Gary, Indiana: America's Worst All Time Ghetto

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

Even the trees look depressed.

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

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.

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...

The city of Gary should apply for foreign aid.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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). 🙁

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.

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

Not too often i can sit and watch a 51min YouTube video, but it's Nick Johnson so I'm like, "ok".

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..

That cul-de-sac you were on is being improved. I'm working on that green one you were standing in front of. I had to clear the yard. The others were bought by investors who have been doing the same. It was a lot worse last year. The houses are mostly solid structures. They may need to be gutted to the frame and redone with new windows and siding, but they are salvageable.