THE WORST DISASTER IN INDIANA / GARY INDIANA

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My wife grew up in Gary. She was watching this with me. So many memories for her, and she was saddened to see what Gary has become.

Really shameful allowing parts of our country to fall apart like this.

A quick history lesson for those who blame Democrats and blacks. Once upon a time there were 4 big steel mills in the area, Republic, Inland, Bethlehem, and US Steel, all of which were built in 1900-1915, all was good through WW2, after the war America and it's allies rebuilt the economies of Germany and Japan all through the late forties and the fifties. All the while were building new steel mills in Germany and Japan with new technology the aforementioned American steel mills were paying dividends to shareholders instead of investing in the mills with the latest technology, by the time the 60's arrived we could not compete with the new mills in Germany and Japan, their steel was cheaper to produce and of better quality than our 1900's era tech. By the late 60's, early 70's they weren't near as profitable as before and once the Republican President Nixon opened trade with China in the early 70's it was game over for manufacturing in America and the unions refused to make concessions to the new reality that Westinghouse aren't being made in the US anymore and they aren't using steel from America. Westinghouse is just one example (check out Benton Harbor Michigan where they used to make our washers and dryers)...I meandered, sorry, back to present day, Republic Steel - gone, Inland Steel- gone, Bethlehem Steel now Mittal Steel, US Steel down from 13 blast furnaces in the 50's to now one and I think the downfall of Gary has more to do with greed by the mills and the unions along with a side order of bad government on the state and federal level.

This is what happens when a city has literally only one economy.

I think 🤔 family dollar is the new city hall in Gary 😮

Gary took a hit from job loss years ago just like Detroit. What I'm curious about are the nice newer model cars along the curbs in front of destroyed houses.

Thank decades of selfish, corrupt politicians you trusted to look after ur community. We are all paying the price for our laziness. Thank Charlie.

This is the result of moving mfg jobs out of the country.

Look like Detroit fr

I wonder what it was like when M.J. was growing up back in the 60's and 70's.

Gary was a great place in the 50' today is so f...up

Perfect title. There's nowhere in Indiana even approaching Gary. Maybe nowhere in the Midwest, period. It's a shame cuz it used to thrive before the factories shut down. Great place to explore abandoned architecture. I only recommend doing so armed, in a group, and when the temperature is around zero.

Alot of cities in the mid-west and northeastern U.S. became abandoned when the factories closed.

Classic Midwest decay

Reminds me of my beautiful hometown Detroit Michigan

Maybe the us should send some of that military budget into the communities

Hopefully you have solid tires on your vehicle 😮

thanks for sharing, you inspired me to try something new

Flint Michigan is also a major disaster 😮just like Chester pa and Camden nj and south side of Chicago and flint Michigan and pine bluff Arkansas 😮