I’m always amazed by abandoned homes/blocks. At some point those homes were places where someone lived, made memories, spent holidays, and went when they knew they had no where else to go. Can’t help but think of who/why/when they were left that way.
They don’t stay that way for long in Gary. Someone usually comes along and Molotov cocktails them because the city won’t condemn them. They they really become eye sores because no one will tear them down.
@@xibit2081 Also, the crash of the steel mills and associated businesses brought this about too... Nobody wants to stay where there are no jobs or any hope for a well paying one...
Not true@ that's what happened when all the white people leave. Go check out the rural videos and you will see the same thing.people are seeking green pasture so they will go where the jobs at.
When properly armed not an issue. night vision + Thermal sensor fused monocular 15k, assault rifle 50k, body armor 3k, hand gun 1k. armored car with puncture proof tires 200k
@Austin T. You're a damn lie, I live here not too far from where this video started recording FYI they have filmed a few movies here and no one stole any equipment we were excited and happy they filmed here, we have plenty of decent folks here and they work hard so you can stay in your lane you don't live here and what's going on in Gary has nothing to do with you and it damn sure don't effect you. Have a nice day .
There will be a point in time when people will see all those empty plots as an opportunity to have larger grounds around their houses. Creative redevelopement/renaturation of the lakeside is key, imo.
It's really sad to see the heart and soul torn out of communities like Gary, East St Louis and parts of Detroit for example. When manufacturing dies, so do the communities.
Breaks my heart having grown up in East Gary to see how Gary looks. I remember as a kid going to Gary with my mom shopping at all the department stores. Gary was a beautiful city when the US Steel was going. Time moves on they say, still doesn't make it easier to accept 😔
US Steel Gary Works didn't close. The Steel Mill in Gary is still open, operating and producing more steel then ever before. The issue is due to the automation of the steel making process, US Steel doesn't require as many workers to make steel. US Steel Gary Works used to employ 30 thousand people, but now there's only about 9 thousand workers at the Mill in Gary.
US is not the only country suffering by this. It is one of the main global issues. Stuff is manufactured in the China, Taiwan etc. and other countries just assemble some of the parts or machine them. For this semi-production you don't need big companies with many ppl like it used to be 30 years ago. It is still possible to change that in smaller countries like in the Czech Republic where I live but I do not see any easy way how to get the US economy independent on the China again... I can't even imagine how to start in the current situation.
Its hard to see how this would be possible as a lot of know how is gone plus automation is taking over all means of production . As I see it, Gary has only the option to turn everything into a huge museum/entertaining park/national park and earn money on tourism.
It’s actually alright. Had to bug bomb my house like it was WW2 but waking up every morning to the sounds of birds and wildlife and seeing nature outside was oddly blissful, was so quiet. everyone minds they business. But in winter it’s depressing yeah, everything is gone. no sounds, no people and no hope.
My thoughts exactly! I wanted to buy up entire blocks, fix up all the houses, all on solar and wind with a food forest for all residents. Communities that don't rely on corporate america's bottom feeder jobs! I wonder if Gary could just decriminalize cannabis and grow it for a cash crop?
Its a great oppertunity. There are many home steaders and farms outside of Gary, but most dont want ti come close to Gary. People in that town would even steal your food.
Thanks for posting. I’m from Gary. I was born in the Dorie Miller Projects. We later moved to a house on Poke St. owned by my grand daddy on my father’s side, but we had to move because the wiring in the house was messed up. I went to Fredrick Douglas Elementary School. My older siblings went to Roosevelt. We later moved to Delaney Projects. I remember Delaney the most. Gary was the murder capital of the 1990s. Til this day I still remember stray bullets flying though our windows, crackheads breaking into our home, Lying on the floor from Shoot outs. Being shot at,people selling drugs. I was only 6 years old when we finally moved to Minnesota . Glad I made it out. But I’ll never forget were I came from.🙏🏾
victoria I went to tollisten an stay on Jefferson down the street from Roosevelt high in the 90s I might come back an help rebuild it my grandfather ran Gary before I was born he ran numbers so one of my goals is to come back an fix this place
Tony Jackson I’ve thought about fixing it up too. I still have family on my mom and dad side that lives there. My oldest brother works at the casino. It’s so much work to be done. Are you related to the famous Jackson’s?
Red Lawton nah but Chicago hoods are just hell like damn near worse than Iraq till this day 500-808 murders and 2000-4000+ people shot from little bitty hoods Chicago as a city ain’t dangerous like bmore and shit but the hoods are the worst in the US that’s where the name chiraq come in
You're the best channel doing this kinda thing. You deserve more subscribers than you have. No talk, no bs, no stats or anything. What we see tells the story no words can.
Charlie what do you do with THOSE comments? you know like... the ones who come to your page just to voice their messed up views? you block em? just wondering. I am starting to see why too much of a particular thing and not sure what I should do. How have you handled them?
I'm always amazed by how close to each other many of the houses are. The USA is vast and yet houses are built so close you can shake hands with your neighbour just by opening your windows.
That and the fact that theyre all built from thin wood.....living a discreet and healthy sexual life seems out of the question, for one, as is a party or private phonecall....its like one big commune, kinda creepy.
Houses add way more close in Europe but not all of the US is like this in states like California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and other western states the houses are more unique and most of them will always have a garage you should look at LA hoods, Stockton, and more
Alot of cities are like this...but in Gary there was a time when people moved here from all over the world...it was hard to find homes to live...all the empty lots you see used to be houses there...
I first went to Chicago and Hammond and Gary 43 years ago and the last time I was there was 15 years ago when I retired from driving. The first time I was there it was thriving with families hanging out in their yard. The last time it had become fairly rough but nothing as bad with total abandonment as this. Sad
I'm not Laura Kightlinger seems like the 70s and 80s was when the United States visibly stopped giving a shit about its own major cities. How does a place like Detroit go from the richest city in America in the 50s/early 60s to a piss broke war zone by the 70s and 80s? And let’s not forget the FBI dropping crates of automatic weapons in black communities like South Central LA, Chicago, etc which has been proven...they were also responsible for the crack epidemic.
Thank you for taking the time to share this video. WHY, WHY, WHY??? I don't understand why the Mayor/City aren't tearing down these abandon buildings. Not at all safe! So sad and it has to be depressing for the few people who do live there. Give the people some hope, tear the buildings down.
Julio Serrano 😂 it’s actually not that bad. I lived in Gary like this for 7 years and always was working the next towns over so I would always say it’s where I lived but it’s not like I’d hang around outside
xGLOxSAVAGE _ It definitely ain’t. Not saying it ain’t bad because it is but I had a job where I had to go door to door in different Gary hoods day and night and tell them to get out and vote. I’m from Chicago so I guess that’s why I didn’t feel the same type of energy or vibe.
I dont think itll be that dangerous tbh, its just desserted and run down but aint nobody in most those areaa to make it dangerous. There is ZERO activity out
The corporate culture is such that a very few become rich by millions and others who slog suffer. Have a look at how Ken Miles was robbed of Le Mans victory just due to dirty corporate politics.
yes but local gov's have to find a way to attract NEW businesses and technology. Unfortunately many gov officials have no clue how to do that or simply don't want to because they are stuck in their ways.
I couldn't disagree more. The people who make comments such as yours perpetuate this notion that the government is responsible for EVERY foul thing that happens to us (and, yes I'm black) as a community. A lot of people of color sit at home and twiddle their thumbs all day until the rest of the world get off of their 8-12 hour shifts . And; furthermore, I do not live like this. The majority of the people I do know that live similarly to this, chose not to get an education or even go to work. Yet, they take every dime they have and spend it on dressing well (in clothing they can't afford, might I add) and driving cars like superstars and living like "super bums". My folks didn't have a whole lot, but they taught me to go to work, spend wisely, pay my bills, and take pride in my home! And, by the way... They led by example!
Sao Salazar mega hat morons keep voting people like reagen Busch and trump give corporations more power to do what they want send jobs to countries where they can pay low wages and the working class gets screwed.
Luis Camacho he was born there! House still remains! Can't be bought! I believe it belongs to the Jackson family today! It's become a tourist attraction! Very small house!
you bet ya ass , its a great place ! 5 bux you get 450 pound fat fanny to bend over and pump that skin tagged bloody sores rump roast behind one of them buildins
Hey man, thanks for what you do. I know of no one else showing how “the other half live”. Your videos are truly eye-opening. Keep up the good work. What you’re doing is important.
Привет, нет наводнений или стихийных бедствий. Много нищеты и многие, кто имеет детей в молодом возрасте, что они не могут позволить себе и зависят от благосостояния, чтобы заботиться о них. Мы налогоплательщики поддерживаем их. Есть так много способов выхода из нищеты, и если вы бедных оставить военные всегда вариант для тех, кто имеет диплом средней школы и может сдать экзамен. Слишком много валяться в жалости к себе обвинять всех, кроме себя. Очень грустно.
Jesus Christ man, we're losin' middle America. Too many rich people, way too many poor people. And the middle class is fightin' a losin' battle just to maintain. How can we fix it? God help us.
Me encanta su canal. Puedo decir que he conocido un poquito de ese Estados Unidos profundo del que casi no se habla en medios convencionales. Muchas gracias 🙂
@@trebuh Your idea has been tried many times, and it hasn't turned out that well. I know getting a job is a pain in the ass, but I can assure you it's better for your health in the long run.
You say “opted”. Moving is not really an option for people who are already dirt poor, especially if they have to support children or sick/elderly people
You sound like you’ve never had to worry about money. Not everyone can just move when they want. People live paycheck to paycheck with no savings. I know, I’ve been in these situations and still am sort of in that state right now.
I live here! I actually moved back here -- and I was glad to get back. Home is home. I just saved this video for when I get homesick when I move again in a few years ;)
This video makes me want to cry!! I am deeply disappointed in our government, for not helping!! 😭.. mean while they help other countries!! Thank you for making this video!!
@@aholegardener6191 yeah, people pay taxes....government does not pay taxes. And street repairs are made through local governments. And streets are public property Why should I pay for somebody else's private property???
DARIN D’ANGELO this is what happens when communities thrive off of manufacturing for years, then all of a sudden, companies move to the south, Mexico or over seas. Your options then are to move with the company if that option is available, take the severance and find a new job or stay and figure it out. This is what happened to Detroit, East St. Louis, Cleveland and many other north east cities...
I was raised in Chicago. But I remember Gary back in the 80s, and 90s. 💛💛😍I walked these streets as a walking vendor. Selling inflatable toys for years. Nobody ever bothered me. There were a lot a good people here. Very supportive!👏🏾🤝🏽💯💛 It wasn't in it's full glory days. But the streets were full of life & kids playing. That looks like Delaney Housing Projects. One of my favorite areas. Such a shame, what it's come to.🤦🏾♀️😔😢A ghost town for sure.😱
when i was a little kid i remember Gary Indiana was just beginning to decline . but the houses still were so pretty and at Christmas time wow really something to see . i was born here , raised in Hammond mostly , but ive seen the town of Gary decay , when the jobs left the people tried to hold on but couldn't do it . now it is this depressing place , imagine having to live here! who gives a damn about the Jacksons they never done nothing for this town
Love your content Charlie! I grew up in North Bay Area California during the Crack epidemic. Same people. Made me stronger and gave me hope to get out. I still am a hustler from the streets at heart. But no matter how dark it was there was always a fleck of humanity when shit went down. I only hope that our government will invest more into these communities and bring more ecucation opportunities and bring back civic responsibility.
My grandfather grew up here in the 50s. He always described it as being a really lively city. So sad to see it like this now. It's hard to believe that this is the same Gary as the one in his stories.
Most of America looks like this. Thank the two party system. The corporate bought government. The military industrial complex. The police state. And last but not least...the drug war.
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I bet if he had a really high HD camera and you were looking at the windows on a large monitor or TV, You would see a lot of people looking. Just my guess. I feel like the energy and tone shifts between night and day on a heavy level.
Insane lane Gaming How so? I’m from Vegas - there’s nothing like that here as far as abandoned stuff but I feel you on daytime feeling different. Tourists are always disappointed if the first time they see the Las Vegas Strip is during the day, it’s just gross during the day lmao
Born and raised my parents loved Gary I’m the 60 and 70 really was nice especially downtown nice jobs and homes. Still some wonderful people there it will always be home though 🙏
I used to catch the Greyhound bus from Michigan to Gary to visit cousins during the summer. They lived on Hayes Street. Those were fun times. Many people on the street us kids playing out front, listening to Jackson Five music (they were long gone.) Fond memories.
Original Gangstas was the best movie filmed here imo. Friday the 13th actually was filmed in the abandoned Methodist church here in Gary lol. Look it up if ya dont believe me
When I was in Chicago I went there to see Michael Jackson house and I had to ride through that hood. I have to admit the the hood impressed me more the the house itself.
As a kid my dad would take me to Michigan, we lived in Chicago and he would take the indiana toll way and we would go by Gary, it was in decay back in the late 60s , I can still remember looking at the dilapidated houses and feeling so sad.
I’m always amazed by abandoned homes/blocks. At some point those homes were places where someone lived, made memories, spent holidays, and went when they knew they had no where else to go. Can’t help but think of who/why/when they were left that way.
Look up E Michael Jones "the slaughter of cities" and "barren metal".
They don’t stay that way for long in Gary. Someone usually comes along and Molotov cocktails them because the city won’t condemn them. They they really become eye sores because no one will tear them down.
One word Crime, that's why everyone left. White flight.
@@xibit2081 ethnic cleansing
@@xibit2081
Also, the crash of the steel mills and associated businesses brought this about too...
Nobody wants to stay where there are no jobs or any hope for a well paying one...
*gps said: "mf turn around" lol*
Jeff Trinkle “You are going the wrong way. Turn around and get the fuck out of Gary”
Jeff Trinkle Ahahahahaha
🤣🤣🤣
Underrated as hell
@Ramon Luis Santos Lopez heres a solution ...gas can and a match
It's hard to think that this is the same place where Micheal Jackson grew up.
O shit
Didn't know that
It is what it is
Exactly, so disappointing... one would expect a lot of people dancing to the tune of Thriller in the streets.
Not true@ that's what happened when all the white people leave. Go check out the rural videos and you will see the same thing.people are seeking green pasture so they will go where the jobs at.
All that driving and he didn't go by his house🤭
Can u imagine walking around here at night damn a scary movie in real life
When properly armed not an issue. night vision + Thermal sensor fused monocular 15k, assault rifle 50k, body armor 3k, hand gun 1k. armored car with puncture proof tires 200k
its not that bad 😭 there are some street lights not a lot tho
@@amouurrmein9498 it looks boring asl out there do there b parties an stuff?
@@Bluestripss do there b parties?
Might be a good zombie apocalypse
movie spot...
Damn. Even the trees there look depressed.
lolol 2 funny
NPC #1248402984 Full of bullet holes & have been fertilized with used condoms
😂😂
Lol
Yea im from there its just depressing
I feel like the walking dead should be filmed here
TriceriCops 😂😂😂 totally agree
Too real for Hollywood though
Tru
@Austin T. You're a damn lie, I live here not too far from where this video started recording FYI they have filmed a few movies here and no one stole any equipment we were excited and happy they filmed here, we have plenty of decent folks here and they work hard so you can stay in your lane you don't live here and what's going on in Gary has nothing to do with you and it damn sure don't effect you. Have a nice day .
@Austin T. wouldn't touch em. You dont get a pass round here tho
I showed this to my friend Gary and he wants to change his name.
😂😂😂💀💀
Randall M. 😂
🤣👏, пусть только не меняет его на Карабаш там совсем ад😱
I hope he did not change his name to Flint
Sorry but I'm lol
The Positive of this is some people still take pride on keeping up their houses
because they probably dont pay taxes anymore
there are some decent parts of Gary ,not shown here, where people really take good care of their yards and homes
@@marioncobaretti2280 actually gary home owners pay the highest taxes in the state in their houses
Yeah, for example my granny.
There will be a point in time when people will see all those empty plots as an opportunity to have larger grounds around their houses.
Creative redevelopement/renaturation of the lakeside is key, imo.
1:03 lmao I never heard Siri say that before. You really went to the wrong neighborhood Charlie lmao
Hahahahahaha
I think that Siri thought it was a one way street.
Endeavor Once he turns around you can briefly see the”One way” sign right beneath the Stop sign.
@@terrenceb10 but why there is the stop sign then ?
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
looks like a call of duty map
Over Kill “50,000 people used to live here.... now it’s a ghost town”
@@titsmcghee1086 bruh...😂
@@titsmcghee1086 Gary population is 100k , not 50k it's still a large town with many residents
Renegade LC the joke went way over your head, I’m guessing you never played call of duty
😭😭😭😭
It's really sad to see the heart and soul torn out of communities like Gary, East St Louis and parts of Detroit for example. When manufacturing dies, so do the communities.
tim conway And then it REALLY dies.
tim conway racist piece of shit
tim conway er... they were there already working the manufacturing jobs
@@hugolafhugolaf bang bang
& what the FUCK is that Suppose to Mean???
Look at my hood. My neighborhood is so poor that our football field only has 49 yards.
Gary Pennyman damn I wouldn’t have shared that wit nobody 🤣
@@ramppmontanaaa 😭😭😭
@chief tp... A yo... 😂 😂 😂
Bruh you needs get out outta there asap🤦🏽♂️
I hope you call yourselves the 49ers
There’s really no need to stop at the stop signs bro. Ain’t nobody around
😄😄
Heard more than one person tell me the police told them to not bother stopping at a lot of those
@Larry David it''s called getting your ass robbed if you stop 9/10 times
Lol
Runnin' stop signs the least of the cops problems.
I remember an old billboard there, “Last one out of Gary, please turn out the lights.”
ernest connell das crazy tbh
damn 🤣🤣🤣
Seattle had the same billboard in the seventies
Ernest connell those lights never came back on.
Great place for social distancing from the COVID 19.
Foul
Breaks my heart having grown up in East Gary to see how Gary looks. I remember as a kid going to Gary with my mom shopping at all the department stores. Gary was a beautiful city when the US Steel was going. Time moves on they say, still doesn't make it easier to accept 😔
once US Steel went down hill..the town died
US Steel Gary Works didn't close. The Steel Mill in Gary is still open, operating and producing more steel then ever before. The issue is due to the automation of the steel making process, US Steel doesn't require as many workers to make steel. US Steel Gary Works used to employ 30 thousand people, but now there's only about 9 thousand workers at the Mill in Gary.
Show me the worst hood in America and I will show you a Family Dollar right in the middle.
we need to bring manufacturing back to the US. Sad to see this
US is not the only country suffering by this. It is one of the main global issues. Stuff is manufactured in the China, Taiwan etc. and other countries just assemble some of the parts or machine them. For this semi-production you don't need big companies with many ppl like it used to be 30 years ago. It is still possible to change that in smaller countries like in the Czech Republic where I live but I do not see any easy way how to get the US economy independent on the China again... I can't even imagine how to start in the current situation.
Automation is coming so it of no use. Do a search for 'Zeitgeist markets' for a 7 minute video that explain how shit's fucked up.
Not how capitalism works buddy
Its hard to see how this would be possible as a lot of know how is gone plus automation is taking over all means of production . As I see it, Gary has only the option to turn everything into a huge museum/entertaining park/national park and earn money on tourism.
@@beldiman5870 they already have big plans here for Gary so yeah I see what you're saying.
That shit must be depressing to actually live there.
It’s actually alright. Had to bug bomb my house like it was WW2 but waking up every morning to the sounds of birds and wildlife and seeing nature outside was oddly blissful, was so quiet. everyone minds they business. But in winter it’s depressing yeah, everything is gone. no sounds, no people and no hope.
@@Britt4ny We'll carry on brother. Life is what you make it. GI❤️
No people nice
lots of urban farming opportunities. Bee hiving/honey production. Orchards.
My thoughts exactly! I wanted to buy up entire blocks, fix up all the houses, all on solar and wind with a food forest for all residents. Communities that don't rely on corporate america's bottom feeder jobs! I wonder if Gary could just decriminalize cannabis and grow it for a cash crop?
@@HergerTheJoyous Great ideas man. Out of the ashes rises the Gaia Phoenix!
Its a great oppertunity. There are many home steaders and farms outside of Gary, but most dont want ti come close to Gary. People in that town would even steal your food.
There are some.
@@sm3675 People in Gary aren't that poor nobody steals food there. lol
Thanks for posting. I’m from Gary. I was born in the Dorie Miller Projects. We later moved to a house on Poke St. owned by my grand daddy on my father’s side, but we had to move because the wiring in the house was messed up. I went to Fredrick Douglas Elementary School. My older siblings went to Roosevelt. We later moved to Delaney Projects. I remember Delaney the most. Gary was the murder capital of the 1990s. Til this day I still remember stray bullets flying though our windows, crackheads breaking into our home, Lying on the floor from Shoot outs. Being shot at,people selling drugs. I was only 6 years old when we finally moved to Minnesota . Glad I made it out. But I’ll never forget were I came from.🙏🏾
victoria I went to tollisten an stay on Jefferson down the street from Roosevelt high in the 90s I might come back an help rebuild it my grandfather ran Gary before I was born he ran numbers so one of my goals is to come back an fix this place
Tony Jackson I’ve thought about fixing it up too. I still have family on my mom and dad side that lives there. My oldest brother works at the casino. It’s so much work to be done. Are you related to the famous Jackson’s?
victoria no not related at all my grandmother was there baby sitter before they lived on the road but the build up is possible just gonna take a plan
Places like this make you appreciate what you have.
1.42 THAT BUILDING A BODY WAS FOUND A FEW YRS BACK
SOME SAY ITS HAUNTED TOO
But some have nothing. Sad.
I live in a van so not really
@@ekop1778 omg a body 🤦♂️
Chad Nickerson go to Africa
I can see where it could be both easy and hard to be a census taker in this town.
I grew up in Baltimore but Gary scares the living shit out of me and Baltimore doesn’t.
G Blakley man wth I’m from Chicago and when I went to bmore that shit was wicked
Exactly that's a totally different warzone
Red Lawton nah but Chicago hoods are just hell like damn near worse than Iraq till this day 500-808 murders and 2000-4000+ people shot from little bitty hoods Chicago as a city ain’t dangerous like bmore and shit but the hoods are the worst in the US that’s where the name chiraq come in
Lot of bandos huh ..just like bmore ..miss home though ..Go Ravens!
@@JayoArea51 exactly
1:03 “YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN THE STREET” lmao that voice was so unexpected
sadavocado reminds me of a Tommy Chug Lincoln Town car commercial that never made air.
Detroit: exist
Gary: hold my 40
Rayryan Detroit is the most dangerous city in America RN...
Yall got my city fuck up😂
Nick DC is dangerous... the president lives here.
@@rayryan90 🤭🤭🤭
Nick it’s actually east St. Louis il
You're the best channel doing this kinda thing. You deserve more subscribers than you have. No talk, no bs, no stats or anything. What we see tells the story no words can.
Charlie what do you do with THOSE comments? you know like... the ones who come to your page just to voice their messed up views? you block em? just wondering. I am starting to see why too much of a particular thing and not sure what I should do. How have you handled them?
Such a shame! These homes were once filled with working, thriving families.
The area is starting to revert back to forest in some areas. People will be deer hunting there soon!
Gary, Indiana was built as a urban trap for poor people. Lure them in with jobs and shut them down and leave them impoverished.
Govt, just kick the people out to a reservation and give the land to people who can do something with it. Like a 21st century homestead act.
@@SeventhCereal Sounds about White. 🖕
There is nobody on the streets
Too dangerous to hangout outside
@@GaryIndiana219 No sweetie we hang out side, I'm not afraid to be out and about in the city I live in.
@boogy313rd Escaped to where? I still live here.
@We came here to die! No everyone is not dead, people work.
Luis that's because we have jobs.
I'm always amazed by how close to each other many of the houses are. The USA is vast and yet houses are built so close you can shake hands with your neighbour just by opening your windows.
That and the fact that theyre all built from thin wood.....living a discreet and healthy sexual life seems out of the question, for one, as is a party or private phonecall....its like one big commune, kinda creepy.
I mean houses are way closer in europe
Houses add way more close in Europe but not all of the US is like this in states like California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and other western states the houses are more unique and most of them will always have a garage you should look at LA hoods, Stockton, and more
I thought quite a few were brick 🤔
Alot of cities are like this...but in Gary there was a time when people moved here from all over the world...it was hard to find homes to live...all the empty lots you see used to be houses there...
I first went to Chicago and Hammond and Gary 43 years ago and the last time I was there was 15 years ago when I retired from driving. The first time I was there it was thriving with families hanging out in their yard. The last time it had become fairly rough but nothing as bad with total abandonment as this.
Sad
Looks like Detroit, my house is the only one standing on the block . And it's ready to fall down .
WoW
Not a hood it's a ghost town
It's most definitely hoods here!
Fa-Layshia Patterson was Michael Jackson from the hood or just a lower middle class neighborhood or somethin?
@@fadonbella9702 you sound like you are proud of it
I'm not Laura Kightlinger seems like the 70s and 80s was when the United States visibly stopped giving a shit about its own major cities. How does a place like Detroit go from the richest city in America in the 50s/early 60s to a piss broke war zone by the 70s and 80s? And let’s not forget the FBI dropping crates of automatic weapons in black communities like South Central LA, Chicago, etc which has been proven...they were also responsible for the crack epidemic.
He was from a totally different part of gary than this this was filmed in the northeast side he was from farther west
I would never stop at the signs. Dudes got balls
lock ya doors and keep your gun on ya lap
he can't stop, might get robbed
@@AlonsoRules that’s what I said mate
Ok
Thank you for taking the time to share this video. WHY, WHY, WHY??? I don't understand why the Mayor/City aren't tearing down these abandon buildings. Not at all safe! So sad and it has to be depressing for the few people who do live there. Give the people some hope, tear the buildings down.
$$$$$$$$$$$ AND LOTS OF IT
Lord forgive me for all of my complaints, this town looks so depressing bro
Julio Serrano 😂 it’s actually not that bad. I lived in Gary like this for 7 years and always was working the next towns over so I would always say it’s where I lived but it’s not like I’d hang around outside
Rock Stone it’s not abandoned. It’s just poor because all the steal mills closed and the jobs left.
Now I want to see the "night version" of your driving around in Gary... Be very careful.
4real look lik some streets barely hav any street lights
That is gonna be dangerous..
It's not gone be dangerous dassa cap cuz I live in Gary and it's not that bad
xGLOxSAVAGE _ It definitely ain’t. Not saying it ain’t bad because it is but I had a job where I had to go door to door in different Gary hoods day and night and tell them to get out and vote. I’m from Chicago so I guess that’s why I didn’t feel the same type of energy or vibe.
I dont think itll be that dangerous tbh, its just desserted and run down but aint nobody in most those areaa to make it dangerous. There is ZERO activity out
I'm from Brazil ... and I'm impressed by your videos .... crazy places that I thought didn't exist in the USA
This is what happens when they outsource all the jobs to asian countries.!
Looks like a ghost town.
The corporate culture is such that a very few become rich by millions and others who slog suffer. Have a look at how Ken Miles was robbed of Le Mans victory just due to dirty corporate politics.
yes but local gov's have to find a way to attract NEW businesses and technology. Unfortunately many gov officials have no clue how to do that or simply don't want to because they are stuck in their ways.
#MAGA!!!!!
I couldn't disagree more. The people who make comments such as yours perpetuate this notion that the government is responsible for EVERY foul thing that happens to us (and, yes I'm black) as a community. A lot of people of color sit at home and twiddle their thumbs all day until the rest of the world get off of their 8-12 hour shifts . And; furthermore, I do not live like this. The majority of the people I do know that live similarly to this, chose not to get an education or even go to work. Yet, they take every dime they have and spend it on dressing well (in clothing they can't afford, might I add) and driving cars like superstars and living like "super bums". My folks didn't have a whole lot, but they taught me to go to work, spend wisely, pay my bills, and take pride in my home! And, by the way... They led by example!
Sao Salazar mega hat morons keep voting people like reagen Busch and trump give corporations more power to do what they want send jobs to countries where they can pay low wages and the working class gets screwed.
Michael Jackson's town
freddie gibbs too
Luis Camacho he was born there! House still remains! Can't be bought! I believe it belongs to the Jackson family today! It's become a tourist attraction! Very small house!
Martin Weilguny Mike Epps too.
jarrett wilson Mike Epps is from Indianapolis
Loved Michael he was great
It's like a war torn city.... so depressing to live in such a place 😢
WOW The U.S.A. is the greatest country on earth I really want to live there.
Yeah, thank God for Scunthorpe.
you bet ya ass , its a great place ! 5 bux you get 450 pound fat fanny to bend over and pump that skin tagged bloody sores rump roast behind one of them buildins
You think this represents the USA? Wishful thinking
Yeah a place where you’re in huge debt if you almost died in an accident that isn’t your fault ✨👀 so good.
It sure is, and always will be. Greatest nation on earth. All countries have run down areas, ALL!!!!!
You need to come down south and do the oak cliff neighborhood in dallas tx it crazy during the summer
1:02 "you are going the wrong way down the street"😂
I thought so
The good news, for the driver, is Gary can't afford a police force
I like to get after some of those streets with a commercial mower, a chain saw and a wood chipper.
Love these videos, man.
Hey man, thanks for what you do. I know of no one else showing how “the other half live”. Your videos are truly eye-opening. Keep up the good work. What you’re doing is important.
Charlies vids are like American Economics 101
Invisible People does the same kinda thing but with homeless people
Что случилось? Наводнение или ураган ужасный! Как неуютно!
Git Geronimo -I didn’t know it was this bad
Привет, нет наводнений или стихийных бедствий. Много нищеты и многие, кто имеет детей в молодом возрасте, что они не могут позволить себе и зависят от благосостояния, чтобы заботиться о них. Мы налогоплательщики поддерживаем их. Есть так много способов выхода из нищеты, и если вы бедных оставить военные всегда вариант для тех, кто имеет диплом средней школы и может сдать экзамен. Слишком много валяться в жалости к себе обвинять всех, кроме себя. Очень грустно.
Jesus Christ man, we're losin' middle America. Too many rich people, way too many poor people. And the middle class is fightin' a losin' battle just to maintain. How can we fix it? God help us.
Gary ain't middle class bro. Gary is lower
Middle class doesn't exist.
Rising prices tear at the middle class dollar
CornRow Kenny Gary is the bottom of the pot
@@patkeeler6645 Middle class dollar? You do not understand money Pat or how it works.
I went through some of these hoods on the way back from a business trip when there was a car accident on the highway. I "noped" my way all the way out
Me encanta su canal. Puedo decir que he conocido un poquito de ese Estados Unidos profundo del que casi no se habla en medios convencionales. Muchas gracias 🙂
This where my dad grew up and the stories he tell me ain't no fun n games
@David Ringlein Yes, indeed it is:)
Peaches & Cream?!?...
My pops was from there too.
@@DONGREASETHEGOBLINKING yea everything used to be open now everything is abandoned
@David Ringlein tells is the word you're looking for
“ We fought the wrong enemy “
- General Patton
Fake News.
👌
He's right, they should have fought capitalism.
@@trebuh Your idea has been tried many times, and it hasn't turned out that well. I know getting a job is a pain in the ass, but I can assure you it's better for your health in the long run.
@@chesshooligan1282 t. American
Its amazing that despite its recent state, some people still opted to stay and live there.
You say “opted”. Moving is not really an option for people who are already dirt poor, especially if they have to support children or sick/elderly people
You sound like you’ve never had to worry about money. Not everyone can just move when they want. People live paycheck to paycheck with no savings. I know, I’ve been in these situations and still am sort of in that state right now.
Thanks for the video and the quarter tank of gas u used making this.
Fallout: Gary
😅😅😅
Lmao
Pog
Dude, remember the Vault with all the clones named Gary? This made me think of that lol
No shit, you actually drove past my old drug dealers house lmao, looks like he left too 😂
k crack or meth
@@mickfunny4185 neither. Meth isn't too popular in NWI
@@yaotalks1150 well I hope not. He was a sweet old man with a family so...
Mick Funny probably heroin
r/thathappened
Thank you for the video
I haven’t been there in 45 years
When corporate America screws over an area!🤦
Now that's funny!!!!!!
True
You win the prize to most retarded comment of the year. Congratulations.
Watching this makes me depressed imagine living their.??
I live in gary and it ain't pretty for most of us I can tell you
Wheres transit?
I live here! I actually moved back here -- and I was glad to get back. Home is home. I just saved this video for when I get homesick when I move again in a few years ;)
its there and its fine. I grew up there...we're good
Living their...what? Lives?
People keep asking why no one is out side,1. it's cold and 2.ain't no where to walk too? A burnt out house?
People at work, we do have jobs.
Thanks for sharing - so sad, so sad.☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
This video makes me want to cry!! I am deeply disappointed in our government, for not helping!! 😭.. mean while they help other countries!! Thank you for making this video!!
Government help? What are you talking about?
Governments do not have money.
People have money.....No people, no help.
@@thomasjensen6243 street repairs are funded by taxes?? Or am i wrong
@@aholegardener6191 yeah, people pay taxes....government does not pay taxes. And street repairs are made through local governments. And streets are public property
Why should I pay for somebody else's private property???
@@thomasjensen6243 then wouldn’t it be the local government’s responsibility to keep up with street repairs and funding local public parks?
Damn, the way they let communities like Gary & a host of others decline & sit like that for years is crazy!🤔
Who lets it decline?
DARIN D’ANGELO this is what happens when communities thrive off of manufacturing for years, then all of a sudden, companies move to the south, Mexico or over seas. Your options then are to move with the company if that option is available, take the severance and find a new job or stay and figure it out. This is what happened to Detroit, East St. Louis, Cleveland and many other north east cities...
Boogaloo Bob The powers that be.
@@MarcusWilliams-jp6hy yup the rust belt
Send a Thank You card to the Democrats.
Damn if I woulda known you was out here I coulda did a interview
I was raised in Chicago. But I remember Gary back in the 80s, and 90s. 💛💛😍I walked these streets as a walking vendor. Selling inflatable toys for years. Nobody ever bothered me. There were a lot a good people here. Very supportive!👏🏾🤝🏽💯💛 It wasn't in it's full glory days. But the streets were full of life & kids playing. That looks like Delaney Housing Projects. One of my favorite areas. Such a shame, what it's come to.🤦🏾♀️😔😢A ghost town for sure.😱
U don't want to be in that area now
Yea I remember when Delaney and dorie Miller would be packed with people
Make me wonder how the inside of some of these houses and buildings look like. Especially the people who still live there.
Right. Weird
when i was a little kid i remember Gary Indiana was just beginning to decline . but the houses still were so pretty and at Christmas time wow really something to see . i was born here , raised in Hammond mostly , but ive seen the town of Gary decay , when the jobs left the people tried to hold on but couldn't do it . now it is this depressing place , imagine having to live here! who gives a damn about the Jacksons they never done nothing for this town
How long ago was that?
@Ramon Luis Santos ..... I was asking how long ago did the decline begin? When did it start changing?
Who are the Jackson’s mate ?
@@empty-ed Michael Jackson and his family born here
@@slcelebrity never heard of them .
Bruce Springsteen is singing "My hometown" amazing to see how nature will take some thing back once people walk away
Springsteen could write an entire album about this place
Love your content Charlie! I grew up in North Bay Area California during the Crack epidemic. Same people. Made me stronger and gave me hope to get out. I still am a hustler from the streets at heart. But no matter how dark it was there was always a fleck of humanity when shit went down. I only hope that our government will invest more into these communities and bring more ecucation opportunities and bring back civic responsibility.
I absolutely loved the ‘crack era’
My grandfather grew up here in the 50s. He always described it as being a really lively city. So sad to see it like this now. It's hard to believe that this is the same Gary as the one in his stories.
All that abandoned land could become urban farming
What a beautiful city.
Gary must be proud
Most of America looks like this. Thank the two party system. The corporate bought government. The military industrial complex. The police state. And last but not least...the drug war.
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My city looks nothing @all like this. U gotta be shittin me.
Troll ass bitch
@@Izzabenito so fkn right B. Vida
@@Izzabenito no false. Its called corrupt politicians running cities for decades, no coincidence its the Democratic run cities either...
Damn just think, these are the neighborhoods that Michael Jackson and all his siblings grew up around. RIP
Wasnt like this when he lived here. It was a beautiful city at that time
We have a few urban farms in Gary. He just didn't drive past any.
Lookin at these vids wonderin why theres homeless people....
Not hard to figure out for those asking how it got that way. Looks just like any other midwest industrial town after the jobs left
The Midwest has the nation's worst weather, too. No jobs, no reason to stay in that region.
My family grew up here, and with the stories they’ve told-I’m lucky to have a chance to be raised in the better parts of Indiana.
Sad man looks like a warzone feel bad for the ppl who live there
What's y'all going 2 do 2 fix Gary????????
Don't talk about Gary let's helped Gary🙏
I think 🤔 not
out of towners always got some stupid to sat smh
Can u show the house Michael Jackson grew up in awesome video keep up the good work
I don’t see NOBODY on the streets.....I guess the murder rate so high that the ghosts do all the crime 😂
I bet if he had a really high HD camera and you were looking at the windows on a large monitor or TV, You would see a lot of people looking. Just my guess. I feel like the energy and tone shifts between night and day on a heavy level.
Insane lane Gaming right, I’m already knowing.
At night it’s totally different
Insane lane Gaming
How so? I’m from Vegas - there’s nothing like that here as far as abandoned stuff but I feel you on daytime feeling different.
Tourists are always disappointed if the first time they see the Las Vegas Strip is during the day, it’s just gross during the day lmao
Is this a scene from the movie i am legend? So sad :( thanks for sharing!
The overgrowth of foliage is amazing, so sad
2:44 you know you are in a dead area when the stop lights are decommissioned....
Dude thanks for always making awesome videos like this for us. U got patreon or anything??
Or maybe he can go live too.. Id def send superchats
He's got a paypal link on some of his other vids
Man this is some of the old turfs me & some homies use to hang around in the days what a trip..
Great video I was just there yesterday at County Market
The "G" will always be home , but i will NOT live there anymore.
My homie from here, went home not to long ago, said mostly only old folks live there now.
Where the young people moved to ?
jay dubbs probably Chicago
Na lol everybody movin to merrillville Indiana. Gary schools goin outta Buisness
@@SapBoy365 alot of ppl from gary move to nap (Indianapolis)
@@SapBoy365 Some of us are still here.
Damn in 3 more years those tress and grass will cover the whole town
This looks like Detroit...
Tiny enclaves of civilization surrounded by massive desolation
Born and raised my parents loved Gary I’m the 60 and 70 really was nice especially downtown nice jobs and homes. Still some wonderful people there it will always be home though 🙏
I graduated from Gary Roosevelt in 1960.
this is really sad!
I recognized..Nothing
brianajo41 i feel you 😢😢
I used to catch the Greyhound bus from Michigan to Gary to visit cousins during the summer. They lived on Hayes Street. Those were fun times. Many people on the street us kids playing out front, listening to Jackson Five music (they were long gone.) Fond memories.
I still live in Gary, I'm pretty young. I really want to change Gary, make it a better place like it used to be. I just wish we can restart
Imagine growing up here no freinds no schools no park no pools just abandoned places it’s sad
I can literally think of twelve different horror movies that was probably filmed here
Original Gangstas was the best movie filmed here imo. Friday the 13th actually was filmed in the abandoned Methodist church here in Gary lol. Look it up if ya dont believe me
When I was in Chicago I went there to see Michael Jackson house and I had to ride through that hood. I have to admit the the hood impressed me more the the house itself.
They didn't show the hood Micheal Jackson is from in this video.
These city turned baron wasteland dystopian movies aren’t that far off.
8:10 in particular is incredible. an entire block filled with houses seemingly abandoned
As a kid my dad would take me to Michigan, we lived in Chicago and he would take the indiana toll way and we would go by Gary, it was in decay back in the late 60s , I can still remember looking at the dilapidated houses and feeling so sad.