Chicago is worse then Gary. Chicago in 2021 there were 834 murders.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

That's total murders, however. In a city much larger - Chicago has almost 3 million people to Gary's 69,000. Per 100K, Gary's murder rate is 3 times higher than that of Chicago's.

@Knd2424

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I give you all the credit for walking through the church

@ralphp3057

Жыл бұрын

Wow!! That Church was huge and I bet beautiful once upon a time !😬I won’t be visiting Gary any time soon. Thanks for sharing!😳

@alanbstard9301

Жыл бұрын

One of Geography King's videos pointed out that Gary actually had more murders in total in 2019 than did San Diego that year - a city 20 times larger

@tylerjones2695

Жыл бұрын

Democrats/communists at work and look at the thing that was installed as mayor, same thing as what was installed as mayor in DC

I had a flat tire on the way out of Chicago just inside of Gary probably 5 yrs ago. A man stopped to help and I wasn’t sure if I was going to be murdered or something else. Instead of the worst, he changed my tire for me and we had a nice chat. I offered to pay him, but he refused.

@mauibuilder1239

Жыл бұрын

Well you're one of the lucky ones that made it out alive. Consider yourself lucky.

@groovelife415

Жыл бұрын

You should consider yourself lucky. I don't think you realize that death was lurking right around the corner. I live in Chicago and avoid Gary like the plague. At least in Chicago the gang bangers leave civilians alone.

@robertkeiser8478

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear of a positive reply by you. At the point of my comment to you there were 45 positives responsive to you. Thanks

@41663

Жыл бұрын

That is cool. There still are good people out there

@powertuber4.068

Жыл бұрын

The common thread thru all these top 10 lists is the B pop

At 32:08 to 32:18 this video shows what used to be a soft drink bottling company named Superior Beverage. My father managed that company for the owner for 30 years. I began working there each summer starting at age 12 and and by the time I was 17 graduated to working summers in the steel mills because my father could not match what the mills paid. I paid for my entire college education working for US Steel during summer vacation. I am now a retired Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon looking back to where it all began and can only remember the loving and hard working people who once built Gary and made it a safe and successful place to live. It breaks my heart to see what has happened here. I could write a fifty page essay about how and why it occurred. I witnessed the whole process. Gary is the best example in the USA of the American dream turned into the American nightmare.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Great comment. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

@deeder001

Жыл бұрын

My father who never graduated high school, was functionally illiterate, could barely read a menu or newspaper, was able to move from the rural South to the North and get a job at a unionized auto factory when UAW members were still divided over whether blacks should be union members. Although the UAW had, despite a lot of opposition, began allowing blacks into the UAW about 10 years before my father got the job, the shops were mostly still segregated and there were strikes or protests over integrating the shops. Along with many thousands of whites, my father got that job over resident black men who lived there and, being from the more developed Northern cities with better funding for schools, often had higher educational attainment than the Southern whites migrating to the North for those jobs. My father retired with a pension and health insurance after 38 years. My mother didn't graduate high school either, though her RWA (reading, writing, arithmetic) proficiency was in-line with an average high school graduate. Without that union job, and the racial discrimination that favored him, I am unsure whether my parents would have done nearly as well for themselves.

@jeffstanish5920

Жыл бұрын

so if one was not smart enough to go to college to persue a profession, then what??? Whitout these blue collar jobs why do you think many are doing crime instead............

@mattmason4589

Жыл бұрын

Flint. - hold my beer

@Bayou_409

Жыл бұрын

I wish you would write the story down - I'd read it. I'm curious.

It breaks my heart and soul to see my hometown like this. The best memories of my life were in Gary, we used to go to Miller beach, Lake Michigan, Lake Etta, the Village mall and had a great childhood. I grew up on 21st and Hendricks, westside tarrytown. Visitng my grandmother next week in Gary. I really appreciate this video showing the good, the bad, and the ugly of my city. Thank you.

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

@nic00001

2 ай бұрын

@@kimberlybraden3209 what does this have to do with what she said? lol

@GBR9794

2 ай бұрын

@@nic00001 you know, some religious folks can be a bit nutty

@WICKz09

12 сағат бұрын

I still go to miller and Marquette beach every year It’s beautiful over there I love it

I was in LA on business and had just been given a hotel room. In my room I found a rat in my bed. When I went downstairs to tell the guy at the desk, he said I had been given the wrong room. The rat in my bed was on vacation from Gary.

@ginafleener3962

Ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅

@AlvaBarr

Ай бұрын

Not plausible. A rat from Gary couldn't afford the vacation nor the night at the hotel. That rat lied.. The rat was either from LA or a "newcomer" from Venezuela.

@renaudmichel1

11 күн бұрын

That rat lied. The rats in Gary all died from starvation. Was the rat really big, well fed? If it was, he was probably on vacation from NYC. If he had a funny accent and smoked reading the newspaper, he was from Paris.

@bobbybob3865

11 күн бұрын

@@renaudmichel1 The rats I saw at Gary Works of U.S. Steel looked pretty well fed. I never saw a French rat--smoking and reading the newspaper. (Do they speak French? I do much better in German.)

A trucking company I used to work for had a terminal in Gary. I once got lost and made a wrong turn into Gary after dark. I stopped at a stoplight (still working). A cop came along and told me that I shouldn't stop at the lights after dark; the prevailing practice was to just run right through, to avoid getting robbed. Imagine a COP telling you that! 😬

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@maitoojymoua1601

Жыл бұрын

😮 thanks for that info!

@PhilRichardson-cp7kv

Жыл бұрын

You literally stole that story and applied it to this situation. Come on now

@MYG79X

Жыл бұрын

That's scary😮

@newwmann109

Жыл бұрын

The company I drive for won't allow us to park or sleep overnight in Memphis 😂

I suddenly got a horrible feeling that this will be what a lot of this country will look like if we continue the way we are going

@asshat23871

Жыл бұрын

I have that feeling too. 100 years ago it was "City of the Century".

@stickofbutter9733

Жыл бұрын

It feels like our country is generally heading in a poor direction.

@MichaelMitchell-dk6hj

Жыл бұрын

Well that's because of the greed in this country.

@thedude1982

Жыл бұрын

Build back better at its finest

@ionlyreplytosexproposition8972

Жыл бұрын

@@thedude1982 right. because republicans notoriously put forth stellar infrastructure legistation

Looking at that big magnificent church in such terrible shape made me so sad. The whole town/city is very depressing. Thank you Joe, for sharing this with us.

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

@Ddax-td7qy

2 ай бұрын

Day after Easter, 2024. So sad. I watch videos of road trips out west where the railroad or freeway went a different way. Gary isn't unique. still sad.

Grew up just 20 min down the road in East Chicago, IN. At 18 my first real job was in the steel mill. I quickly figured out that the area was doomed so I quit my job, did my military obligation, and then moved to CA. In 1963 CA was a free, wonderful, thriving, and opportunity-filled state. In 2020, I once again, packed up and moved out of CA to a free state. At age 84 my life has been an exciting adventure and journey. As for Gary, it needs to be bulldozed and at best become a small town. It will never return to the city that it once was ... and I do remember what a great middle-class and upper-middle-class place it once was.

I grew up in Gary in the 1950's , early 60's. It was such a great city! I am filled with such fine memories as I see these buildings and streets again. As kids, we were outdoors playing all the time. The parks were nearby with perfect slopes for sledding. Everything was within walking distance and very safe. For one brief shining moment there was a great city there!

@AlysiaTribeca

4 ай бұрын

My mom grew up there in the 60's and 70's and she says the same things about how it was back then. She said it gives her a twinge of sadness in her heart seeing what it's become

@matthewronson5218

4 ай бұрын

Similar to Detroit. Once it was on it's ascent with thoughts towards a world class city, only to all but fold largely from government mandates during the "Energy Crisis" in 1973. The decline was perhaps slower than Gary, which had to be a grand city in its day, but it's been pretty much the same result.@@AlysiaTribeca

@kenaldri4923

4 ай бұрын

Because in "The Music Man", there is a song called "Gary, Indiana", I always assumed it was a great town. Back when that musical was written (50's, 60's) likely it was as you said.

@lindabradford9591

4 ай бұрын

I grew up there too. I loved it. Its so sad to see what it looks like now!

@Dahmer_Jeff

4 ай бұрын

​@AlysiaTribeca did you go to school with Michael Jackson

It's always surprising to me how fast a house can fall apart because it is not occupied. As if the roof was thinking "Well...there's nobody living in here, I give up!".

@Shademastermcc

Жыл бұрын

I've often wandered about this, but I think what's really happening is the windows are being broken and this allows the elements INSIDE where the house is vulnerable. Once mold sets in, it makes quick work of the walls allowing plant life to follow. Additionally, occupants keep the home warm in winter and cool in summer, preventing extremes in temperature from warping the house's foundational wood beams.

@desecration171

Жыл бұрын

It's usually longer than 30 years and also usually because of vandals. Bad ass kids busting out windows allow moisture, plant life, and bugs into the home. It expedites the decay process. The overgrown grass attracts vermin. Termites do the rest.

@naturequeene132

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@Shademastermcc those are such good points. I don’t think I would’ve thought of that.

@KoalaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Yes like mr magoriums wonder emporium! The magic is gone 🥹

@Rebecca-dm1co

Жыл бұрын

People move out when the house starts to become unlivable otherwise they would stay or it would be occupied by somebody else. A building just gets to a state where it’s just not worth putting more money in. The electoral wiring needs to be replaced, a major pipe is leaking and needs to be dug out and replaced, the roof has a leak, the basement floods. Finally it’s just time to move on. Within a year the building becomes a teardown.

It broke my heart when you read the graffiti that said ACKNOWLEDGE ME. Every human being has the need to be known and cherished. So many of us have no idea how lucky we are. 💕

@kibblenbits

4 ай бұрын

If they want to be acknowledged, they need to get off their butt's and move elsewhere to get a job and work for it. Instead of staying in a dying town, with no jobs and a high body count.

@Swerv0.

4 ай бұрын

@@kibblenbitsI get your point but sometimes it isn’t that easy for some people.

@DisasterDave.

4 ай бұрын

It's not that deep ... It's a wwe wrestler who screams that 😅

@Tony2tall

4 ай бұрын

You are very courageous going into the Methodist church ⛪️

@nonamenoname4588

4 ай бұрын

Don't feel too bad. Some of us do our best not to be acknowledged. Shocked, not in a good way, when called by my name.

Very insightful video, enjoyed it mate

As a resident of Indiana, I’ve always had to pass by Gary whenever I went to Chicago. Never been brave enough to actually explore the city. It already looks like a dilapidated ghost town from the outside, but it was kind of crazy to see just how deep it goes. It truly does look post-apocalyptic. Depressing. The church was particularly tragic to see… it must have been so beautiful at one time. Thank you for taking the time to show us.

@Sol-ps8ox

Жыл бұрын

But on Google maps...its shows pretty good buildings and all.

@juliebraden6911

11 ай бұрын

@dino ooh almost

@murageful

11 ай бұрын

@@juliebraden6911 my heart bled when I saw that church

@davidstout6051

11 ай бұрын

The last part of the church building you showed looked like what might have been the sanctuary. You are either very brave, somewhat nuts, or heavily armed to have done this video in the first place. Fascinating work though. God keep you.

@brendacapestany2518

10 ай бұрын

Well in Michigan has a no go zone. Even the police won’t go.

Must admit that I found this video heartbreaking. The architectural beauty alone that is rotting away is enough to bring a person to tears but seeing all those vacant homes that once housed families full of dreams, joy and laughter, well, there are just no words.

@kentwiseman791

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@loriepostlewaite162

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@epiclifesociety

Жыл бұрын

It is sad as far as a town goes, but many of those people probably moved away and have happy homes in other towns now.

@mollywarren5626

Жыл бұрын

Trust me it does , Gary was a beautiful place in the 80's and early 90's

@upon-fe2720

Жыл бұрын

I live in the UK and buildings like this aren't allowed to be destroyed or amended. Anything over a certain age is considered "listed" and therefore must be protected. Is there any kind of law in place in America that helps to maintain historic architecture?

I remember Ron Howard as a little boy in "The Music Man" singing the song "Gary Indiana" back in the early 60's. The song was about how great it was to live there.

@debrabaird633

4 ай бұрын

That’s the show I’ve been singing the song not remembering what show it was from Thank you i was losing my mind 🌺

@paulaarchuleta8684

2 ай бұрын

Such contrast from what Gary was in the 50’-60’s.

@Kentavious444

2 ай бұрын

@@paulaarchuleta8684 Very sad really.

My son, his girlfriend, and I drove through Gary Indiana a few months ago. It’s terrifying. At every red light, everyone is checking you out to decide whether or not to rob you.

@cyrtifyd

Ай бұрын

If they were looking to rob you, you would've gotten robbed. Gangbangers do that when they're either looking for enemies or weary of an oncoming enemy.

@Pedro-hg4go

Ай бұрын

​@cyrtifyd although I'm sure some thought robbing them.

I worked for the local utility company in Gary for 2.5 years, it was such a grounding experience and really put into perspective how little I had to complain about in my life compared to what others deal with everyday.

@user-oh8ds5ju7h

3 ай бұрын

Всё верно,мой друг.Все познаётся в сравнении..

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

I grew up in South Bend, IN. When I was a freshman in high school in 2011 my football team made the playoffs and had to play a team from Gary in Gary. Their school looked like it hadn’t been touched since 1960. We ended up beating them like 49-0. But the kids on the other team were just happy to have something to do. I felt bad for the conditions they had to grow up in though.

@kbanghart

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure they couldn't afford a decent coach, or equipment, no funding.

@paulhayden255

Жыл бұрын

So your team is in the playoffs and the team you guys played from Gary was also in the playoffs? That doesn't make much sense were yawl that good or were they that bad?

@crimsonking440

Жыл бұрын

If its the school i used to deliever to on 45th avenue( Lew Wallace) they closed it down a few years ago, but yeah walking through there was like going through a time machine. Except they had metal detectors.

@collinszymanski7126

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhayden255 it was the first game of the playoffs, in Indiana every team plays in the sectionals

@indianaroberts5608

Жыл бұрын

Your probably too young to remember Marquette elementary school in the bend ,the old one off west Hamilton street . I went there lived on north O’Brien a while

a most excellent video of the past and its history thanks for sharing

My dad told me Gary was the saddest, bleakest, most necrotized thing he ever saw. He passed through on a road trip from New England all the way to Nevada. He said it couldn't be called a graveyard because graveyards usually have a sense of peace and dignity. Not Gary. Really stuck with him.

@neverpc4404

Жыл бұрын

I learned how bad Gary was in 1978 when Lyman Bostock was gunned down there.

@choxxxieful

Жыл бұрын

Necrotized - great word.

@glizzy2911

Жыл бұрын

Damn

@alexlaw1892

Жыл бұрын

Moral of the story, diversity is most certainly not a strength.

@neverpc4404

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlaw1892 Amen to that!!!!!

Thank you for not laughing at this sad city as others do. I can tell that you are a good compassionate human being. What happened to Gary could happen to any town that relies on one employer........... "Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee"

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

I’m from Chesterton, Indiana. I have taken the South Shore train into Chicago all my life and it goes through Gary. Always interesting to see Gary and how different it is from my hometown only 20 minutes away. I’ve met people who recently had to move out to nearby towns because of the corruption with the government in the city of Gary. Schools closing down, mayors stealing money, and not much there for people anymore. Super sad.

Grew up just South & a little West of Gary (Schererville). My mom told me she and my aunt would go shopping in downtown Gary after WW2 (1950s) and it was really nice. By the time I cold drive (1974) no one would ever dare go into Gary, especially after dark. There used to be a big Methodist hospital there. And a commuter campus (Indiana University) with a well regarded nursing program.

Lived there as a kid. We moved out to nearby Merrillville when I was very young, but many of our friends and family were still there. My parents tell me it was an awesome city in the late 60's and even early 70's. I moved away and now moved back to a nearby town, and I won't set foot in that city if I can avoid it. Not necessarily because of the crime, but because of the sadness it brings to me to see many of the fun/vibrant places I remember, looking so run down.

@indiasuperclean6969

Жыл бұрын

WOW VERY DANGEROUS SIR! 😠 😠I WILL NEVER GO TO USA!!😠 BUT THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳

@nickeyfynn3270

Жыл бұрын

​@@indiasuperclean6969 India? Lol, you are joking.

@tacidian7573

Жыл бұрын

​@@nickeyfynn3270 Obviously, that is a troll channel making fun of India. In that part of the world, literally every country seems to have beef with one or two neighboring countries.

@richardshiflett5181

Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when the Rich re-write laws and get away with using cheap slave labor in other countries, so they have no use for american workers.

@Skip_Passover

Жыл бұрын

@@indiasuperclean6969 kekistan sends its regards

It's really weird, eerie even, that there were no people out and about. Like zero pedestrians.. Also, mad props for going inside the church

@HighLordBlazeReborn

Жыл бұрын

Everything that's open and running is probably so far apart that there's no point walking, except for downtown

@73prd

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate, I live in Australia and I find this town as many other U.S towns in this condition its so sad

@curtisroberts5715

Жыл бұрын

Notice how there isn’t any leaves on the trees. And people were bundled up the ones you did see. This had to have been filmed early spring right after the snow. Makes sense there aren’t many people out and about. Go there today on these hot days and Ian willing to bet those areas are filled with unsupervised children running out in front of cars.

@Alen725

Жыл бұрын

Nope, people were out. Scarcely but they did.

@h.w.4482

Жыл бұрын

@Loneshark luckily most cities don't get anywhere near this bad because they can keep the gangs somewhat under control, this town's police force must've just been slowly overrun over the last few decades so there's nothing to stop the crime

What a sad legacy for a town.amazing videos of the way life has changed for some.loved the concrete houses.

Love your videos! The history you share is wonderful! Thank you!

I’ve driven through Gary 3 times and what you just can’t pick up from the video is how dystopian and surreal it feels. You feel like you’re driving through Chernobyl if squatters moved in. First time I stopped here was for gas and i didn’t even bother filling up. I got just enough gas to get the hell out.

@coleket8173

Жыл бұрын

Fr you can tell it was built by an actual oil company

@e.s.l.1083

Жыл бұрын

Trippy. As he was walking through The Church ⛪ i had to keep reminding myself: that *I* was safe... *Trippy* some people haven't waited for 'the end' (reference: dystopian)

@TheRealMasonYoung

Жыл бұрын

I messed up on my way back from Wisconsin in my early 20s with an SUV full of my friends and it was low on gas at about 3 AM when I had to pull into Gary to fill up. Most of them were asleep when I went to go in. My girlfriend at the time was in the passenger seat and I woke her up and left the keys and told her to lock the doors when I got out and if anything happened drive away. Scary Gary.

@blackjam2683

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealMasonYoung I live in Gary, and i feel okay with walking alone in the dark (call me crazy) but i do pack some kind of protection. Its not the people of Gary i find a problem, It's usually those from Chitown that want to ruin the peace and fun.

@mplslawnguy3389

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRealMasonYoung I did the same thing when I was younger. The worst part is I had no cash and my cards stopped working because my bank saw transactions from multiple states (drove to Toronto). I was running on fumes and had no money and I was in Gary. I scrounged up some loose change in my truck and filled up with what I had and got out of Dodge.

My Uncle gave me the Grand Tour of Gary in his 58 Fairlane. When the Steel plants were operating the sky was a Weird Orange/Yellow, It actually ate the paint off some of the cars. People had money back then you would see Luxury GM cars parked in modest homes. The rest is History, Thanks Lord Spoda.👍👍👍👍👍

@Mattology1

Жыл бұрын

And they say it was all great and it's bad now. Yellow orange sky. Said it smelled

@agentofficerthomasa.porter107

Жыл бұрын

@@Mattology1 Birmingham, Alabama was once known as 'Smoke City' & Tuscaloosa had Paper Planet & was Orange City At Nights. The Paper Plant closed down & the Skies Of Tuscaloosa were Clear again. Birmingham USS closed & Skies became Clear again.

@chopperjoe6592

Жыл бұрын

@@Mattology1 sulfur and iron oxides…… your cookware is probably doing more harm to you.

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

Great video bud…very interesting to see, watching from the UK

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thanks for documenting.

I lived in Gary for a while in the 80's. I remember people openly carrying guns down our street. I also remember many houses burning completely down on our block. There were hoodlums constantly trespassing in the yard and trying to steal stuff from our storage shed ....so we called the Gary PD. I remember the officers telling me..if you shoot one of them, make sure to drag them into your house so it looks like self defense. I also remember a few nights laying on the floor of the bedroom from the gunfire out in the street. Good times!

@PoeticHeart

Жыл бұрын

Yikes!

@MYG79X

Жыл бұрын

Omg lol cops telling you that....😮

@PRESSPLAYRADIO

Жыл бұрын

Sounds inclusive

@chrisparker8853

Жыл бұрын

100% facts and police say the same thing to this day it's wild here but people comment saying Chicago is better not crime wise I'd say we run a tight 2nd

@cookie_chicken

Жыл бұрын

@Michael Levay this isn’t a klan meeting bro wyd

Could you imagine if those abandoned houses could tell their stories. About the family's that once lived in them

@saltydog4443

7 ай бұрын

Thats what I was thinking, go back to Thanksgiving 1949 Think of all the wonderful family gatherings it must have been so nice.

@apocyldoomer

7 ай бұрын

Yes.

@CalebWilliams2030

6 ай бұрын

It’s sad you have to go back 70 yrs to see Gary in its limelight. Goes to show the many great cities that got lost to poverty, no jobs, and drugs.

@jacqui7261

5 ай бұрын

I would love to go back in time and see these towns, as prosperous towns that they once were.

@dragon-lf9ow

5 ай бұрын

I totally agree

This is fascinating to see. Thanks for sharing.

I grew up one town over in Griffith where everyone worked the steel mills until they closed and you captured Gary pretty well. I wish you had driven further north to the communities on lake Michigan the houses are beautiful. The average Joe can afford a nice home in walking distance to the lake and the Dunes.

I was one of the 10% white people who grew up in Gary. That was a trip down memory lane. Loved hearing the train again. We grew up right next to that railroad track. We were robbed often, the house was shot at once. Today I live abroad as a missionary in a place that is considered dangerous. I have never felt I was in danger, probably because of where I grew up. My family still lives there.

@keithawhosoever5384

Жыл бұрын

Where may I ask , are you working as a missionary ❓ 🇬🇧🆓✝️

@daddybandit4431

Жыл бұрын

@iatealready But your story is one of thousands where it's not a "race" issue, it's completely a "culture" issue. The culture of idolizing ignorance and criminality is what plagues black America today far more than any other perceived reason.

@joshl6275

Жыл бұрын

@@daddybandit4431 Race is a cultural construct. And historically in the US it was used to favour one group over another and as a justification for ruthless exploitation. The race problems we see lingering today in America link back to a dark economic legacy. So, you can say it's a culture issue but that's true mostly in respect to our culture having deep racial inequalities as a matter of state policy. Ultimately though, it all boils down to the wealthy versus the working class. It's just that historically, the bottom of the totem pole in the working class has always been people of colour, since race was chosen early on in America as a class marker. This shaped the destinies of millions for generations to come and we're still living in the cultural blast zone of those exploitative decisions.

@b4ssfunk3d

Жыл бұрын

@iatealready That's a good take, my grandmother grew up in Gary Indiana in the 1930s when it was predominantly white people before the "white flight" and her family relocated to San Diego, California where my dad was born. After hearing stories about Gary, I'm fortunate my grandma and her family moved to California

@thetortureneverstops

Жыл бұрын

@@bobzacamano658 Get around a little more dude.

I would drive down the streets of Gary, but I don't think I would walk into the abandoned church by myself. You have the guts to do it which makes for a good video.

@greg5775

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, a brave man for doing that. That could have been a real bad move.

@kathrinekerns8398

Жыл бұрын

The building itself says, "if walls could talk, I'd have some stories to tell". Very eirie place.

@FrankRimes

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, even driving around can be a bit of an adventure in some cities. I was doing a bit of a tour in Detroit, and then found myself in a not so fancy area. 'You take a right turn down a small residential street, drive for a little bit, all of a sudden you have a group of gentlemen having some sort of town meeting in the middle of the road and they all look as if you came in a bit too late to join them.' That's the moment when you realize that you made a mistake and the right turn you were planning on making probably happened a street too soon. Well luckily there was still room enough to do a 180 so I didn't have to get further lost down the wrong path...

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I experienced the exact same situation in Detroit, Dan. :)

@TinkerTailor4303

Жыл бұрын

@@FrankRimes That’s humorous, but not...🫣

What a adventures Nick have great time with all those abandoned town.

Pack a Nine with you everytime you get on foot on those places friend. Bless you.

Very well made informative video! I enjoyed it keep up good work !!🩵

First time viewer from England here...really like your documentary style, and Gary is like nothing I've ever seen. Amazing.

Can believe cities like this still exist in America...I'm from NJ and passing through Camden since I was a kid now in my 40's is still the same. We contribute more to other countries then taking care of our own

@devadii24

Жыл бұрын

Driven through Camden NJ on a greyhound and was saddened to see the conditions 😢 But one lady got on next to me and was very nice 👍🏼 It’s sad when good people have to live in these conditions

@leer798

Жыл бұрын

The USA also goes around the world telling other countries how they should look after their people while clearly not looking after their own too well.

@stacyrussell460

13 күн бұрын

I spent the first eleven years of my life in Camden NJ. The day my parents said we would be moving, I was so happy. I have many fond memories of my childhood home but the neighborhood itself was absolute garbage. It hasn't changed much in the 30+ years since we lived there. If anything it's gotten worse.

@morava122

7 күн бұрын

Lee R 👍👍👍👍

Thanks for being so brave and going into the abandoned church! Just unbelievable the state of parts of America! Sad!

I love it that you went right up to the gates of U.S. Steel Gary Works. As an engineering consultant, I've been through those Gates a few times many moons ago.

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw how small M.Jacksons family home is. All those brothers and sisters squeezed into that little home. WoW🙂 As a long haul trucker I see so much urban decline across America. Is very sad to see. I always try and imagine what it was like to live in these places back in the days when they were vibrant. Gary is one of those places I go to a few times a year for truck loads. Is a city that is really hard on the eyes. Always relieved to get in and out of there without incident. Great coverage of this area! Thanks

@makdaddy8399

Жыл бұрын

I would imagine truckers see a lot of the bad areas of every city. So many areas in total disarray and decay. Where is all that tax money going?

@aSome1

Жыл бұрын

The music video for 2300 Jackson Street highlights how big that family is haha

@markneukirch577

Жыл бұрын

Same with me. I pull flatbed. Every time I hear dispatch say the name "Gary" I just want to get in and out in one piece.

I was born in a town in Germany called Georgsmarienhütte. This town was also founded to provide a home for the workers of a new steel mill. In the 1970s there was also a steel crisis in Germany. The steelworks almost perished, as did the entire city. But only almost. A former manager bought the plant for a symbolic price. In fact, one of his first steps was to take out the trash. On Saturdays he helped out himself to set an example. Then he had all the dilapidated parts of the work demolished. The area was sold very cheaply to new companies from other branches of the economy. And he installed a new blast furnace in the remaining area that could fabricate special steels. The steel mill is now making a profit again. The city has been growing again for many years. So it's safe to say, if you need to start over, start by clearing out the trash.

@kenheisner288

Жыл бұрын

My old steel mill city has found a major natural gas reserves it has helped Europe stay clear of that horrible man Putin

@Deetroiter

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, many of the folks living in this area will typically always remain in ‘victim’ status and never strive for better. I enjoyed your story though, sounds like an admirable man who saved the German town

@MsTygame

Жыл бұрын

@@Deetroiter you are right about victim status and like that all over.

@redrobur68

Жыл бұрын

@@Deetroiter His name is Jürgen Großmann, he is still alive and is now one of the 100 richest Germans, his fortune is estimated at around 1.35 billion euros. The special thing about him is probably that he grew up in the shadow of another steel mill and simply took on responsibility as a manager. He certainly didn't need to collect rubbish back then, but he didn't just want to make money, no matter how. Rather, it was a personal matter for him. He knew the culture and pride of the steel workers. With actions like this, he freed people from their role as victims and swept them along. Incidentally, this also included the fact that he knocked off rust together with the very simple workers and gave the motto: "Nothing will rust here anymore and no paint will flake off." Fun fact: He bought the Georgsmarienhütte steelworks for EUR 2, which was around USD 2 at the time.

@Deetroiter

Жыл бұрын

@@redrobur68 Wunderbar! I'll have to read more about him and the story, thank you very much for sharing it with everyone

It's fascinating, just watching this is surreal. It feels like nostalgia, and I can almost smell the air ripe with broken dreams and lost souls. What a quintessential American tragedy of a town. The rise, fall, and the result.

As a 17 year old I worked on a nomadic magazine crew, selling subscriptions door to door. Gary was one of the towns that we worked. At that time it was a beautiful place, everybody worked in the steel mills and made lots of money, a happy hunting grounds for a magazine crew! I don't recall anybody NOT buying something from me. It's sad to see it the way it is today.

@kimberlybraden3209

2 ай бұрын

"For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life " and "I came not into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through me" This is the truth that Jesus came into the world to be put fourth as a propitiation/ sacrifice for the sins of the world so that all who trust in him shall not be condemned by their sins but be forgiven and receive by him the eternal inheritance of the rightouness of God obtained by faith in God through Jesus Christ and the inheritance of the kingdom of God, and this is life the true life that persists forever and does not perish but to all those who have not believe they are condemned because they have not believed in the Son Of God Jesus but as the bible says "wothout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins" so then trust in him and be forgiven and "but to those who did receive him gave he power to become the children of God born not od the will of flesh or blood but of Spirit" become the children of God and receive in yourself the gift of the God which is the seal of promise unto eternal life The Spirit of God who indwells every believer and makes them thw righteousness of God, and the children of God and if children then heirs to the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

The problem with such towns is that they don't demolish the empty buildings. That drags down the value of the rest of the area and you get a downwards spiral. Where I live in Holland they would clean these wrecked houses up and make the place look ok. That makes all the difference.

@geekers8644

Жыл бұрын

Banks dont care about making the city look nice. once a private investor is interested in the property, the bank sells it and it's up to the investor if they want to start from scratch or remodel. Tearing down the building and getting rid of the material waste is an unnecessary expenditure for the Bank.

@Dani-it5sy

Жыл бұрын

@@geekers8644 You see. You completely missed the point. The value of the land is rock bottom when the whole street is full of wrecked abandoned houses. So the bank looses everything by not cleaning up. Selling a house for 5k dollars is the same as giving it away. This system of is not debatable. They figured this out a century ago and is a well proven system.

@AldousTyler

Жыл бұрын

@@Dani-it5sy - you're thinking smaller than the banks do. They don't care about selling individual lots - a bank will own blocks of these, and when they DO sell, the people buying them don't care what's there NOW, as they will level, dig and build a completely new structure or set of structures on that land. Why clean up the old structures when they aren't stopping the bank from selling the land as they want to - in large scale blocks? It's sad and it's sick and it robs the city of meaning anything to those who continue to be there, but the banks don't care about that, as they aren't required to.

@squidwardo7074

Жыл бұрын

if they can't clean up garbage like that they sure as hell ain't demolishing and cleaning up an entire house. Best thing people in Gary could do is get out and just let the city die

@powertothesheeple5422

Жыл бұрын

@@Dani-it5sy The US banking and housing systems operate nothing like Holland. The US government bails out the banks all the time (not just in 2008). The US banks just write the property off, give it back to the city and then the city becomes responsible for tearing the buildings down - with no tax base to raise the funds to do so. So you end up with a city in continual decline and it stays that way for so long that nobody would ever move back even if it was completely torn down and rebuilt. Not to mention these are all usually cookie cutter cities built after WWII with small lots and small houses for low income people working in factories that don't even exist anymore.

I know a girl who grew up in Gary and she said it was really bad. She was constantly bulied for being white, shoes/ backpacks stolen at least once a week if not more and beaten up often. She left in 10th grade with her grandma and moved to florida, leaving her parents behind. Her grandma was a widow of a former steel worker from the 60's and both parents had their own issues....definition of an escape. Very sad...but Im happy to say shes moved and is now happily married with a 2 lovely kids!

@gabriellehanks6850

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Gary, too. We all got bullied growing up there for something unless you were a street kid. Your friend isn't special 🤷🏽‍♀️

@TrunkyDunks

Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellehanks6850 wasn't the point 🤷‍♂️ clearly bullies had no effect on ya

@Fritolay72

Жыл бұрын

@@TrunkyDunks I wonder why Gabrielle got bullied 🤷‍♂️

@Elizabeth-xn9rk

Жыл бұрын

@@gabriellehanks6850 What is wrong with you?

@berardoferrari

Жыл бұрын

@@Fritolay72 wrong skin color LOL!!!!!

I lived in Gary Indiana 25 years. Back in 2014 I moved to Hammond Indiana. Gary has good neighborhoods and bad like any other cities. I am currently 72 years old and white and most times feel safe walking and shopping in Gary in the daytime mostly. My basic rule is spend as much of your income where you live. If you can’t purchase what you need go to a neighboring city. KEEP YOUR MONEY AS CLOSE TO HOME AS POSSIBLE. If everyone did this all of our cities would be thriving.

@ryanoconnor_guitar

11 күн бұрын

thats great philosophy.. i also follow this guideline

A few years back, my friend's daughter went to Gary with her friend to hang out with this guy. He wouldn't release them, took her truck, and her friend returned a few days later by herself. My friend's daughter was missing for a year until they found her remains. He was later arrested and charged with her demise. Her name was Jessica Flores. 😢

@msfabre82allday92

Жыл бұрын

🥺

@zombiesRUseless6880

Жыл бұрын

Don't tell me, the guy was blaq? I'd be very surprised if he was another color.

@geraldwalsh3644

Жыл бұрын

What they really need to do is level three quarters of Gary and rebuild factories and homes but nobody wants to invest in an area that's controlled by thugs and violent criminals.

@tazzthedoodle7861

Жыл бұрын

That's a horrible story. I'm sorry for their loss.

@adamsaucedo1120

Жыл бұрын

Rip

I was born n raised in Gary, Indiana resided there for 29 years. I left in 94 for Mississippi after 6 mos, back in Gary, after 5 months moved to Minnesota in September 94, been here every since. I enjoyed your video, cause at least you showed some decent parts of the city unlike many. Wishing you all the best on your endeavors. 💯👌😊

@AdamBiggers81

7 ай бұрын

Gary reminds me of Flint, my hometown. Rich history and glory years, wealth and quality of living, great neighborhoods... then it all fell apart.

I just came upon this and your website Thank you so much for a new hobby for me to watch thru🌺

Ich komme aus Deutschland und kann gar nicht glauben ,das so schöne Gebäude zerfallen. Was für ein Verlust. Die Reportage ist sehr interresant. Danke.

Currently a Gary resident. This video focused on downtown and the east side of town where there is majority of the abandoned buildings. There are beautiful homes and communities on either sides of Gary and areas where the abandoned homes and businesses are being tore down. Not condoning casinos but Hard rock casino is in the west side of Gary right off of 80/94 that brought in a lot of business and jobs to the area. The casino is hosting concerts and shows with big names celebrities that I never thought would even be named to be in this area. Gary is slowly being rebuilt but it’s being rebuilt from the outside first then working towards the inner city.

@HsnzksNxnxksn-sh7kc

Жыл бұрын

You ain't listening to the statistics

@kellysanders7857

Жыл бұрын

I worked at the casinos there..yes brought in jobs but within 10 years,businesses closed down..casinos rake the money,and if you look where casino boats are at in other states,its the same..people get addicted and loose and businesses close down and crime gos up!! GARY was bad even b4 the casinos..I lived and worked all around there!

@mgtowcowboy8159

Жыл бұрын

Ms. Jordan, can you explain Gary in less than two paragraphs? Where are the "good" areas? Bad areas? Is the north side "white" and the south side "black" like Chicago? I hear many Hispanic families are moving in too. Any advice would be appreciated.

@Ncb45

Жыл бұрын

@@mgtowcowboy8159 I live in merrillville and there are nice houses by the beach in miller which is an area in Gary

@maryechampagne1736

Жыл бұрын

Why isn't the blight of Gary torn down and a brand new Gary resurrected?

As a truck driver, I have gone down IN-53 (broadway) many times. The decay of downtown Gary is both fascinating and sad.

@Devmac89

Жыл бұрын

Same man took it as a detour when 80 is backed up. Depressing driving thru it.

@bradford_shaun_murray

Жыл бұрын

it's become the set of a zombie movie - crazy stuff

@kbanghart

Жыл бұрын

​@@bradford_shaun_murray and they say California is bad

@bradford_shaun_murray

Жыл бұрын

@@kbanghart California is the zombie movie comedy meets beach babe film.

@kbanghart

Жыл бұрын

@@bradford_shaun_murray excellent

Excellent video presentation. Camera work - outstanding!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

You can see the sadness in your eyes. It's so depressing. This is how we feel when we go back home. It's hard to visit the remaining loved ones that stayed. They dont notice how bad it is until removing yourself from Gary for a while. It use to be a thriving and beautiful city when I was a child. Very well to do individuals and a very happy place to live😢

I grew up just a few miles from here, I'm still in the area too - my family actually lived on Grant Street in Gary up until I was almost 5. The main reason you aren't seeing homeless people around those abandoned buildings you were exploring, outside of your vehicle, is because that's not a real safe part of town. I mean, there aren't many GREAT spots to be sleeping unprotected outdoors in that town - but that would be a prime spot that someone with ill intentions might start to look for a victim who won't be noticed missing right away. Sad but true.

@leadfoot8593

Жыл бұрын

Homeless get left alone, not like they have anything to take, homeless usually consume from nicest areas anyway,

@OMEGATECH

Жыл бұрын

I concur, the homeless know where, and where not to go, volunteering in a homeless shelter in the past I would hear the stories.

@dpagain2167

Жыл бұрын

Probably because there are no services for homeless, that costs a lot of money. My city spends $234,000,000 annually on the homeless population.

@chillywings

Жыл бұрын

@@dpagain2167 And no one to beg from.

@chillywings

Жыл бұрын

Are there homeless at all? I would think anyone that can't afford their mortgage would just move into the nicest empty house.. even just squat right where they're at if it's not a nicer area. Can't imagine the banks have a whole lot of leverage there.

I ended up driving around in Gary a couple years ago during covid and couldn’t stop myself from driving through the dilapidated residential neighborhoods. Being in real estate I could just imagine how nice these grand homes used to be. You see it all through the South Side of Chicago too. Such amazing history and almost inconceivable to imagine how things became so run down for once thriving communities.

@smelltheglove2038

Жыл бұрын

I live in south Philly now, grew up right outside Camden Nj. It’s 100% conceivable why the town failed. Camden used to be beautiful too. Residents move in around the 60s and stopped maintaining properties, the people who lived there before moved, riots happened and they burnt down the city. Huge sections are still burnt out from those riots that happened 60 years ago. No one wants to open a business there because the residents will either rob the place blind or burn it down at some point. Drug dealers on every single corner. Some people refuse to live like civilized humans.

@threezysworld8089

Жыл бұрын

It's very interesting, just get out when the sun starts setting 😂

@MakerInMotion

Жыл бұрын

I'm hoping for a manufacturing boom in the US after covid taught us to not rely too much on international trade and supply lines. Plus relations with China not being great. Gary needs blue collar jobs that don't require a degree. I'm sure the city would offer up tax incentives on a silver platter to any potential factory.

@WCWThunderRosa

Жыл бұрын

@@MakerInMotion there’s not going to be a manufacturing boom in America again because American workers won’t work for the extremely low wages that caused outsourcing to start in the first place.

Thank you for this documentary. Honest, unflinching but always respectful. Sad to see this once thriving town´s current sorrow state.

Thank you Joe and Nic.

Great episode! I am a Chicago boy, born and raised and still here. My early memories of Gary would have been driving through as a family on our way out of town. Gary would be about the spot where dad said "lock your doors." After college I joined the Marine Corp, and as a 2nd Lt Platoon Commander during the invasion of Panama, I became interested in Edison upon learning that he'd supplied much of the concrete used to build the canal (seems you don't get rich off quirky inventions) sold to the U.S Govt. So it was in a war zone where I read a book on the life of Thomas Edison. I'd somehow forgotten that Gary was one of the cities that tried out his concrete homes. For what it's worth, all concrete is, unlike us Americans, not created equal. Edison was a stickler for absolute quality, and that is why those homes stand today as they do, cool in the summer and warm in the winter, with very little crumbling or foundational issues. More importantly, the Army Corp of Engineers and Congress bet on the right guy in Thomas E, because the Canal concrete has held like a champ. During the same period of time you will find that nearly all Chinese and Soviet major dam sites have had to be completely refortified. Love your channel. Ps: I felt safer sniper hunting, door to door, in 1983 Beirut than I would have felt going into that church with you. I hope you're armed.

@jasonhuntchicago

Жыл бұрын

Read “War is a Racket” by Smedley Butler and work to stop US imperialism from here on out moto.

@iggyrulz420

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the church and urban exploration is that dangerous, there in different levels of danger, how you carry yourself, what you're driving (chargers and challengers, trackhawks can draw attention) also weather (whos out and about). I think it's more dangerous of someone knows or is aware of you, (gang or rivalism). Of course living in Indiana we stay well armed.

@MatthewMarvin

Жыл бұрын

Chicago is where I lock my doors lol

@user-jm8uc5gi4r

6 ай бұрын

Какого черта ты поперся в Бейрут? Зачем вы лезете на чужие континенты?

Gary is basically the end result of a company town when the company leaves and the people are left alone to pick up the pieces. It's why people are very nervous about volatile companies like Tesla trying to recreate the same thing. We know how this ends already.

@Reallifesatan

11 ай бұрын

Great point

@JamesCrandallPainting

4 ай бұрын

So because US Steel was eventually going to close, Gary shouldn’t have existed and thrived for over 60 years?

@billwilson-es5yn

2 ай бұрын

US Steel never left Gary. All of Northwest Indiana lost population after the steel plants began shutting down departments due to downturns in the industry. Gary had a crooked city government that did nothing about the violent drug gangs that appeared in 1970 then grew in numbers. Stores left the Downtown after shoppers took their business elsewhere where they wouldn't get robbed on the sidewalks or have their cars stolen. Thefts, break-ins and home invasions became a constant problem so residents simply left after giving their property to the city since nobody would buy a house in Gary.

@wetbadger2

2 ай бұрын

Tesla towns?

Incredible collection of reference images for level designers!

I grew up nextdoor in Hammond where my parents families came to from the 1870's to 1900. My grandfather was a home builder and land developer that was offered the lakefront acreage that became the site of the US Steel plant. He turned it down since it was nothing but sand dunes with swamps in between them. USS drained the swamps and sold the excess sand to Chicago for filling in their swampy lakeshore to make parks. Thomas Edison saw concrete as the construction material of the future so invested heavily in cement production. His first project to prove his point was the construction of Yankee Stadium in NYC in one continuous pour. His houses used massive set of forms which were filled by a continuous pour using concrete that was mixed on site then taken up by a conveyor belt to the top of the forms. Edison couldn't get contractors to buy his concrete home system due to the cost of the forms and equipment, the time it took to set those up then take down, the hassle of getting the cement, rock and sand on the jobsite to do a continuous pour and mixing it. They also had to wait for a month or more for the concrete to cure out before they could start finishing the interior and exterior. Many contractors were like my grandfather that preferred building Sears kit homes and Mom & Pop stores since they could have those move-in ready within 45 days or less.

Thank you for going to Gary. I wanted to see just how bad it was, especially in 2023. The state of that beautiful church is so sad. It looked like it was absolutely beautiful when it was first build. When you stated the murders rate and income per family, my jaw dropped. So sad.

@paulhcan

Жыл бұрын

It's staggering that a church took only a century to decay like that - there are churches over here (the UK) a thousand yrs old in better condition.

@mikaross4671

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhcan I can only imagine. America needs to take better care of their older buildings, especially churches, museums, etc.

@theirmom4723

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhcan The church was set on fire in 1997. That is one reason the "decay" is so bad.

@caseyj.1332

Жыл бұрын

The church stands like a monument of shame.

@carlosmedlen

Жыл бұрын

WARNING!!! Hell is real... We can not hide our sins from God. Is your heart right with the Lord? Jesus Christ loves you and He died for our sins. If you reject Jesus Christ, you will not see the Kingdom of Heaven.. ACTS 2:38 “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit....

Back in the early 60's we would drive from our home in the Northwest Suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois to Toledo, Ohio to visit our cousins. I remember looking out the car window from the expressway as we were passing Gary. The steel mills were in full operation, and as kids we were fascinated by all the different colors of smoke belching from the steel mill smokestacks in the distance. So sad we lost all that industry.

@nancyparker9986

Жыл бұрын

If you go down some rabbit holes on the internet you will find out why so many small towns and industries were moved from US…..America being killed from the inside out ! So very said to see these once thriving towns looking like ghost towns. This has. LOT to do with the elites running our world ! Wake up people !!!!!

@laszlozoltan5021

Жыл бұрын

Im sure not quite as sad as the families of the workers who's health deteriorated and eventually succumbed to all the posions they were exposed to in those jobs. catch-22.

@sweetteagrits3822

Жыл бұрын

Family worked at the mills for years until they collapsed :(. It was awful to see the abandoned huuuge structures and the ppl who lost their income.

@leerothman7570

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. My family lived in what was in the 60's a "Leave It To Beaver" neighborhood, Jeffrey Manor on the far south side of Chicago. We traveled back to the Buffalo/Rochester area each summer to visit relatives. We passed by those steel mills running full steam in that 1957-1967 time frame. Got out of the South Side when it was imploding and now is a haven for gangs and shootings. How sad how things can and do change when the wrong element moves in.

@garyjohnson4575

Жыл бұрын

...sold it!

Ty for the historic presentations

Great video, thanks!!

I grew up 2 towns south of Gary, about 20-30 minutes away. Everyone knows to avoid Gary if they can. I used to work construction and helped remodel a few houses there, so many abandoned and run down buildings that need to be completely gutted to nothing and rebuilt. Most aren’t even worth it, better off bulldozing and starting from scratch. But this is an example of how there is still hope for building the town back up, it’s not on a big scale or anything but work is being done. During the day, not too bad in the more populated areas. But at night, can’t even stop at stoplights. Slow to a roll, look left and right then go. Town is eerie after dark. East and south of Gary are all pretty safe and well established towns. The steel mills still provide a lot of jobs and I know multiple people who work or have worked at them. It’s sad that a place like this exists especially being so close to a place I call home. Feels more like the run down parts of Chicago than anything. But then you drive 10 minutes away and everything nothing is like it. It’s also crazy that so many people know about Gary, never knew it was as well known as it it. Almost 4.5 million views!

@Smog104

Жыл бұрын

It’s very sad to see what Thatcher done here and Reagan done over there both their socioeconomic policies were adopted by successive governments

@Smog104

Жыл бұрын

@@timmattle4730 79 /80 but I’m speaking in general not if the specific town

@KarsenKeith

Жыл бұрын

I feel like Gary is far more known than you think! Here in NW Ohio, most trips out west runs through Gary. Everyone here knows the notoriety of it. I'd love to visit, I'm a hobbyist architecture historian dealing with school buildings in particular and I know the city is riddled with them. Sadly, I don't think I'd have the guts to go.

@Smog104

Жыл бұрын

@@KarsenKeith it looks a desperate place indeed , we have some decay in British towns and cities that in comparison to European countries are pretty bad. The UK is a very unequal country in European terms but I’m afraid we don’t have anything as bad looking as Gary . Our old industrial cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds , Liverpool, Newcastle etc while desperate under Thatchers rule as she was the key to their swift demise are now at least in central parts and business districts have turned the tide sure there are still some dodgy estates you wouldn’t want to walk around at night . It’s the medium sized towns and smaller towns that have not been redeveloped that are the worst , even our most desperate seems a couple of leagues away from Gary . A pity , sone lovely looking houses or at least they once were .

I don't know man - you're either incredibly brave or very crazy going into abandoned buildings in Gary! But thanks for the video. Now I don't have to go there myself to see how bad it really is.

@michaelhunter7040

10 ай бұрын

While Gary has a high crime rate, for the most part, you don't get in their business, they won't get in in yours and some of the nicest people you will ever come across.

@1439315

8 ай бұрын

Always travel with the buddy system. Seriously . . .

@chiefjamal

8 ай бұрын

Don't worry. He's from Texas so he probably got his Buddy with him 🔫😂

@007psyren

7 ай бұрын

Guy has BALLS OF STEEL👊

Gary, Indiana! What a wonderful name Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say Trips along softly on the tongue this way Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana Let me say it once again Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana That's the town that "knew me when" Now if you'd like to have a logical explanation How I happened on this elegant syncopation I will say without a moment of hesitation There is just one place That can light my face Gary, Indiana Gary Indiana Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome, but Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana Gary Indiana My home sweet home The Music Man by Meredith Willson

Really well presented video, with good information.Nice.👍

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I was born in Gary in the mid 50's. My parents were married in the Methodist Church, and I was stunned to see what has become of it. We lived in Glen Park, then moved to Miller and lived only blocks from the beach. And, yes, my dad worked at the steel mill. My grandfather owned an appliance business on Broadway in the 50's and 60's. It breaks my heart to see what has become of a once lovely little city.

@jilltagmorris

Жыл бұрын

My aunt and uncle moved to Glen Park as well.

@lekeiag

Жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in Gary. Graduated from Roosevelt high school. We lived in Glen park mostly, but we also lived in Marshalltown also. I left in 2002. I know how bad that city was/is. I was scared for this gentleman going in that church. Please be careful going in any abandoned buildings in Gary.

@TheLonelyPamphleteer

Жыл бұрын

I live in Glen Park now and use to live in the Miller Atena area when I first came to Gary.

@jan4222

Жыл бұрын

@@lekeiag Oh, Caroline, I agree!! I was nervous the whole time he was in there.

@TayDamage

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Marshall town there were no more schools for us to go to at a point i went to Bethune elementary the last school in the area

My first experience of Gary was working in the Steel Mills in 2009 as a Union Ironworker from Detroit. I have been able to see many towns that are run down Flint Detroit and Gary. The mills are still running but with less people working. We are in the American Nightmare.

@xheidix1974

Жыл бұрын

My ex brother in law worked there as well.

@MrFatdubyman

Жыл бұрын

all those words u said is why america is bad again

@davidkemp3154

Жыл бұрын

Real estate has bottomed, cannabis not illegal anymore. DOC & town mgrs will save millions not incarcerating little old ladies & peaceful youth like the old days of fascism. Karma for that once grand church for stigmatizing, demonizing & criminalizing pot smokers & dabbers for decades.

@jeffreykidwell3335

Жыл бұрын

@@davidkemp3154 wake up call , cannabis is still not legal in Indiana. For that matter , it is still illegal federally and have been a lot of federal raids lately on distributers.

@idipped2521

Жыл бұрын

This country is a shadow of its former self. We are headed for collapse

Thanks for this awesome video 👌👌

I love all your discoveries

I appreciate how you give facts about the city and show parts of the city without criticizing the city or the residents who call Gary home.😊

As I’m watching with tears, remembering what your seeing I saw when that city in her 50s , though the 70s beautiful city

My plane was grounded for 3 days in Gary Indiana because of a snowstorm! Needless to say, I was glad to get back in the air😊 this was a few years ago and I’m sure it hasn’t improved any since then

For a Dutch citizen , it is hard to imagine the decline and decay, of these once florishing american towns. And yet it is fascinating and almost mesmerizing, to behold this utter desolation. Impressive documentary , guys.

@dianefoley2556

10 ай бұрын

The American willingness to let financial considerations be our sole decision criteria leads to this situation in every one of our states. Along with the abandoned buildings are abandoned people, even some who have moved away.

@badgirl44654

9 ай бұрын

I live in Ohio. One town realized for years they had been overcharging for city tax for like 10 years. They won’t be sending the money back because they don’t have it to send. 😂

@dudeinacar9680

9 ай бұрын

I've been going to Gary a lot lately this year. From the 90's til now, I've watched a decline. It was crazy how I drove down the streets and the traffic lights don't work, as if they didn't pay the light bill. The many homes I lived in are now, appears to be abandoned. The four that I remember. Tried to show my girl where I grew up, it was embarrassing, because it wasn't like that in the 90s. A couples cities over, and you'll see a world of difference.

@booboos1111

9 ай бұрын

It's devastating to see what most of Gary looks like today versus what it once was. A lot of people who are still there do take pride in their city and I feel like it will rise again out of the ashes. I lived in Hobart a city that touches both Gary and Merrillville where you stayed and it is night and day drastically a different place. Good schools low crime rates jobs etc. People from neighboring cities take their trash and dump it in Gary because nobody stops them 😢 and they don't want to pay a dump fee. So the trash is not just from the residents. I wish we could get some sort of initiative to put people to work cleaning up the city and rebuilding and rehabbing the homes and structures worth saving and demolish the ones that need to go. You should also look at the homes in Miller Beach and show Marquette Beach on lake Michigan,they are both in Gary Indiana. ❤️🤍💙

@thejman5552

9 ай бұрын

Thats what happens when you build a whole town that relies on one industry. I'm a colorado native and my state was first populated during the gold rush. Colorado didnt end up being one of the best places for gold but they diversified with farmland on the east and mining other minerals on the west. More recently, when colorado legalized marijuana, there was another influx of people. The state parks are well-maintained, there are many universities, taxes are relatively low etc. All these things make a place attractive to live at and keep the money flowing unlike Gary.

In the '70s my aunt and many of my family members lived in Chicago and Gary Indiana. The interesting part is that one of my cousins actually grew up in Gary, Indiana when I was just a child and actually knew all of the Jackson 5 kids because they all went to the same school with the Jackson 5's. I remember how nice that town was and then going back 10 years later and how wiped out it appears as Detroit.

My friends' family nearly bought that red house visible on the right side of the road starting at 29:20. It was awesome, it had an entire separate apartment set up in the basement, I would've been ready to move in with them there.

Tks for this interesting docu. I am happy to live at Bavaria).

I'm from Sweden and I think it's depressing to see a city just fall apart like that. In Sweden it's mostly small villages that you can say looks the same.

@Zoubirking-1970

Жыл бұрын

What’s you village name so I can take a look at it

@laszlozoltan5021

Жыл бұрын

"follow the money" - instead of re-investing in the business, the money gets sucked up by the owners and deposited in off-shore bank accounts where it sits to finance their lavish lifestyles elsewhere. residents will have less money to spend, the tax burden for maintaining the infrastucture will be deemed too high and cutbacks will accelerate the downfall of the community

@karenpierson9841

Жыл бұрын

Hey Sweden, I'm 💯 swedish and never been, don't speak the language but looks beautiful

@annikanyman767

Жыл бұрын

Jag tror snart Sverige är där snart.Bor i en stad i Västergötland och det börjar bli hemskt.Förfall.

@niklas6940

Жыл бұрын

@@laszlozoltan5021 Sadly to say it's true.

Truly heartbreaking. I was born in Gary and my father worked in the steel mill. He passed in ‘84 from asbestos poisoning due to working there and in ‘85 we moved to Detroit. As a teen, I would go back to visit friends and family and prior to 2019 my last visit was about 20 years ago. Just seems like a ghost town compared to when I lived there 😢😢

Thanks for sharing ❤

I did a similar ride around Gary in 2008 and it was pretty much like that at the time - i went into that church like you did.

My parents were thrilled when they bought a home in Gary in 1968. I was 16. I felt like a rock had been dropped in the pit of my stomach. Even then at my young age, I sensed that it was a city headed in a downward direction. The desolation you see today began many years ago even before the collapse of the steel industry..

@ent1311

Жыл бұрын

Do they still live there?

@riffraff521

Жыл бұрын

@@ent1311 They have passed on. Many homeowners, especially retirees are trapped there. Low property values mean they can not sell and have enough money to buy elsewhere. That is if they can sell at all.

@moxmann

Жыл бұрын

Interesting I was just mentioning in 1968 Gary elected its 1st black mayor. During this time whites didn't want a black mayor so many packed up their business and left. Taking jobs with them. Once the Steel Mills closed that was it.

@justaguy-69

Жыл бұрын

i was born there in 1961,my mom used to walk AT night to and from work as a telephone operator, my dad worked at US steel...we escaped in late 60's when certain kids teens young adults started hanging out on street corners and yards started to be piled up with junk and litter and houses started to have broken windows and boards over them...we knew it was time to get out.. we moved to hobart right next door, after i was in my teens you could tell when you drove across the border of gary and hobart immediately! like day and night

@theequalizer9154

Жыл бұрын

What causes that. Yes, we all know when a industrial based economy City loses that industrial base, we see what happens. But, why does the violence, destruction enter into it, the crime enter into it? The neglect of homes, the ill respect of classical architecture, it's as if the people remaining hate where they live, hated the town previously, and now almost hate their existence. Is there no employment in other towns, be it employment at a Walmart, supermarket of some type? I see that many are dancing around the questions, and dancing around the answers. But, we've got to start facing these facts. The number one issue is, the industrial based economy is long gone. That concept is over100 years old, and now at the very, very least it is 60 years out of date. It is time to think of of another economy base for the town, and people need to get out of that state of mind, where the only successful business is apparently the liquor store / bar there. That's the only thing open in that entire area, other than to downtown Supermarket the other necessity apparently.

My parents grew up in Gary in the 1940s and 50s and we spent a lot of time there. They were married in City Methodist Church and the pictures from their 1963 wedding are stunning.

@Candy_Mountain

Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see pics

What amazes me most in US is that level of powerty, but cars are like new.

@Andrew-ec4ev

4 ай бұрын

Gotta make sure y’all get to work on time

@mystisith3984

23 күн бұрын

Right? I'm European & it's hard to understand. I guess you can sleep in your car in a pinch but your bedroom can't drive you around to work or the grocery store.

"Gary Indiana", made famous in the musical; "The Music Man" with Robert Preston in 1961.

I was born and raised in Gary back in the 50's - the late 60's. The memories of my grandparents, our family, the beautiful city. We'd sit with my mother everyday outside the city hall waiting for my Dad to come home on the South shore line. We'd picnic in Miller Beach. On Holidays there were parades down Broadway. The church you showed...idk if it used to be The First Presbyterian Church of Gary which was just as big. It's so sad to see it as it is now. We lived at 444 Monroe St. Lush green lawns and trees. I wish you drove down Monroe St. There was a section where all the streets were Presidents names. When we finally left the beautiful huge home we had and all the others down our street sold for $1.00. How i miss the old days! 😢

@aSome1

Жыл бұрын

I imagine how tired of getting asked if you ever talked to Michael Jackson you are given the date and the place you was born and raised haha

@dejpsyd0421

Жыл бұрын

@@aSome1 lol, actually no. I'm the one who has to boast to everyone that i was born a couple streets away from the Jackson family. And we were even all born in the same hospital... Gary Methodist Hospital. Truth be told Joe Jackson accidentally took me home and my Dad Joe Jacob accidentally took Michael home. Then after The Jackson's realized i couldn't sing he returned me to the hospital and complained. They finally sorted it all out 😄! Lol... But seriously we were all born at Gary Methodist!

@AndreaSimone57

Жыл бұрын

You could google Earth the address

@dejpsyd0421

Жыл бұрын

@@AndreaSimone57 Heyyy, i never thought of that. Andrea...no wonder you get paid the big bucks! :)

@PeaceToAll-sl1db

Жыл бұрын

once the whites moved out, the city went to hell - same with detroit many other cities

I went to Gary to meet my boss' parents in the early 70's. I (from Seattle aged 19) was in shock because of the conditions there. I asked my boss if people just hung out in front of gutted homes and businesses on a Sunday night and he responded saying not just Sunday night but every night. His parents' house from outside looked terrible but the interior was beautiful and modern. P.S., Your video was really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

My uncle, James Frazier, was the Sports Section Editor at the newspaper in the 1950-60s

stunning video

Thank you. You drove past my old house which was somewhat in fair condition and occupied. I lived there in the 70's and though the city was in decline, it was safe and there was much life in the city. Over 20 schools were closed down in Gary and the architecture is fabulous. Worth coming back for but as always be safe. I decided not to come back to Gary after I retired from the military and now reside in South Carolina.

@JorJor_Millennial_Mulatto

Жыл бұрын

That’s a fascinating story on your part. May I ask, what has happened to your house now? I take it that the other homes are still having property taxes taken care of since somebody still owns them.