting at another school and drove through Dix more I got stopped by two police officers for going 10 miles over the speeding limit
@user-hv8vv4zw8j2 ай бұрын
They where looking for revenue, gonna try to write u a bunch of tickets
@paulbrower2 ай бұрын
Could it revert to agriculture?
@spaceghost8995Ай бұрын
The entire planet will revert to nature after humans go extinct.
@crippleguy4152 ай бұрын
Go check out Robbins . Where Robbin' is what they love to do there 😂
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Video coming soon
@ccsd06012 ай бұрын
I remember when moving to certain south suburban towns were a sign that you made it. A status symbol, if you will. Now, whether you're in the city or the suburbs, it's basically one in the same.😞
@6300As2 ай бұрын
No it aint some suburbs aren't dead nor villages look at oak lawn evergreen park
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Chicago has a lot of nice suburbs still. Just not the ones that I’ve been showing recently and not that many towards the south.
@anthonyrivera47352 ай бұрын
I always get dixmoor and Posen mixed up with each other.
@richardm30232 ай бұрын
Just remember Posen has homes that are for rent. Dixmoor has mobile homes for rent.
@MokenaBob2 ай бұрын
Nosing in Posen
@DasDutchman562 ай бұрын
All of these Crap South Suburbs have 1 thing in common. Can you guess what that could be ?
@Imissyoulou2 ай бұрын
Naw, what is it? They have POOR whites on all of those suburbs.
@AriesSuperLove2 ай бұрын
The ghetto
@abreckenridge30012 ай бұрын
Haha no what could it be?
@brianl69642 ай бұрын
No jobs
@eddieb51492 ай бұрын
Democrats
@michaelsteele45872 ай бұрын
What needs to be done with 90% of these kinda areas is all remaining residents should be given money to relocate and the land should be completely cleared and reverted back to farmland. We're literally wasting billions and billions of dollars every year trying to keep these kinda suburbs afloat for what exactly? Trying to keep these alive would be like trying to keep a store like Kmart open that only sees 4 customers per day. There comes a point when its time to just turn off the lights and abandoned the whole property.
@user-wy1dl2me2p2 ай бұрын
Tyffany henyard is going through Dolton like crap through a goose 😅 gimme dat mutha phuqa!
@ml-vlogsandgaming33282 ай бұрын
You should do blue Island. I live on broadway and old western
@user-wy1dl2me2p2 ай бұрын
I liked when you said " these people" never do lol 😆
@ryanbarker52172 ай бұрын
it really should be annexed, there's no point in it existing on its own at that size, the fact it *can't* exist on its own. it doesn't sound as if there would be a lot of government redundancy to eliminate.
@unclestinky63882 ай бұрын
There's plenty of money in the public pensions to solve the water problem in the south suburbs.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Haha probably so
@itzsmejw2 ай бұрын
Hello 👋🏿 Chris, am I wrong or doesn’t The Village of Dixmoor have a commercial zone with a strip mall somewhere around Dixie Hwy Northeast of 147 street?
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Hi. It does, but the offerings are very limited and are some pretty low end stuff. Subway, Aldi, Family Dollar, yeah. Very low end.
@itzsmejw2 ай бұрын
I’m curious now so I’m going to find out.
@itzsmejw2 ай бұрын
@@ChrisHarden I see, you should have put that district in your video to accurately depict the existing condition.
@rambojambone45862 ай бұрын
After all the property taxes are behind, the houses foreclosed, they can put down gravel for a big tent camp. It’s gonna be great!
@heystarfish1002 ай бұрын
What comes to these towns first, Democrats or despair?
@WN_Byers2 ай бұрын
Democrats. 100%
@spaceghost8995Ай бұрын
Industries left . BOTH parties are too blame for all that. These problems started decades ago.
@heystarfish100Ай бұрын
@@spaceghost8995 You need to research the Trump “USMCA” Act.
@bertvosburg5582 ай бұрын
Local Government sounds about like Detroit was when Kwame was in there. Knew a fellow that got his tail in a ringer because he had dealings with Kwame, had a lot of money too henceforth why K. cuddled up to him. Crooks all.
@mnoliberal733510 күн бұрын
Dixmoor has few taxpayers. Too few to make it as a city. Couldn't even have a decent riot in Dixmoor. Better to buy out and level almost all the homes and streets/sidewalks and return the land to Agriculture.
@molaeri2 ай бұрын
The music is pretty good ! But it seems like it’s being played to pad the videos to 30 minutes . Maybe better for monetization ?
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Dixmoor is unique. It’s a small place with not much to talk about without sounding repetitive, but there’s also a lot of abandoned stuff to see.
@Kihsiimawa2 ай бұрын
Why is it so easy to not have to answer to anyone for embezzling money? Because in Illinois, there are no consequences...or so folk think...
@joedanker32672 ай бұрын
I know why this mayor won't be investigated. You know why, too. But we have manners and we don't need to say it out loud. Just know that we know. And we are keeping account for when the temperature in the country is right. Accountability will be meted out, justice served.
@spaceghost8995Ай бұрын
So you hate blacks and you eagerly look forward to lynchings being legal? Got it.
@TheMidwestWaterproofingАй бұрын
Dixmoor taxes are expected to increase 122% in 2025
@lucken132 ай бұрын
Thank God for living rural, no city water for me! Well water with high water tables! 🤪
@Clementinee2 ай бұрын
thank god if your pickup truck broke down, it's only a 45 minute walk to the nearest grocery store lmao
@lucken132 ай бұрын
@@Clementinee lol, I can easily get food out the door of my house, deer! Let alone garden is huge!!!! Don’t have to depend on a store! Also have multiple vehicles! Not like you, have to depend on a local grocery store!!!!
@truckingisinmyblood2 ай бұрын
Do some videos of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
I have. I’ll be back for some more though.
@spaceghost8995Ай бұрын
WHY?
@I_LOVE_THE_SUNCOAST2 ай бұрын
What is that huge cluster of buildings in the background at 0:59?! Just kidding.
@buckodonnghaile43092 ай бұрын
Do a video on Lake Forest. I hear that place is a dump.
@user-uj9dm2iu6n17 күн бұрын
Hey Chris, Your Shit is too gloomy boy.I move to different subjects starting now!☹️
@user-wy1dl2me2p2 ай бұрын
Thats too bad about the steel manufacturing back in the 80 s i became a certified welder and did it for 3 years.not healthy but fun .
@biancaesperanza5862 ай бұрын
Blue island still standing strong for now 💀💪
@tomcat6302 ай бұрын
You're not "poor shaming" like some other channel, "world according to (redacted)", OTOH, outsiders need to know Chicago area is not all "rust belt". We got may thriving communities, all over.
@DookNookem1212 ай бұрын
Ok now do Robbins,IL
@SL-vi4tk2 ай бұрын
If Chicago continues its path, the entire state of Illinois will be vacated.
@troycorsi45262 ай бұрын
Would love to see a video about Midlothian IL. Familiar with all of these towns.
@swannoir79492 ай бұрын
Midlothian has not declined like this. Stop playing. It's full of Mexicans now though.
@foodhomedotcom27162 ай бұрын
I'd really appreciate if you had a livability score indicating the availability of sex industry. Stuff like street walkers, gentlemen's clubs, and shady massage parlors.
@jacor6532 ай бұрын
@ChrisHarden You title should say "its last legs" instead of "it's last legs." As it is written now, your title reads "it is last legs." Please fix it promptly.
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Wait… who misspelled what where? Haha thanks. 👍🏻
@bas10102 ай бұрын
So you're saying Dixmoor has a drinking problem? 😁
@wvcaver7742 ай бұрын
Why do towns name there town after there water tank ?
@videokompuuterКүн бұрын
u all dix, u too chris :D
@Truckngirl2 ай бұрын
A feeding pen for the zombie apocalypse.
@alvinjohnson95312 ай бұрын
At least it's NOT Ford Heights or some of the near South-East HOODS of Rockford!!!😮
@ChrisHarden2 ай бұрын
Rockford is not as bad as Dixmoor. Nothing is as bad as Ford Heights.