This place is your classic “Has Been” town. It was great in the past, but no longer is today. There used to be thousands of jobs 50 years ago, but today you’re lucky if you have a good one. This town used to be a thriving community, today it’s a dying community. Community pride used to be on display, but today there’s very little of it on display. Head through town and you get that old blue collar feel, along with loads of abandoned buildings unfortunately so. This is a town that has lost many many many factory jobs since the city was at its peak. As we go along with the video, you’ll see just how rough things look in this town these days and I’ll talk about how this city got to be this way.

0:00 - 0:52 Intro
0:52 - 2:20 It's Marion!
2:20 - 4:45 Appearance matters
4:45 - 14:00 Economic stats
14:00 - 16:45 Industrial past
16:45 - 24:30 Downtown
24:30 - 26:35 Where everything is in town
26:35 - 32:06 More blight
32:06 - 33:00 Marion High School
33:00 - 35:09 Indiana Wesleyan University
35:09 - 42:01 Chris's Livability Score and Final Thoughts


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