Gary, Indiana: America's Worst All Time Ghetto

[@NickJohnson]

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[@pieterbulthuis]

Nice video's Nick and i love the way you talk.👍🧡🇳🇱

[@CMoore8539]

@@pieterbulthuisNick is Super Cool!♥️ I’ve been hooked on his videos since Day 1!💯😎

[@rogerburn5132]

Nick Another Brilliant Video Good luck keep Going. Always Like 👍👍👍

[@brianstewart9470]

I'm sure the 🇨🇳 government is waiting somewhere around the corner

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

Michael Jackson didn't grow up with a silver spoon I guess lol

[@hectorfarm9416]

The city of Gary should apply for foreign aid.

[@jackjines3461]

Oh my, ba ha ha! Good one and makes sense.

[@db5960]

Seriously! They “identify” as Ukraine 😢

[@NewHaven203]

Lol! Democrats will send Gary billions 😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@abatude5879]

True

[@waynebollman]

You win the internet today.

[@cbdcbd9153]

Even the trees look depressed.

[@Irishlad92]

Was thinking the same thing

[@QoraxAudio]

Yep a lot of pollution in the ground from all the dumping makes trees look that way.

[@Maymaymayok]

😂😂😂😂😂. It is sad 😔. But the comment is hilarious😂 yeah, the whole landscape is depressed 😔 😢 and sad 😔 beyond disbelief!! where are the politicians, the elected officials?

[@Nisa-vk5fr]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexshatner3907]

I just saw a cockroach on the wall crying

[@TLouise1959]

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

[@lilipop6990]

Когда отправишь? 🤔

[@korttelipolliisi]

Ukraine truly needs it!

[@NiechZyjePolska48]

Zalenskyy is a thief

[@stevehilliard1495]

And there ain’t nothing you can do about it. Remember Hunter didn’t pay taxes on millions of dollars of income but that’s fine 😢

[@michaelbrinks8089]

They keep voting democrats & neocon republicans instead of paleocon.

[@johnpdd]

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.

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

Did the owners just up and leave, giving up any idea that they could ever sell?

[@gtwfan52]

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.

[@gtwfan52]

@@lolguy-x9n employment opportunities disappeared. Racial strife. Crime. Pollution.

[@kansashighlights624]

My mother went to Lew Wallace as well. I hate watching this video. And I'm not all the way through it, But there were members of my family that still lived there when I was growing up. And so I grew up going there. The creator of this video is not really that knowledgeable and hasn't really taken the time to talk to people. He does a great job filming what's there, but the people connection is missing.

[@PapaTroll86]

​@@kansashighlights624Love how you say he doesn't interview anyone or connect with any of the people - right after saying you haven't even watched the whole video yet.

[@realestjokeinthedumpster5172]

​@@kansashighlights624..you haven't watch the whole video yet..instead you complaining like a toddler..

[@UnknownDamone]

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...

[@shellebray3483]

Facts! It's so over

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Which country is the richest? Can you provide support for your response?

[@UnknownDamone]

@@chuckinhouston9952 Do your own homework, Chuck

[@josephhoover4542]

@@UnknownDamoneA simple google search will tell you the US is in the top 10 for both overall wealth and low poverty the US isn’t perfect and it is getting a little worse but it’s still a lot better than at least a little over half of the places in the world ur acting like it’s Ukraine or Hati

[@FlintIronstag23]

It depends on how you measure wealth. The US still has the largest GNP in the world.

[@turnne]

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

[@Tom_Emody]

You are correct. What to do now?

[@turnne]

@@Tom_Emody Rock and a hard place situation people love the low prices at Walmart and other places...Corporate executives love big salaries and cost cutting and growth methods to keep the stock rising

[@nonamespecified1262]

Yes that's one thing but what's 100x worse is the crime, alot more people would have stuck around, but when people live in fear, they clear out.

[@nikitawashington9328]

Facts

[@koilamaoh4238]

Once nixon opened up trade to china, thats what doomed the US.. This was the era, when the union busters came in, Corporations came into power.. Tax cuts for the rich only, they lowered their taxes greatly.. Cause FDR didnt want them to have power over US politics. Look at the party and politican who passes the most "policies" to the rich, that'll give you the hint :)

[@norman7179]

God bless the lady who struggles to make it day-to-day ! I understand how she feels and why she feels that way.

[@marblox9300]

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

[@waynebollman]

Yeah, this shit is most definitely not on the legacy news networks. But there it is.

[@michaelhoudecki3657]

You get to see _some_ of reality. There's plenty not here

[@brunoheggli2888]

Bullshit

[@marblox9300]

@@brunoheggli2888 Horseshit.

[@marblox9300]

@@brunoheggli2888 Hot Girls shit.

[@chriswhite2151]

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

[@Quarantineism]

Ca$h Jordan. Lol. That one sounds promising. 😅

[@twayne_smallville83]

​@@Quarantineismeasy bro 😊😊😊

[@LaSombraa]

Cash Jordan is a click baiting fraud.

[@Brian-ig2nb]

@@Quarantineismhe makes good videos

[@ericwadebrown]

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

[@margaretnjenga7127]

That's what I was thinking! Ghost town.

[@heraldomedrano1417]

Was Michael Jackson born in Gary Indiana?

[@keshav479]

imagine scene at the night

[@SweetDreamz0223]

​@@heraldomedrano1417Yes, he was!!!

[@bdleo300]

Yep, reminds me of Fallout 4.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

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

[@franbeller5897]

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

[@EightyFour-s3z]

America is now owned and run by the same foreign country that usurped the uk govt ……… and is in the process of slowly destroying both.

[@mrmarkymark77]

That’s what I was thinking too

[@user-he5yg5ho3u]

You know, I often think of these places back when they were built. Happy hardworking Americans proud of their homes an cities. But now????? Sheesh 😢🐾😎

[@skip031890]

​@@user-he5yg5ho3u The demographics were different and that's what people pretend not to notice.

[@wurlitzergroup]

As METAL LEO says, "GONE NOW!"

[@steve2736]

You have truly done an impressive job journalistically detailing the decline of America’s once great cities. And yet the money machine keeps grinding on sending our taxes overseas.

[@CMoore8539]

Exactly Right! It’s totally insane!

[@hunterkill97]

I live outside in America. I felt sorry for people who needs assistance like for the people interviewed by Nick at this video.

[@stephendacey8761]

Just keep working bc many people are depending on your tax dollars to help them. All the migrants, Ukraine, etc. need Americans money and that will continue. That's why nobody wants to work bc after taxes and with prices as high as they are it's better to not work and go on welfare. A person on welfare in Mass. makes $24.00 an hour and gets subsidized housing and free health care. It pays to NOT work.

[@marijavojnovic2597]

I guess communism is to blame...

[@JoniMitchell-qi6hr]

Isnt that where the Jackon fami is from?😮

[@ojbudz]

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.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

And yet here are all the republicans blaming the people that lost their job. When things suck it's because the wealthy and powerful want it that way.😊

[@americawaters4257]

@@theboyisnotright6312 Who's blaming the people that lost their job? Bill Clinton destroyed Indiana.

[@hypocriticalsatire3966]

​@@theboyisnotright6312 The wealthy would rather outsource to manufacturers conveniently based in countries with weak law enforcement or anti-slavery laws

[@Torpedo8]

We priced ourselves out of the world market for steel. We were making it for $75/ton, while Japan was doing it for $45/ton and Korea was doing it for $15/ton.

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

@@theboyisnotright6312it’s the part of “One” the Democrats suck also!

[@75Veritas]

She said "Scarica" genius!! I'm using that from now on to describe what used to be a great country.

[@nomaad000]

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

[@benallmark9671]

Me too

[@allancooper3865]

Watch so much of his content you’ll start sounding like him 😂 “ like okay “

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

We built this city and now it sucks

[@victoriafisher6934]

Yes he's humorous

[@LUMBERJACK16Bs]

Gae

[@billybobscat6233]

If you see this Michelle, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! I know it's underwhelming compared to what you probably should have for your service, but it's the only thing I have to give. Some of us out here are fighting for you and other service members to be properly compensated. Keep strong and keep saying it how it is. .

[@charris-gendron8878]

Thank you for your service for that you should be compensated with better benefits.

[@brendabannostone5339]

Absolutely THANKYOU WE STAND TOGETHER WITH YOU ❤

[@nonamespecified1262]

Love you Michelle, from UK.

[@alexshatner3907]

"Thank you" don't mean anything, those are cheap words, send her money to eat if you have a bible read (James 2: 15, 16) and you will see what I mean

[@K9R9K]

​@@alexshatner3907Facts. All of this thank you nonsense, isn't going to feed her, or help her situation at all. Say thank you, by donating to her, or something useful.

[@donnagay5866]

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.

[@chiefswife1212]

Right!! You gotta move to work, life's hard, handouts won't do anything!!!

[@richardvickrey4786]

This shit's scary! The federal government needs to do some sort of intervention because this degree of blight is a national embarrassment. Shame on the state of Indiana! 💙

[@localdrummerinov7905]

This degree of blight is a LOCAL embarrassment

[@monroefamilygaming]

@@localdrummerinov7905 I've lived in Gary and visited numerous towns that aren't much different in Indiana. I'll never move back, and try my best not to go anywhere near that state. It's definitely a STATE embarrassment

[@jameskillough3376]

It's not only Indiana brother it's all across America wake up people

[@chiefswife1212]

NOTHING THERE BUT CRIME AND DRUGS FOR 40+ YEARS, THE RESIDENTS DID THIS, AND THEY'VE LIVED WHOLE LIVES ON TAXPAYER FUNDED WELFARE, WHAT IS INDIANA SUPPOSE TO DO????

[@beachdawgz]

I grew up in Chicago, and we used to drive past Gary Indiana to visit my Grandmother in South Bend. That was a long time ago. Even than Gary was on the decline because all industry was leaving. Once it started, it was just allowed to continue. Like so many cities in the Midwest. Gary was a decent place with nice homes. It's sad that more and more US cities are just allowed to decay.

[@cajuncyclerestorations145]

s bend isnt far behind .. mishawaka / elkhart

[@mabt4223]

it's what they call progress.😮🤪🤪

[@brettdavis3718]

They shipped so many American jobs over seas to slave labor. It’s quarterly profits and the need to push all money to shareholders that has destroyed this country.

[@windeecity]

Hey, back in the early 70s my parents warned us to stay out of Gary. I lived in EC back then and Gary was turning into a nasty place 50myears ago

[@ekrewer]

My mom grew up in Gary during the Depression/WWII era. Her parents (my grandparents) stayed until Grandpa retired from the steel mill in 1961. Then they moved posthaste to the small town in Illinois where my mom and dad lived. Things were already going downhill then. The two houses that my mom lived in as a kid are probably sitting there among those slums.

[@mgave4047]

I worked for the water company in Gary in the late 1990's. Everyone at work advised do not stop at traffic signals - creates an opportunity for car theft. The water company was sold to France as have most water utilities in the U.S.

[@joesmith3501]

Chicago parking meters collect money that goes to the Middle East. Seriously. You have to pay a middle eastern company to park in Chicago.

[@judithwest4183]

WOW I’ve never heard this about the water companies

[@SuperNolaguy]

Exactly, that's why these towns die every time

[@mattskustomkreations]

To France??? How strange… why?

[@sjcamx]

That's bullshit.. Ever heard of TVA/ Tennessee Valley Authority, they're owned by the United States federal government, created by President Roosevelt in 1933 to the save the southeastern part of the U.S. from flooding. Without the 49 dams that were built for flood control, and to supply electricity to a large parts of the Southeastern U.S., this part of the country would still be nearly uninhabitable because of the flooding. And, they are just one of the many types of federal agencies that go unnoticed today because most people never lived before they existed, and know little about what life was like before. But, my parents, who were born in 1910, and are long gone, along with 100's of black and white photographs, personal stories from them, and my grandmother, who was born in the late 1860's, about life in upper East TN before the 1940's along with the many stories about what life was like as they grew up in upper East TN before 1940, helped inform me about our history in the Tennessee Valley that I've always called home. History shows some undeniable proof that our federal government intervened in a very positive way. But, that's been all but forgotten by more people than not in today's world. Informed people call it history. It is knowable, and it's not that hard to become informed before speaking.

[@LivvyAlexW]

I agree with that woman and I’m Canadian. It’s the same here. We give hard earned money to the Ukraine, there’s a horrible housing crisis, groceries are unaffordable, they’re accepting wayyy too many immigrants, etc. The cities here are turning into mini “India”. Including my city. I have no issues with helping people, but we need to help ourselves first and foremost and we arent. It’s honestly so disheartening to see the Canada I once loved become a place I wish I didn’t live in. I know there are worse places to live, but it’s hard to survive. More than 60% of my wage goes to rent alone. I have to watch every single penny. It’s awful. It shouldn’t be this hard to survive.

[@NickJohnson]

I'm sorry 😢

[@m42037]

The government's don't want to help our people in the states and Canada (different in many countries in Europe) because they think we'll turn "socialist" so they turn a blind eye to us. I got Medicaid (universal healthcare for the poor in America) and get food benefits and do my hustling to get by living in a mobile home. I can't imagine paying wild high rent out there my lot rent is 550.00 plus water. I couldn't afford to live in a flat or rent a house I'd be homeless

[@charris-gendron8878]

It is the same here, something needs to be done as soon as possible!!

[@namsyl2093]

😂😂mini India crack me up.Some city in USA is referred by some people as India😂😂,this is because they like to live only within themselves.Go to Walmart 😂😂all the workers are Indians, from Manager down to 🛒 pushers...80% tech companies employees, Majority of the people who drive Tesla cars are still 😅😅😅. Life..

[@victoriafisher6934]

The rich holloywood stars own ma ny many houses , they don't care just us giving them adoration +our $

[@nerdknowledgeunlimited6023]

Be safe in your travels my brother.I pray that the Lord protect you. You're doing a great job exposing the injustice in this country.

[@terrynichols7199]

This is just sad, I don't know what else to say. Thank you for filming, Nick.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

35 trillion in debt, don't think we are rich , we are the poorest.

[@ctadam12]

All printed

[@tatsnneeps341]

Enjoy peasant 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jz94117]

$1 Trillion in interest payments.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

@@jz94117 Unsustainable

[@MoivinSulunker]

Bout time somebody writes that.

[@alienprepper5918]

I live close to Gary. The crime is spreading. The surrounding cities are turning into hunting grounds. No solutions. This can't be fixed.

[@windeecity]

I so agree! I live in Schererville now and grew up in East Chicago. It's getting bad all over the region, but mainly due to the thugs coming over from Illinois. Carjacking, massive shop lifting rings, high speed chases, shootings. The people that's left living in Gary are all at Hard Rock Casino wishing and hoping for that win. It's such a shame

[@ryanbarker5217]

quit voting democrat for starters.

[@hippiebits2071]

@@ryanbarker5217 Indiana is a Red state

[@CynthiePompey9999]

The government just gave 61 billion to Israel, what that could do for Indiana.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@hippiebits2071 that it is, but gary is democrat, that entire southern chicago area is as corrupt as it can be.

[@viperocco]

Johnny keepin it real. Feel for his loss. My wife is a veteran as well and I agree with Miss.Michelle. Such a shame

[@CheatingZubat]

I live near Indiana, and at one point had to drive through Gary. I have never, in my life, driven through a place and gotten scared, save for in Gary. There's something not good about Gary, and I didn't even stop for gas there or anything. I feel so bad for the city.

[@mattskustomkreations]

I have a HS buddy who works at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago - the one with the U-boat. I followed him home in a rental car to Hammond, IN. The route took us through Gary. I was definitely on edge at a couple places along the way!

[@han-p9o]

没什么害怕的，这地方只是比较原始，也许你是在室内工作，一整天都见不到太阳

[@rebeccagray986]

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.

[@graceperiod720]

It was much more dangerous during that time, the 80's n the 90's especially. Now it's just an abandoned ghost town

[@WhatYouWantWhatYouDontWant]

​@@graceperiod720not exactly. The murders are still among the top 3 in the nation for all cities. 3.5 times Chicago. It's much more desolate. But the murders are much more low-key and hush hush now.

[@Dizzymarvel]

Agree. At least the Jacksons home is still standing, but the Palace Theatre that the Jacksons started performing it is a blighted mess.

[@kansashighlights624]

My mother was born in Gary and a lot of my family members lived there up until the mid eighties. I grew up going there all throughout my childhood. Lots of fond memories there. But i'm really glad that they all moved out.

[@GM-jv9jz]

My grandmother was a live in caretaker for an elderly woman back in the early 70's in Gary, Indiana. She told me it was a horrible crime ridden dump back then.

[@BajatheChickenMan]

Ya pretty sure Gary has been bad since the mid 60s.

[@windeecity]

Yes it was. Having lived in EC, a lot of the Gary people I knew were already living in poverty. Having the title "Murder Capital" didn't help

[@m42037]

Many of these houses were still nice in the 60s, the 70s is when many city's like Gary and Detroit went kaputt

[@pavelusa3423]

Iz that Chem trails?

[@AlisaPowerDashaNebraskaBrigade]

​@@windeecitywhat times? 60s? 70s I'm sure it already was

[@HoldMySoda]

In 2014 I „visited“ Gary, Indiana by accident. I was on a road trip with my wife and daughter. We are from Germany and we never heard about Gary. We had some issues with our rental car. So I searched on Google where the next Hertz station was and so we came to Gary. Needless to say that there was no Hertz it was already closed. We were all frightened and shocked.

[@DeniseFendi791]

Thats really sad to see this happening i remember my aunt was born and raised in Gary Indiana her family house was demolished and torn down completely it's so sad to see this city go down like that this is really one of the saddest things I've seen in my life

[@geraldharrelljr.5372]

I still had family in Indianapolis In

[@m42037]

Same in Detroit seeing oma's old house fire bombed about 15 years ago

[@Britcarjunkie]

This is what happened: 1. A lot of military contracts ended. That killed off a large portion of the steel industry. 2. Complacency in the American auto industry: when the first gas crisis hit, the feds were also enacting new safety and emission standards. Meanwhile Japanese automakers began importing cars by the shipload - they got better fuel economy, and were cheaper to buy. This took American automakers by surprise and some didn't think the import invasion would take hold, but it did. That caused the shutdown of assembly lines, and many supporting businesses. 3. Another hit on the steel industry, was companies buying more and more steel from overseas. 4. NAFTA: a LOT of manufacturing went to Mexico. 5. China being awarded with "favorite nation trading" status. Most of the manufacturing centers around the U.S. were hit hard, but Gary still surprises me. It almost looks like that city got hit with an air-burst nuke. It is kinda sad that lady blames republicans for the situation there, seeing how Gary has had democrat mayors for the last 77 years.

[@jackjines3461]

You have to excuse her, the demo brainwashing is showing. Total proof they don't think for themselves. Democrat ran city 77 years and blames republicans? Ya just gotta laugh. Oh it's probably Trumps fault.

[@unclejessiesrodshop8432]

I can't argue with any of these points, spot on.

[@damnjustassignmeone]

Gary has had democratic mayors bc of unions, originally, and then bc only poor people stayed when jobs left and things got bad. But correlation doesn’t equal causation. Poor people tend to vote for democrats, but that doesn’t mean that democrats made them poor.

[@robertcopeland430]

I was surprised she blamed Texas Governor. He wants to close the border but Biden Administration sues him in court.

[@John-e4t2n]

Japan ended the United States steel industry. They flooded the steel market when the United States steel union workers went on strike. Next was United States electronics industry. Japan selling their products at a loss.

[@susanwesterfield6953]

It's been a shithole for decades. A friend of mine moved away from there 30 years ago to get away from the crap.

[@windeecity]

More like 50 years ago.

[@susanwesterfield6953]

@@windeecity I was referring to how long ago it was when my friend moved away from there. It's freakin sad and scary that his IS what THEY want for this whole country. I thought it was ironic that the lady mentioned Hunger Games.

[@m42037]

​@@windeecity40

[@LIBERALFOODREVIEW]

Dude you are a fucking genius. Dry humor snuck into educationally rich content. Love your stuff.

[@davidsmart8094]

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

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

But Ukraine and Israel are important!!!! (sarcasm)

[@radicalindependent]

CNN, MSDNC, and FAUX news surely won't do any kind of series on Gary.

[@ezookami4540]

@@MADGUNSMONSTER Oh, so you really think that if you don't send money elsewhere, they could be allocated in Gary, Indiana? Wake up! It's not about foreign aid. It is about US socioeconomics: sprawling cities with maintenance costs four times more than in Europe, no universal healthcare or free public education, no respect for energy efficiency and moving production overseas.

[@jimmymiller77]

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

[@r0gers96]

Soon every vet and every man will have to look themselves in the mirror and ask, am I ready to die for my children. may god help every fucking soul that has to to look down my barrel. I will not die in a communist world, we must die free. Any cost, for our wives, our children, for our future.

[@r0gers96]

They will never let our mothers grief.

[@christianvanneuves9958]

The lesson here is, never to join any US armed forces, something what more and more adhere to. The US has brought so much harm over the rest of the world, it is just obscene.

[@lisaterry2387]

And the corrupt Biden admin turns a blind eye. He would rather give money to the corrupt governments that are paying him off

[@cwg73160]

You don’t have a spare $5 to send her?

[@RX-8GT]

It is so sad also gets me angry how veterans who help the country don’t get not even a little help while every single one crossing the border gets it all, really really fkn sad

[@tayobibi]

They preferred to spent those trillions in aid, illegal wars and helping countries like Ukraine and Israel instead of their own citizens. Thank God I now live in the Uk that cares more about its citizens. Free health care and so on. Not to talk of the homeless their been assisted with council houses.

[@rickeymh]

That veteran got a paycheck and a trained skill complements of the USA.

[@RX-8GT]

@@tayobibi exactly, when they should care for the ones who put their life for this country first , you got some that went through a lot and not getting a helping hand doesn’t help them feel like they were appreciated

[@curiositycloset2359]

Why dont they just cross the border, then cross it back?

[@mcg5167]

I'm a Marine Corps vet, and I'm incredibly pissed off at what has happened to my country. Enough of this crap! We need to take this back now, or it's never coming back!

[@reyy568]

We ain’t doing nothing

[@uuuultra]

too late

[@ScrewtapeLetter]

Looks like it's never coming back.

[@chiefswife1212]

Vets better start fighting for THIS country for a change, AD ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA!!

[@JayBerkshire-z8s]

Never ever gunna happen

[@bluecat2741]

I had to make a break and jump over to watch a video from Indiana in the 1950ties to have a comparison. It's really sad and depressing to see such a decline of a once blooming city.

[@t4t359]

Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York or Rome But Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana Gary, Indiana, my home sweet home

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Yes, that famous tune from The Music Man.

[@marcus_xlvii]

"now, if you’d like to have a logical explanation, how i happened on this elegant syncopation, i will say without a moment of hesitation, there is just one place...”

[@decacards5250]

Michael Jackson and Family, Deniece Williams and Fred (The Hammer) Williamson are famous natives.

[@sstrange1973]

Ironically, this song is about a man trying to pretend he's from Gary, Indiana. There was a time in history when people pretended they were from Gary.

[@Paul-d2y8s]

I can't help but pity the poor people that live here, especially the young people. Imagine growing up in a place like that.

[@TorpedoEight]

I worked at Dixie Dairy on 15th Street for 2 summers in college. Scariest dairy in Gary.

[@fredgordonherbert6394]

shut up!!

[@Blissfulnessence]

A scary gary dairy! 😳 😅

[@SashaAlexander-z8x]

My Aunt ruby lived in a green house right next to Dixie.

[@marblox9300]

@@Blissfulnessence That's Good.!!! I like that.!!!

[@wylierichardson-tu6zs]

Thanks for caring enough to share your scary 'dairy in Gary' story. Were you wary of it? :-P

[@ScoopDogg]

MICHELLE if you read this comment, I Thankyou for your service love and I'm an Englishman living in England❤

[@FernandoBarajas-mx4pt]

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..

[@noonehere1793]

This is one of the best examples of the destruction of the middle class and its end result i have ever seen! Amazing job sir.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok

[@hippiebits2071]

The middle class from Gary didn’t disappear, they just moved elsewhere. This is an example of the eventual devastation caused by “white flight”

[@awpetersen5909]

Super Capitalism around the world, affe ting us all.

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

This is Capitalism and The Free Market. It's what your entire country seems to hold sacred.

[@JohnFiocchi]

The story that the young man is telling about his younger brother is really sad. It is heartfelt and emotionally damaging. I feel horrible about that. Very sad

[@martinjdesmond]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@Blissfulnessence]

Dang! This is more depressing than usual! And why you need a tank... "Give me my reparation, i'll go to Africa!" had me rolling! Thanks Nick et al!

[@SouLoveReal]

Yeah, until she actualy gets there and rob her. Also, she'll find out how African Blacks hate American Blacks.

[@purplesprigs]

You got your reparations, times 1,000. It is called welfare, and those folks have sucked this country dry. Why are we in debt? 60 years of freeloading.

[@pbattis1]

I'd take my chances on Gary before any place in Africa. Just sayn'.

[@Blissfulnessence]

@@pbattis1 Same.

[@joeblow1934]

She was just blowing. She don't want a ticket to NOWHERE. Got to keep the hand out though.

[@borhan181818]

America is dying, even the most Posh places are dying like Santa Monica and Beverly Hills... Very sad

[@thipvipasuksawad6694]

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[@CodyCole80]

What’s up in the hills?

[@danielopdenakker3010]

What's up in the hills? Hillbillies..!​@@CodyCole80

[@princehayes5383]

The poor get poor and the rich get richer God is coming.

[@geraldharrelljr.5372]

Gary Indiana is worse than Philadelphia Pa

[@RegionHeat]

Negative

[@joeybutafuco1845]

​@@RegionHeat Agreed philly is Way worse than Gary - Former region rat that has been to Philly! GI ride or die

[@josephhoover4542]

@@RegionHeatYou can get a good job in Philly getting one in Gary is pretty unlikely all though there is a few

[@jake-pl1bn]

come on

[@jimkelly4214]

Detroit leaves the building!

[@goldenwarrior5664]

There is some beautiful historical homes wasted .

[@leelarson107]

An economic downturn can be blamed for only part of the problem. Remember that it isn't the buildings that make a slum, it is the PEOPLE. Take a closer look.

[@jackochainsaw]

Community is everything. I notice that when people stop caring, the place tends to go to shit. It doesn't take much, but if you start seeing your neighbour's garden filling up with crap, and then that becomes an epidemic, the whole area is starting to decay. Where I am, a lot of people throw litter away now with no real regard. I find rubbish everywhere and it is getting worse. When you see that a lot it starts becoming a problem, because when people stop doing the basics, there is a bigger problem.

[@Lyonsvideos1]

So sad, looks like part of a scary movie🐱🏠🏭🙈 Unfortunately, America's going down. Great videos Nick, thank you for keeping us posted💻🙋‍♀️

[@xkguy]

Robert Triffin, an economist from Belgium who worked for the Fed and other institutions in the US, told Congress in 1960 that if the US wanted to have the world's reserve currency it would have to import more than it exported. This would lead to huge changes that would impact labor. The governments and banks like the arrangement...and here we are 64 years later. We are on the verge of losing the dollar. Hopefully we can turn things around after that happens but there is lots of pain to come before we do.

[@BajatheChickenMan]

You're right but sadly thing's arent going to turn around. They are driving us into digital serfdom.

[@fitfrog65]

The government finances its massive debt with this arrangement. All those exporting nations get a lot of bucks that go into US securities.

[@WSKRBSCT]

The verge of losing the dollar seems a bit severe. Anyone thinking BRICS is going to replace it has another thing coming. BRIS doesn't really see eye to eye with C and they certainly don't want to be answering to them. Plus, C makes US printing look tame. And displacing the dollar means that the US Navy will no longer police the world's seas against piracy and other marine transgressions. I do agree that there is pain in the future.

[@Doberman_6773]

Rumor has it the BRICS nations are going to roll out a new currency at their annual meeting in October. If they require that trading partners purchase in this new currency, things could get interesting very quickly.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

​@@Doberman_6773I highly doubt a BRICS currency would be better than the dollar considering that those countries have Centrally Commanded economies, to be a global reserve currency the CCP and Russia would have to set free their economies into the free market

[@billjenkins2503]

We can no longer afford to help other countries , our country is broke

[@jz94117]

April 2024, Congress just approved a $95 billion foreign aid package.

[@JaccduLac]

If you cut your own annual defense budget in half for one year you could rebuild the entire countries crippled infrastructure as well as support Ukraine’s fight for freedom. And you’d still be the largest spender in terms of military expenses

[@NovemberReigne]

Please say it louder for the folks in the back!

[@stacky512a]

Your federal government no longer has any interest in the United States populace, other than collecting your taxes. They absolutely do not care. For the most part, Congress et al are the pinnacle of insatiable greed and malice.

[@BoricuaLouieV]

@@JaccduLacfuck Ukraine

[@fumblebunny1993]

You're doing a great job of showing us what is going on across America, Nick. Thank you.

[@gmoneyApexTrader8]

I picture Gary when it was booming , those big bungalows were beautiful homes

[@rayfc63]

What a depressing place. Even the trees look dead!!

[@SausageFaCerria]

Yeah that’s what happens when it gets Cold 🥶 Outside in Certain Areas, Leaves 🍁 & Trees 🌲 Kinda Die out for the Season 😆😆little Science Lesson 😆😆

[@andrewgeorgelang]

Big shout out to Michelle. Well spoken lady.

[@waltertucker4297]

Yeah ok going to Africa with snake wild animals ,hater there no way ,

[@patjones5723]

Amennn 👍 ❤

[@bjbaccus5]

My heart deeply goes out to the guy losing his brother in such a terrible way. My deepest condolences.

[@Vintaget26]

Oh they get everything for free. $5k/month to live on plus free healthcare and a cellphone. And here you have American citizens making minimum wage struggling to buy food.

[@jenniferstokes2812]

What a tragedy. The death of the American dream. What the hell happened to this country? Blame who or whatever you want, I believe all this ruin comes at the expense of the poor to make the rich richer.

[@EightyFour-s3z]

America has been destroyed by a parasitic force that has infected, and taken over, the leadership of the country. And the populace are so full of Netflix and NFL, that they genuinely don’t care.

[@americawaters4257]

This is what happens when you ship all of your jobs outside of the country. Bill Clinton comes to mind as one name you can blame.

[@americawaters4257]

And it's to make the rich richer and the middle class poor. Like socialism.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

@@americawaters4257 This started with Nixon and Ford, didn't it? Then Reagan had a go at "fixing" things. It was all over before Clinton got anywhere close to being in office. By the way, I'm in Australia, I couldn't care less one way or the other when it comes to the Democrats or the Republicans, but history is history. Clinton gets hung out to dry on this because he ratified all of Reagan's hard work by signing off on NAFTA. That's convention, not politics.

[@americawaters4257]

@@davidbrayshaw3529 I'm in the US and couldn't care less about Republicans and Dems. Divided we fall. In Nov 1984 most of my class mates could vote bc they had just turned 18. I was still 17. They voted Reagan. I didn't like him. I didn't ever like any candidate. I never voted until President Trump. Reagan was connected to the Bush clan. Eisenhower started the social security (socialism), LBJ started Medicaid. Bush robbed the social security. On and on. But Bill Clinton, one of the names, as I said, ruined Indiana. He also let Janet Rino murder 21 children under age 12 at Waco. I grew up in a farm town with a population of 1,800. We had one big factory that employeed 350 people and two small factories. When Bill was president they went to Mexico. Now it's a bedroom town. We're just a penny bank to these slimy people.

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

who in the hell is the mayor and who in the hell voted for this mayor. mind boggling.

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

everytime I hear someone say we are the richest country in the world I know they never went to Switzerland or many other countries.

[@sn1000k]

We've been fleeced. Consider the natural resources of a place like the US. Trillions upon trillions claimed and looted by the rich.

[@sharoncrawford7192]

What about the United Arab Imarates. Very rich!

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

@@sharoncrawford7192 exactly

[@MrMuaythai84]

people that say we are riches are lazy people that wants ahnd out and dont live in reality

[@viewer2400]

Who cares which one is the richest? Everybody goes to the same ground. Six feet under.

[@AntniTrudi]

Just watched your recent homeless in America video Nick and now im seeing empty houses getting eaten by the trees 🎉🎉

[@jerryk6530]

It hasn't been the same since the Jackson 5 moved away :)

[@SouLoveReal]

Yeah... some FIFTY-SIX-plus/minus years ago.

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

why doesn't janet jackson (or any of the living jacksons) invest in their hometown? for what's a pittance to them (a few mill) they could probably spruce the place up, somewhat - come on pop stars, where's your hometown pride?

[@oldgoat50]

Bull shit. The Jackson's moved away before Gary went bad. I was born there 8 years before him 😡

[@m42037]

​@@oldgoat50The 70s is when everything started turning to garbage like in Detroit also, that's why all the wht people moved out like my family. We got out of Detroit before we got killd. My grandparents got out in the mid 80s they'd already been robbed and car stolen by then. Ford restored the train station that's a start but it's going to take 50 years to bring Detroit back, and really then it won't be like it was before the riots in 67, it was a beautiful city

[@hippiebits2071]

@@wuhaninstituteofvirology These people are living largely in the destruction of their own making. Parents, the grandparents the crack, none of that is the responsibility of the Jacksons. The population is broke anything nice will just fall into disrepair. You can’t just put lipstick on something that’s rotting from the inside and call it a day. Nothing will change

[@Paul420MI]

Been in Gary for 11 years, its 100% all on the residents. Theyve gotten exactly what they voted for.

[@SashaAlexander-z8x]

Facts!

[@sn1000k]

So, they have republican leadership or what? I'm not sure what you mean

[@Paul420MI]

@sn1000k They vote in crooks who lie and steal. Do some research..Rampant nepotism, everyone delinquent on their property taxes, cops are running their own drug crews, missing air show money, missing Marquette park pavilion money, the mayor collecting a full time salary from thr sanitary department. These people can be voted out but they aren't.

[@Paul420MI]

@@sn1000k Gary has been blue for as long as I know

[@americawaters4257]

@@sn1000k No. All the small towns are Republican mixed with MAGA. They move here for lower taxes. When it's retired people that can't afford the taxes in the shit holes is ok, if they hopefully don't vote for the same here. But, we also get a lot of riff raff and crime is increasing.

[@charlescanipe4322]

The Homeless should go there and fix and clean it up to live there

[@ES-mc3cc]

Or clear it and use it for farmland. We'll need the food soon.

[@Teddybear46324]

That will never happen. It makes too much sense.

[@andyvanm1]

Drug addicts dont fix anything up ..they burn it down.

[@bigfoot-id8bv]

Folks aren’t homeless because they think “what’s the smartest thing I could do?”

[@hypocriticalsatire3966]

Maybe homeless people with mental/drug abuse issues after recovering through some kind of program. Besides that some homeless people exist that don't have either issues and just want to be voluntarily feral people.

[@t.h.3146]

Wow... Thank you Mr. Nick Johnson for sharing a deeper look into other states of our country.. I'm from Southern California and this deeply saddens me that I was so unaware of abandoned communities like this.. Dear Father God please forgive us and come through these places in need of your love and grace, Amen..

[@smoothsavage2870]

I worked as a subcontractor for NIPSCO and was assigned to Valparaiso, but sometimes i would end up having to be backfill for Gary. Gary looked TERRIBLE and most of the buildings are abandoned.

[@ricosally6734]

I used to drive truck , and go to Gary alot from Detroit were im from, notice the people acted the same as Detroiters with similar conditions, I thought to myself poverty will make you hard

[@elvislovesme]

My ♥ hurts for that lady & everyone who lives there. Vets 💯 should come first, what a very brave & very wise lady bless her ♥😢

[@emagneticfield]

I lived in Gary Indiana by choice and owned a home on 41st and Grant for 25 years. Gary isn’t totally hopeless. Nick you found Miller Beach. There is also West Glen Park, 35th and Broadway by IUN. Calumet Township is unincorporated Gary, nice homes and friendly people. Grant Street and 35th street is as close to a thriving business district as Gary gets. The Village Shopping Center inside is a ghost town but up and down Grant Street plenty of businesses are doing good. And also up and down Ridge road. Eventually Gary will get better. I still own a lot off of 41st and Grant Street and it’s still nice there. Gary will get better when families realize they can’t afford $150 K plus homes anymore. You can still buy beautiful houses in good parts of Gary between $10K and 60K just know they will be fixer uppers and invest in an alarm system. And if you have children you will be sending them to some place other than public school. Don’t give up on Gary Indiana. ♥️

[@trinityb737]

THANK YOU!!! MY GOODNESS I agree that there are bad areas, however there is a lot of rebuilding as well. SHOW THAT TOO 🗣

[@jeanpaulniyonkuru6781]

Just optmism

[@koelg5858]

If I wanted to buy a fixer upper, what street or area would be safe? Is it safe for contractors to remodeling? What the odds getting robbed during a month’s long rehab? Thank you 🙏

[@keithinaz9769]

​@@koelg585850/50, when people see someone who gas the money to rehab a house, you have a target on your back.

[@Davidbirdman101]

I was homeless for 4 years and it was totally my own fault. I made a lot of bad decisions and paid for it. I finally got my act together and accepted responsibility for myself and through hard work and the help of good people I got off the streets. I learned some hard lessons on the streets and believe me when I say, you do not want to become homeless. When the bottom falls out of this country these big dilapidated cities are going to burn. The streets are a dangerous place full of violent people. They don't show what really goes on out there. Believe it or not some people actually want to live on the streets. When the sh*t hits the fan, get out of town as fast as you can. I thank God I live in the country now and I don't miss the city at all.

[@m42037]

"And the help of good people" So you didn't get off the streets completely on your own

[@melaniexoxo]

I have worked all of my life and I couldn’t imagine anyone getting off the streets by themselves. I don’t make bad decisions it’s just the economy is ridiculous. Homeless ppl don’t have a chance if someone like me struggles.

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

Gary should rent itself to Hollywood as an open-air set for post-apocalyptic movies. Joke aside, this is sad.

[@ericahenderson7093]

Hey Nick this was a great video thank you for showcasing the US and the downfall of some of our best cities.. this was truly heartbreaking😢

[@ranstan814]

THIS IS COMFORTING RELAXING VIDEO

[@living4christ]

I grew up in Roselawn, IN, a small one stoplight town 40 miles south of Gary. Gary was ghetto back then and even worse now.

[@jimkelly4214]

Isn't that where Naked City located? No folks, I am not talking about the T.V. show.😅

[@living4christ]

@@jimkelly4214 2 vile places like that, its a shame for real.

[@adrianimee8665]

How in the world are these cities going to clean these up ??? This is devastating the destruction!

[@alexanderebersberger4650]

Some urban areas have to be turned into farmland again.

[@RecalledtoLife]

Yes. And the Chinese will buy it all up.

[@terranceaddison4599]

That sounds like a plan...turn it into a animal sanctuary or something

[@alexanderebersberger4650]

@@terranceaddison4599 I said farmland, and I mean it. Small farms provide food for people living in a "food desert" with less money. Which animals can be tolerated, is the decision of the local farmers.

[@Rodrickrodney]

@@alexanderebersberger4650u think anyone here wants to farm? Lmao

[@alexanderebersberger4650]

@@Rodrickrodney I don't think anyone wants to stay hungry or being fed just with "convenience food".

[@shoeswho]

People only see your troubles not your struggles, it’s so sad to see this happening

[@guillermomartinez2339]

The Jackson house was the right corner house...not the one with the pictures on windows

[@Drizzle.MotorSportz...]

I found out yesterday that in my building, they are going to start excepting section 8 vouchers on a certain floor in my building. I've lived in this building for over 21 years, and it's peaceful with hard working tenants and retired elders. ( And now they're going to start dealing with people on section 8..? )

[@ennuiblue4295]

Of course, blight will infect everything until there's nothing left

[@MasterMalrubius]

Move while you can.

[@Drizzle.MotorSportz...]

@@MasterMalrubius Did you listen to what that bw said in this video..? As always it's the white man's fault. That young black man said something I respect. It's sad it took him awhile to wake up, but he went to a trade school not college.

[@bornpsychopath2996]

All section 8 people are not bad goofy people need help as you can see out here

[@Billiepippen]

they give section 8 to the wrong black people. many of our women get pregnant by a rando with nothing just to say they are pregnant and alone so they can get emergency priority on section 8. so many do it now that's all that get them. yall need to change rules to exclude them. section 8 should go to those trying to do something with themselves.

[@JohnnyULives-lz1ml]

Great interviews and the drone footage adds a lot to the video. In Dmitry Orlov's book " The Five Stages of Collapse" Gary, IN would be in Stage 5 - Societal Collapse.

[@princehayes5383]

I was born and raised in Gary Indiana I haven't been back over 50 years I live in Colorado springs and that is a lot better than Gary. I grew up in Tarrytown nightmare. When I graduated from high school I left and never look back

[@ninjaunicorn78]

Tarrytown, NY?

[@barbaravyse660]

@@ninjaunicorn78that’s my question too

[@dayday43]

@@ninjaunicorn78 It's a section of/or the name of the neighborhood of Gary on the (Westside)!

[@calvin4319]

Great video as always, keep the up the hustle,good luck and safe travels.

[@brucekrause2801]

Powerful video, your best series yet. Excellent, thanks

[@LuisJimenez-el3rd]

Thank you Nick ,for your talent n courage to do this video,keep up good work

[@JayBerkshire-z8s]

Big fan Nick. Thanks man

[@cellostrings2522]

You are right, Michelle. Veterans deserve so much more. I wish I could give you 10,000. Thank you for your service ❤You are so right!!!

[@victoriafisher6934]

Biden just passed law to help vets e ven more

[@condeerogers5858]

After we went off the gold standard and stopped manufacturing our own products, well, we went down hill.

[@Surannhealz]

Saw a recent police chase in Gary Indiana and the police was having a hard time keeping the car on the road because every road they went down was an absolute disaster with pot holes and broken asphalt everywhere.

[@AlisaPowerDashaNebraskaBrigade]

That's just crazy

[@flyone8350]

make Ohio free from the river to lake Erie

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

​@@flyone8350 I see what you did there!!

[@erica-iv3te]

As an Aussie that is the Saddest thing I have seen in a long time when the same country has a homeless problem. What the heck is happening?

[@chiefswife1212]

THE RESIDENTS DESTROYED IT WITH CRIME AND DRUGS!!!

[@IBKNW]

I appreciate you ding this. I am in Calif and I see this State headed to this massive destruction. Big major companies are leaving like you would not believe. Our Downtown LA is disastrous. Our Malls are being destroyed. It is so sad. i am 66 and was born and raised in Calif, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.. I am watching and see a no return. It is sad. In San Francisco, people living on the streets live in cars like Merceds, BMW, ect. The homeless in LOS ANGELES is in every little city. It used to be only DOWNTOWN LA.. NOW it is everywhere.. Beverly hills stores are closing so fast make your head soin SAX 5th. and more.

[@jameswellborn7242]

MAPPY IS SPOT ON.

[@blessingsofparadise4439]

Now I'm inspired to watch a🎄 "Christmas 🎅Story," thank🤙 you.

[@sswarts1509]

When Nick said “worst places in Illinois, Indiana , and Michigan coming up”, guessed it would be Rockford and Gary. Betting on Benton Harbor for the trifecta based on the route, but lots of other contenders in MI.

[@jackjines3461]

It's funny how all we hear about is Detroit but looking at some lists with the highest crime, Benton Harbor is number one.

[@NewHaven203]

I would say Detroit or Flint, he sometimes posts these videos out of order

[@mdstmouse7]

benton harbor aint that bad

[@garyfreigo-ek5yp]

I'm thinking flint