GARY INDIANA WORST LOOKING HOODS

[@PeaceLoveAndJoy]

Gary Indiana roads will destroy any vehicle. Raggedy roads. But on another note, did anyone else notice how beautiful green their grass is?

[@lowerclassbrats77]

reformedinchrist Weeds that are watered and mowed

[@blahblah4112]

reformedinchrist 🤣🤣🤣

[@tor-chachamberproductions7906]

Believe it or not it's the water....

[@MistyNights35]

reformedinchrist-You can find beauty in anything as long as you're looking for it.

[@jack1uptone963]

Hector Hernandez Exactly. Gary Indiana is basically the suburbs of Chicago, so all cities in the north has that kind of grass.

[@MorphineSulphateIR]

My hometown. Gary was once such a wonderful place it was referred to as "Little Chicago". The future was bright. And now, it's nothing.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

I feel as if was playing a open-world huge survival zombie game. because those place are real "ghost towns" >_

[@MorphineSulphateIR]

Brayden, that name was a reference to how fast Gary was growing.

[@MorphineSulphateIR]

Jay Man Absolutely.

[@shutthefrontdoor4752]

Its been nothing since the mid to late 60's. This place was built on mills and immigrants. These big beautiful homes that housed multiple families are so far gone as well as gary its self. The people dont care why should anyone else.

[@gizmodee4506]

Seth Cannon itsa ghost town

[@reallife828]

Gary is Chicagos little brother. Only 30 miles east of us. Gary use to be one of the greatest steel manufactures back in the 50s 60s 70s. It was a thriving city that brought alot workers from the south. To bad the U.S sent all those jobs overseas.

[@steely666]

reallife828 Trump will make it great again.

[@douglaskasten4630]

craig tiffany what has trump done to bring industry back to the US so far????

[@JefeHolmez]

Gary looks so much worse than Chicago. Chicago is violent but Gary is the definition of poor.

[@dblockktown5028]

none of your damn business what made u think dat gary is indiana ,indianapolis nah gary is indianapolis lil bro , joliet is is Chitown lil bro facts

[@dblockktown5028]

LivingOnLifeDyingfromLife187 idk why the said dst they got facts all wrong whoeva told dem dat shit gary is indianspolis i repeat indianapolis, nother thing calumet city is not chicago is calumet city get it rite just saying

[@EpyonRoyal]

What are you driving in? A Tank?

[@misswright9900]

EpyonRoyal No its Indiana weather cause's pot holes.

[@vicariblu2885]

EpyonRoyal he might need to.. so he can miss thise bullets..lol

[@crews-lj3ph]

Lol

[@justsaying4451]

EpyonRoyal That would be a good choice of vehicles.

[@dannyjoe3343]

I thought it was a stagecoach.

[@byronbenguche]

Just to think i used to spend my summers there in Gary in the 70's until 1984 when my auntie was raped and murdered in Gary to this day i haven't stepped foot in Gary Indiana in 34 years

[@caribbeaninthehouse245]

Uncle Ruckus lol

[@byronbenguche]

Uncle Ruckus The thing is no one was caught the case is still open after 34 years so i don't know why you brought race into it because they don't kmow what race the killer was as far as we know my mom just closure she's very sick shr has CPOD she just want to know who killed her only sister

[@SecondTake123]

That is so sad, I am sorry about what happened to your aunt.

[@charissew4798]

Byron Benguche' wow

[@masaallen1009]

Sorry to hear about your aunt man. You haven't missed anything Gary is a bigger and badder shithole than it was back then.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

Sad to see such beautiful houses decaying.

[@Claire-77]

POLARTTYRTM it really is, especially when you consider there's a homeless problem too.

[@kidt3068]

POLARTTYRTM you should see some of the historical homes in Baltimore now just crack houses. Some just burned to the ground for no reason. Lost like the city is held captive

[@pinkeyepeas1164]

The worst is all of the abandoned elementary schools

[@jamisonbernhardt3310]

Termites...

[@acs197]

I got lost in Gary once... It was an experience.

[@jeffpatterson1803]

Glad you made it out

[@NERO_MYBAND]

Same, ironically.

[@sidefish8362]

Imagine working for the postal service.

[@youtubeguest7540]

😂🤣😂

[@EliteGamer21]

there aint no mail around here folks

[@MMAfighter38113]

sidefish or a pizza delivery driver

[@vmoney001]

I think your truck might need some new shocks too all this road running you doing got this joint sounding like you riding on bed springs keep it going tho playa

[@mrtheguzzomanshouldknow5853]

vmoney001 LMFAO dam and that's right too

[@CharlieBo313]

Not my van.

[@the9likesfemdom]

Makes it sound original no music just bed springs pricless

[@Babythinkbig]

your shit sounds like a school bus

[@MistyNights35]

vmoney001-lmao

[@there_is_nothing_here]

Note to self: Never buy a car from Indiana.

[@mrtheguzzomanshouldknow5853]

🍋🍋🍋 it's going to be a lemon lol 😂

[@jamaryia93]

I brought a car from Indiana it wasn't a lemon and it was used maybe i was lucky

[@mrtheguzzomanshouldknow5853]

Takiya Porter what year was it

[@Lott0Jay]

You got that right

[@AnotherRandomPoser]

Gotta love rust and suspension damage

[@sarjim4381]

We have dirt roads in Alabama in way better shape than most of Gary's "paved" roads.

[@kiwi9921]

I agree. Might be red & muddy but they are smooth & slushy.

[@WallTrapMedia]

That's a lie. I moved from ATL to Autagua county and Alabama is soooooo rural and ass backwards it's not even funny. Their is LITTLE infrastructure here.I'm leaving this place this summer.

[@sarjim4381]

Chil, that's a good idea. You should never live somewhere you hate. Our loss will be Atlanta's gain. Just hope you don't carjacked while you're trying to get some gas in Adamsville or similar high infrastructure neighborhoods.

[@tazs2729]

Looks depressing

[@jacquespratt9411]

i believe you to

[@psychonautic7779]

My dad grew up here and graduated from lew Wallace high school in 1972 he got to see the city when it was still bustling and beautiful.

[@stevenquinn4641]

Since 1960 Gary has lost approximately 100,000 thousand people Its been like a creeping paralysis There's little left for the remaining residents There's a historic abandoned church downtown with trees growing through it The city was built on the steel industry ,when it collapsed the city was spiraling downward and here we are Sad for the richest strongest country on the planet There's plenty more blue collar rust belt cities that's been decimated by the policies of our country The loss of these jobs and way of life is catastrophic for our country Gary Indiana is an example of where we're at presently I don't know what the future holds for the American people but Gary is in a sad state

[@darrellsadler2848]

Now I see why The Jackson Family were determined to "make it" out of this place which of course they did!

[@Ready4Whatever]

When the Jacksons live there it didn’t look like this. It actually looked nice

[@heartofjustice6041]

mr jenkins and even then they wanted out? damn son it must be a nightmare walking there today

[@lit721]

Darrell Sadler it used to be a lot different, just like Chicago back then, but now a dump

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

none of your damn business And Berry Gordy and Motown Records.

[@jack1uptone963]

Darrell Sadler Most people don't realize, Michael Jackson and the family come from the far southeast side of Chicago.

[@scraps113]

Was probably a beautiful place at one time . What are we doing America ? We better then this! Break out the lawn mowers and weed eaters that’s a start

[@caribbeaninthehouse245]

Brett Wade hood people came and mess up the suburban areas for it to look like that. back in the 70's the african american communities use to be beautiful until the 1980's crack epidemic days came and destroy it transform it into the hoods.

[@viletoxxie]

no sense in doing that if the people are the problem. these people dont have pride in themselves, why would they have pride in how their community looks. yeah a lot of it has to do with steel mill jobs being outsourced overseas back in the day, resulting in lots of people going broke -- but its 2018 lol they'd rather shoot up and kill people than atleast try to dig themselves out of this hole

[@blast4me754]

I use to think that old houses like these looked trashy because they were old but figured it's because black people can't take care of them . Those houses could've lasted another 100 years if a certain type of people didn't move into them .

[@caribbeaninthehouse245]

vileToxxie it's the love of the welfare systems (BY THE HOOD BLACK SINGLE PARENT BABY MAMA'S) that's keeping them down won't leave the hoods because the systems is like a winning lottery to them with people hard earned tax money.

[@jamstagerable]

Reagan, Oliver North and Iran-Contra are responsible for sponsoring the inflow of massive amount of cocaine which then lead to the creation of cheap crack cocaine that then flooded the streets of many African American communities acriss the nation. The damage has been done and will continue to be felt. The ones responsible for this carnage never to see the face of justice

[@awilson311]

Gary is just like any city in the US. We have beautiful neighborhoods and we have some ugly ones. I was born and raised in Gary. All you people living on the outside of this city speak so illl and disrespectful of our city as if you are here. There are still very hard-working and wonderful people who live here. Our city was and is still beautiful. Unfortunately, we allowed selfish and greedy politicians into office and instead of them help our city they stole from us. Sold us a pipe dreams and bailed when their deal was done. But Gary did just become this way overnight. Our city took major losses after Mayor Hatcher, a man who was all about helping the black community, became the first black mayor. At the time Gary was very segregated and Mayor Hatcher was all about black power. Naturally so, whites didn't like that and left and so did key businesses that kept money flowing through the city. Gary has potential to be a thriving city once again. I just wish people in my generation would fight harder for our city, and stop fighting each other. To you sir recording, I hope you come back to that same neighborhood and get a chance to see us enjoy what we do have. I've lived in the area on video just about all my life. I attended that Elementary school ( Spaulding). We are good people and we work harder everyday trying to pick up the pieces and rebuild our city day after day.

[@barunica56]

Absolutely. I'm in Glen Park with great neighbors.

[@Maddpill]

Dennis B me too

[@awilson311]

I have family in that area too!!

[@kikiwright9066]

A Wilson reading your comment made me happy cuz I feel the same way you feel I don't like when people show bad parts of Gary but never want to show the good parts people speak so bad about Gary but don't really see it like at the end of the day this is our home this is where we were raised and for people to just be on the outside and talk down on us and Bash our city it just makes no sense cuz we wouldn't do that but I love your comment thank you for shedding some light on our Gary

[@awilson311]

kiki wright thank you for sharing the same feelings as me!! I can't wait to prove these people wrong!!

[@colesworld6655]

Looks like Detroit

[@1940limited]

Detroit maybe a bit worse.

[@smithterrance459]

Yeah it does looks like Detroit a lil but Detroit is way worst than Gary but especially the west and east side

[@1940limited]

Terrance: I think Detroit is the champion of urban decay.

[@smithterrance459]

g bridgman Right it is

[@GaryClutchClark]

Most Midwestern hoods have the same look--i.e. former middle-class neighborhoods from the 1950s-1970s decimated by loss of industry.

[@binauralmindmusic-relaxing1509]

Looks like a 3rd world city.

[@PlayaflyJoe27]

BinauralMind - Experimental, Relaxing Music it's not. They're just showing the bad parts. In fact, they're showing the east side. West side looks alot better here.

[@elwooddrivesstick2466]

playaflyJOE27 I can in fact tell you that most of Gary looks like this, I'm from Hobart and I see it everyday.

[@PlayaflyJoe27]

/ рщщмуы no it don't. Some of it looks like this. You from Hobart. Not from Gary! I'm from Gary and still here and it's many areas that look better than this out here. You just don't frequent them

[@PlayaflyJoe27]

/ рщщмуы the west side looks much better than the east side

[@JTTRAX_33.]

BinauralMind - Experimental, Relaxing Music saying it looks third world is going too far lots of people would love to have houses that big

[@TheHairgirly23]

Wow my home town, hadn't seen my childhood home in years and you road right past it. Thank you for this!

[@EricFortuneJr.]

My job used to send me up there all the time.. I got a call one evening from work, lady told me I needed to be in Gary the next day so I got in my car left my home in Myrtle Beach, SC at 3am and arrived in Gary, IN that afternoon. It was like 1,300 miles or something like that. The folks are very very nice and downtown still shows remnants of it’s former glory days. I stopped by Vee and E Jamaican Restaurant on Grant St right beside the bank and the lady was really sweet. The next day I headed up to Appleton, WI and eventually made my way back to Myrtle Beach, SC. I wouldn’t mind taking a road trip in the near future and putting Gary back on my list..

[@melloyellow6375]

A lot of Jamaicans move there from Chicago ..

[@indiana146]

Houses don’t make slums people do

[@ladytron9188]

indiana146 I agree

[@tor-chachamberproductions7906]

indiana146 Yea corrupt politicians do.... Stealing millions from it's own people!!

[@TheCattledog2]

Phillip Brown & run by Democrats for 50plus years.......

[@mrkelly702]

TheCattledog2 lol get out of here with that political bs its loss of jobs the steel mills sir that drove the economy lol. To be honest conservatives all way mess the economy up per President Trump its on video!

[@mrkelly702]

TheCattledog2 the governor is always Republican and he does nothing!

[@MegaAli213]

Anyone who had ever seen historical documentaries on Gary, my birthplace would quickly come to see that it was one of the most dynamic blue color industrial cities in America. The Gary of today is merely a victim itself of changing economics geopolitically speaking, cheap still imports, from other countries destroyed the steal mills, and big ticket retail outlets destroyed the mom and pop shops. Gray was once a very beautiful safe place to live and rais a family.

[@Ajyha1]

Although I must admit that my hometown has fallen in despair, this is just one area that is being circled. The whole city doesn't look like this, there are some beautiful areas as well, and yes I still return every year to see my family.

[@jeangrey9300]

I was born and raised in gary.. i lived in gary for over 20 years until i got married and moved away. My mother still lives on the east side of gary. I visit her from time to time. I remember in the late 70's going downtown with my mom to go shopping or to pay bills. It was a treat for me cuz afterwards we would stop and have lunch and sit down and talk and laugh. But not anymore. Dowtown aka broadway there isn't really anyplace to go. No stores.. no cafes... no movie theater no nothing.. gary will always be my hometown but sadly if it does reclaim its former glory i don't think i will live long enough to see it.

[@Garfshots]

Micheal Jackson was born in Gary but they left when he was still young.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

It's what we call a wise choice.

[@herogebrial]

@@harleyrider8889 stfu, he was never convicted so stop making things up

[@user-ff7fs4sj7r]

@@harleyrider8889 stfu he never was wtf stop believing moneywhores and check your facts

[@dawncheriewoodworth3449]

I moved to Gary in January 2017. It's a beautiful brand new building, partly sponsored by a local church. It's all section 8. I had been living with relatives for the past 8 years until one relative assaulted me. I then went to a domestic violence shelter, then I moved into my new apartment. I see delapadated buildings being demolished all the time. I see junk men hauling away scrap everything from buildings that are being torn down. That in itself is a big step. The going is slow, but Gary officials are trying. No, Gary isn't what it used to be but they are trying to change that.

[@carlanakasen5743]

I reside here in Gary; That's not even all of the hood. You ain't hit #Aetna nor #Miller. I'm originally from Fort Wayne, IN. Great footage though.

[@XX-zz3zu]

Fellow Fort Waynian here! Shits getting really bad sadly.. So many friends murdered / dead from ODs. So sad.

[@carlanakasen5743]

Cody S I know, most I've graduated either dead or moved out of the city. Most of my family is still there.

[@carlanakasen5743]

Ramon From GI ik his last video of Gary, he was on the West side.

[@mslady4real44]

Hell even 5th would've been decent.. Now all the roads is jacked up but all if the G don't look like this. Funny als

[@ayrramadan8819]

Ramon From GI Miller isn't as bad as this!

[@ArtFiendz]

The crazy part about Gary is that it looks like a ghost town. Nobody is outside other than in cars or at a store. You very rarely see anyone walking. its so eerie

[@jaylahslife006]

I live here my whole life and it breaks my heart to see my grandma house like that now

[@danr1920]

My wife grew up in a small city in Minnesota. Cars keys were left in the ignition. Widow were down on hot days. Never bothered to close the garage doors, even at night.

[@justin-ng8zs]

in mid 70s and before Gary was fine. Then US Steel reduced workforce from around 34,000 to around 6,000. Other local mills followed suit. Many fine black families collapsed under the strain .Sudden loss of all income, no real help or retraining. Perfect recipe for disaster and crime. Breakdown of family structure. I Love GARY. I miss GARY. Hope it was worth it big business!!!

[@fredmendez4837]

Many black families... There's a lot of us brown Latino folks still here wit Cha! Don't forget us...all through the city...

[@enricod2061]

just in it’s a dog eat dog world. Believe it or not the black politicians in this city are what destroyed it. Steel factories have been closed down for many cities in the US and many are still prospering regardless. You gotta help your self thats it, once you do others around you will follow, can’t rely on other people for financial support.

[@alexandercoffman8319]

@@fredmendez4837 -TooTrue.

[@ericawolak2238]

I live 15 mins from here, crazy how town's can be so different. I don't even like to drive though and never after dark. I accidentally missed my train stop once after falling asleep and woke up and freaked out and jumped off the train in Gary. Moments after getting off the train a cop walked up to me and asked if I was lost

[@tomsims7868]

you got lucky it was a cop you met first the few police we do have on the streets are good cops its the thugs you have to worry about outside of miller is not a spot you want at night in gary

[@douglaskasten4630]

Know it's a dead place when even the trees don't bother leafing out

[@D.C._Mr.Christmas6142]

Douglas Kasten - nobody to water them.

[@julienbee101]

Charlie thanks for this video. Hope you will be able to interview some people next time you are in Gary

[@jaybutler7697]

JULIEN BEE nah dont do that, you'll get robbed or something.

[@marisutton334]

I agree with you JULIEN because it's still a lot of decent hard working people here in our city .

[@observantowl5568]

I was born and raised in a town near Gary in. After they totally destroyed their schools and teachers left they started busing them to our city. The very first day of 7th grade two of their thugs decided to go along for the bus ride. I seen them rob a little girl of her purse at the front door and kicked her to the ground. The only thing she would of had in her purse was her lunch money. It cost 25 cents for lunch at that time. I left that forsaken place in 1990, never to return.

[@ladev91]

BugGS Bunny is your town Griffith? Just a wild guess, I feel like that would be the first place they would send kids from gary. Or maybe Merrillville?

[@gabriellemccullough-hanks9644]

Lots of people get robbed bro... Stop letting one incident be an indictment of a whole group of people.. I'm from Gary and I can't stand a fucking thief !!!!

[@RosinGoblin]

@@ladev91 I'm in Hammond

[@all5tar27]

Lying bastard. No kids from Gary were bused outside city borders in the 1990's you bum! Take your fairytales elsewhere!

[@melvinhughes4218]

I wish Gary could come back to life💀💀😢

[@marisutton334]

Melvin Hughes trust me it will sweetie just a matter of time... believe it or not its people in high places that have invested in the city and for sure have investments tide up in the city,there are businesses built from the ground up nestled up in and around some parts of Gary why do you think that baseball park was built.🙂

[@tiffanihartshorne4101]

It will. Now is the time to buy

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

Some time ago, I was looking at forums about the most dangerous cities in the US, and I saw a lot of people that named Gary as the #1 most ghetto/dangerous city in the US, as in equal to or worse than Detroit.

[@brolicbro771]

MultiPurposeReviewer gary indiana has a higher murder rate than detroit almost every year. 1993 or 94 it had a murder rate over 100 per 100'000 even worse than new orleans but gary gets overlooked somehow because its not that big of a city with a population under 100'000. btw theres a hood movie that plays in gary called 'original gangstas'

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

That's what I've heard. Although, I wonder if the percentage is so high in part because the population is, comparatively, so low.

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

That's more realistic.

[@jayaceandrews4819]

I've been here all my life and it's what you make it for you.Mind your business and leave others alone and respect others you can make it any where.Lol Janine

[@jayaceandrews4819]

You,are right the population has gone down big time people left. It's like God spoke to some and they left but you got to look it's a small city. People have died out most come from killings unnecessary that didn't make sense what happened getting your butt kicked and being friends the next week😘PUT THE GUNS DOWN and the police is not any better some have retired,and left the force they are dirty as well they had a hand in this to especially with the drugs set up played back and watch and let this stuff happen and case closed that's it that's all .love peace and hair grease.😚Janine

[@millvee1005]

Was raised In Gary and I can remember when Gary was a fun place to live and raise your kids. When the steel mills closed, Gary went to nothing but a ghost town pretty much it's sad to see my city so depressing.

[@Angbwillinspireu]

Circling the same two Emerson/Midtown area neighborhoods. This is an extreme bias for bate clicks. My grandfather built two homes in Gary, so I have fond memories, and still enjoy visiting our family gardens and the National Dunes and Lake Michigan. Their are 10-15 districts in Gary: Morning Side, Brunswick, HoraceMann, Tolleston, Midtown, Miller, Glenn Ryan, Aetna, Glenn Park, University Park, Small Farms, Concord, West Side,Jefferson Park, Ambridge-Mann, Miller Beach, Means Manner, Marshalltown, Jefferson Park, Black Oaks, Village Calumet Township; all covering over 100 Miles. Where was Nationally Registered historical Church of the Holy Angeles, Froebel Park & Roosevelt High School-right across from Michael Jackson's childhood home!? The Gary/Chicago Airport, Majestic Casino & Hotel, Railcats Baseball Statium, Chute Bath and Beach House, Genesis Center or the Arts Cultural Center? Marquette Park Deco Style Ballroom and Pavilion; The Downtown Parks with sculptures, fountains, miniature Statute of Liberty and Jackson 5 mural!? The Lake Street Art and Food district in Miller!? Why did you not show $60k- $2mil homes in Miller, Means Manner, Horace Mann and Small farms/Tolleston areas or the Midtown new family smart affordable housing!? Gary closed all public/"project" housing by 98% aside from senior living. Where is the footage of the millions in dollars new affordable housing for Veterans and dorm style community housing for homeless and recovering abused & battered women and children build in 2015-18? Contact the Lake County Tax Assessors office to support those home values and property tax assessments. The active Gary MetroBus/South Shore Train/Greyhound Transit Center off the Park? There is 170 year old pioneer Lutheran church and cemetery of the founders of Gary? The classical City and County buildings recently used in a television series? Indiana University Parkway, and golf course off the Natural Reserve and Little Calumet River not shown!? Gary's indigenous population left in the 1990s, it is now a rental property for TEMPORARY migrant people from Chicago, etc. . But some natives still reside who try to address the blight issues. Read Essence magazine and meet native born current Mayor. Next time get a map and take someone generationally born, raised and work hard with the City and the Army Corps of Engineers getting many of those homes torn down. I was born in Gary, worked for the City, volunteered and advocated all over Indiana for the City so I know you have No Idea what happens there beyond this short stereotypical video.

[@mslady4real44]

Angb Rwill Yassss... U went in!!! Born n raised in the 219

[@blup1sx991]

I am so glad to hear you say this. I was born and raised there lived there for the first 26 years of my life. I remember when Broadway had everything from Sears to Kresge's and I really don't get why people who were not there, don't want to believe and/or understand that there was a lot more to the city's decline. The poor people who were left behind when the mills closed and the infrastructure suffered directly as result. When employment dries up or in this case outsourced out of Gary, this is what happens. It happened to a lot of our industrial cities when companies get goods like steel from overseas manufacturers.

[@Maddpill]

You right people on the net are so stupid

[@jereejohnson2127]

I too was born and raised here. Your point is well taken there is more to Gary then this video shows. However, it is tragic that this City and the lives of its residents were destroyed by corporate greed, and stupid politicians who closed the steel mills in order to buy cheaper overseas steel. America first is not always on the political agenda. The politicians motto is my party, right or wrong, how can it best suit me, to hell with the people it negatively affects. Sad but true...

[@blahcat3642]

This is what he shows on his channel, the areas of cities that are in decay or in the worst conditions. I started watching his Detroit videos of abandoned neighborhoods and was just drawn by the thoughts of what those who lived there once went through and what their lives were like and what they have become. I'm from Indiana as well and still live here, so I understand your need to try and make others know about the history of places such as Gary , but this is just what his channel focuses on. I see it more as a realistic/educational look into what has happened in many places once industry leaves and government doesn't do anything and the toll it takes with time. I've met people who don't think Detroit "took that bad of a hit" when the car industry left and do not understand poverty in this country, I've shown them these videos as part of opening their eyes because they have never seen conditions like in Gary or Detroit or any of the other places he films. While yes there are great places in Gary people also need to see the bad to know that everything is not alright for everyone.

[@creoleDJ]

I remember in the mid-1990s when Gary was dethroning DC & the N.O. as the “Nation’s Murder Capital”. This is what happens when you have a once-thriving city who’s main ricebowl (in this case, steel production) is taken away, relocated, and nothing is brought in to fill the void. And the education system in Gary wasn’t the best either, in terms of spending & investing in the system. No decent education+no good jobs=recipe for disaster. Camden, NJ is very similar.

[@paradisee3293]

I from Gary Indiana born and raised thanks for letting people know what my raggedy ass city looks like lol

[@pworm195]

I wish I live there where tje Jackson 5 from. It moght be raggy biy bless. Or move out the in that case. I from small town to we have nothing here too.

[@user-qj3jz9ho1h]

The worst part about this is listening to that raggedy ass car or truck they driving.... That alone got on my nerves. I watched 3min, and I had to quit and go to another page .....

[@johncrichton7461]

This is the creepiest place I've seen you drive through. I'd love to see it at night but I wouldn't want you there at night man. Place looks like Freddie Krueger won.

[@abandonedplaceswithblake8340]

I explore in gary

[@i-35vagabond56]

I do believe that is about the deepest shade of green grass that I've ever seen anywhere. I wonder if that is Emerald Zoysia grass or Bluegrass? The trees are not as tall as I expected.

[@cameronbrown4847]

if the city would just pave the roads and cut the grass it would look so much better. it’s really not that bad . It just needs a lot of land scaping work

[@teresaacree383]

I'm from Gary and this saddens me. I see people trying to make their home nice and then to see runned down homes and streets next to it. It is partly the cities fault and partly the communities.There has to be a way to make it nice again.

[@walrusmcgee]

It's mostly the city's fault. Corrupt mayor after corrupt mayor

[@kaylahardaway6070]

This is so sad im only 18 and i have lived in Gary all my life. I always hear how Gary was jumping back in the days and now all the schools closing, and there are so many houses that could be redone but no one wants to do any thing. We always hear about Chicago this Chicago that(I not hating on Chicago) but no one ever does anything for Gary. Its like people just gave up on Gary. You hear about how all these famous people go to Chicago and giving money to the school and other things. What about Gary? :(

[@jamisonbernhardt3310]

I knew a black guy named Gary. Last time I saw him he looked to be a loser.

[@randysampias4098]

Unbelievable, born and raised in Gary, graduated from Lew Wallace HS in 67. Memories of the Ridge theater, the Y&W drive in theater, Marquette Park and the pavilion down by the beach. The smell of burning leaves in the fall. Crown Point fair, fresh sweet corn on the cob, lightening bugs in summer, take the south shore into Chicago. Wow, i guess we can thank Bill Clinton for bringing in NAFTA and shutting down our steel industry!

[@hankvinson5967]

Steel is doing well. We both know why Gary changed and that's the election of black mayor Hatcher. The whites didn't want to be led by him and moved out in droves.

[@nancyerie9666]

Greetings from NW Indiana! CharlieBo, another spectacular video, again and again. Love this one.

[@shonteparker3952]

I was born in Gary, IN back in 1983. I moved to Birmingham, AL with my grandmother a few years later. The city was such a beautiful and cool place to live. I can't believe this is how it looks now.

[@middler5]

Seriously fix the roads bulldoze the abandoned homes. Replace them even with simple maintained parks. Cut the grass. Would make a huge difference!

[@sunshyneharris1208]

dsmythy unfortunately it's not that simple... sure to the money hungry thieves holding political positions and the flight of the steel mills and other businesses Gary doesn't have the necessary funds to even demo the abandoned properties... they couldn't even afford to board up a lot of the properties... not to mention the crack epidemic... and then there's the closing of the Chicago projects where those residents moved to gary and just made the crime rates skyrocket...smh...I feel so bad for my former city...I still visit because i have family there but it's so depressing to see the dilapidated state it's in... it used to be so beautiful there...i have some wonderful memories there... was born and raised there until I relocated in 2009 due to personal reasons... but not all the ppl there are terrible ppl... they're doing what they have to do to survive.

[@sunshyneharris1208]

*due to, not sure to

[@cyberpleb2472]

Other than drug dealers, who would be using these parks? Who do you propose should pay to maintain the roads and cut the grass?

[@dorojessy6932]

Great channel, Charlie! These are areas I would never dare to go on my own because of the criminality; thus, I can watch them safely from behind the computer screen.

[@miltonsmith974]

Alright - let's ALL sing! "Gary, Indiana - Gary, Indiana - Gary, Indiana - my home sweet home!"

[@odw1714]

Milton Smith you’re funny

[@yezzirmane8930]

I travelled to USA for the first time in last March and I took a Greyhound bus from NYC to Chicago. The bus stopped quickly at Gary, Indiana and I had never heard about that city before. The train station and whole downtown was pretty quiet and not many cars, even tho it was like 10am on a work day. Then the bus left the station and it headed back to the highway and we drove through the city and a strip of some suburban area. I felt like I was in a CharlieBo's video! I was hoping to see more of that scenery but it ended pretty soon. Later I read about Gary and how abandoned it is. It's crazy and funny cos I never planned to go to a place like this. Thanks Charlie for the footage.

[@billg7205]

Probably one of the best pothole dodgers in the world, with all that experience.

[@mawriverbird]

I was raised just south of here. Gary used to be a great city until the late 60's. It's really a shame how terrible it's become.

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

Here’s a place I’ve been before and this was the mid 90’s...I believe back then they were the national murder rate percentage championship holders

[@oclavamah4711]

Chuck Schick dude Gary used to be rich back then

[@Rountree1985]

Oclav AmAh no the fuck they weren’t.

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

Rountree1985 per capita Gary was you stupid bitch

[@queenjetblack4077]

There are also lots o nice looking homes in Gary . Would you make a video of those areas? Show us the beautiful Miller Beach area and homes on the West side.

[@elbolillo2703]

Queen Jet Black nice looking homes don't mean anything when the neighbors will rob and kill you....i live in Gary. Don't make it to be somthing it ain't.

[@queenjetblack4077]

The author was showing worst looking hoods according to the title of the video. The nice looking homes would be a great video to show as well. I was born and raised in Gary and lived there for several years.

[@shootinghoopswithnoahsmith2426]

Sad. I'm glad I come from a safe town. I feel bad for the law abiding citizens in Gary

[@natalliaf6387]

both of them?

[@BRAVO2I4]

Gary was a beautiful place until around the late 80's, early 90's. After the steel mill closed it went down hill bad.

[@tor-chachamberproductions7906]

This is showing mostly the east side! Not Glen Park or Miller or the West Side....

[@fredmendez4837]

Obviously you don't know what your talking about...the end was Bronx hood....middle was low end by Monroe street

[@chelseanae8931]

You right cuzzo

[@alexlopezchacon685]

I just drove through my old hometown of Gary Indiana and it breaks my heart to see it like it is this one time thriving City is nothing but a cesspool now all the schools that I went to are completely abandoned and destroyed Gary Edison Brunswick grade school Ivanhoe grade school and not to mention all the other schools in Gary Horace Mann and too many to mention they need to tear the place down to start all over

[@VroodenTheGreat]

Gary Indiana has looked like that for 50 years.

[@harryiglesias]

driving to Chicago once and I had some time so I decided to stop in Gary to have a look around (always curious because of MJ)...some areas looked quite pleasant and some others didn't...

[@thomascoulthard9430]

They need Canadians to come there and build it back up and show what love of community is

[@WorldWide2017]

The way everything gets so green is one of my favorite things about Chicago & Chicagoland in general. It's beautiful after a long cold winter :)

[@NaturalElicia]

I couldn’t imagine flipping houses going good there...

[@marisutton334]

Yes and actually I know some people that have done that which is good.

[@electricsoup7481]

I had the misfortune of having to be in a homeless shelter last summer in Gary. You captured the nicer part of Gary than I was at.

[@groovo1]

hometown...was a great promising city in the mid 60s

[@Jillian-Jill]

I kept freaking out every time another car came along, because I thought you were driving on the wrong side of the road... Here in Ireland we drive on the left, Americans drive on the right. It makes me dizzy seeing a car driving on the right. 😯

[@robinjones9920]

Gary is on a Revitalization come up. I live here born in Minneapolis. Its easy to look at something & make a judgement. Rolling thru w a camera & getting out into community interactions are 2 different things. Do some research past to present, you'll get a better idea of the whys hows and nows.

[@Fibr3Optix]

I'm moving there in April. Houses are super cheap! Can't wait to go to the beaches. My only concern is High Speed internet and in your video I do not see any Starbucks.

[@razor6552]

I hope you survive! The beaches are nice

[@commoncents4174]

Holy shit those are the worst roads I've ever seen.

[@xXEvangelXx]

I feel like I need to make a trip cross country one of these days. People talk big game about how America is great but whenever I go anywhere here in the Bay Area (one of the most affluent areas in the entire goddamned planet, economically) and see homeless camps and tent cities everywhere along with crumbling roads and then you go see this, it really doesn't do much for your pride in your nation or fellow humans

[@Anony584]

America is only great for the wealthy. I took a Greyhound/Megabus trip to Minnesota for a company meeting and the cities I saw are no diff from the Southeast ones. They all have both good and bad parts. All major city hoods look the same and South Chicago and Gary, IN were the absolute worst. Black people have faced obstacles but too many of us have resigned to not starting our own businesses and when white flight happens, we are left to dry. Poverty tends to bring the worst out of people on both sides.

[@thuggoe]

beautiful spacious yards, looks like they are headed back to dirt roads though

[@user-qj3jz9ho1h]

I think Gary Indiana, has a African American Mayor, She need to get that city together.

[@santacruz474]

You need a tank to go through those roads. It's just awful.

[@isaiahyhomas1650]

santacruz474 Tanks don’t have suspension, so no. A monster trunk with gigantic wheels would do.

[@edhartgrove7552]

Just wondering. Approximately how much do you spend yearly for wheel alignment/shock absorber replacement? You would think that, after a hundred years of macadam road-building, we would have come up with a solution to the freeze-thaw, freeze-thaw cycle (and how it destroys our roadways).

[@mynameisteetee6332]

Ed Hartgrove They fix the streets regularly. Plus if you're familiar with the roads you dodge em like I do.😉 so, just regular maintenance on the cars. Those who aren't as careful probably will have to spend a little money.

[@ramhemi75]

Gary use to be a beautiful city. I've seen pics my mom showed me from the 50s and it was beautiful.

[@jaybutler7697]

Yep my hometown is really shitty and I live right next to the jacksons house :p, thank you for the video very cool seeing familier places.

[@mauricehumphrey545]

It looks a lot like Detroit, and I am from Chicago.

[@teresamello1477]

Sempre fico ansiosa esperando por seus vídeos! Gosto muito. 👏🏻🙌🏻

[@lidawaydamasen5847]

I just hope you show the good side of this place too. repairs and maintenance are needed yes, but its not hopeless, state of indiana should put more attention before its totally damaged. it is still so beautiful , comparing it to the crowded cities and slum areas of so called developed cities. a little boost from the government , investments for sustainability and self sufficiency. best wishes for the people in these places.

[@sweet_veganmomma4188]

You just makin me homesick!! 😢 I cannot wait to be back home in GI in August. We may not have nice stuff but my neighbors there are the BEST I’ve ever had anywhere. Much love for bringing awareness to our reality.

[@TAnd-nq6if]

The entire mid West looks absolutely depressing, God bless the people who lives there

[@peterstean2138]

At 4:54 in, given the style and size of the houses that was probably one of the nicest residential streets in the city some 50 years ago...

[@michaelwhite2823]

I always laugh when I see the worst neighborhoods in this country with relatively nice cars on the streets. Priorities!

[@kellyahbutler8284]

I’m from Gary and even though it might seem like it’s nothing and a bad looking hood, the people I’ve grown up with are amazing and it was like we were all family

[@_DrDrakeRamoray]

This guy always sounds like he is driving a wagon. Get a new car.

[@heathermichelle8442]

This reminds Me so much of Detroit especially with all the Abandoned and burnt Houses and crappy Roads etc.

[@mrs.namnam59]

Since a lot of ppl down talking Gary I just wanna say u cant just go off what you see in this video. Gary like other places can be split into parts (good and bad). Whomever made this video only went to the bad neighborhoods (I live near where they were and they literally passed good areas up at least twice). It gives them credibility for their thoughts on Gary being "the hood" because no hood is gonna b seen as nice. Saying I'm born, raised, and still a resident may take away my credibility for some people because they think I just wanna defend where I leave but I'm not and I tbh think it gives me more. Ik Gary has a lot of bad roads and abandoned houses but as I type a lot are being either knocked down or fixed. Ever place has it's own beauty. P.s. Ik this video old just didn't care Now have a wonderful day😊😊😊

[@walrusmcgee]

My dad used to live on Van Buren st. It was really bad. I didn't even know there was a decent part of Gary til like a year after he moved there. Used to hear gunshots out the window damn near every night.

[@edizzle4shizz]

Gary Indiana is the reason my car needs a sh*t load of *front end* work til this day 😤😤😤

[@joshuakleckner4975]

I’m from Indiana. This is what happens when Democrats take over your town people. Take notes.

[@AtemiRaven]

I would have thought this was a tour of a ghost town if you took the cars and people away. Doesn't look like a place anyone should live.

[@Richdbiskit]

Welcome, to the Richest country in the world. Wow.

[@Richdbiskit]

By Total GDP, the USA is the richest country in the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

[@Richdbiskit]

Yes but this is kind of my point. Welcome to the richest country in the world, where only the Rich are looked after. That's why I made the comment because I find it astonishing. I remember hurricane Katrina, years and years after and the place was still a wreck.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

LivingOnLifeDyingfromLife187 vote Republican!!

[@themopar426]

china?

[@imheresoidontgetfined]

themopar426 fuck China

[@iamjam6451]

I grew up in the G" every time I go up north you can just see the deterioration. Its been a ghost town for the last seven years and that's what happens to a community when there aren't any good jobs let alone a career. People migrate to survive. The only person supposedly working in Gary is the mayor. Oh please be careful when u drive threw the streets you will need shocks And struts if u drive from 45th and Georgia to 5th and Harrison, Grant Cline etc...😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@athenacollins9298]

Gary needs some investors to rebuild it it was once a beautiful city and it still can be again don't forget that

[@HendersonHinchfinch]

Athena Collins, Gary is never coming back.

[@marisutton334]

Athena Collins believe or not there are people who already has investments in Gary, it won't look like this very long, it's a slow process but none the less it will be done. 😉

[@waymakersfun-time3930]

The sad part of this is that most of the property shown is owned by individuals who no longer live in the city. Many have bank accounts set up to collect rent, but property is not maintained. I learned that the state government has to ok the tearing down of some of the abandoned schools and business structures but only allow so many per year. No area can survive without a strong economy, and Northwest Indiana has lost a great deal of its industries and unemployment rate is high.

[@komodokhan]

Its crazy but thats home to me born and raised in Gary IN.

[@lauricesmith2528]

I was born in Gary and lived the first 12 1/2 years of my life there. It is sad to see how horrible it looks now compared to how wonderful it looked growing up there...