I Drove Through Kankakee, Illinois | This Is What I Saw

Описание: This is the full raw driving tour of Kankakee, Illinois — the so-called “Armpit of America.” 🚗💨

I filmed around 2 and a half hours worth of footage while exploring the city for my main channel documentary, and this is the uncut version. You’ll see:

🏭 Abandoned factories and brownfields

🏙️ Downtown Kankakee, including the courthouse and Majestic Theatre

🏡 Residential neighborhoods from east side river homes to the struggling west side

🚧 Industrial areas, the old Roper and General Foods sites, and more

If you want the full deep dive with history, stats, and the Chris Livability Score — check out the main channel video here 👉    • What Happened to Kankakee, Illinois?  

Otherwise, kick back, throw this on, and pretend you’re cruising through Kankakee yourself… just without the potholes.

📍 Filmed: Summer 2025
🎥 Channel: Chris Harden’s Video Archives

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Check out my other channels!

My Main Channel "Chris Harden":    / @chrisharden  
Nostalgia Tours Radio:    / @nostalgiatoursradio  

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In order to make good YouTube 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: https://amzn.to/4aDWtze
Sound Mixer: https://amzn.to/3TFkHCo
Microphone: https://amzn.to/4ahTBbs
Other things: https://amzn.to/3TzvUnG

WHAT I USE ON THE ROAD:
Camara: https://amzn.to/3TGtUKG
Other Camera: https://amzn.to/3TGu44K
Drone: https://amzn.to/3vADq9Z
Other things: https://amzn.to/3J3FxXe


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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.) https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edi...

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