The Right ARMPIT of Illinois | Danville
Вставка
- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- Danville most certainly is the right armpit of Illinois. The city might be the most economically depressed city in the state. It's continued to be one of the fastest shrinking cities in not only Illinois, but in the entire country. In this video I tell you about how Danville was able to grow to be the size that it was, along with all of the factory closures over the years that has helped make the city what it is today: An urban blight mecca.
0;00 - 17:25 A Mostly Dead Downtown / Current Issues
17:25 - 19:35 Last days of the Village Mall
19:35 - 33:36 More of today's issues in Danville / Ugly east side
33:36 - 40:57 The worst part of town
40:57 - 50:53 Vermilion Street & The towns history
50:53 - 55:09 Chris's Livability Score
====================================================================
Help me grow my other channels!
Chris Harden's Travel Archives: / @chrishardenarchives
Nostalgia Tours Radio: / @nostalgiatoursradio
====================================================================
In order to make good UA-cam videos, it helps to have good equipment. I started out on a budget and have expanded overtime. Links to everything that I use are down below.
WHAT I USE AT HOME:
Home PC for video editing: amzn.to/4aDWtze
Sound Mixer: amzn.to/3TFkHCo
Microphone: amzn.to/4ahTBbs
Other things: amzn.to/3TzvUnG
WHAT I USE ON THE ROAD:
Camara: amzn.to/3TGtUKG
Other Camera: amzn.to/3TGu44K
Drone: amzn.to/3vADq9Z
Other things: amzn.to/3J3FxXe
====================================================================
I keep virtual map that shows every place that I've made a video on here:
INTERACTIVE MAP that shows you all of the places that I've made videos on: (Doesn't always work on mobile devices. Will always work on PC.) www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edi...
====================================================================
I have other social media that you can follow me on as well. Through a DM or Email, you contact me for collaborations, video ideas or for basic fan mail:
SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO:
Email: ChrisHardenYT@Gmail.com
On Twitter: / chris_harden55
On Instagram: / c_harden7
On Facebook: / chrishardenyt
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. As an Amazon Associate I do earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. As always, thank you for supporting my channel!
See more of what Danville looks like here: - There's A LOT of abandoned stuff to see in this one.
A big part of the problem is when they tore down the housing projects in Chicago they moved to Danville.
I live in Chicago and spent a lot of time in Danville in 60s+70s. Was real nice and laid back compared to Chicago. Then the demographics changed and that started the end. Last there in 2012. Looked bad and dangerous then. Now I feel safer in Chicago and that's unbelievable. Sad the way a small percent of people can ruin an town, large or small just with drugs and crime. All unpunished.
A city like this doesn't need a boardwalk. It needs manufacturing and industry.
I grew up in Danville. It was starting to go downhill when I was a teen in the 1980s. It's only gotten worse; sad to see my hometown take such a nosedive...
Danville where ppl in Chicago go when they become homeless or on the run for a crime back in the day😂
The cost of shipping jobs Taiwan and China for 50 yrs . We have 16% mfg base in the GNP we are done thanks leaders
Downtown doesn't look too bad. At least it looks neat and clean. I've been much worse places than Danville. Don't know how well a casino in an area with high unemployment will do.
Thanks! A donation to the Hill-Jack Mountain Dew fund! You deserve so many more subscribers and views
Same story as a hundred other Illinois towns. Destroyed by state government policies that drive business to more accommodative locations.
80 percent occupancy rate must be related to Dalton Mayor
Another good video Chris! I grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana--back in the 60's Danville and Lafayette were virtual mirror images. Now Danville is a ghost town and Lafayette is a bustling, growing city with gleaming new factories and high tech research and development labs spun off from Purdue University. Keep up the good work--I never miss your videos!
From 1979 to 1987, Mom, Dad, my sister and I lived in Danville... Shorewood Point on the North Side. Mom and Dad were MDs in this town. In 1987 we moved away to Virginia, then New York, then to Dixon IL.
46:03
Really like the evolution of your videos, all of the newer tweaks have been excellent choices / additions.
Chris you explain clearly hence I enjoy your show
Another fantastic video. The historic facts are mind boggling. I’m looking forward to the next video
Baseball Hall of Fame member Robin Yount is from Danville and should of ben mention.
Amazing the number of celebrities who were born and raised in Danville.
Thank you for the video Chris! It's good to see some previous residents of Danville helping with rehab costs of the theatre. Not sure whether the town will ever revitalize to what it once was, especially with the high taxes and everyone leaving the state. Can't wait to see your other videos you have coming from IL!❤