Gary, Indiana: America's Worst All Time Ghetto

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But Ukraine needs a 160 billion dollars for "humanitarian reasons'

The city of Gary should apply for foreign aid.

The building you refer to as "the projects" is the former Hotel Gary. When my sister was in high school in the late 60s, it was the height of luxury. Her prom was there. By the time I graduated from high school in 1974, it had been converted to senior public housing. The scenes at Gilroy Field almost made me cry. Gary was truly the city of the century. It was created AND destroyed in the 20th century. It's a microcosm of a way of life that's long gone. My dad dropped out of Lew Wallace High School to go fight in WWII. He came back and went to work in the mill. He made a good enough living that we could afford two cars, a summer cottage in Michigan and he paid my way through college, all without my mom needing to earn an income. Sure wish that could be the case now.

People like Nick, and Cash Jordan in New York, are the true journalists now. Thank you sir!

Even the trees look depressed.

She does NOT live in one of the "richest countries in the world" anymore and we haven't been for a long time. We are in the looting the treasury phase of decline...

Michelle is being honest and blunt. We need people like her, the insights she has are valuable.

I am also a Vet. If I had it I would give this lady money. She is the real AMERICA, God bless and keep her. God bless America

Gary would be a great place to film post-apocalypse movies.

You realise how bad it actually is, when suddenly it strikes you that there aren’t even any squatters in the abandoned buildings... (or so it appears). 🙁

And we keep sending our money elsewhere. What a shame. I love the way you narrated this. Letting people know what's really going on

Used to drive through Gary in the late '80s. It has gotten much worse. Even back then, people said do NOT stop because it was too dangerous. It's sad as Gary was the famous Jacksons home town.

What's great about Youtube is you see REALITY unlike what the Main Stream Media will show.

Easy answer...the death of manufacturing killed these old manufacturing hubs. Go to you local Walmart and see where all of their items are manufactured versus where they would have been 40-50 years ago

I grew up in Gary. So did my husband. Our Dads worked in the steel mills and the city was thriving. The decline started when the mills closed and jobs dried up. The money went away and businesses closed. Most of our friends moved away after graduating, ahead of the decline, because options were limited. It is sad…but I have wonderful memories of Gary and still have many relatives living there.

The main culprit is outsourcing our manufacturing. The 50s 60s 70s into the 80s. These towns were booming. The black communities were thriving. No jobs and creating a welfare state is the problem. Idle time is the devil's time.

At one time these homes were lovely and loved, children playing in well-kept yards, people proud to be there. So sad.

My friend Joe was born(1975) and raised in Gary. His whole family moved to Vegas after he retired from a ford plant.. He said it was a shit whole then just as it is now..

I don’t understand one thing, we came to this country without a single dollar in our pocket, without English, we worked, raised children, bought a house, educated our children, did not use help from the state, we live well, and these people cry that they have nothing to eat. I have an answer, but I think YouTube won’t like it