ILLINOIS: Almost All White Towns In A Diverse State - This Is What They Look Like
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Date: 2024-01-28
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rosemarythyme8595
It’s Pana like you say the letter A in the alphabet.
What a throwback and a surprise to see this! That’s where my great grandparents used to live. I lived with my grandma in Rockford Illinois.
I would go with my grandma and my great aunt to visit my great grandparents in Pana and oh my gosh I just loved being there.
I remember the trains going by. To this day every time I hear a train by my house I smile with fond memories.
She made homemade peach ice cream and homemade strawberry ice cream. She had lots of peach trees.
It was so awesome when I was a kid to get out of Rockford and go to Pana. I loved being there. I always loved traveling and I still do.
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It’s Pana like you say the letter A in the alphabet.
What a throwback and a surprise to see this! That’s where my great grandparents used to live. I lived with my grandma in Rockford Illinois.
I would go with my grandma and my great aunt to visit my great grandparents in Pana and oh my gosh I just loved being there.
I remember the trains going by. To this day every time I hear a train by my house I smile with fond memories.
She made homemade peach ice cream and homemade strawberry ice cream. She had lots of peach trees.
It was so awesome when I was a kid to get out of Rockford and go to Pana. I loved being there. I always loved traveling and I still do.
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usa-by-car
I grew up in a small town just a few miles to the east of Pana. Tower Hill. My grandparents lived on a farm just outside of Pana until they enlarged the lake either in 1949 or 1950 and flooded the area where their farm was located. You took me back a few years when you went downtown and passed the building where my father worked. That time frame would have been 1953 and '54. I have not been back there since 1970. But, after seeing your video I am going to go back there and see how all that area has changed and what if any remains the same. Thank you for posting this.
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I grew up in a small town just a few miles to the east of Pana. Tower Hill. My grandparents lived on a farm just outside of Pana until they enlarged the lake either in 1949 or 1950 and flooded the area where their farm was located. You took me back a few years when you went downtown and passed the building where my father worked. That time frame would have been 1953 and '54. I have not been back there since 1970. But, after seeing your video I am going to go back there and see how all that area has changed and what if any remains the same. Thank you for posting this.
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MrStubob2
Be as it may, my old neighborhood in a suburb of Chicago was all white until just a decade or so ago, started having minorities move in and crime has skyrocketed! Just this summer the white mailman was robbed by a black man with a gun in broad daylight! This is the beginning of the end for Chicago suburbs! Everyone who lives around here can't move away fast enough! It was not this bad 15 years ago! I never seen so many homes for sale in this area at one time! Every block has at least 3 house's with for sale signs! God help us! !
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Be as it may, my old neighborhood in a suburb of Chicago was all white until just a decade or so ago, started having minorities move in and crime has skyrocketed! Just this summer the white mailman was robbed by a black man with a gun in broad daylight! This is the beginning of the end for Chicago suburbs! Everyone who lives around here can't move away fast enough! It was not this bad 15 years ago! I never seen so many homes for sale in this area at one time! Every block has at least 3 house's with for sale signs! God help us! !
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georgerowe9166
I grew up in Girard and now live in Springfield. When I was a kid, Girard's square had a grocery store, a pharmacy, a retail store, a TV/electronics store, barber shops, hair salons, lumber yard, two video game arcades, a pizza joint and a hardware store. Now almost all are gone. One poster said big Ag was the demise of small towns. For Girard, it was big Ag and the closing of the coal mines. I'm not saying its losing its population, it's still a great place to live but it was a completely different community.
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I grew up in Girard and now live in Springfield. When I was a kid, Girard's square had a grocery store, a pharmacy, a retail store, a TV/electronics store, barber shops, hair salons, lumber yard, two video game arcades, a pizza joint and a hardware store. Now almost all are gone. One poster said big Ag was the demise of small towns. For Girard, it was big Ag and the closing of the coal mines. I'm not saying its losing its population, it's still a great place to live but it was a completely different community.
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user-yg1uz1gm4h
The wind must have blown the rest of the Christmas decorations away. ; 0) Those dollar stores in the beginning all received special tax cuts and other government incentives to build in these low populated areas of America. Today you will find one on every street corner and the only thing for a dollar is a dollar bill someone might have accidentally dropped. The town of Witt has a famous man in our oval office, his first name is Half.
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The wind must have blown the rest of the Christmas decorations away. ; 0) Those dollar stores in the beginning all received special tax cuts and other government incentives to build in these low populated areas of America. Today you will find one on every street corner and the only thing for a dollar is a dollar bill someone might have accidentally dropped. The town of Witt has a famous man in our oval office, his first name is Half.
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masonhrabak4913
I got some good stories from growing up in these towns my buddy told me to watch this. Didnt really know what diversity was until i was a teenager and traveled more. Now after all the places the army has sent me i kind of realize how racially homogenous my home county is. Korea was also homogenous when i went there and thats a whole country so in comparison America is still one of the most diverse countries in the world
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I got some good stories from growing up in these towns my buddy told me to watch this. Didnt really know what diversity was until i was a teenager and traveled more. Now after all the places the army has sent me i kind of realize how racially homogenous my home county is. Korea was also homogenous when i went there and thats a whole country so in comparison America is still one of the most diverse countries in the world
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stooge3370
I stayed in the lake lawn inn in Pana. I woke up with a cockroach on my face. Next night went north forget the town that motel looked even worse and it was only cash. Ended up going to Shelbyville to a motel next to a bait and tackle shop. Slightly better. Not much to choose from in that part of the state.
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I stayed in the lake lawn inn in Pana. I woke up with a cockroach on my face. Next night went north forget the town that motel looked even worse and it was only cash. Ended up going to Shelbyville to a motel next to a bait and tackle shop. Slightly better. Not much to choose from in that part of the state.
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brentsims8002
These sleepy little towns were blindsided by the crippling affects of methamphetamine. They thought it would never be their town yet it was and they did nothing to fix it in time. Just drive through and of these towns and you’ll see the backpack wearing homeless. These towns allowed it to happen.
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These sleepy little towns were blindsided by the crippling affects of methamphetamine. They thought it would never be their town yet it was and they did nothing to fix it in time. Just drive through and of these towns and you’ll see the backpack wearing homeless. These towns allowed it to happen.
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FrankMosch
Love it they closed the only hardware store in town now what! DRIVE A MILLION MILES TO GET WHAT YOU NEED TO DO A MINOR REPAIR AND IF NOT ATTENDED TO SOON AS POSSABLE WILL ONLY GET WORSE DOESN, T MAKE SENSE TO ME AGAIN TO MUCH GREED ETC IN THE LONG RUN EVERYONE WILL GET HURT THINGS GOTTA CHANGE.
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Love it they closed the only hardware store in town now what! DRIVE A MILLION MILES TO GET WHAT YOU NEED TO DO A MINOR REPAIR AND IF NOT ATTENDED TO SOON AS POSSABLE WILL ONLY GET WORSE DOESN, T MAKE SENSE TO ME AGAIN TO MUCH GREED ETC IN THE LONG RUN EVERYONE WILL GET HURT THINGS GOTTA CHANGE.
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bobjuniel8683
It sounds to me that American men may be importing Asian women, contributing to the male/female imbalance. Perhaps that says something about American women. The fact that women tend to outlive men by about 5 years may be another significant factor. What reasons do the statisticians give
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It sounds to me that American men may be importing Asian women, contributing to the male/female imbalance. Perhaps that says something about American women. The fact that women tend to outlive men by about 5 years may be another significant factor. What reasons do the statisticians give
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Nemo_IRL
I grew up in Nokomis. If you've ever seen That 70's Show, that's about what growing up in the Nokomis was like. I left there a very long time ago and currently living in Florida. Politics and all of our jobs going to other countries is what's causing ghost towns all over America.
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I grew up in Nokomis. If you've ever seen That 70's Show, that's about what growing up in the Nokomis was like. I left there a very long time ago and currently living in Florida. Politics and all of our jobs going to other countries is what's causing ghost towns all over America.
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azul93gt38
All small towns throughout the USA with the exception of some in the rural south will be predominately white. Illinois is not anymore diverse than any other state. Just because there are large ghettos and barrios in Chicago doesn't mean that the entire state is diverse.
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All small towns throughout the USA with the exception of some in the rural south will be predominately white. Illinois is not anymore diverse than any other state. Just because there are large ghettos and barrios in Chicago doesn't mean that the entire state is diverse.
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sapiensursus3034
I’ve been to so many of these towns. They need investment, they need care. There’s no reason small towns can’t support small businesses other than aggression by multinational corporations. They kill small towns.
These towns shouldn’t be dying.
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I’ve been to so many of these towns. They need investment, they need care. There’s no reason small towns can’t support small businesses other than aggression by multinational corporations. They kill small towns.
These towns shouldn’t be dying.
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user-rw2pu7fv3i
Go to Lake Bluff, IL if you want a house like the Victorian one you said you’d love to have, then compare the pricing of the exact same home down south where you are and to that same home in Lake Bluff. I PROMISE you you’ll find the exact same home.
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Go to Lake Bluff, IL if you want a house like the Victorian one you said you’d love to have, then compare the pricing of the exact same home down south where you are and to that same home in Lake Bluff. I PROMISE you you’ll find the exact same home.
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izzybobkelley4465
He does this all over the country the one commone demoninatornhe fails to mention is bill clinton democrat sent all manufacturing jobs to china and mexico thats why u see our towns crumbling its not about education at a jew hating college
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He does this all over the country the one commone demoninatornhe fails to mention is bill clinton democrat sent all manufacturing jobs to china and mexico thats why u see our towns crumbling its not about education at a jew hating college
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antlerassassinZ7
Pana is my hometown and my wife and I just moved back here after being gone for 30 years. We live in the country outside of town. Lived in Oregon the last 10 years. Hit me up if you want to do a local episode and I’ll show ya around.
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Pana is my hometown and my wife and I just moved back here after being gone for 30 years. We live in the country outside of town. Lived in Oregon the last 10 years. Hit me up if you want to do a local episode and I’ll show ya around.
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The1ByTheSea
Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana and Southern Ohio are a different world than their cities. People think of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as highly industrialized: yes. In the North and cities. The south of these states is pretty rural.
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Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana and Southern Ohio are a different world than their cities. People think of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as highly industrialized: yes. In the North and cities. The south of these states is pretty rural.
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mamabearcake9542
Poverty doesn't happen because of race. you need to dig deeper than that. we all have to have the mentality to invest in our towns to make them better. I know someone from Pana. their family is wonderful.
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Poverty doesn't happen because of race. you need to dig deeper than that. we all have to have the mentality to invest in our towns to make them better. I know someone from Pana. their family is wonderful.
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Bear-of1on
This is some of the flattest, squarest land out here in the plains state. It's beautiful these Illinois towns are. The only crimes OHLMAN produces is when those few haggardly, disentegrating houses show up
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This is some of the flattest, squarest land out here in the plains state. It's beautiful these Illinois towns are. The only crimes OHLMAN produces is when those few haggardly, disentegrating houses show up
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valbrooks2699
Every so often in these small towns, when you see a house for sale by owner, get the phone number off the sign and call and ask how much they want for it. Just for curiosity sake.
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Every so often in these small towns, when you see a house for sale by owner, get the phone number off the sign and call and ask how much they want for it. Just for curiosity sake.
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Rebecca-le9hn
The Mayors of these communities should invite retired folks and young entrepreneurs to come and live/establish businesses by offering them the buildings for free.
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The Mayors of these communities should invite retired folks and young entrepreneurs to come and live/establish businesses by offering them the buildings for free.
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Jays225
The door built in the water tower opens to the maintenance room under the tower. That is where the water water treatment system begins. Mostly chlorine tank changes.
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The door built in the water tower opens to the maintenance room under the tower. That is where the water water treatment system begins. Mostly chlorine tank changes.
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mattdillon853
We can spare all the blacks they want. We have more than our share of them here in Alabama. Course they don't need but two because they breed like rabbits.
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We can spare all the blacks they want. We have more than our share of them here in Alabama. Course they don't need but two because they breed like rabbits.
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kevinmasters7189
My parents grew up in Southern Illinois. They moved to ohio shortly after they got married in the 70s because there was no work there even back then.
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My parents grew up in Southern Illinois. They moved to ohio shortly after they got married in the 70s because there was no work there even back then.
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samanthafrakes3810
Please go through the village of Grant fork Ill and marine I'll and Highland I'll and area small towns I love your videos Thank You so much
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Please go through the village of Grant fork Ill and marine I'll and Highland I'll and area small towns I love your videos Thank You so much
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diamondp. 9688
Lots of places greatly suited for shooting of horror movies like Halloween, Friday 13th, Fantasm etc. or thrillers like No country for old men.
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Lots of places greatly suited for shooting of horror movies like Halloween, Friday 13th, Fantasm etc. or thrillers like No country for old men.
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prettyblackswan
I live in Illnois. A lot of these raggedy rural towns were maybe still are closed Sundown towns. blacks don't want to live in these towns.
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I live in Illnois. A lot of these raggedy rural towns were maybe still are closed Sundown towns. blacks don't want to live in these towns.
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auntmaryspals7978
I was going to say that Al Unser was a race car driver, but see that there was a baseball player by that name. Didn't know that.
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I was going to say that Al Unser was a race car driver, but see that there was a baseball player by that name. Didn't know that.
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williamjackson5942
These were sundown towns, for decades if you were black you needed to be out of town before dark or you were in big trouble!
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These were sundown towns, for decades if you were black you needed to be out of town before dark or you were in big trouble!
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CindyBirkConley
Interesting videos. Mostly buzzed in about not mentioning that Hillsboro has a prison, which you should have documented.
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Interesting videos. Mostly buzzed in about not mentioning that Hillsboro has a prison, which you should have documented.
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ginakirkland386
My great-uncle lived and is buried in Witt and some of my ancestors lived there, HIllsboro, Schram City, Litchfield.
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My great-uncle lived and is buried in Witt and some of my ancestors lived there, HIllsboro, Schram City, Litchfield.
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user-fs3wd2qz2s
This place just looks like an average small town. Believe me, there are much poorer towns than this in America.
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This place just looks like an average small town. Believe me, there are much poorer towns than this in America.
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sandrahuff4328
Pana has two Dollar Generals they have a new one on the west end going down route 29 head to Taylorville!
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Pana has two Dollar Generals they have a new one on the west end going down route 29 head to Taylorville!
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