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Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city was founded in 1829 and is along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2016, the city's estimated population was 72,706.
The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College. Decatur has vast industrial and agricultural processing production, including the North American headquarters of agricultural conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland, international agribusiness Tate & Lyle's largest corn-processing plant, and the designing and manufacturing facilities for Caterpillar Inc.'s wheel-tractor scrapers, off-highway trucks, and large mining trucks.

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No jobs, drug dealers, and panhandlers. Hard to find work for people 50+ or meet people 50+

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Caring and helping people that are in need.

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As far as I know

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Since I beening here,people mind there business, and they speak to you ,and talk to you some do. Most people on my side or the elderly. It's very quiet here after dark and even in the day. I never had a problem here.

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It's very age friendly the area caters to all needs in regards to the elderly

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