Gary, Indiana: America's Worst All Time Ghetto

You haven't seen the worst of America until you've seen Gary, Indiana.
In this video, I explore Gary, which many say is the worst rust belt town in the United States. I show you abandoned factories, homes that have been destroyed, and talk to several interesting people.
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[@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.

[@APizzoli]

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.

[@evangelinewandering9547]

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

[@leelarson107]

That's a good point.

[@ronalddaub9740]

The elite depopulation people will be glad to hear that if it's true

[@tonyl1483]

Maybe Gary doesn’t support squatters 51:45

[@jamelswan8193]

That’s the first thing I thought of

[@matthewlucent7645]

The super mutants ran them off.

[@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

[@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

[@steve2736]

Precisely.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@tomemody6685]

You are correct. What to do now?

[@turnne]

@@tomemody6685 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 :)

[@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.

[@andrewgeorgelang]

Big shout out to Michelle. Well spoken lady.

[@waltertucker4297]

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

[@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?😮

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@franbeller5897]

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

[@user-fd7ju5sb6b]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@rayfc63]

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

[@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.

[@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 $

[@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.

[@adrianimee8665]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@LuisJimenez-el3rd]

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

[@bjbaccus5]

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

[@j.d.thompson3505]

Even the trees look abandoned and sad.

[@Supraordinare]

In the summer, naturally it does not

[@allermenchenaufder]

Let’s pray they remain untouched. Americans are resilient , we will one day bring it back to glory.

[@janetclark5668]

I noticed that too. They all loolked so lifeless. Even the evergreens looked hopeless.

[@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.

[@chriswhite2151]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Oceanbird971]

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

[@drewjasmine3864]

Thank you for your service and god bless

[@dinopulizzi8481]

A informative video , Thank You !

[@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

[@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.

[@user-pu8uu1rs3o]

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.

[@IBK66]

I Wonder what the house looks like the the JACKSON 6 lived in. 2300 Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana... Oops.. You did go buy..thank you.. I was a grade school friend o Michal when they moved to Encino, CALIF,

[@IBK66]

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.

[@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.

[@terrynichols7199]

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

[@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..

[@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! 😳 😅

[@user-bs3kx2ui6m]

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

[@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.

[@lottierivers3913]

And to think that this is the home of Michael Jackson, the Jackson’s I was born and raised in GARY, Indiana, and they have given nothing back to their community.. as much as I still love them.. still sang their music. I teach my kids never forget where you come from and always give back to the ones who believed in you FIRST. ! No matter what!! 🙂‍↕️😔☹️

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

That's entertainers and celebrities for you.

[@WW-io2fh]

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

[@elizabethsanaghan2845]

I love that woman.She is so right.God bless her and I hope she gets help for whatever she needs

[@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.

[@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-ml7fv]

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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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!

[@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.

[@hughjhardon8080]

Lol. I remember that song.

[@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.

[@tawiamcarthur9617]

Love your content been watching for awhile. Actually the Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland Ohio we have the museum here!!

[@spins9296]

Born and raised in the Netherlands. I feel pretty lucky when I see videos like this but I also feel bad for the people living in places like this...

[@goldenwarrior5664]

There is some beautiful historical homes wasted .

[@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.

[@tia2all501]

This is so heartbreaking 💔

[@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

[@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

[@misslady5029]

A native once told me that Gary has the highest property taxes in the state of Indiana. So where are these monies going with no schools and public services? 🤔

[@RJEngle1]

To pay the city workers salaries, probably.

[@RobTSLA]

The end of the day, if jobs move, you move, you go where there is work

[@adamk4733]

Yea these people are either too dumb or lazy to realize this

[@skip031890]

The jobs moved because the demographic change caused crime to go up. If crime goes up, jobs move.

[@RobTSLA]

Nope nothing to do with crime. Jobs moved to China, people lose Jobs, crime goes up when people lose hope

[@skip031890]

@@RobTSLA Sure, Jan.

[@Paul420MI]

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

[@user-bs3kx2ui6m]

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.

[@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

[@indianastan]

Visited my childhood Gary neighborhood recently and was surprised at how GREEN it was. No more houses of any kind. Just empty lots and green trees and weeds. Not even garbage.

[@TheFLguy75]

She's absolutely right, about the richest country in the world. But she misses the fact that opportunity has to be sought and earned through good choices and overall effort..

[@condeerogers5858]

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

[@brucekrause2801]

Powerful video, your best series yet. Excellent, thanks

[@punkgrl7991]

Nick, I want to thank you for shedding light on what's really happening to our country. I have been a homeless outreach coordinator and mental health therapist for more than 20 years. I worked most of that time in the inner-city. The rich don't understand or want to understand the poor. And our government is failing those who need help the most. Keep doing the great work you have been doing.

[@lumensauce3199]

I spent my early childhood in Gary. I realize that it was on the downward trend through the '70s...but it was still "nice" from 1973-77 that I remember. Still vibrant, stores still open. I went to the Aetna Elementary School. Our family used to eat at the great Ming Ling in nearby downtown Miller which might still be one of the nicer pockets of Gary. My parents, aunts and uncles used to hangout on Broadway when it was the cool spot to imbibe and eat. God Bless You, Gary, Indiana. Place of Once Upon a Time...

[@lebowskiduderino89]

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

[@fumblebunny1993]

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

[@shannondutt4887]

So sad 🙏 hope God bless you all heartbreaking 💔 😢

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-fd7ju5sb6b]

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.

[@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".

[@madnesdoes]

It's so sad to see all these destroyed houses and neighborhoods.

[@ronaldzent6321]

Thank you, Nick for showing the REAL America, very sad and Brutal , where the hell are the politicians that represent this and other areas like Gary, INDIANA. Even the mainstream media wont show this, how absolutely shameful , a basically wealthy country cant even try to help their own folks, sheeeesh!. Shows that our 2 party political sysrem has pretty much failed us

[@Shadaisies]

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

[@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😢

[@briserenity]

My mom/family is from there. We recently went back for a funeral and everyone got quiet during the car ride because it looks worse in person. It’s sad because my grandmother always talks about how it had so much life. 😢

[@snort455]

My Dad started his career as a carpenter before WWII in Gary. Up until now I always wanted to visit Gary.

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

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

[@10forthebigguy753]

Lots of high tax Democrats cities are heading this way as the tax base moves away

[@richardm3023]

And...they will continue to spread the tax and collapse voting habits that they inherited from their parents and were reinforced in their Socialist public schools.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

When things stink it's because the wealthy and powerful want it that way. Wise up pal!😊

[@jimburke7211]

This is what Trickle Down Economics has done. Indiana is a red state!!!

[@richardm3023]

@@jimburke7211 More like free trade and NAFTA. The Federal government sold the American factory worker out giving free trade deals to Mexico, the People's Republic of China, Japan, etc.. They packed up all the factories and the coal fired power plants and sent them first to Mexico, then to China.

[@serenityhomemaking]

​​@jimburke7211 the mayor of Gary has been a D for the past 77 years tho

[@deewheel3990]

I'm in Gary Indiana and it does not look like that all over Gary , lies y do people come to Gary and film the worst places and say the whole cooks that way (SMH) shaking my head

[@HotDamnSam]

Did the same thing to South Bend. Sensing a pattern 🙃

[@bradmorgan5722]

Nick - you should check-out Cairo,IL next

[@Julie-bj9jn]

At 50 minutes, a person you interviewed stated "Why don't all of us just stop working?". I'd very much like to hear her work history.

[@NickJohnson]

She's a veteran

[@robolgatree5815]

@@NickJohnson - She's getting benefits. She said she made to much for medicare - She has the VA medical system at her service. She isnt hurting as bad as she lets on. There are thousands and thousands worse off than her in Gary..

[@paulhotchkiss8055]

@@robolgatree5815and that makes what she said irrelevant? Why?

[@m42037]

​@@robolgatree5815Worse off, then they'd be eligible for "Medicaid" a universal healthcare for the poor that pays 100%, no co-pays. Plus food stamps and plenty of private public sectors to help with utilities. Rent now that's different that's the hard part

[@hippiebits2071]

@@m42037You have to have minor children in the household or a disability to qualify for any of that in any state that I know of.

[@calvin4319]

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

[@niccoarcadia4179]

For awhile in the early 2000's there was active bidding for the contract to take down abandoned homes. The four companies who bid wound up fighting each other in court for bid rigging. Ultimately nothing got done. A few of the more dangerous homes and a few old buildings were taken down to make it look like something was done. Now it's a forgotten project. They (local Gov) tried to exchange land to the contractors for taking down the houses but nobody applied. Sometimes the neighbors burn down the houses.

[@QoraxAudio]

43:25 I'm really surprised that the beach isn't dumped up to the brim... it actually looked clean!

[@catholiccrusader5328]

You are one brave dude. I admire your courage.

[@NickJohnson]

Just wait till the last one of the trip

[@TorpedoEight]

Christmas Story was set in Hammond, which was right next door to Gary.

[@FlintIronstag23]

The film is set in Hohman, a fictionalized version of Hammond, although the exterior shots were filmed in Cleveland and Ontario Canada.

[@Torpedo8]

@@FlintIronstag23 I think Gene Shepard renamed it Homman, which is the main avenue in Hammond.

[@KC-ro7zp]

I grew up In Hessville, Indiana

[@girltwin64]

Sad to even think people live there. Breaks my heart!

[@nicolewoods6561]

I've lived in Gary. It's bad but Ford Heights is worse. There are still areas with mansions up near the Dunes. The state that Gary is in is due to the steel mill shutting down and leaving people desperate after buying brand new homes. A lot of those homes in Aetna were brand new when they were bought and abandoned.

[@guillermomartinez2339]

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