Illinois' Forgotten Ghetto, The 61605: Peoria, Illinois' Hood 4K.

Peoria, Illinois isn't without it's hoods. In this video, I drive in mad circles around Peoria's hood and I tell you more about it along the way.

East Peoria: 0:48 - 4:00
Cedar Street Bridge: 3:55 & 22:00
Peoria: 4:00 - 22:00
Howett Street: 4:53 - 6:47
Griswold Street: 6:47 - 9:00
Manuel High School: 6:50
Harrison Homes: 13:50
Harrison School: 14:20

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EVERYTHING THAT I USE IN THE FIELD:

WHAT I USE AT HOME:


SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO:

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!

[_therealjaidajones]

born and raised on the south end and growing up and seeing our own city not care about us only inspired me to grow up and help the south end! People don’t understand and probably never will until you have to live it but thank you for this video!

[emilylewis]

When your from peoria... And this video shows up on your feed

[hughesvilleusa]

If you going to do a video, do more research.. So many monumental places surpassed without a word.. Butternut bread factory, Trewyn school, Proctor, etc

[mariawilkinson]

Moved to South Peoria 2 years ago and now own a home on West Butler...I love my neighbors and community.. I moved to Peoria 7 years ago from Pa/De area and I’m here to tell you, there’s bad areas any state you go to, but there’s also a lot of wonderful caring people here in Peoria..I love living in the Southend

[thatguy]

Its wierd to see your hometown in a video like this.

[kingdiebel]

I'm from Peoria. I've been robbed at gun point a few times. Madison Ave., Peoria St., and Howett. I've lived in the south end, and the east bluff. I work in every part of Peoria still, including the south end regularly. Good or bad, it's still home.

[barbsturgeon]

Just because people of lower income can't afford $100, 000 homes, doesn't mean their $40, 000 homes or rentals are ghetto. I've seen ghetto before and this is not ghetto. I feel sorry for the people who watch this video and see how it's depicted as a ghetto or hoods. They are not. They are homes. Simple as that. And they don't look so bad. There are so many people who are homeless and would love to live here. Also, if you look at some of the parked vehicles in driveways, many are pretty nice. I like your videos but please try to be considerate in your opinions when it comes to homes for economically disadvantaged people. I dare say, some people who may not be poor, live in these homes too.

[amosburk]

Didn't know I grew up in "The Hood". Great tour through what's left of it all. Knew a lot of the streets, had paper routes on several, went to kindergarten at Harrison school (1954)
THANKS! I really enjoyed it.

[lynnyoung]

I see you flew down Starr street fast😂😂😂

[squidwardtennisballs]

Some y’all asking why the properties look better than say Detroit hoods. This is for two reasons:

Unlike Detroit, The south side of peoria was not built for the black population originally. This was the main working class of the 1870s-1900s that worked downtown. There are a lot of Sears homes in the south end for this reason instead of mainly efficiency homes. The area originally designated for the black population was a place called Aiken Alley (where Richard Pryor was born). Also a good portion was organized by the Bradley Polytechnic Institute (Bradley University now) so there was professional cityplanning. So that’s why the neighborhood is laid out and built well.

Secondly, around 10:00 in he mentions the biggest reason many houses look decent TODAY is because the majority of all homes in the south end are owned by landlords. While the city inspection is more lenient on impoverished homeowners, they are rather strict on the slum lord and require many features to be able to house tenants. Peoria was considered kind of progressive for this a couple decades ago. While places like New York and Detroit were allowing black families to pack into tiny brick apartments, Peoria required multiple codes including in some instances carpet as well as maintained grass cutting. Slum lords used to pay the kids like 5 bucks for a day of mowing when i lived there

[heatherharrison]

It's interesting to see what qualifies as the bad part of town in different metro areas. Compared to the bad parts of Detroit in your other videos, this neighborhood looks nice. In most bad neighborhoods, it seems like some people try to keep their properties in good condition. This is certainly evident here; while some properties have fallen into decay, many still look good. This seems like a neighborhood that could improve if the city ever starts growing again.

[lylemeece]

I lived in the Harrison Homes form 1968 (on and off) to 1977. My Mom lived there until 92. I went to Harrison School the old one, (and I worked in the New Harrison and Manual), the video takes you past Trewyn School, where I attended and worked also. The School district traded (I think) the old Harrison to the City. The City sold it to a guy for 10 dollars. He stripped everything out of it that he could sell and then left. No body wants to touch it because of the asbestos. And, Peoria, never really cared about the south end anyway. That open building would never stand anywhere else. Most of the Harrison Homes were torn down, and that is where the New Harrison School stands. I drove down there a couple of years ago, my old apartment and my Mom's old apartment are still standing. They did put new houses in for low income people. Right across from the Harrison was an old Civil War cemetery. It was supposed to be moved and they reused the land. It is said, they only moved the headstones. There is a small plaque where the Cemetery once was. Moffetts.

[th_ral_nate]

Born and raised in Peoria still live here I ant never think somebody would make a video on it

[loedibiase]

Wtf I love my neighborhood and I will walk anywhere I please on gang

[lindacline]

Born and raised in Southend of Peoria was a great place to grow up lots of great memories loved going to Lincoln library

[TheDecks]

My car was stolen off of University St. and I didn't know it until a cop banged on our door and told us at 5am. lol

[USAR]

You need to do a drive through video of Peoria's run down warehouse district sometime. There are tons of old abandoned factories and warehouses from the late 1800s/early 1900s that are on the national register of historic places.

[wheatonsspeedshop]

That East peoria walmart is the site of an old power station that my great grandfather was employed in the construction

[jimmyhamm]

WAIT TILL YOU GET ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE BRIDGE TURN LEFT ON JEFFERSON AND KEEP GOING DOWN . THAT IS THE HOOD.