Gracias! Sadly, I see a country that appears to be in a rather steep decline. Home prices, rents, energy, fuel, food, and so much more are helping to add to the increase in homelessness. When I see abandoned buildings like those in Gary, it reminds me that the decline is real.😢

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

So very true.

I grew up in Gary and was in awe of your recap and visuals of this now abandoned city. You are on target from beginning to end through your assessments! Thank you for sharing and for your on point conclusion This is a truly a “book” of history and so much more with your comments Thank you! Freda

@ArtWeThereYet

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this kind and affirming feedback! 🙏

Such a great message. It's our privlege to love everyone. Such sad footage of Gary, Indiana. 😔

Abandoned places...that explains a lot...

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

We love visiting Abandoned places!

Sad story behind these abandoned places.

Hello Cora and José, it has been great to see you rejoining with your friends. It's a shame to see the ruins in Gary (and imagining how much waste there is in a certain part of the world). It's so sad to see how little people cares about other people and about things that can be useful but are left there to rotten). So many, in the world, trash away perfectly working things just because they want the last model... it's a shame, and a pity. You an José, as usual, are super special! Love, Ale

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ale, So great to hear from you again! Yes, it is a shame that we can't have better systems for working together, making sure everyone gets a little better cut of the pie, and also reusing/recycling what we no longer are going to use. So many people in the world have so little. Sending a hug from chilly Alaska! Cora & José

What I find so interesting about this is: in so many countries this would be a great place to start a new. Loving the cello.

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's such a shame that in Gary, the cost of even taking the building down is too much for the local government. It's a really tough situation. And so much that could have been re-purposed went to waste...

This is strangely beautiful. Kind of sad too. A place built for people to spend happy time and have fun and listen to music and dream, to be abandoned, defaced, mistreated like that, it feels kind of like abusing an old dog and leaving it on its own to die alone... So heartbreaking.

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and the saddest part is that the community didn't want it that way. It seems that the reason so many buildings are left like that because the local tax base can't even muster the funds to properly demolish the unused buildings. Just sad, sad, sad all around.

@rsulich

Жыл бұрын

Gary will never recover until the people remaining there, that caused the criminal activity are removed. I would love to have the ability to go to Gary with a large law enforcement presence. Save what building as truly of historic value and demolish the remainder. Create reasonable zoning withing the remaining city. Start business incubators within a few blocks of the lake front. Start a new downtown along the lake shore with trendy food and arts. Provide low, low cost housing for enough people as the area can house with whatever infrastructure is still in place. Open 1 single High School, Middle School, and Grade School staffed by only the best educators available. Provide them good pay and very, very, very low cost homes. I could go on and on but you get the picture and if you've ever served in public service, or local government, you would likely know that if you expose the rotten core of these services and replace it with people who care more about their fellow citizens than themself, you could turn this around.....or at least start it over.

Es increíble como se dejan de lado pueblos enteros sin buscá otras opciones.

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

Asi es.

14:20 You said "greed and racism," and it made me think, the racism is rooted in greed. The institutional racism persists to perpetually FEED the greed of people profiting from the MANY social ills caused by racism. The sooner we get back to love and respect, the better, but ALSO, stop giving dollars to fuel anything that causes/perpetuates racism.

@ArtWeThereYet

6 ай бұрын

🙌👏🙌

hey i’m going to gary indiana to view these places too this sunday. could you help provide the addresses to get there?

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

maps.app.goo.gl/x9ZKz1YxMvPrfvh67?g_st=ic That’s the location for the church

@ArtWeThereYet

Жыл бұрын

maps.app.goo.gl/uNqiLqQfTZhMaFyw5?g_st=ic And this is the location for the school. Please be careful when exploring these places. The buildings are in poor condition and there are some sketchy people around these places .

@neji5163

Жыл бұрын

@@ArtWeThereYet thank you homie

Careful, don't fall through the floor.

@ArtWeThereYet

7 ай бұрын

Definitely a risk when exploring abandoned spaces!