Suburban Chicago's ABANDONED Retail Nightmare: What Went WRONG?

In this video I check out a failed retail corridor that's about 30 miles southwest from Downtown Chicago. All but a few of the big box stores from this area are now gone. Most of what's left consists of low end stores such as five below, dollar tree or discount liquor stores. When it comes to restaurants, only a few decent chains remain, where-as the rest of the food scene is made up of the lower end fast food joints such as Wendy's, McDonalds, Burger King, etc. In this video I tell you what happened to Matteson and why all of the stores left, along with whether or not there's a plan in place to redevelop the old Lincoln Mall site. 0:00 - 1:04 Intro 1:04 - 3:28 Lincoln Mall 3:28 - 13:33 Why there's so much abandoned retail 13:33 - 15:17 Downtown Matteson/economic stats 15:17 - 20:58 History 20:58 - 25:07 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 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 ==================================================================== 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... ==================================================================== 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: [email protected] 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!