Seems like this was a pretty nice place to live 50 years ago. We are from a mill town that closed up operations and were moved / consolidated to the Gary works plant. People say how nice the town was (Ellwood city, PA) back in the day, and you can see how Gary was probably much nicer! The media sucks (with all their bashing)! Thanks for the video!
I'm from Gary and it was at one time the fastest growing city in America...alot wanted to come here for work ...Gary had everything you needed...it was called City of the Century...Magic city...all the empty lots once had houses and business all throughout...
@@oldgoat50 from 1972 till 2010...still go by there every day...yes its called Steel City but at one time ,in its hey days it was called those 2 other names
This video is limited to maybe 20% at most of Gary. The same neighborhood was circled around a couple of times. It only showed a very small portion of the east and west side of Gary. Yes, Gary has its challenges but let’s give a more accurate and complete picture of Gary. There are some very beautiful parts of Gary with very nice neighborhoods with beautiful homes.
Miller Beach area (very nice properties) it has luxury AirBnB’s in this area. Yes it’s Gary. W 52nd Ave area west of Broadway. West 21st Ave from Author Street going further west (Many Streets and Avenues with nice neighborhoods and homes) especially around the 23rd Taft to Chase St area Just to name a few
The next video you make should include commentary by you telling us what street your driving on.. We lived on Pennsylvania street close to the old Sears and Roebuck..i miss the smell of hot cashews in the main lobby..
While some areas are undesirable, others are acceptable. Slowly the burned out derelict houses are being removed but the shuttered businesses don't seem to hold much hope for the future. Gary will struggle for many years to come. I wish the best for those who still live there.
I lived in Gary from 1966 to 1970, just as it was starting to get bad. I wonder if you drove down my old street? 609 Pierce St. I believe the house is long gone. Probably became a crack house before they burned it down. But I remember the block well.
I was wondering if you were going to drive through Gary and you did. Thanks for driving by the old Emerson High School @11:35. There was a big fire there in the middle of June but it looks like the building is still standing. Great video.
Thanks for the compliment! This was my 2nd time in Gary - the first time, my front camera overheated 15 minutes into the video and ruined the whole thing. Gary is so amazing that I had to come back and re-shoot it.
I'm from South Bend so I don´t know anyone from there personally. I just thought it was a neat old building and I looked into it's history a lot.@@oldgoat50
Gary Indiana would make a great 👍 place for either a state or federal prison . For its current residents of Gary Indiana. And it would provide jobs for the people of Gary Indiana too. And the surrounding communities to for the state of Indiana 😮😮😮
When people see me coming they assume one of two things, either I'm the Google car or I'm the police. The police should hire me, I can call myself the snitch mobile and then the cops can just write parking tickets and serve warrants based on my videos
It's funny nobody don't want to drive over to the west side of Gary or Miller Beach where is nice.😢
Seems like this was a pretty nice place to live 50 years ago. We are from a mill town that closed up operations and were moved / consolidated to the Gary works plant. People say how nice the town was (Ellwood city, PA) back in the day, and you can see how Gary was probably much nicer! The media sucks (with all their bashing)! Thanks for the video!
Yes, there is no doubt about that. Back in 1950 it was probably a middle class paradise.
I'm from Gary and it was at one time the fastest growing city in America...alot wanted to come here for work ...Gary had everything you needed...it was called City of the Century...Magic city...all the empty lots once had houses and business all throughout...
@@oldgoat50 from 1972 till 2010...still go by there every day...yes its called Steel City but at one time ,in its hey days it was called those 2 other names
Don't any of the street lights work? What a piss poor place to live.😅
@@danielthoman7324
Tax base is too lean for the area it supports.
Gary might do better if they dis annexed some of the parasitic areas.
This video is limited to maybe 20% at most of Gary. The same neighborhood was circled around a couple of times. It only showed a very small portion of the east and west side of Gary. Yes, Gary has its challenges but let’s give a more accurate and complete picture of Gary. There are some very beautiful parts of Gary with very nice neighborhoods with beautiful homes.
No problem, I'll go back - let me know which streets to drive on to see the beautiful parts of Gary.
Miller Beach area (very nice properties) it has luxury AirBnB’s in this area. Yes it’s Gary.
W 52nd Ave area west of Broadway.
West 21st Ave from Author Street going further west (Many Streets and Avenues with nice neighborhoods and homes) especially around the 23rd Taft to Chase St area
Just to name a few
Morning side in Glen Park as well...beautiful homes...
The next video you make should include commentary by you telling us what street your driving on.. We lived on Pennsylvania street close to the old Sears and Roebuck..i miss the smell of hot cashews in the main lobby..
Dude is a jerk and his purpose was to show the blighted parts of Gary, white folks abandoned.
There needs to be another WPA type program to go into these cities and bulldoze the blight.
I sang "Gary Indiana" when I read the title!
While some areas are undesirable, others are acceptable.
Slowly the burned out derelict houses are being removed but the
shuttered businesses don't seem to hold much hope for the future.
Gary will struggle for many years to come.
I wish the best for those who still live there.
I lived in Gary from 1966 to 1970, just as it was starting to get bad. I wonder if you drove down my old street? 609 Pierce St. I believe the house is long gone. Probably became a crack house before they burned it down. But I remember the block well.
I was wondering if you were going to drive through Gary and you did. Thanks for driving by the old Emerson High School @11:35. There was a big fire there in the middle of June but it looks like the building is still standing. Great video.
Thanks for the compliment! This was my 2nd time in Gary - the first time, my front camera overheated 15 minutes into the video and ruined the whole thing. Gary is so amazing that I had to come back and re-shoot it.
@@exploreusacities I'm glad you came back for it. It is a fascinating city.
I'm from South Bend so I don´t know anyone from there personally. I just thought it was a neat old building and I looked into it's history a lot.@@oldgoat50
Go to 29th and Clark rd east on 29th and video that hood and remember the houses you think are falling down in abandoned people are living in them
Wrong way on the oneway, lol! Have another beer! 🍻
There are no laws in Gary, IN
Does the sewer system still work? Does the water system still work?
Gary Indiana would make a great 👍 place for either a state or federal prison . For its current residents of Gary Indiana. And it would provide jobs for the people of Gary Indiana too. And the surrounding communities to for the state of Indiana 😮😮😮
Home to the greatest entertainer in the world & what did he do for his home town? Shameful!!!
Please show the million-dollar homes over in Gary by the beach and a half a million dollar homes on the westside of Gary
Ok
now u see why Joe Jackson wanted to get out of there
That's the Gary Police department
it takes money and effort to keep a place running. this place is half n half.
Not as bad as -30 below in freezing Canada.
True, in fact I’d rather live in the Gary homeless shelter than to even set foot in Canada 😉
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When the vid starts that lady walking the baby saw your car and looked the other way to hide her face (34 sec in)...very weird
When people see me coming they assume one of two things, either I'm the Google car or I'm the police. The police should hire me, I can call myself the snitch mobile and then the cops can just write parking tickets and serve warrants based on my videos
Zombie 🧟♂️ apocalypse 101😮looks a lot like the surface of the moon😅😅😮😮
Drive by Gary international airport
You went down two wrong way streets
They had properties to build a prison there it never happened.
I bet the Supreme Court ruled that sending prisoners to Gary would be cruel and unusual punishment so they had to cancel the prison
At one time, a prison there would have housed more of the population than it employed. 🤣🤣