If that's where I think it is, the off brands are because that was closed after the town was mostly dead. The manager bought what he could with what little money was still coming in, but that pharmacy was in a death spiral long before it was abandoned.
Not off brands it is a Neighborhood Pharmacy and like all places after nafta they got cheap junk from china for the stores. That is what even walmart carried in 2012.
Watching videos like this always make me sad. I grew up in a small town. Going back I see places where I have fond childhood memories completely abandoned and run down. A hollow shell of what it was back when it was thriving. It's heartbreaking to think of the lives and memories destroyed by neglect and time. The disregard of so much hard work, dedication and wonderful childhood magic..... left to waste.
The worst part is that these abandoned places are mostly the result of deliberately bad politics. Sick evil corrupt people working towards a common evil. Devil worshippers run the world make no mistake about it but Jesus will return soon but things will grow darker and darker first sadly till He does. It is sad but unfortunately it is written and must come to pass. Stay close to God. God bless all who read this. 🙏❤️☺️
I grew up in my dad's pharmacy just like this one. We hung on as long as we could but we eventually sold out to CVS in 2004. This really brings me back. Just seeing the old labels, brands, fonts/logos. Thanks for this.
I'm from Australia and miss the family pharmacy . The family doctor who actually made house calls ❤ Community Real Service, and they actually cared for the customer Tell your family thankyou for their service
its crazy there are still prescriptions in the back, im a pharmacy tech and i know if we dont dispose of medications properly the FDA would come after us.
I'm assuming this is Gary, Indiana. Lots of the city are totally abandoned now and it has among the highest crime rates in the country. So it's not a Ghost Town in the Pripyat sense of the term but more in the Ordos City sense of the term - where people still live there but nowhere near as many as are technically supposed to considering the infrastructure meaning entire neighborhoods are abandoned.
3.84 a pack for Marlboro. The best I can research is around 1993 1995 era. That could tell the time of when this store shut down. Could be because that was around the time that "slick Willie" president of the USA signed the "Free Trade Agreement" (December 8th, 1993, enacted January 1, 1994) into act for trade around the world. Him doing this was the first domino to tip in American culture and society, our businesses, manufacturing, employment, small businesses started to crumble. Thanks Willie. You really done a severe disservice to America by putting that free trade in order. The only ones that benefited from that were of course the politicians and other countries (China, Tiwan, etc.)
He entered the presidency with about a million dollars. Left with 241 million. Absolute crap. Hail Satan. I'm sure all the pharmacy stuff worth anything vanished whether pain killers antibiotics or syringes. Very creepy
Nixon and Kissinger were the main players, and every single president since regardless of party has added to the downfall. Every single one, because it ain't those elected to office running the show, there's nameless faceless thugs ya never ever rarely hear them mentioned. About as much sense as saying Reagan was a great president. Wake up friend. Both parties haven't worked for The People, since those same nameless thugs killed Kennedy, and they are running the show now. Biden can't even run his mouth. C'mon
This pharmacy reminds me of another named Rexall Drugs that used to exist as well. Most only lasted until the late 80's early 90's. Premium cigarettes(Marlboros, Newports) were around $2.50 a pack and generics were half that. You could buy a carton about $9. Hair dyes were about $3. Cool tour of the store!!
I get not wanting to take stuff but on the other hand it’s sad to see usable stuff go to waste. Certain things could be like donated to homeless or something. Still super cool to see places frozen in time like this
If it's a town that was abandoned due to a toxic plume or some other contamination, who knows - the stuff could be contaminated too. Like Three Mile Island at least in the immediate aftermath, those homes within a certain radius that were initially evacuated, had above acceptable radiation detected so I doubt it would be worth the risk to try to salvage every single thing. Even homeless people wouldn't want to be exposed to poison.
Anything there is junk. Things like hair dies and even soaps & makeup have expiration dates and can be dangerous & even toxic to use when expired. I know an elderly hoarder that used some lotion she had unopened from the 80's. It gave her a nasty rash/chemical burn.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a chain which carries its own brands. That's why everything seems to be "off branded." It's kind of like a Trader Joe's carrying its own brands of foods but not as cool.
I work at 2 pharmacies in GA, both inside hospitals. We use good neighbor pharmacy as our store brand. Since most pharmacies can't just have their own brand unless it's big chain ones like walgreen's and CVS etc.
@@jackies5481It was a franchised pharmacy. Good Neighbor, HealthMart, The Medicine Shoppe, ValuRite, Family Pharmacy, Leader Drugs, and at one point, Rexall, Super D, and even Walgreens a long time ago was franchised. That means it is an independently operated drug store but carries the name and products
I miss the old Mom and Pop Pharmacies, I remember one from my hometown you could get ice cream sundae’s, malts, milkshakes; they knew your Doctors and the Doctor knew the Pharmacist, and they very likely knew you since birth. It was more like a tribe back then because people looked out for their neighbors. I’ll take that over these chain stores any day.
yea i used to live over a mom and pop store and few if any do still exist but those indeed seem like they where simpler times if we could just take the internet knowledge back in time with us to help us learn things because back then you where just pretty much stuck with limited knowledge and access to it. why isn't there a state that lives like they did then? a lot of people would be interested in that kind of life I'm 1 of them for sure, except I'd be the homesteader type.
Well said i couldnt agree more i absolutely hate the chain pharmacies that are around today they know nothing about you and nor do they care to and one small script takes hours to fill i really miss the old places as well❤ great video
@miajoyce9205 Everyone was looking to save money and Walmart worked the Capitol morons to create legislation to allow them to buy from China. We have regulations in the USA to prevent manufacturers from using illegal and deadly materials in our food clothing and toys while China doesn't. Almost forgot NAFTA sent almost all our industry overseas or South of the border. Mom and Pops were treated unfairly by our own government and our Representatives that we sent to represent Mom and Pop stores and all of us. The government created an unfair market for Jeff Bezos and the Walmart family. They even closed Kmart with their unfair trade laws that made us poorer while making them wealthy. Sorry to go on like that but it just burns me up knowing this old fella was duped by my government into believing NAFTA was good for the country. We trusted the people with the education to make sound decisions for the country. Learn from our mistakes and don't let emotionally educated politicians make decisions that go against common sense. A man that has never had to find a job that provided decent medical insurance can't make decisions for people struggling to make a decent living.
@@ravenbloodommo You are correct! That forgotten little "Ghost Town" is 50 sq miles, contains nearly 70,000 people and is the home of US Steel. A quick tax search shows who owns the property. Being they put up a RUclips video of themselves roaming around in there, I'm sure they had the owner's permission to enter. On the other side of the north wall is a T Mobile store...the employees probably heard those guys in there. lol
About the 20%off Sale. IF a store was liquidating they would reduce to %50 to 75% off. Most Markup from whole sale is anywhere from 25% to 65% profit for Retail Items. The 20% off still allows for profit so it looks like they didn't even have time to try and liquidate their stock. It also looks like they tried to gather the most valuable items first. But I mean they could've at least tried to donate that stuff to the Salvation Army or something for a Tax write off, but there wasn't even time to do that. I wonder if you're able to find old newspaper articles about why the town was forcibly closed. thanks for sharing,
That takes allot of work and who knows what was going on with the ppl in charge here when they were closing this down. If you just leave everything like this most likly you have other concerns. Like you just lost your job or store and you need to figure out where your going to live and work. Responsibility at a job is a tricky thing. It's somewhat clear when everyone get's paid but when everyone is let go whoes responsible.
It's crazy too, seeing the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy" because I work in a hospice pharmacy, and a lot of the meds we get from our wholesaler are that specific brand. So it isn't like that company went out of business completely or anything.
It's like dollar store items before dollar stores were a thing 😮 pretty cool. And the clothes appear to be nurses outfits or medical clothes or whatever. Can't think of what they're called rn. Lol
Before the Dollar Stores, there were these drugstores. And before this, the Five and Dimes. Looks like 1990s when that was abandoned. Would love to have those old pre-Insanity gas cans.
I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a Pharmacy sell Cigarettes at least here in Canada. It wouldn’t be a sinkhole, since the basement is intact. Finding an expiry date, would give an idea on how long it’s been abandoned.
2009! At least in Alberta, I started working for Shoppers in the summer of 2008. And that's around when we had to start hiding them. 6 months later the law kicked in and we stopped selling them.
good point. I worked at a pharmacy just like the one in the video in 2000-2002 and it was during that time that they removed the cigarettes from behind the counter. That was in Connecticut, so it probably isn't much different in this video. I get a 90s or maybe early 2000s vibe from the merchandise.
It's almost like the army came in one night and took everybody away. Why on earth would people leave their cars behind and where do they find the money to move somewhere else and continue to pay for the house that they left behind? I think that there is something highly suspicious going on.
Naw. Small rural towns barely surviving the interstates put in bypassing so no more business. Businesses start closing and/or relocating and soon the folks move where there is jobs. Cars left abandoned probably because they didn't run anyways.
It looks to me like there was a fire that was contained to the back. A fire burning in the basement would have caused the floor damage but there would have only been smoke/water damage upstairs. Interesting explore...looking forward to the rest of the town.
@@OmniMonitorIf it wasn't making much money, and/or they didn't have insurance, they probably just decided not to rebuild. I worked for a pharmacy that burned, and we were barely breaking even, so the owner decided not to rebuild.
I remember driving through a town like this in Oklahoma , most of the houses and businesses were abandoned, like everyone left overnight. At that town there was mining and many of the mine shafts were dug underneath the town and the town was collapsing into the mine. Several streets had signs warning people to stay out due to danger of collapse.
You'd mentioned might have had a sale. If I'm not mistaken there was a "sale" sandwich board towards the registers and sunglasses at the front of the store. So I definitely think you're right. I also totally agree with you about taking stuff from places like this. Due to its overall general condition why would you want to? You'd probably grow a second head from that vintage, off brand hair dye if you tried to use it. Plus if you took stuff (and if everyone else took stuff when they explored) there would be very little left to make videos like this so amazing. I personally love a good time capsule. A+ for sure! How did it smell in there, by the way? Looks like a lot of water damage in places. Do you know if the second floor below (where the caved in floor was) was part of the pharmacy too? Or if it was another store? Or storage of some kind? Makes me wonder if there was a way down (aside from the obvious, haha). As usual, thanks for the high quality video. How these don't have roughly a bajillion likes is so far beyond me, but I'm going to keep commenting on them until they do!
Wow! I wouldn't be able to leave for days. I'm in the UK but I would say it looked like it shut down 20 + years but you did find paper work with later dates on so its just decayed quickly. Cigarettes in a pharmacy? Never happen over here. Great video, you must get a rush finding these sort of places. Stay safe.
I was a pharmacy broker and have sold over 250 pharmacies in a span of 50 years. There is no excuse for this type of happening. Also Bergen who runs Good Neighbor-where were they.?A lot of people dropped the ball,
TO STRINGER IT's GARY INDIANA EVERYBODY I hope the needy people can get those barrettes they have been needing. and trust me Stringer is there illegally trespassing without permission did you see them loot those bullets btw??
For anyone that is wanting to know the approximate time of when this building closed it closed around 2008. the drink cooler solved the date those Arizona energy drinks came out around 2008 13:22
Awesome video mate. Really interesting to see this sort of stuff. Got a bit anxious for a second when you got near that sinkhole. These places can be dangerous AF. Did you find anything interesting that didn't make it on to the video?
This store is actually on the corner of two main streets. I wouldn't call this place a "ghost town" but there's a whole bunch of abandoned neighborhoods and lots of blight.
If your business gets liquidated you often have to leave the items there because your bank hopes for something of falue. Then they see, that they will only get cheap rubber bands and picture frames - not worth moving one finger 😂
It always saddens me when so much was left behind. On the last day surely the school supplies could’ve gone to a charity for children, the clothing to a homeless shelter, the sick room supplies to the elderly in a nursing home. Or was their departure so hastily done? Would love a follow up video with history on the place.
Looks as if the building was condemned due to structural deterioration, and they did not have the money to upgrade so with little time to leave, they left most of it behind.
@@ravenbloodommo Gary Indiana is a shell of what it once was, but it's far from abandoned. I'm surprised no one from the T Mobile store (attached and literally on the other side of the north wall) didn't hear them and call the police.
A person experienced in NBC/ CBR can tell people didn't know the truth about chemical and other contamination if they left all that behind. I am surprised it hasn't been picked clean by those wander onto it.
First time I'm posting a comment on one of your videos, the reason I like watching them is because you have respect for other people's belongings. Great video!
@@JAKASHA420 What is the definition of abandoned? The sole definition of theft and abandonment are totally incompatible. Neither is trespassing..morally or legally. That's where the word salvage comes into play.
At common law, a person who finds abandoned property may claim it. To do so, the finder must take definite steps to show their claim. For example, a finder might claim an abandoned piece of furniture by taking it to their house, or putting a sign on it indicating their ownership. According to U.S. law, property that is left behind by a tenant is typically assumed to be abandoned after a specific timeframe. This timeframe can be anywhere between one week and one year. If the property remains unclaimed during this timeframe, it may be disposed of, or sold.
You said gas tanks those are actually sharps containers they are used for old needles and such for ppl who have to inject daily. Whether it be insulin or such.
They likely could not pay people to haul it to the "needy" the business would then be at risk if anything was bad and could end in a law suit over donating items. Yes people sue places that donate items so people stop donating items.
Haha “you can see it’s been abandoned for so long the rubber bands have melted” Ah no rubber bands do not melt on their own, they melt from heat, ie like the heat from a fire. I like watching these videos because it reminds me that I’m not as dumb as I thought.
Oh my gosh. I don't think I've ever seen so much stuff left behind. You look at it ,and I feel sorry for the person who owned it. Something big to just leave everything behind, like they had to get out fast or something. Would love to know the story. It reminds me of something a movie is made of.
Everything is rotting away I’d probably take something. In my opinion it’s not stealing, that shit is not owned by anyone. You couldn’t pay someone if you wanted.
You need to look at the exp date on some of the products to be able to tell how long it has been abandoned. I agree that it would be dumb to steal anything. That is one of the things that is wrong with the world.
By March or April our entire country is going to look like the small little town and that's no joke y'all just wait. This is what they're doing to us and it is going to happen it's so sad
I'm sorry it has no real selling value all that goes in a dumpster. If you can't sell it it goes to a landfill and ocean. People and banks ect. only care where the real money is at, everything else is garbage.
@loganq IKR Stringer is in there without permission making money for HIMSELF telling commenters they are evil for saying free stuff, maybe someone can get that pack of hair bands they have been needing I mean where does he get off thinking he is the only one allowed to get what He needs out of it, this video makes HIM money well others actually could use some of these things but when they see value in it its evil then they are evil wth.
I don't see it as stealing when the stuff has been sitting for years its better if someone gets some use out of the stuff or take it and donate it to a place that would use its doing no good just collecting dust id take all those shirts and donate them and other stuff to
Got a question to ask, do you ever take anything as a souvenir to remember the place you’ve been and do you ever search around to see if you do find anything of value
I don't think it's crazy at all.. 90% of the businesses go bankrupt, and usually the City's or Municipality's take it over.. Seen it happen many times,Kmart and Zellers abandoned malls are another story..😮😮😮
The cigs and more valuable items were probably emptied out before closing down. The money more than likely wasn't stolen but cashed out at closing. Sad sight.
So actually there is a lot of things that arent off brand. However the labeling is really dated. Id say that place closed around the early 2000s. That bundle of papers with newer dates was probably brought in some time later from somewhere in my opinion.
that was hypocritical of you to complain about people commenting about taking stuff from the place when your friend is just pocketing ammo he found , If I were desperate enough ( homeless ) alot of the stuff there might be of use still like the clothes , and since I come from north of the border , it gets cold here . use what you are desperate enough to use.......
spread the word let people know what a hypocrite he is! See that thumbs down to the video? Thats mine. If I don't like something I'm not afraid to express it, that's what the thumbs down is for. There is just something about being a hypocrite he should just say nothing at all and stop the holier than thou lectures in his videos then maybe I could try to get into them but I'm sorry I just know he is are shady.
Me looking for some "Prell" shampoo or some "Gee, your hair smells terrific"! Loved those back in the day! What I'd give to just smell either of them :(
wow, this is a pharmacy near downtown gary. i’ve driven past it everyday for years now on my way home from work, always wondered what was inside. not sure how that envelope from 2008 is in there. place has been closed long since before i was born
Stringer media mentioned that it’s dumb too”steal”from place like this…If i grab 50,$1 items and sell them…i will have $50 dollars in my pocket…i don’t know if Stringer Media was fed with a silver spoon but i wasn’t..a dollar is a dollar player…an it’s not dumb like you said,it’s a FACT…🤝✌️
Honestly I really want to know what the hell happened to this town because nobody just abandons a store like that, they usually pick up the belongings and stocks
TO STRINGER Hey FREE STUFF FOR THE NEEDY!!!!! Maybe someone can use a hair dye or some tape, And I hate to bust your bubble stringer but this stuff is extremely valuable if you CAN'T AFFORD IT!!! Of course You have money, you enter places without permission but many could use these things!
Building was likely condemned for safety reasons. Shop owner couldn't afford to renovate/restore. Would have cost more in time and energy to remove most of the cheap products than it was worth. The building itself was likely boarded up at one point before looters picked around. Judging by the stocked products, looks like it shut down in the late 80s/early 90s.
If that's where I think it is, the off brands are because that was closed after the town was mostly dead. The manager bought what he could with what little money was still coming in, but that pharmacy was in a death spiral long before it was abandoned.
where do you think it is?
i actually want to know too. it'd be cool to explore!
That's Gary IN, the Jackson's home town. It's NOT a ghost town
Not off brands it is a Neighborhood Pharmacy and like all places after nafta they got cheap junk from china for the stores. That is what even walmart carried in 2012.
Off brands. Who would even know what was name brand back then ? Probably name brand shit for back in the day
Watching videos like this always make me sad. I grew up in a small town. Going back I see places where I have fond childhood memories completely abandoned and run down. A hollow shell of what it was back when it was thriving. It's heartbreaking to think of the lives and memories destroyed by neglect and time. The disregard of so much hard work, dedication and wonderful childhood magic..... left to waste.
The worst part is that these abandoned places are mostly the result of deliberately bad politics. Sick evil corrupt people working towards a common evil. Devil worshippers run the world make no mistake about it but Jesus will return soon but things will grow darker and darker first sadly till He does. It is sad but unfortunately it is written and must come to pass. Stay close to God. God bless all who read this. 🙏❤️☺️
Yeah, often these and mansion tours new and abandon make me sad.
@@yacobshelelshaddai4543 How do you relate devili worship to this closed pharmacy?
You said it perfectly 😢
Imagine not being in the loop and waking up one day noticing everyone is gone. 😂
You're in the Twilight Zone.
I grew up in my dad's pharmacy just like this one. We hung on as long as we could but we eventually sold out to CVS in 2004. This really brings me back. Just seeing the old labels, brands, fonts/logos. Thanks for this.
I'm from Australia and miss the family pharmacy . The family doctor who actually made house calls ❤ Community
Real Service, and they actually cared for the customer
Tell your family thankyou for their service
its crazy there are still prescriptions in the back, im a pharmacy tech and i know if we dont dispose of medications properly the FDA would come after us.
Fuck the FDA
the owner may have died .
"In a ghost town!"
Sounds of cars going by every few seconds.
It is an abandoned part of Gary and is pretty much a ghost town but still on a highway that people drive down.
Sometimes you travel through Gary
ghost cars
Sometimes a ghost town can rest on a perfectly usable road. There are several in Nevada.
I'm assuming this is Gary, Indiana. Lots of the city are totally abandoned now and it has among the highest crime rates in the country. So it's not a Ghost Town in the Pripyat sense of the term but more in the Ordos City sense of the term - where people still live there but nowhere near as many as are technically supposed to considering the infrastructure meaning entire neighborhoods are abandoned.
3.84 a pack for Marlboro. The best I can research is around 1993 1995 era. That could tell the time of when this store shut down. Could be because that was around the time that "slick Willie" president of the USA signed the "Free Trade Agreement" (December 8th, 1993, enacted January 1, 1994) into act for trade around the world. Him doing this was the first domino to tip in American culture and society, our businesses, manufacturing, employment, small businesses started to crumble. Thanks Willie. You really done a severe disservice to America by putting that free trade in order. The only ones that benefited from that were of course the politicians and other countries (China, Tiwan, etc.)
He entered the presidency with about a million dollars. Left with 241 million. Absolute crap. Hail Satan. I'm sure all the pharmacy stuff worth anything vanished whether pain killers antibiotics or syringes. Very creepy
Bidenomics at work.
Nixon and Kissinger were the main players, and every single president since regardless of party has added to the downfall. Every single one, because it ain't those elected to office running the show, there's nameless faceless thugs ya never ever rarely hear them mentioned.
About as much sense as saying Reagan was a great president. Wake up friend. Both parties haven't worked for The People, since those same nameless thugs killed Kennedy, and they are running the show now. Biden can't even run his mouth. C'mon
"How does this happen?"
Vote Democrat and just sit back and watch is what I was thinking when he said that.
Came here looking for the uneducated, found them.
This pharmacy reminds me of another named Rexall Drugs that used to exist as well. Most only lasted until the late 80's early 90's. Premium cigarettes(Marlboros, Newports) were around $2.50 a pack and generics were half that. You could buy a carton about $9. Hair dyes were about $3. Cool tour of the store!!
We still have a Rexall in Ontario Canada
I work at a grocery store part time and for Marlboro it's $9 a pack and $70 for a cartoon if I can remember correctly.
Last year, I kid you not, In Ojai California our local Rexall Drugs shut the doors. Nobody wanted the space. Vons will finally be able to expand.
Rexall ended their franchise program in the 70s but allowed existing ones to continue operating in name only
Premium cigarettes were $2.50 or 2 for $5 in the early 2000s where I lived.
I get not wanting to take stuff but on the other hand it’s sad to see usable stuff go to waste. Certain things could be like donated to homeless or something. Still super cool to see places frozen in time like this
Some of it maybe but I bet a lot of it isn't safe to use anymore due to age, tampering, or decay.
I just said the same thing to my fiance why didn't they donate
If it's a town that was abandoned due to a toxic plume or some other contamination, who knows - the stuff could be contaminated too. Like Three Mile Island at least in the immediate aftermath, those homes within a certain radius that were initially evacuated, had above acceptable radiation detected so I doubt it would be worth the risk to try to salvage every single thing. Even homeless people wouldn't want to be exposed to poison.
Its utter junk, its worth nothing
Anything there is junk. Things like hair dies and even soaps & makeup have expiration dates and can be dangerous & even toxic to use when expired. I know an elderly hoarder that used some lotion she had unopened from the 80's. It gave her a nasty rash/chemical burn.
Merchandise so shifty the crackheads didn't even steal it 😂
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a chain which carries its own brands. That's why everything seems to be "off branded." It's kind of like a Trader Joe's carrying its own brands of foods but not as cool.
is that what this place is?
@@thisisbeckk From the signage and product, yes.
I work at 2 pharmacies in GA, both inside hospitals. We use good neighbor pharmacy as our store brand. Since most pharmacies can't just have their own brand unless it's big chain ones like walgreen's and CVS etc.
@@jackies5481It was a franchised pharmacy.
Good Neighbor, HealthMart, The Medicine Shoppe, ValuRite, Family Pharmacy, Leader Drugs, and at one point, Rexall, Super D, and even Walgreens a long time ago was franchised.
That means it is an independently operated drug store but carries the name and products
Is/was Good Neighbor Pharmacy located in Gary, Indiana?
I miss the old Mom and Pop Pharmacies, I remember one from my hometown you could get ice cream sundae’s, malts, milkshakes; they knew your Doctors and the Doctor knew the Pharmacist, and they very likely knew you since birth. It was more like a tribe back then because people looked out for their neighbors. I’ll take that over these chain stores any day.
yea i used to live over a mom and pop store and few if any do still exist but those indeed seem like they where simpler times if we could just take the internet knowledge back in time with us to help us learn things because back then you where just pretty much stuck with limited knowledge and access to it. why isn't there a state that lives like they did then? a lot of people would be interested in that kind of life I'm 1 of them for sure, except I'd be the homesteader type.
Me too😮❤
Well said i couldnt agree more i absolutely hate the chain pharmacies that are around today they know nothing about you and nor do they care to and one small script takes hours to fill i really miss the old places as well❤ great video
Shut down the internet
Walmart caused Ma and Pops to go bankrupt.
I agree. Wal-Marts built on the outskirts of towns and killed the downtowns
Walmart didn't. Consumers did by choosing Walmart
Worse part is they used to be one
@miajoyce9205 Everyone was looking to save money and Walmart worked the Capitol morons to create legislation to allow them to buy from China. We have regulations in the USA to prevent manufacturers from using illegal and deadly materials in our food clothing and toys while China doesn't. Almost forgot NAFTA sent almost all our industry overseas or South of the border. Mom and Pops were treated unfairly by our own government and our Representatives that we sent to represent Mom and Pop stores and all of us. The government created an unfair market for Jeff Bezos and the Walmart family. They even closed Kmart with their unfair trade laws that made us poorer while making them wealthy. Sorry to go on like that but it just burns me up knowing this old fella was duped by my government into believing NAFTA was good for the country. We trusted the people with the education to make sound decisions for the country. Learn from our mistakes and don't let emotionally educated politicians make decisions that go against common sense. A man that has never had to find a job that provided decent medical insurance can't make decisions for people struggling to make a decent living.
I love this video! It doesn't seem like it's in a ghost town because of all the traffic right outside, which makes it even weirder!
It's Gary Indiana
@@ravenbloodommo You are correct! That forgotten little "Ghost Town" is 50 sq miles, contains nearly 70,000 people and is the home of US Steel.
A quick tax search shows who owns the property. Being they put up a RUclips video of themselves roaming around in there, I'm sure they had the owner's permission to enter.
On the other side of the north wall is a T Mobile store...the employees probably heard those guys in there. lol
Yea it's not a ghost town
How can u tell what town it is?@@ravenbloodommo
About the 20%off Sale. IF a store was liquidating they would reduce to %50 to 75% off. Most Markup from whole sale is anywhere from 25% to 65% profit for Retail Items. The 20% off still allows for profit so it looks like they didn't even have time to try and liquidate their stock. It also looks like they tried to gather the most valuable items first. But I mean they could've at least tried to donate that stuff to the Salvation Army or something for a Tax write off, but there wasn't even time to do that. I wonder if you're able to find old newspaper articles about why the town was forcibly closed. thanks for sharing,
Those are hair relaxing kits.. (the boxes with the African American women on it) mostly used by us 🖤😅.. it makes our hair straight
I was just about to inform him Lol Glad I saw your comment first
They could have donated those wheel chairs and walkers to a nursing home, kids toys to a shelter, and so on.
They won't accept them, due to possible liability issues.
No sorry they have no bank value they have to go to a dumpster and land fill.
That takes allot of work and who knows what was going on with the ppl in charge here when they were closing this down. If you just leave everything like this most likly you have other concerns. Like you just lost your job or store and you need to figure out where your going to live and work. Responsibility at a job is a tricky thing. It's somewhat clear when everyone get's paid but when everyone is let go whoes responsible.
Dude I’m a new sub and I have a difficult time falling asleep because I have PTSD and I was overseas for 5 years and these videos really calm me down
It's crazy too, seeing the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy" because I work in a hospice pharmacy, and a lot of the meds we get from our wholesaler are that specific brand. So it isn't like that company went out of business completely or anything.
Hospice drugs woah now . Fentanyl
It's like dollar store items before dollar stores were a thing 😮 pretty cool. And the clothes appear to be nurses outfits or medical clothes or whatever. Can't think of what they're called rn. Lol
scrubs
@@tomwesley7884 yesssss thank you lol
scrubs?
That's crazy! It would be interesting to know the back story to why it was abandoned. Great find! Thanks for sharing!
No real research. Clickbait?
Not abandoned its Gary Indiana
Alot of it would have been because of bigger stores like Walmart, Kmart, CVS, Rite Aid, etc that people started shopping at
You can google the newspaper article I leave more clues in my comment. It was end of June 2012.
@@joeyj1489is it in Gary ? Just wondering no plans on visiting .
Before the Dollar Stores, there were these drugstores. And before this, the Five and Dimes. Looks like 1990s when that was abandoned. Would love to have those old pre-Insanity gas cans.
It would be after nafta and the newspaper article about it in the westside rag says it closed end of June 2012.
Makes sense they probably used it until 2008 to store their paperwork.
I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a Pharmacy sell Cigarettes at least here in Canada.
It wouldn’t be a sinkhole, since the basement is intact.
Finding an expiry date, would give an idea on how long it’s been abandoned.
Walgreens still sell them. CVS went all no nicotine anything years ago.
2009! At least in Alberta, I started working for Shoppers in the summer of 2008. And that's around when we had to start hiding them. 6 months later the law kicked in and we stopped selling them.
good point. I worked at a pharmacy just like the one in the video in 2000-2002 and it was during that time that they removed the cigarettes from behind the counter. That was in Connecticut, so it probably isn't much different in this video. I get a 90s or maybe early 2000s vibe from the merchandise.
Newspaper article says it closed end of June 2012.
my cvs sells them
It's almost like the army came in one night and took everybody away. Why on earth would people leave their cars behind and where do they find the money to move somewhere else and continue to pay for the house that they left behind? I think that there is something highly suspicious going on.
Naw. Small rural towns barely surviving the interstates put in bypassing so no more business. Businesses start closing and/or relocating and soon the folks move where there is jobs. Cars left abandoned probably because they didn't run anyways.
It looks to me like there was a fire that was contained to the back. A fire burning in the basement would have caused the floor damage but there would have only been smoke/water damage upstairs. Interesting explore...looking forward to the rest of the town.
oh, like it close bc the fire and then it just ended up staying closed. that does make allot of sense.
@@OmniMonitorIf it wasn't making much money, and/or they didn't have insurance, they probably just decided not to rebuild. I worked for a pharmacy that burned, and we were barely breaking even, so the owner decided not to rebuild.
The news paper article about it is online from 2012.
I remember driving through a town like this in Oklahoma , most of the houses and businesses were abandoned, like everyone left overnight. At that town there was mining and many of the mine shafts were dug underneath the town and the town was collapsing into the mine. Several streets had signs warning people to stay out due to danger of collapse.
You'd mentioned might have had a sale. If I'm not mistaken there was a "sale" sandwich board towards the registers and sunglasses at the front of the store. So I definitely think you're right.
I also totally agree with you about taking stuff from places like this. Due to its overall general condition why would you want to? You'd probably grow a second head from that vintage, off brand hair dye if you tried to use it. Plus if you took stuff (and if everyone else took stuff when they explored) there would be very little left to make videos like this so amazing. I personally love a good time capsule. A+ for sure!
How did it smell in there, by the way? Looks like a lot of water damage in places.
Do you know if the second floor below (where the caved in floor was) was part of the pharmacy too? Or if it was another store? Or storage of some kind? Makes me wonder if there was a way down (aside from the obvious, haha).
As usual, thanks for the high quality video. How these don't have roughly a bajillion likes is so far beyond me, but I'm going to keep commenting on them until they do!
1995 unopened base set shadowless pokemon blister is worth several thousand dollars a pack one of the first things I would look for
The bullet left probably from the owner or manager gun. For protection.
Wow! I wouldn't be able to leave for days. I'm in the UK but I would say it looked like it shut down 20 + years but you did find paper work with later dates on so its just decayed quickly. Cigarettes in a pharmacy? Never happen over here.
Great video, you must get a rush finding these sort of places. Stay safe.
Pharmacy is just part of the store it would have sold a variety of things. Closed end of June 2012.
That wheel chair could have been taken to a VFW or old folks home
I was a pharmacy broker and have sold over 250 pharmacies in a span of 50 years. There is no excuse for this type of happening. Also Bergen who runs Good Neighbor-where were they.?A lot of people dropped the ball,
This a fascinating but sad time capsule of this pharmacy. It seems much earlier than 2008.
Thanks again for the video!! Keep it up bud!! Awesome 👏🏻
did you see them loot those bullets
TO STRINGER IT's GARY INDIANA EVERYBODY I hope the needy people can get those barrettes they have been needing. and trust me Stringer is there illegally trespassing without permission did you see them loot those bullets btw??
When I see places like that, it makes me sad. It's really sad to see that someone struggles like that. For whatever reason it was
I know the stuff isn't perfect but others will definitely appreciate some stuffs.
I'm sure they didn't leave cash in the register. Lmfao. Clearly no junkies have found that place yet if there was still needles there.
For anyone that is wanting to know the approximate time of when this building closed it closed around 2008. the drink cooler solved the date those Arizona energy drinks came out around 2008 13:22
this is amazing! would there be expiration dates on the back of the hair dye? might give an idea how long it's been abandoned.
Anything that is salvageable should be donated to charities and poor people, instead of letting it rot.
Awesome video mate. Really interesting to see this sort of stuff. Got a bit anxious for a second when you got near that sinkhole. These places can be dangerous AF. Did you find anything interesting that didn't make it on to the video?
Gary Indiana. Sad what them folks did to that city.
"Them folks." And OP loves your racism too. Idiots.
Man i could really use one of those clear display cases..
Soo many retro pieces!
When you panned to the window and those cars passed, my jaw dropped. I straight up thought you were in the woods, not a active town. 😮
I was thinking same...abanded I wouldn't think traffic
Sure is a lot of traffic outside for a ghost town
Right!
This store is actually on the corner of two main streets.
I wouldn't call this place a "ghost town" but there's a whole bunch of abandoned neighborhoods and lots of blight.
@YouveBeenMiddled still a great video and I love yalls stuff
@@StringerMediawhere is this?
@@theresataylor1565 Gary IN
If your business gets liquidated you often have to leave the items there because your bank hopes for something of falue. Then they see, that they will only get cheap rubber bands and picture frames - not worth moving one finger 😂
If the town is in Illinois, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Gary Indiana. He forgot to tell us.
@@jaysmith179 He wants to keep stuff for himself, did you see them loot those bullets?
It always saddens me when so much was left behind.
On the last day surely the school supplies could’ve gone to a charity for children, the clothing to a homeless shelter, the sick room supplies to the elderly in a nursing home.
Or was their departure so hastily done?
Would love a follow up video with history on the place.
Looks as if the building was condemned due to structural deterioration, and they did not have the money to upgrade so with little time to leave, they left most of it behind.
that and you cant make any money and live without a post office and active city hall ect, in a growing ghost town sad.
@@ravenbloodommo Gary Indiana is a shell of what it once was, but it's far from abandoned. I'm surprised no one from the T Mobile store (attached and literally on the other side of the north wall) didn't hear them and call the police.
I'm surprised scrappers haven't stripped the metal shelves and stuff yet.
A person experienced in NBC/ CBR can tell people didn't know the truth about chemical and other contamination if they left all that behind. I am surprised it hasn't been picked clean by those wander onto it.
First time I'm posting a comment on one of your videos, the reason I like watching them is because you have respect for other people's belongings. Great video!
Understandably but I mean if somebody left them and they're never coming back what's the big deal
There's theft and then there's salvage
Amazing video! Could do a Zombie movie in there..🧟🧟🧟♂🧟♂
Can't steal something that's already been abandoned.
Abandoned but still owned by somebody. Theft is theft no matter how you try to justify it. Trespassing is still illegal.
@@JAKASHA420 What is the definition of abandoned? The sole definition of theft and abandonment are totally incompatible. Neither is trespassing..morally or legally. That's where the word salvage comes into play.
At common law, a person who finds abandoned property may claim it. To do so, the finder must take definite steps to show their claim. For example, a finder might claim an abandoned piece of furniture by taking it to their house, or putting a sign on it indicating their ownership.
According to U.S. law, property that is left behind by a tenant is typically assumed to be abandoned after a specific timeframe. This timeframe can be anywhere between one week and one year. If the property remains unclaimed during this timeframe, it may be disposed of, or sold.
You said gas tanks those are actually sharps containers they are used for old needles and such for ppl who have to inject daily. Whether it be insulin or such.
This all just goes to show that most people don't care about the needy. All that stuff wasting away.
I agree. But in the end it all still belongs to the people that own it and they have to be willing to give it the needy.
@@mizginas or be forced to give it , just like it should be with all wealthy people.
They likely could not pay people to haul it to the "needy" the business would then be at risk if anything was bad and could end in a law suit over donating items. Yes people sue places that donate items so people stop donating items.
@@badgerpa9 are you talking about spoiled food items?
Awesome job on this exploration!
Gotta be abandoned in the 90s. That "Power Pad Pro" or that kids toy "pre-laptop" 😂 came out in'94, and i had one. I was born in '92.
So the hair care products were all name brand….. Good video! I’m amazed how they just left everything. As if in a hurry.
Thank you for this great video! I guessed the 1990s.
Im somewhat amused to see that the pharmacy is called Good Neighbor, just like from Fallout 4.
Yeah you're right. That's look really like Fallout ^^
Haha “you can see it’s been abandoned for so long the rubber bands have melted”
Ah no rubber bands do not melt on their own, they melt from heat, ie like the heat from a fire.
I like watching these videos because it reminds me that I’m not as dumb as I thought.
Pretty bad when generations no longer even know what something as simple as a gas can is. Just amazes the shit out of me
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bro what, im 17 we know what a gas can is lmfao
You could do a thousand things right, and people will still point out the one thing you did wrong. Unbelievable
@@StringerMedia You called it a gas tank.
@@SansEjiri ☺😀😁😂
good neighbor pharmacy huh? Fallout Vibes.
IKR LOL@YOU
Just to warn others. If people took anything from there, the items are probably way expired and could cause major issues like chemical burns or worse
Oh my gosh. I don't think I've ever seen so much stuff left behind. You look at it ,and I feel sorry for the person who owned it. Something big to just leave everything behind, like they had to get out fast or something. Would love to know the story. It reminds me of something a movie is made of.
Everything is rotting away I’d probably take something. In my opinion it’s not stealing, that shit is not owned by anyone. You couldn’t pay someone if you wanted.
You need to look at the exp date on some of the products to be able to tell how long it has been abandoned. I agree that it would be dumb to steal anything. That is one of the things that is wrong with the world.
Oh don't worry the bank doesn't want anything, this is nothing of value to them in these places, they just throw it all in a dumpster.
By March or April our entire country is going to look like the small little town and that's no joke y'all just wait. This is what they're doing to us and it is going to happen it's so sad
Gonna need you to lay off the meth, son.
That is so frustrating to see. I just saw full section of medical supplies I need, and it's just going to waste.
You know it's no more safe in this condition 🤔
@@Irilia_neko What I was referring to is sealed
Like how all the school supplies were left untouched
No one in that neighborhood had any use for that.
I'm sorry it has no real selling value all that goes in a dumpster. If you can't sell it it goes to a landfill and ocean. People and banks ect. only care where the real money is at, everything else is garbage.
Lectures to us about stealing and five minutes later he is filming his buddy looting bullets.
@loganq IKR Stringer is in there without permission making money for HIMSELF telling commenters they are evil for saying free stuff, maybe someone can get that pack of hair bands they have been needing I mean where does he get off thinking he is the only one allowed to get what He needs out of it, this video makes HIM money well others actually could use some of these things but when they see value in it its evil then they are evil wth.
@@ravenbloodommoand how exactly do you know he’s in there without permission?
I don't see it as stealing when the stuff has been sitting for years its better if someone gets some use out of the stuff or take it and donate it to a place that would use its doing no good just collecting dust id take all those shirts and donate them and other stuff to
Got a question to ask, do you ever take anything as a souvenir to remember the place you’ve been and do you ever search around to see if you do find anything of value
they always do did you see them loot those bullets lol
“There’s no name brand stuff in here.” *walks past a suave product hahaha
I don't think it's crazy at all..
90% of the businesses go bankrupt, and usually the City's or Municipality's take it over..
Seen it happen many times,Kmart and Zellers abandoned malls are another story..😮😮😮
The cigs and more valuable items were probably emptied out before closing down. The money more than likely wasn't stolen but cashed out at closing. Sad sight.
Definitely interested in the town itself too
More to come!
Gary Indiana.
GARY INDIANA
So actually there is a lot of things that arent off brand. However the labeling is really dated. Id say that place closed around the early 2000s. That bundle of papers with newer dates was probably brought in some time later from somewhere in my opinion.
that was hypocritical of you to complain about people commenting about taking stuff from the place when your friend is just pocketing ammo he found , If I were desperate enough ( homeless ) alot of the stuff there might be of use still like the clothes , and since I come from north of the border , it gets cold here . use what you are desperate enough to use.......
spread the word let people know what a hypocrite he is! See that thumbs down to the video? Thats mine. If I don't like something I'm not afraid to express it, that's what the thumbs down is for. There is just something about being a hypocrite he should just say nothing at all and stop the holier than thou lectures in his videos then maybe I could try to get into them but I'm sorry I just know he is are shady.
Dog it's a bullet
@@EliMcLeod-lk3bl
Ikr 🙄 You would've thought they stole something of value. Wth
Bruh, it’s abandoned, who cares…
Perfect zombie setting! 😮😂😊
Mike ran that ole place in early 2000s not sure if it was sold off or what.
Me looking for some "Prell" shampoo or some "Gee, your hair smells terrific"! Loved those back in the day! What I'd give to just smell either of them :(
Me 2 and body on tap😊
"I think somebody stole all the money", yeah, because every business owner leaves the register full of cash before they abandon their store.
I know. Some strange remarks like "melted rubber bands" from the aging processes
I feel like The Walking dead was a preview of what's to come in real life. Zombies, and drug addicts behave the same way.
I saw a Suave bottle that's the only name brand I saw!!😂
Be a good area for filming locations for zombie / horror movies in general.
Bruh why are you being so self righteous about people asking you about taking things when you’re trespassing
Because documenting the past is not the same as destroying it
EXACTLY watch them loot those bullets they always hawk stuff. I like what you said, read my comments too.
Grab some sorda dry for the old lady😅😂
Looks like a scene in the walking dead just weird !
wow, this is a pharmacy near downtown gary. i’ve driven past it everyday for years now on my way home from work, always wondered what was inside. not sure how that envelope from 2008 is in there. place has been closed long since before i was born
What's going on with Illinois? Why all the abandoned towns?
Stringer media mentioned that it’s dumb too”steal”from place like this…If i grab 50,$1 items and sell them…i will have $50 dollars in my pocket…i don’t know if Stringer Media was fed with a silver spoon but i wasn’t..a dollar is a dollar player…an it’s not dumb like you said,it’s a FACT…🤝✌️
After this long abandoned, nobody will give a 💩 if you take something. It has stuff current as of the mid 1990s.
Honestly I really want to know what the hell happened to this town because nobody just abandons a store like that, they usually pick up the belongings and stocks
lol at the free stuff comment. Expired hair dye and mold covered tampons 🎉🎉🎉 what a score!
Uhhh free sunglasses??? 🎉🎉🎉✨✨
TO STRINGER Hey FREE STUFF FOR THE NEEDY!!!!! Maybe someone can use a hair dye or some tape, And I hate to bust your bubble stringer but this stuff is extremely valuable if you CAN'T AFFORD IT!!! Of course You have money, you enter places without permission but many could use these things!
You couldn't see that the roof was leaking which caused the floor to rot away and collapse. LOL SINKHOLE!!!
Building was likely condemned for safety reasons. Shop owner couldn't afford to renovate/restore. Would have cost more in time and energy to remove most of the cheap products than it was worth. The building itself was likely boarded up at one point before looters picked around. Judging by the stocked products, looks like it shut down in the late 80s/early 90s.
No masks or protection gear at all, huh? Inna town that was deserted in a hurry? Is that.... Smart?