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Just beyond the bright lights of Chicago is a completely different world out in rural Illinois. Come on an adventure with me to see what's happening close to Chicago, but a world away.
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Комментарии : 6 тыс.

@PeterSantenello 10 месяцев назад

I just received this message, "Hi Peter. My mom’s is 90 year old Margie and she is in one of your recent videos. Outside Chicago - What’s it like. My name is Deborah, one of her daughters, and I am writing you to thank you for this wonderful gift… you see, she had a stroke 8 days after you interviewed her and now her right side is paralyzed and she doesn’t say many words. She is living in her house on the farm, but requires 24 hour care. Me and my three sisters and other family members are doing our best to keep her happy and comfortable. I just received the RU-vid link from a cousin and am loving all the comments people have written about her. She has always been the most amazing woman, mom, friend to all who know her. Thank you so much!!!"

@Azez_ 10 месяцев назад

Wow..

@ericdanielsson4630 10 месяцев назад

Such a great lady, I hope she will recover and take a last skydive or many more!

@Jesper04 10 месяцев назад

So sorry for her family...

@slampersand3145 10 месяцев назад

Bless her and all of you ❤

@luist95 10 месяцев назад

God bless your mother

@DadVibe 10 месяцев назад

That farmer/truck driver is the epitome of dont judge a book by its cover and someone on how they look. He was right about everything he said. Well educated, and understands the complex realities and situations.

@beep7 10 месяцев назад

Yes so true! Made me remember how annoying it was when Mike Bloomberg said anyone can be a farmer...just poke a hole and plant a seed...saying farmers weren't educated.

@lancemannion4113 10 месяцев назад

Yup, 100% agree. Seems like a pretty cool guy and considering how hard he works, it was nice he was more than happy to let you bend his ear for a bit. Good peeps, farmers!

@thomasthomasthomas296 10 месяцев назад

⁠@@beep7Doesn’t understand that land grant universities exist to teach agriculture and mining, not kidding about that either (hence the a&m name of several land grant universities, for instance texas a&m is the land grant university in texas), many expanded that to provide engineering as a whole, as it turns out mechanical engineering and such is important to mining and agriculture. The steam engine came about from needing a way to pump water out of the mines in great britain. Also my dad grew up in a rural area not far from springfield, il, they frequently drove into springfield for the grocery store

@angelarobards8264 10 месяцев назад

You obviously judge working men wearing work clothes as unintelligent... you really need to get out of your bubble. For farmers to be successful they need to be highly knowledgeable in many areas that would likely put your intellect to shame.

@kerstas10 10 месяцев назад

@@angelarobards8264true.. But still, everyone could be a farmer. Main question after such statement should be, only for how long?

@nathanbeard3561 10 месяцев назад

I am from Illinois, so I have a bias, but its important to realize what Nelson was saying. The quality of soil that exists in Northern Illinois is very rare. There are only a few places in the world with soil of that quality. The Nile valley in Egypt is one of them. The prairie land on the eastern side of the Mississippi is another. Why should we destroy this natural resource?

@Ren3gade 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. They are doing the same thing in NW Ohio - prime farm land. Farmers are selling out. Getting crazy amounts of dollars per acre for solar panels and windmills.... and all of the generated electricity will be sent across the grid to other parts of the US. It's ridiculous. I am all for solar panels, but put them on roofs or in the desert. NOT FERTILE FARM GROUND THAT GROWS OUR FOOD.

@j7286 10 месяцев назад

My grandpa said the same thing whenever a new shopping center or subdivision went up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. 'They're taking away the good farmland'. He was born in 1899 and died in 1967. Saw a lot of changes.

@muscleman125 10 месяцев назад

for real, and it's not like there isn't plenty of land out in illinois that isn't zoned to be a farm and is otherwise just a vacant lot full of gravel or some overgrown sticks. They should look at installing solar power on abandoned lots and areas with poor soil. The desert really is the best option overall though. @@Ren3gade

@africkinamerican 10 месяцев назад

@@muscleman125 How we use/misuse land is the foundation of the entire economy.

@sategllib2191 10 месяцев назад

Same with Indiana@@Ren3gade

@gingerriviera3654 7 месяцев назад

The farmer gentleman you got to speak with is just a wealth of knowledge. I learned more just listening to him talk than anything I heard on the news ever. Amazing. I LOVE the work you are doing.

@Will-nb8qk 7 месяцев назад

And he wasn’t bigoted about change just concerned how it would legitimately affect their livelihoods.

@randylahey1822 7 месяцев назад

I basically live next door to Europe's first gigafactory and there's been much talk about it's longevity, an engineer who works there basically gave me the same rundown " They need batteries to store water,wind or solar energy but batteries will fail on you, electricity is not the answer. I'll change my mind when NASA switches their AJ10 engines for batteries. "

@jaredsilvers2782 4 месяца назад

He was a really cool guy, but just so you know a lot of what he said about solar farms was nonsense. I live in this region of Illinois I know this type of guy, great people but there's a lot of misinformation regarding solar and wind in rural areas. The truth is wind and solar has put a ton of money in the pockets of family farms in Illinois. Usually installed on the least productive farm fields they own.

@erikmorales17 4 месяца назад

So true I’m from Schaumburg and didn’t know we had such precious soil, and that our farmers feed Chicago!

@karolgolden231 Месяц назад

@@Will-nb8qk Most people in farming in USA or even in Europe are concerned about it. I'm not a farmer but when I hear politicians in EU saying we need to reduce CO2 by 90% in 15 years I just can't believe it. Farmer in Europe will get massive hit by this regulations and big markets and factories will import food from countries where is no regulations like that.

@kentpitman5649 10 месяцев назад

Back in the day, IL had a tourism campaign with the tag line "just outside Chicago, there's a place called Illinois".

@RobertaFierro-mc1ub 2 месяца назад

That's a great one!

@Lily_1010 10 месяцев назад

Now we need a series on small towns and farms! I could spend another episode or more with Margie, what a sweet kind woman and so young at heart which makes sense to why she's so healthy! She's so happy and positive, love her!

@northeastnebraskafarming117 10 месяцев назад

I agree!

@beau-urns 10 месяцев назад

uh... so Margie... we need to talk about this. whatever she is doing, we all need to do it. She looks about 15 years younger than she is, and has the energy of someone 25-30 years younger. what an absolute gem

@jimgoebel5348 6 месяцев назад

And she has all her mental faculties. She's a delight.

@jaredsilvers2782 4 месяца назад

Yea when he "guessed" she was 62 I was like "aww that's nice of him but she's definitely 70ish".. Turns out she was around for World War 2. Amazing lady. I'm glad he got to meet her before the stroke(see the pinned comment).

@macedindu829 10 часов назад

I couldn't believe when she said 90.

@garzaalex17 6 месяцев назад

BRILLIANT line by the gentlemen at 13:20 "Im all for solar, just not on farmland. They dont make farmland everyday". Very, very true. We must protect our farmers.

@maximus6622 10 месяцев назад

As a Brit who loves the diversity of the USA, I really enjoy Peters videos and it's great to see the real America and it's laid back, genuine people.What a diamond the 90yr old lady was, could listen to her stories all day. Peace and love from the UK 🙏

@seanlambert8336 10 месяцев назад

My father has a 93 year old friend i love his stories. I've been all over America its beautiful and the people are very nice. You should visit if you haven't. I was on the blue ridge parkway earlier today and the leaves are changing colors falling off

@ruiz1871 10 месяцев назад

I used to watch “anywhere but westminster” on RU-vid for the same reason. Mostly during brexit. I havent checked if they still update.

@dannyboy6332 10 месяцев назад

Their is no diversity there!! That’s why it is wonderful!

@maximus6622 10 месяцев назад

@@elmastro-ye9lw I'm a Londoner, born and bred, but in my humble opinion, I find the country folk to be friendlier, more honest and genuine. I never said " City people" weren't real Americans, I was referring to the fact that over here, all we really see in the media is New York, LA, Vegas, Miami etc, which doesn't really give a true perspective of the USA. It's was just a figure of speech.

@utahdan231 10 месяцев назад

@@seanlambert8336I can imagine its beauty. I’ve driven all the way from Shenandoah to Smokies in October. It took three weeks to complete. The most memorable road. Love Blue Ridge Highway.

@SparkyTuttle 10 месяцев назад

I have 3 grandchildren who were adopted together and living somewhere out there. This gives me so much more peace of mind. I knew they were living a far better life than my daughter could give them. They have thrived. Now I know why. Those are some of the finest people I have ever seen. This was personal, close to my heart, and I could never thank you enough.

@rachelcarter5282 10 месяцев назад

My heart goes to you as I’ve experienced your side of an adoption.💕

@AllenRob87 10 месяцев назад

You mentioned Norway. I’m about 20 minutes from there. My family settled in Norway, IL in the 1800’s from the country of Norway. They immigrated here to farm and build a life and here I still reside 200 years later. There’s a reason we’re so proud of what we have out here, our roots run deep.

@jorunnpedersen817 10 месяцев назад

Big love to you from Norway. 🌹🇧🇻

@AllenRob87 10 месяцев назад

@@jorunnpedersen817 and to you as well!

@jaynareynolds3684 10 месяцев назад

She said, "Life's not worth living with negative thoughts". ...❤❤❤

@cameronmueller 10 месяцев назад

91?! Holy smokes, she has the mobility of a 60 year old, very impressive. This was such a great episode of the Chicago series, Thank you Peter.

@bevrosity 10 месяцев назад

ikr? crazy. seems nowhere near 90

@ijasonxi1 10 месяцев назад

She looks amazing for 91

@mariechosgaire6984 10 месяцев назад

She moves better than me and I'm 33 😂😂

@Heldin33 10 месяцев назад

I was a travel agent in Germany, and we got invited from the tourism industry in Illinois to explore it and eventually sell Illinois as a travel destination back in Germany and I loved my time there!!! First time ever for me in the US. I remember there was Lincoln everywhere, the Route 66 (nobody in Europe knows it also is in Illinois), Lincoln, weird and awesome private museums, The Juliet Prison, lots of good food, oh, did I mentioned Lincoln? The people were so nice and chatty, in my opinion it's a great state.

@rauldiaz7309 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. Joliet Correctional closed in 2002. It is now used as a tourist venue.

@XMrPersonX 10 месяцев назад

Ya, back in the day before the interstates route 66 was made to connect Chicago to LA. highways across the rocky mountains were a big challenge so for a long time it was the best way to get to the west coast

@Jm0417-s 10 месяцев назад

Nice place to visit, terrible place to live. 48th highest tax burden state in the country, huge state debt, hot as hell in the summer, cold as death in the winter, some of the worst condition roads in the country. The place is a mess.

@rhietpas 10 месяцев назад

@@Jm0417-sChicago is a great place to live with lots to do and great job opportunities. Winters aren’t for the frail. But us midwestern types are tough. Downstate is much tougher with many manufacturing jobs leaving sadly.

@tsdobbi 10 месяцев назад

"The Juliet Prison" Joliet, but close enough :). I'm from Joliet. When I went to college I met two exchange students from Sweden. We were sitting in a dining hall, them me and a few of my friends. They asked me where I was from and I said Joliet. I got up to go to the restroom and came back and they were all laughing. Apparently when I left they asked my friends "what I did". They had seen the movie Blues Brothers and thought "Joliet" was an American slang term for prison. So they thought I implied I had just gotten out of prison.

@DainavosSakalas 10 месяцев назад

Viewing this video from Lithuania I can say that small places around the world has this similar thing - simple, yet wonderful people. No fakekiness, snobbism or arrogance. Simple people, open people. I like it! Thank you for the video.

@AndrewJacobson-cq2om 10 месяцев назад

Come visit, check out Galena!!

@thebacongames2182 10 месяцев назад

nah these people are arrogant. only care about one thing and if you dont agree youre the devil to them.

@skurinski 10 месяцев назад

@@thebacongames2182says the city snobbist

@Uncle.Ruckus.No.Relation. 10 месяцев назад

Blacks would destroy that area. ( Fact. )

@damonmelendez856 10 месяцев назад

@@Uncle.Ruckus.No.Relation.but think of the trade off of diversity! Lmao. All the liquor stores same corner store jobs that would be generated by taking EBT and Section 8; Blaqqque is beautiful. Or something like that.

@kevingamble8861 5 месяцев назад

I'm glad you spoke to a farmer. So many people have no concept about what our farmers do. They're business men, mechanics, biologists, laborers and stewards of the environment. Most politicians who make decisions on the future of farming couldn't possibly do what our farmers do.

@CoachAzizaB 10 месяцев назад

Nelson made some really valid points. With all the unused roof space in and around Chicago....why not place solar panels there? Instead of threatening precious farm land....use areas that are already primed for solar and don't take away spaces we need access to.

@bigmurph1447 10 месяцев назад

Its simple Because the government wants to use ur land not there land so they can gain control of it

@schwags1969 10 месяцев назад

Solar panels are a complete waste of time and money to do very little.

@dangusmedia 10 месяцев назад

One of the cool, and practical, things I have seen as well are car covers for parking lots. Double benefit when you toss a few solar panels up.

@Champwsox05 10 месяцев назад

I love rural Illinois. I moved away from the suburbs six years ago at almost 42 years old. It took me about 6 months or so to wonder and ask myself, "Did I make a mistake?." The answer is heII no. I made one of the wisest decisions of my life. The people are SO much nicer and accommodating out here than I ever felt in Downers Grove. I can't give this up. If I do, then I'm a complete fool.

@andrewprior5080 10 месяцев назад

Me too. Grew up in a rough part of Columbus before moving 20 miles out. It really took 5 years to adjust.

@krwd 10 месяцев назад

amen to that buddy the country is the best living on earth

@bradylynch1971 10 месяцев назад

Chicago sucks, needs to be its own state. Or country for that matter.

@theboxofdemons 10 месяцев назад

I did the opposite. Moved from rural to Chicago burbs and couldn't be happier. I'm as introverted as can be, but something about being so far from civilization can be depressing at times. Maybe it's just the annoyance of having to drive an hour+ for any little thing that needs done.

@Longneckmexican 9 дней назад

Live in burr ridge with family cant stand this area. Not far from downers grove. Got family in TN. But i explore i fish alot… i would give everything all my possessions to live in the rural. if i could and was in certain circumstances financially and career wise id leave

@Iskateminilogo 10 месяцев назад

That 90 year old lady is one of the most wholesome human beings I’ve ever seen. So sharp for being that old

@Kookyxmnstr 10 месяцев назад

And skydiving too! Amazing! She has a youthful spirit

@gmm3080 7 месяцев назад

Nelson the farmer is spot on with his explanation about precious farmland and how it is often ruined. His insight is great, and I could sense how he was really holding back. Again, a highly valuable video, I expected nothing less.

@jaredsilvers2782 4 месяца назад

There has been zero farmland ruined by solar panels or wind farms in Illinois. Unless you're talking about aesthetically speaking, they can be quite ugly. But as far as ruining the soil for the future? Yea, that's absolutely false.

@McSlobo Месяц назад

Yeah, that solar panel stuff was nonsense unless you blast them into millions of pieces. How people ruin the farmlands are that they pump out the water from underground aquifiers until it's not economically feasible, use too much chemicals so that the soil dies. Erosion is another big thing, but the way land erodes in flat plains is by making dust bowls, not necessarily a big issue in Illinois. Additionally, farming often leads on groundwater contamination and nutrient flows into ditches and rives causing algae blooms, fish deaths and even making the drinking water unpotable and swimming impossible. The mos common crime in countryside is environmental crime.

@redcomic619 10 месяцев назад

I love the concept of this video. Illinois is too often generalized to be Chicago and nothing more, but there’s a huge state out there full of different perspectives. It would be interesting to see a similar video in the future about Upstate New York (both rural and the cities like Buffalo/Rochester) and how it’s vastly different from NYC.

@daveh9080 10 месяцев назад

That would be great, and it’s very similar to Illinois’s situation. Heck, go up into the north country/adk region/1000’s islands area as well. The differences between NYC and the rest of the state is drastic.

@ksherman51 10 месяцев назад

This or even parts of NJ. North NJ is an extension of NYC practically where if you start heading north west or far enough south it completely changes

@RJT80 10 месяцев назад

This is how it is just outside every major city. Even if you go north out of Chicago and into large suburbs there is still surrounding farmland.

@JDobrozsi1 10 месяцев назад

Yes redcomic I have been to Buffalo in Western NY and I was shocked because I was thinking NYC but Buffalo in ways reminds me of Cincinnati,OH being spread it out instead of compact like NYC is.

@FOodieBoOjuee 10 месяцев назад

Got to go to a bills game then

@kebabtank 10 месяцев назад

This is so interesting, especially for someone from England. It really makes me realise that the media tends to focus on certain parts of your country only.

@chooch1995 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely, friend! The media is our enemy!

@btnhstillfire 10 месяцев назад

Chicago looks nothing like the reat of Illinois. Its the sore thumb…Reat of Illinois is natural. My town is boring but places around me have beautiful locations.

@AJ-jx5gm 10 месяцев назад

Theres an angle to everything in the media. Even the chicago cop that was in a recent video on this channel wasnting telling the whole story. For example, he said current mayor didnt give cops paid maternity leave but teachers got it. What he didnt mention is that the police union endorsed an opposing candidate while the teachers union endorsed the new mayor. Thats probably the reason teachers got it and police didnt.

@squirrelvert 8 месяцев назад

He didn't portray the area in a very balanced way -- there are much nicer areas than the places he picked out to showcase in this video. Clickbait nonsense.

@squirrelvert 8 месяцев назад

@@btnhstillfire His comment wasn't a compliment -- unless by "compliment" you mean what he'd have said to a tribesman in a country he considered more primitive than his own. "Noble savage" sort of talk.

@keiaunakimmel1361 10 месяцев назад

I live in Japan but am a proud mid-west girl. Watching this makes me homesick. The media hardly portrays the kind, good, hardworking people. Thanks for the honest video!

@John.JAnderson 7 месяцев назад

I see it all the time in the UK also, people abroad will only see the news which shows London and nothing else. England has a plethora of hard working, well meaning and good natured working class people who just want peace and enjoyment. Culture wars from the media, both news and social media, are destroying the sense of common community.

@inançKarafirtinalar 5 месяцев назад

Evin seni bekliyor orta bati kızı

@tonyhussey3610 2 месяца назад

@John.JAnderson everything is on little Britain and only fools and horses.. all you need to know right there...

@thecorndoghero7329 Месяц назад

Raised in Illinois, living in Saitama

@kaymaur0202 8 месяцев назад

I've lived in rural Illinois my whole life. I purchased my first home in the middle of a bunch of cornfields. Driving too and from work is like 20 minutes of complete peace. The sunrises and sunsets I get to see every day are incredible. Everytime I walk outside it's silent. We get to hear beautiful churchbells twice a week. And all the room you could ever need to stretch out. I wouldn't give it up for anything

@Tb61035 8 месяцев назад

Twice a week! I live in rural England and most villages have the church ringing every hour (a tradition from when people didn't have clocks). |Extra bells for holidays, weddings, and funerals.

@Newportbanking 7 месяцев назад

@@Tb61035isn’t is wild that people thousands of miles away do things differently?

@xeladerdritte7139 7 месяцев назад

@@Tb61035same here in Germany

@davidortega357 7 месяцев назад

I.lived in California Central.valley this part of Illinois looks like our valley towns lots of 🌽 and cattle, almond orchards, grape vines hot summers wet winters vegetables and fruits turlock Merced Sierra Nevada Yosemite turkey ranchers

@unixrebel 5 месяцев назад

sounds like heaven

@bethparrock2637 10 месяцев назад

I was born in Sycamore, IL. My mom thought she had such a green thumb, her vegetable garden flourished. She found out later after she moved to Lake Bluff that her thumb was in fact not green. It was the soil there.

@planetfunk44 10 месяцев назад

I’m in Huntley. Here for over 32 years. The town went from 2300 to over 27,000! No farms left in town. Was the largest milk producer in the state at one time. ❤

@timdodson9956 9 месяцев назад

Shout out sycamore that’s where I’m from as well!

@dianefletcher7852 7 месяцев назад

It was your mom's green thumb!!!!!

@steved2656 6 месяцев назад

I live in the southern part of Illinois and I envy the soil in central and northern IL. When I till my garden in the spring it’s reddish-brown dirt. The soil up there looks exactly like bagged soil from Home Depot.

@SrTacoman 5 месяцев назад

Ewww lake bluff( I live on the north shore )

@ccmcgee9062 10 месяцев назад

As a Chicagoan, I love this.. and Margie is freaking amazing. Very sad about her having a stroke after your visit.

@SSNESS 7 месяцев назад

Little Compton, Rhode Island

@KayleeVRC 10 месяцев назад

As a Norwegian it's so interesting to see families from Norwegian origin and hearing their history and background. We don't get to hear much from actual Norwegian-American families that moved back when the gold rush was a big thing and from WW2. We only hear the history and what it was like when they went on the journey across the sea. I'm proud of all our brothers that made it over to the States and was able to be successful and continue their generations in a country on the opposite side of the planet. Would love to watch an interview with one of them if you're able to! 😊😃

@garrysekelli6776 10 месяцев назад

Det är det ni vet inte någonting.

@bennyhelgeson401 10 месяцев назад

UFF DA!

@letsdoitforjohnny5066 10 месяцев назад

Minnesota is full of ppl of Norwegian ancestry it’s pretty cool.

@KayleeVRC 10 месяцев назад

@@letsdoitforjohnny5066 As someone who would love to some day live in USA or Canada I'd love to talk with someone with Norwegian ancestry there. Definitely would be inspiring and give me motivation to possibly some day fulfil my dream

@iscrampad2194 10 месяцев назад

I’ve noticed that country side people have been living like how their ancestors were in Europe. And I love that.

@alexmiserez50 7 месяцев назад

Hello everybody i'm French i'm from France i'm happy watching this vidéo because it's like a rural country in France so it's cool see that and God bless America 🙏

@AgitatedTaco 7 месяцев назад

❤

@az894 6 месяцев назад

Ça m'a rappelé la campagne en région coeur de France

@braxtona4250 5 месяцев назад

@@az894 Nous avons des terres comme ça partout dans l'etats-unis. J'habite a St. Louis qui est à environ 5 heures de Chicago, et le paysage ressemble à ça. je suis desole pour mon francais, seulement j'apprendre le langue pour 8 mois

@az894 5 месяцев назад

@@braxtona4250 votre français est impeccable! J'adore vos paysages...

@a.c.m.2336 10 месяцев назад

Peter, this video was posted only 5 hours ago and has over 90K views. Must be an amazing feeling. I watched it straight through because I like how you find interesting people to talk to and and let them tell their own story. Thank you for the work you do!

@peggyperkins6290 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for representing rural Illinois. I moved here from Michigan 5 years ago and absolutely love Central Illinois. Come to the Peoria area..it's pretty awesome.

@yellowsnout 10 месяцев назад

I agree. Born and raised. We love to visit elsewhere and get right back home.

@mariaa9635 Месяц назад

My friend is from Varna. I've visited a few times. It's so nice there

@austist 10 месяцев назад

This is what journalism is about. You're letting people speak on a platform theyve otherwise not had the outreach to do. Where you are currently in life must feel amazing for helping people speak and bringing so many people fromaround the world together to listen. you're my favorite content creator peter. please never stop this format

@westsider1442 10 месяцев назад

journalists don't just let people speak, they verify and research comments and claims made.

@DecayingReverie 10 месяцев назад

While I love Peter's videos, even he himself says he isn't a journalist. As another comment said, journalists don't just present information without comment. If someone in the video says something that is false, and many people featured here, though well-meaning, friendly, and probably believing they are telling the truth, don't always present correct information. It is impossible for any one person to accurately give a comprehensive view of society. I don't think that is what Peter is trying to do either, he just does his best to cover as many different communities that he thinks are important or interesting to him and his viewers. I hope my comment didn't come across as an attack or anything. Peter's videos are amazing and I just enjoy seeing different places, cultures, and gaining at least a better idea of how societal issues affect different communities.

@theoredbam6863 9 месяцев назад

I love rural America. The people, the food , the landscape and most of all the feelings of township and community.

@badabing8152 7 месяцев назад

the severe lack of mentally ill democrats. agree

@purplebabushka852 7 месяцев назад

Nothing like Illinois sweet corn

@charlestaylor6883 6 месяцев назад

What about the meth

@vladbastovka6813 5 месяцев назад

@@charlestaylor6883 best part😎

@K.Fulkerson 10 месяцев назад

When people quit watching the news and start watching videos like yours, they will see what real America is all about! 👍🏼👍🏼

@DBMD7 10 месяцев назад

As a guy born and raised in Chicago, I now live in the North Suburbs. Every Summer and fall I drive out West and come back through Paw Paw and Sandwich. I absolutely adore the serene atmosphere driving through these towns. I am very grateful for our small rural towns. I feel like it keeps the checks and balances of Illinois. Illinois has some great towns that are over looked BUT to be honest I am sure the locals in these towns like it that way because it keeps their lives simple and sweet. We don’t need people bringing that city crap out to our beautiful small towns. As a Black man I love and appreciate all of our Illinois people, cities and towns. The people in these towns are hard working blue collar folks just like the city, they just don’t want to put up with the high stress and BS that we deal with being closer to the City. They deserve to be recognized for what they do and how they live. Don’t show too much of their slice of heaven. Have to keep it quiet there. Great video.

@reneeadolph1309 10 месяцев назад

You just said what I was thinking watching this. Thank you.

@dsmith6404 10 месяцев назад

Born in Chicago and raised in Hoffman Est. but summers were spent in the city

@dsmith6404 10 месяцев назад

And now live in North West Wisconsin

@pinkythechihuahua3156 10 месяцев назад

@@dsmith6404 I went to Schaumburg High School the year it first opened it's doors. That was a VERY long time ago. Good place to send your kids to school. Excellent reviews and test scores.

@DBMD7 10 месяцев назад

@@dsmith6404 That’s the next move for my Wife and I.

@cg1492 Месяц назад

I felt every word the two guys in the restaurant were saying. A year ago, my husband and I left the big city to move out to a small town an hour away. We love the nature, slowness of life, no traffic, and we got so much more house for our money. We actually have a large backyard now. I love sitting by the fire pit at night, watching the fireflies, and seeing stars in the sky.

@christopherstephens6963 10 месяцев назад

Nelson is a cool dude. People do not understand the struggles that farmers face every day! We need to make changes, but we cannot destroy people's lively hood in the process.

@melanierxdoc 10 месяцев назад

My mother in law loved this video. She was born in Sandwich, lived in Earlville and her sister in law is from Paw Paw!! So thank you for the trip down memory lane.

@IndependantWCommonSense44.... 4 месяца назад

My favorite part about Sandwich is the SANDWICH POLICE...lol

@saxgoddess89 5 месяцев назад

I grew up in this area and when the trucker/farmer said, "Chicago runs Illinois," I felt that to my core!

@FuhrerHeisen Месяц назад

YEEEEP

@labrador3231 9 месяцев назад

I stumbled across this channel by accident, What great viewing content which left me spellbound. I live in the U.K. where there is a negative view of American society, this rural lifestyle looks timeless & sustainable. Great show😊

@squirrelvert 8 месяцев назад

He didn't portray the area in a very balanced way -- there are much nicer areas than the places he picked out to showcase in this video. Clickbait nonsense.

@chalesgolding5314 Месяц назад

Peter has one of the best channels on RU-vid disregard the negative comment by squirrelvert…

@scrambledeggs88 10 месяцев назад

Illinois is such an underrated state. Big city Chicago, rural farm culture, river valley bluffs in Peoria, starved rock, shawnee forest down South. Amazing state

@supergeek1418 10 месяцев назад

Not to mention the dells on the Fox River, just south of Aurora, Fermilab, Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River Coast, and many, *many* Forest Preserves throughout the state.

@davidsuch8942 10 месяцев назад

😂 most of chicago is trash, most farm areas are trash, Peoria is trash...

@davidsuch8942 10 месяцев назад

@@supergeek1418you can't get into fermilab, and lake michigan in IL is ugly relative to everywhere else. Yall are delusional.

@supergeek1418 10 месяцев назад

@@davidsuch8942 Absolutely you can get into Fermilab! They have a beautiful section of restored prarie, an American bison (buffalo) herd, a museum in the main building plus many programs for the public. It's a real treasure. And the lakeshore from the Oak Street Beach, northwards is beautiful. I'll grant you that the southern area near Gary has some issues, but *most* of the Illinois Shoreline is quite nice.

@packers12to80 10 месяцев назад

Underrated is a stretch😂. There are some nice areas....but let's be honest😂😂

@aaronfrench8322 10 месяцев назад

If anyone lives in the area, please check out The Dekalb County Barn Tour! It’s so cool, they give you a map and checkpoints for the day of locations of barns and farms throughout all of Dekalb County and you just drive around to barns and meet people from the area and it’s beautiful!

@sidekickkato2027 10 месяцев назад

i've been in Illinois for all my 49 years. Its stunning how different it is once you're outside of Chicagoland. The Fox River valley is gorgeous. The western border along the Mississippi will take your breath away. I complain about living here a lot but every time, i see stuff like this I remember what a really lovely place this is and how if i could just get away from Chicago metro i might never want to leave this state at all😅 thank you for doing this!

@jasonarcher7268 10 месяцев назад

The galena area is absolutely gorgeous this time of year.

@touger9759 10 месяцев назад

Agreed 100%. We're I am you can go from flat open prairie, to rolling timberland/creek bottoms, to Mississippi river and wetlands in a 20min drive. I love my home but hate the state.

@jasonarcher7268 10 месяцев назад

@touger9759 same here. Ogle County is amazing. The only downside is that it's in Illinois.

@daveh9080 10 месяцев назад

⁠@@jasonarcher7268I know what you guys are talking about. I live in the finger lakes(central) region of New York. I love the area, there’s mountains, Great Lakes and everything in between. Only downfall is it’s New York.

@ShenghuiYang 10 месяцев назад

Salt fork river in vermilion is beautiful.

@patriciatyree3936 2 месяца назад

I'm from small town Illinois I love it.. The freedom as a kid has shaped me Farmers are the backbone of America hard working ppl

@markboccia2433 10 месяцев назад

The more I watch these videos the more I realize how smart country people are, and how smart city people think they are

@sharonholt3118 10 месяцев назад

My sentiments exactly 👍

@Joy-io7xl 10 месяцев назад

Meaningful choice of words!

@wtk6069 10 месяцев назад

Most people are naturally decent and smart no matter where they are, but cities do dramatically increase opportunities for crooked leaders, some elected and some not, to take advantage of the people and put them in tough spots by pursuing their own personal agendas to get rich.

@dickjohnson9582 5 месяцев назад

Corn is like the most nutrient deficient filler garbage food and you think you're smart that you grow it and get the little government subsidy. Then say you're "feeding the city". Yea garbage. Sure the nature is nice. Many people would love to live there but there arent any jobs. Bet the average age is like 60 there because it's just retired people.

@ScottRPriester 10 месяцев назад

We traveled through rural Illinois on our way to Wisconsin this summer and it's unbelievable how clean it is. We stopped and ate in Love

@islandmanmikep 10 месяцев назад

I am black. I would live in many of the towns you have featured. I am an American and this is America. I love it despite it's flaws. I love it's greatness even more.

@yawos9024 10 месяцев назад

You don't know what you are talking about. Try Dixon, Illinois!

@MSinc1 10 месяцев назад

Your welcome in my small town any day sir…

@tpower1912 6 месяцев назад

@@MSinc1 Big mistake

@charlestaylor6883 6 месяцев назад

No you dont 😂 they don’t even wanna live where they do half the time 😂 do you have any idea how many meth heads are out there

@TitanicTubi 5 месяцев назад

Y?@@tpower1912

@thephillawson 10 месяцев назад

I’m from Chicagoland, out in the far west suburbs, a town called Saint Charles. I now live outside of the Chicago area in a town called Rochelle, and it’s absolutely crazy when you realize how many vastly different lifestyles this one state has to offer, especially in just Northern Illinois alone.

@michaeldalporto9517 9 месяцев назад

I'm in st Charles also 😊

@johnthegreat 9 месяцев назад

We're all the same not that different, I'm a trk driver, born in Chicago, i moved to orlandpark, only difference is Chicago people have to be watching their back,all the time 😂

@vilivililealaitafea458 9 месяцев назад

St Charles one my favorite places in Illinois, played a lot golf at Burr hills course.

@rowchi93 9 месяцев назад

I'm from Chicago and recently went to St. Charles for the first time this past fall. My brother and I took the train out to Aurora and rode our bikes to Elgin along the Fox River with stops in Geneva and St. Charles along the way. It's a beautiful city and their fall festival was popping.

@sarahmaske7335 7 месяцев назад

Born and raised in Northern Illinois in a tiny town called Monroe Center. Just a stone's throw away from Rochelle.

@Muddywatersist 10 месяцев назад

Growing up I worked on a farm in Kansas. A couple times a year we where sitting on tractors up to 20 hours a day either plowing and planting or fall harvesting. Many of the fields were miles from the farm and we hauled diesel to the site. A battery tractor will never cut it.

@tombosley3048 10 месяцев назад

That older lady selling vintage WW2 magazines for 50 cents a piece. Incredible. A genuine person, just living her life. You find these kind of people often in this state. I love Illinois, its the place I call home.

@MichaelsExplorations 7 месяцев назад

Loved her and all the cool stuff she was selling

@Willemies 8 месяцев назад

These are the kind of places, which I want to see whenever I visit America and do a month long roadtrip. So nice, so nice! Greetings from Finland!

@squirrelvert 8 месяцев назад

He didn't portray the area in a very balanced way -- there are much nicer areas than the places he picked out to showcase in this video. Clickbait nonsense.

@Willemies 8 месяцев назад

@@squirrelvert Even better then😇

@CrazyMonkey679 8 месяцев назад

Same here from Ireland brother!

@квітиприрода 16 дней назад

Beautiful story, friendly people, very positive vibe . It's fun, Thanks Peter!

@NalosGryphon 10 месяцев назад

My dad used to drive truck through this area of northern Illinois outside of Chicago and he always relays to me the story of how he used to pass by cop cars emblazoned with the words "Sandwich Police" and how funny that always was to him

@kittywampusdrums4963 10 месяцев назад

My stupid girlfriend got us put in Sandwich PD jail lmao. Then she went to county HAHA.

@elicarlson7682 10 месяцев назад

@geekfreak618lolololol

@davidhansen5574 10 месяцев назад

im not from the US, but Europe, but maaan, these videos you are making are fantastic! it's so fascinating to gget a really deep and authentic look at the internals of US society. Thank you

@MrTravisbickle74 10 месяцев назад

I could have listened to Nelson speaking for hours! In few minutes he perfectly explained the madness of modern society and the green dementia

@laurensanchez8063 5 месяцев назад

I’ve lived in Springfield and Champaign,IL and this makes me miss rural Illinois. The peace and farm to table meals are unmatched 🌷

@jhartford58 10 месяцев назад

Born & raised Chicago city boy here who recently started venturing out into rural America weekly and along the way, met some very amazing and genuine people who never thought existed. Thanks for this video Peter

@spencergrubb5153 10 месяцев назад

I'm from rural central Illinois (Champaign area) and it feels like home every time I drive up from Texas. It's a shame how broke and corrupt Illinois is, but I love a lot of people from there.

@lizzijansen6527 10 месяцев назад

Me too! Born in Danville now live in Florida. Daughter and son in law still live in Fairmount IL. So peaceful there.

@baconeggandcheese27 10 месяцев назад

I grew up in Bourbonnais but my parents have a home on the lake in Danville. Illinois is a beautiful state but the politics have ruined it. Breaks my heart for my home state.@@lizzijansen6527

@karingray1537 10 месяцев назад

Yes. I went to U of I. The people in Champaign-Urbana,Il R exceptional Rural but with a great University

@nbvca1 10 месяцев назад

I live outside of Peoria and it's sad what this state has become. My brother is now in Dallas, TX.

@ultimateparkmasters4735 10 месяцев назад

@karingray1537 I wouldn't say we are 'exceptionally rural' at all, you have to really go a ways away from town before it gets actually rural

@mem5864 10 месяцев назад

If you ever come down towards St. Louis, on the Illinois side there are some really interesting communities on the Illinois side. The largest population of Spanish speakers outside of Chicago lives in a rural area surrounding a horse track, and there’s a county that has one stoplight, no fast food, and some of the best fruit orchards in the country! I’d love to see even more videos like these. Great work!

@civic9404 10 месяцев назад

My mom lives down in that area, once you get south of Harrisburg it’s pretty lonesome but, a lot of it is National Forest so that helps take up a lot of the space. It’s also why it is a National Forest and a state park. It’s beautiful land, the other garden of the gods. I’ve a lot of time roaming around the area, I went to HS out there as well but we lived in a “bigger” city of 5,000 or so.

@Ffdpbrah 10 месяцев назад

@@civic9404Marion here 😊

@Ffdpbrah 10 месяцев назад

@@colnathanrjessup687 being a bald white male he’s probably gonna die. Per capita it’s the murder capital over Chicago

@debbiec6216 10 месяцев назад

@@colnathanrjessup687 thought he drove through north st.louis ? just guessing.

@edwardnerger8848 10 месяцев назад

@mem5864. Just curious. What towns/communities are you talking about? My mother’s family came from Beckemeyer and Germantown. About 40 miles east of St Louis.

@kirthgersen2485 4 месяца назад

My family is from rural Illinois halfway between Chicago and St Louis. I left 40 years ago and haven't been back. Nice to see how it's doing.

@sharondensmore8151 10 месяцев назад

THANK YOU!!!!!! I was born on a farm outside of Shabbona. My mother was born in Sandwich. This is one of my favorite videos you’ve created, yet what you do to help us be aware of the many lifestyles in our beautiful country is amazing. God Bless and keep up the good work. Sharon D.

@cornhoolio6456 10 месяцев назад

Yorkville here

@barbarafischer4619 10 месяцев назад

Sycamore Illinois gal here! ❤

@wendyeader261 10 месяцев назад

Born in Chicago, raised in the Northwest Suburbs and spent a few years in Southern Illinois. Three completely different cultures in one state, for sure!

@ras4756 2 месяца назад

American culture all the same

@brucevidito4923 10 месяцев назад

I live in a small rural farm town about halfway between Columbia and Kansas City, MO, right off of I-70. I absolutely love the peace and quiet. The people are exceptionally friendly. I'm surrounded by corn, soy, and cattle. Have friends who are more like family to me who live in the country. I absolutely love the slow pace of life. I've gotten spoiled to where I absolutely hate driving in the city. So, I appreciate you covering rural Illinois. It's definitely a great way of life.

@JIGWIGPIG 10 месяцев назад

Same, im south of Chicago in ford county. But im from NC north of Charlotte. I went from town, city, then hella rural. Farmers daughter said yes years ago. 😂

@JIGWIGPIG 10 месяцев назад

Plus i have chickens and turkeys and seitching our life style.

@brucevidito4923 10 месяцев назад

@@JIGWIGPIG , My brother lives in Clemmons, a little north of you.

@iscrampad2194 10 месяцев назад

I was born and raised in a city. And every year since 3 years ago, I’ve been going to the country side for a month straight. It’s so refreshing. In the city you only know the smell of grass from a park. But out in the country it’s so nice. It’s beautiful.

@seanlambert8336 10 месяцев назад

I was a truck driver for 7 years. I love i70 and rural Illinois and I live in mt airy nc. Been to 48 states. Love this country

@MrTlunney 4 месяца назад

“Owl” that’s a mourning dove brother

@seangerberding1255 10 месяцев назад

This is literally my life story. Live south of Chicago by a couple hours. “Part-time” farmer but commuted Chicago for work. It would crack me up when “city” people would visit, didn’t know the difference between a deer and a cow. They would be amazed when you let them ride in a big tractor.

@scratchknudsen1 10 месяцев назад

I love growing up in Geneva along the Fox River, because it's basically the last suburb before the state drops off into cornfields and country. Really neat to experience country, suburbs, and city.

@Grizzmakes 10 месяцев назад

You are an awesome human Peter. I was travelling with one of my good friends @craigroyK and ended up in Hannibal, Missouri, we met a 99 year old lady, still running her own shop, which she said was cheaper than therapy. The people you meet make me smile and miss my road trips around the USA, people want to be kind and nice. I drove through long parts of Oklahoma if I recall correctly, and saw a load of trenches where these blades were being buried. As always, your stories make me feel a lot better. I also love the music you edit into your stories. Still trying to figure some nice music for my videos. I have a few pieces I use, but your music always makes me feel good Thanks as always for your work.

@KnuckleballTwins 8 месяцев назад

Everything going electric is such a con 😩😩😩 The world can’t function FULLY on electric! 😪 Thank you Peter for allowing the people to have their say 👊

@ClickbaitMotorsports 10 месяцев назад

Destroying negative media propaganda one video at a time. 🇺🇲👍

@squirrelvert 8 месяцев назад

Are you joking?

@67mysweet 10 месяцев назад

A very fantastic informative video! These farmers are the backbone of our country! These farmers know what hard work is. I live in rural area, and I wouldn't give it up to go back to the city for anything!!!

@Alyssathatgrrrl 10 месяцев назад

Ive been waiting for this! Last month I moved back to rural southern IL (pop 1200) after being in Lexington KY (pop 325,000 for 25 years. Ive bought my childhood home! There are no stop lights, people drive golf carts everywhere...i saw stars last night on a midnight walk. Complete silence most of the time. Im living the dream, for real!

@paulc1746 10 месяцев назад

Ha I'm thinking about doing the same. Grew up in Herrin and moved to big city Florida

@ifloatupwards 10 месяцев назад

@@paulc1746 My Aunt recently did the same thing. They moved to the pan handle and then just moved back to Herrin. lol

@paulc1746 10 месяцев назад

@@ifloatupwards small world!!

@elfredo70 10 месяцев назад

As a Ghetto-boy I was moved to a foster family on the country-side when I was 12. It saved my life and made me appreciate the small things in life... Keep it real bro! Thx for showing us the real USA! Bless!

@katethielmann4244 5 месяцев назад

I'm in Peru. Endless corn. Very simple and quiet. 100 miles west of Chicago.

@cjapplebaum6423 10 месяцев назад

Rural Illinois is awesome, but I'd also like to give a shoutout to Illinois's small cities: places like Carbondale, Peoria, the Illinois side of St.Louis, and Champaign-Urbana. Lots of really great places out there.

@Aaron-ff5km 10 месяцев назад

Shot out to sauget and Alton and east Saint boogie

@rustyshackleford3955 10 месяцев назад

I’ve known Nelson since he was a little kid, great guy , surprisingly good interview ! Who’d have guessed !

@noemiburns6470 10 месяцев назад

My hometown is Rochelle, moved outta state & I miss IL sometimes. Watching this video made me so happy, the people you interviewed are so wholesome, life is so simple & the farmland is so beautiful♥️ Thanks for putting a big smile on my face😊 This def warmed my heart 🌽

@unstabletwig1038 10 месяцев назад

Hey! Im currently watching this from Rochelle, figured id find someone else in the comments lol

@Vinsanity86 10 месяцев назад

Wife is from Malta but went to Rochelle HS before it became a Walgreens

@WhiteyTheWhiteGuyShow 10 месяцев назад

@@Vinsanity86 has she been to the new pizza joint? it's in the old elementary school in malta

@shonabrowne6324 5 месяцев назад

Good conversation from the farmer in the blue shirt named Nelson. Learned a lot just from him. And agree with him. Very grateful for your videos, Peter. So interesting and learn so much.

@melissacreamer1855 10 месяцев назад

I live in one of the towns you featured and this warmed my heart. Loved seeing you talk to my neighbors. I moved to the area from the south side of Chicago in 1999. I love it because it’s quiet and peaceful but close enough to the big city to do city stuff if I want. Thank you for this wonderful video!

@itsjac2081 10 месяцев назад

As a native Illinoisan, thank you Peter for showing the amazing diversity that is my home state❤ I maybe a bit biased but I think lllinois is the best of the midwest! I really appreciate you sharing so many of our communties with the rest of the world 🌎

@Hremo_158 10 месяцев назад

Your Sister State WI is not bad either!😅 Illioisan's Love to Jam up our freeway's on Fridays in the summer, heading to Northern WI 😉 ( just had to poke our usual banter/Fun towards each other ) 😊 I love IL too!

@coopertoprw8mu 10 месяцев назад

Same here grew up over an hr outside the city. It’s sad how much the city has ruined the entire state.

@captainclifty 10 месяцев назад

Indiana is charming too 😊

@artnovak3259 10 месяцев назад

You must be oblivious to the high property and sales taxes surrounding the City.

@katjoy81 10 месяцев назад

Wisconsin is our back yard - don't you know? 😎@@Hremo_158

@BUMBARAASCLOT 10 месяцев назад

Your docus seem so natural and effortless. Very easy to watch and learn from. I start my Saturday mornings off with you. Thanks for allowing the People that cant travel or won't travel to see some of the world and for humanizing people some only hear about.

@PeterSantenello 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for coming along!

@janelleg597 10 месяцев назад

"docus" lmao

@BUMBARAASCLOT 10 месяцев назад

@@janelleg597 right gotta laugh at myself sometimes. Just being lazy, I don't comment alot online!🤣🤣🤣

@edwingibson628 10 месяцев назад

@@PeterSantenello you said I was a lucky winning, what do I win, you said get in touch

@supergeek1418 10 месяцев назад

@@BUMBARAASCLOT You do know that RU-vid has the capability to edit your comments, right? It's easy: just tap the 3 dot menu beside your comment, and fix whatever's broken. And, yeh I know that the "f" and "d" keys are *WAY* too close together for fat fingers on smartphone keyboards...

@onemoretime734 Месяц назад

I can't believe that lady is 90 years old, she looks great!

@kathrynlynch4317 10 месяцев назад

Wow. Never even thought of the damage things can cause for the farms. Thank you for the insight.

@PeterSantenello 10 месяцев назад

Me neither, it was a good education for me too.

@shamanosarcasm9800 10 месяцев назад

I too was shocked to find out that commercial wind power was not a renewable resource and that there's no baseline quality standards for solar panels and when they age out or are damaged, they cannot be recycled. Right now they're nice but for me they're a novelty until they can become more efficient.

@Dave-z1p 10 месяцев назад

It is happening worldwide. Think about it

@RohitSoni1 10 месяцев назад

I lived about 9 years in Illinois, Carbondale, Springfield, Chicago, River Forest, Libertyville .. drove by the corn fields and windmills and most of these rural towns frequently ..still miss those long peacefully drives and the good people, thanks for covering this part of the country and sharing with everyone.

@brianh2287 10 месяцев назад

I live in central IL, these are my people and I ❤them. This is a wonderful place to live, and a lot of this Country makes fun of us. They just don't know what they are missing or understand how good the people are. Great video Peter, thank you for showing the positive side of our community. ☮

@everenamored3468 10 месяцев назад

Central Illinoian here! The older I get, the more I love it. ❤️

@user-wo7dl6tb2q 10 месяцев назад

@@everenamored3468Bloomington in the house!!

@everenamored3468 10 месяцев назад

@@user-wo7dl6tb2q Shelbyville! Not too far 😊

@midwestmafia8391 10 месяцев назад

@@everenamored3468between Decatur and Champaign for me. The older I get the closer I get to exit this shit hole.

@everenamored3468 10 месяцев назад

@midwestmafia8391 are you wanting to get closer to up north or more rural?

@Bluesmata Месяц назад

I love country folk. These old country towns are my favorite videos of yours. That's how I see America. Not the big crime-ridden cities.

@Boric78 10 месяцев назад

That Farmer / Trucker Nelson spoke more sense in 10 mins about renewables than any politician I have ever heard. Think we might be looking in the wrong places for our politicians....

@bobbrown5726 10 месяцев назад

Great story, Peter! I’m originally from central Illinois (Peoria area) and have lived in northern IL (DeKalb) for 20 years. Illinois has beautiful prairie land and it is home, to me. I like visiting other parts of the world but I’m always glad to get home to the cornfields. You captured the essence of rural Illinois with friendly people that are quite happy to live in the midwest in farming country. Thank you for making this!

@Mudhen2020 10 месяцев назад

I lived in Dekalb county myself for about 16 years. I lived outside of Kirkland. In Tennessee now.

@Mike-dt1yg 10 месяцев назад

Lived in central IL for 12 years. It'll always hold a special place in my heart - such a nice place to live!

@stacylake2341 10 месяцев назад

I'm from DeKalb, I lived in Chicago for 15 years. I love the city streets and the cornfields-and all the people. Thanks for the video.

@dylanalvis5947 10 месяцев назад

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 this is absolutely correct and I think the big guys like it because it divides us. So they support and push the lgbtq narrative

@chiendinh-je2xi 10 месяцев назад

I graduated from Spaulding high school in 1983, some of my classmates still living there

@Traderbear 10 месяцев назад

That couple in Paw Paw is so cute. You could see the adoration in their eyes.

@timeforchange3786 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, real cute 🙄 until they start pushing their liberal ideas on others and try to get their "friends" out there to change it blue. They should have stayed in the blue towns/cities.

@graz1945 Месяц назад

marge is brilliant ! shes a complete bundle of energy and joy !

@thomasdavis4253 10 месяцев назад

If you are still in Illinois, you should go to some of the towns along the Illinois river and see some of the river / barge life. Havana, Lincoln's New Salem, Pekin. My wife is from central Illinois, and I am from Mount Pleasant, TX where the fella in one of your last video's was taking his horses to. When we go up there, it is always surreal. I've always loved the wide open country, and the people are nice and extremely talkative. The small towns there are a lot like those in Appalachia you visited in previous videos. They used to have industry, but globalization and outsourcing has shut most things down except agribusiness. A lot of the people are under the poverty line, and can only make it there by living on government assistance / social security, or commuting to a larger town for work. I don't mean to paint it in a negative picture.... because the area and people are more than that, but just trying to draw similarities between your previous stops. The midwest is a big and beautiful place. You could spend the rest of your live going from town to town out there and never see it all.

@stevendrake477 10 месяцев назад

I appreciate this video. I grew up in central Illinois the Pekin, east Peoria, Peoria area. The last 8 years I've been in the Rockford area. Now I'm out in the country about 30 mins from Rockford. It would be awesome to see you do something on Rockford, and the corruption within it. Or the lack of a police force. Crime runs ramped, and the cops are no where to be found. The contrast of Chicago vs southern Illinois is pretty significant. Southern Illinois is basically in the same category as the "south". Chicago runs this state. It's a night and day difference between the two. Even climate wise. The state it's self is so big you can go from Chicago to southern Illinois in the same time it takes to go from southern Illinois to the gulf. I can appreciate Chicago, but what it's done to this state is a tragedy. There's so much to this state, and the craziness involved in it. If I knew you would do this I'd get in contact with you. Thanks for showing what you did in this video.

@carmelahearle957 10 месяцев назад

My husband is from Central Illinois and we live there together after being in the military. We decided to move back into a city in the west of America and I couldn't drive more than 25 miles per hour everywhere. So many people were getting irritated with my slow driving so I speed up to 35 and that felt too fast for me. Eventually I got up to 55 to 75 like everyone else but that's what the country did in Illinois to me made me slow and easy going. I loved it

@jordanchamberlain4377 10 месяцев назад

I live in Peoria and I drive a ready mix concrete truck. I’ve been rented out by a company in Princeton, to help with the rebuilding of the windmill bases as that gentleman was talking about. I took pictures of it, because I couldn’t believe what the purpose was for. Several of them, downed in multiple fields to be rebuilt

@dirtyjeepgirl3774 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for doing right by Illinois and showing it's not all what people hear in the news about Chicago. You really captured the personality and heart of the people, especially with this video. Once you strip away the manufacturered politics you'll see a lot of good folks who are proud of the history and future of their communities.

@peterbetts858 10 месяцев назад

politics what a 8 legged monster of a word . it should only be used for running municipalities . not defining peoples lifestyles .

@peterbetts858 10 месяцев назад

Chicago home of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chess Records .

@jnewb 10 месяцев назад

Even Chicago is nothing like what the news talks about. The crime is very concentrated in bad areas, people act like you’re going to get shot going down Michigan Ave or something, as long as you know where you’re going and what area your in you’re completely fine. And downtown is much cleaner than most other major cities. NY/SF/Phili/Florida/Texas were all major cities or had major cities that were way dirtier on the main strips than Chicago

@Trucker40 10 месяцев назад

Illinois is know for its corruption, no?

@patrickomann3580 10 месяцев назад

I'm from Chicago, but after 25 years of life, spent the last 10 years all over the country. Most places are beyond amazing, but the major cities seem to have one thing in common, and they mostly all blow, because of it. Today, I'd describe them as democrat run shitholes, but it's the evil people with all the money who are the real criminals

@bryceherring946 10 месяцев назад

I'll take rural Illinois over downtown Chicago any day of the week, love that guy in the blue shirt and overalls, so much knowledge and history feeding this country.

@VictoriaMill-rg9cp 10 месяцев назад

Hello how are you doing?

@halemeister 10 месяцев назад

I've been through all of those small towns you featured, and in fact live about 45 north of there in a small farming town near Rockford, IL. It was good to see the people you talked to were so wholesome and open, which also says something about the way you approach them as a total stranger with a camera in your hand. This was a nice episode and the way it shows the true side of the small town farming communities in northern Illinois.

@Timothywitucki 5 месяцев назад

Farmer Nelson is an absolute wealth of knowledge - don't let his appearance deceive you. He's sharp as a tack. I'm continually learning new things from your videos and shows, Peter. Your content is top-notch, and your dedication, passion to your craft is evident. Keep up the incredible work - your journey is truly inspiring.

@ImAlwaysFrisky 10 месяцев назад

the gay couple at the 16:00 mark was great! Listen to the difference in what the media wants you to see as small town folk vs the reality of it all in general that small town is every small town to a point. Thanks for making this video and showing life outside the city and the difference between the two. I love my small town even as it grows

@winterman63 10 месяцев назад

Started watching your channel because of this Chicago series. I am 60, born in Chicago, and still live there, but I love to explore my state. Chicago though, is the best city in the world. Enjoying this series, and have been watching alot of your past videos. Great stuff. Thanks.

@Jeschitown 10 месяцев назад

go Sox!

@pablo_ke 10 месяцев назад

Another one from @Peter Santenello You're one of my Role Model brother!, I am also a RU-vidr from a small village in Africa and you have really encouraged me to work hard from your videos,God bless you 🙏🙏