I was born in Gary in 1946 and lived and raised about 10 miles East of Gary in Portage. Let me correct you on a couple minor facts. The steel mills were established first barely, Gary Land Company was part of the steel mill industry. They bought thousands of acres to establish a city which was Gary. Shortly after the mills were being built. There were very few blacks in Gary in the beginning, the steel strike of 1919 you mentioned brought railcar loads from the South to break the strike. Gary has had a black population for many years but, were never a majority until the late 70s early eighties, when the crime got so bad that lots of people left along with jobs. Lots of people blame the downfall of Gary on Hatcher but, Gary always had a reputation as a very corrupt city dating back to the 30's. When I was a teen I used to catch the bus to Gary to go to the movies and shopping, it was great town, things sure have changed it's sad. to see the way it is now. I sure hope Gary turns around, I'll never live to see it.
I Love Reading Stories Like This About My Home Town . i Was Born In Gary In The Late 90s And Raised There My Whole Life. Im 26 Now And The Older I Get, The More Im Invested In Our History. My Grandparents Moved To Gary In The 60s And My Dad Was Born In 76 So He Must Have Been Born Around The Time Blacks Started Migrating To The City More
So you're saying you never really lived in Gary? Living in Portage is not the same. You were born 4 years before me , but I went to Jefferson from Kindergarten to 3rd and then moved to East Gary and graduated in 69. I have told this many times about seeing at tank ride down 4th avenue the night Hatcher was elected. I lived with my grandmother from 66-72. Knew the old Gary when I could walk to the Club pool room on 5th Washington at 11pm and never had anyone mess with me.🥴
Simply stated, the reporter here hasn't a clue. As one who grew up in Gary, the son of a father who was President of most every civic organization in that once-fair city, and as a graduate of one of Gary's premier high schools in 1963, the author addresses only one of the two equally devastating events which occurred almost simultaneously. First was the election of Hatcher, Gary's first black mayor. Closely on the heels of that came the departure of the merchant class, most of whom were residents of the West Side. The departure was the reaction to the children of the merchants being uprooted from their home base and bussed across town to Roosevelt, Gary's black high school. One the heels of that came the downsizing of US Steel's Gary Works. By the time that occurred, the shops which had occupied Broadway from 5th Avenue to the Wabash RR tracks were almost all gone. Crime skyrocketed. And at that point, Gary's end was a foregone conclusion.
Cities have reputations for a reason Vegas, gambling, NYC, theater, LA, and a huge Latino population. Gary Indiana is a place infested with violent crime. I live near Chicago, and I've never been to Gary. When a city has a reputation as dangerous and crime infested, it's up to the people that live there to change that. Gary could never clean it up. By 93/94, Gary attains its crown jewel as murder capital of America despite a population of one-fourth the size of New York LA Chicago Philadelphia and Miami. Way TO GO!! Hope you bought yourselves those little packs of gold stars and plastered them all over your fridges!!
You will not be stranded 😒 we have public transportation GPTC is the name of it actually and it serves neighboring cities like Merrillville Hammond Hobart etc
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I was born in Gary in 1946 and lived and raised about 10 miles East of Gary in Portage. Let me correct you on a couple minor facts. The steel mills were established first barely, Gary Land Company was part of the steel mill industry. They bought thousands of acres to establish a city which was Gary. Shortly after the mills were being built.
There were very few blacks in Gary in the beginning, the steel strike of 1919 you mentioned brought railcar loads from the South to break the strike. Gary has had a black population for many years but, were never a majority until the late 70s early eighties, when the crime got so bad that lots of people left along with jobs. Lots of people blame the downfall of Gary on Hatcher but, Gary always had a reputation as a very corrupt city dating back to the 30's. When I was a teen I used to catch the bus to Gary to go to the movies and shopping, it was great town, things sure have changed it's sad. to see the way it is now. I sure hope Gary turns around, I'll never live to see it.
Lets hope so, Richard.one day it will be back to its glory.if america decide to use american steel made by american workers,things wont be like this.
I Love Reading Stories Like This About My Home Town . i Was Born In Gary In The Late 90s And Raised There My Whole Life. Im 26 Now And The Older I Get, The More Im Invested In Our History. My Grandparents Moved To Gary In The 60s And My Dad Was Born In 76 So He Must Have Been Born Around The Time Blacks Started Migrating To The City More
So you're saying you never really lived in Gary? Living in Portage is not the same. You were born 4 years before me , but I went to Jefferson from Kindergarten to 3rd and then moved to East Gary and graduated in 69. I have told this many times about seeing at tank ride down 4th avenue the night Hatcher was elected. I lived with my grandmother from 66-72. Knew the old Gary when I could walk to the Club pool room on 5th Washington at 11pm and never had anyone mess with me.🥴
Simply stated, the reporter here hasn't a clue. As one who grew up in Gary, the son of a father who was President of most every civic organization in that once-fair city, and as a graduate of one of Gary's premier high schools in 1963, the author addresses only one of the two equally devastating events which occurred almost simultaneously.
First was the election of Hatcher, Gary's first black mayor. Closely on the heels of that came the departure of the merchant class, most of whom were residents of the West Side. The departure was the reaction to the children of the merchants being uprooted from their home base and bussed across town to Roosevelt, Gary's black high school.
One the heels of that came the downsizing of US Steel's Gary Works. By the time that occurred, the shops which had occupied Broadway from 5th Avenue to the Wabash RR tracks were almost all gone. Crime skyrocketed. And at that point, Gary's end was a foregone conclusion.
Yeah this feels like a Fiver narrator reading a Wikipedia page
What was the other devastating event?
Cities have reputations for a reason Vegas, gambling, NYC, theater, LA, and a huge Latino population. Gary Indiana is a place infested with violent crime. I live near Chicago, and I've never been to Gary. When a city has a reputation as dangerous and crime infested, it's up to the people that live there to change that. Gary could never clean it up. By 93/94, Gary attains its crown jewel as murder capital of America despite a population of one-fourth the size of New York LA Chicago Philadelphia and Miami. Way TO GO!! Hope you bought yourselves those little packs of gold stars and plastered them all over your fridges!!
Like any area populated by ,,,,; well you know the rest .
Gary produces steel with a lot fewer workers.
And the forced oxygen furnace.
Duh.
To the person doing this voice - over. It is pronounced Gar-ee In-dee-an-uh
Not gar-ee In-den-on-uh
The person doing the voice is British so thats why it sounded like gar-ee In-den-on-uh
You will not be stranded 😒 we have public transportation GPTC is the name of it actually and it serves neighboring cities like Merrillville Hammond Hobart etc
I love Hammond Organs
What the hell divorce rate have to do with Gary what the fuck is this my parents been together for over 20 years
A high divorce rate relates to instability since marriage is the bedrock of society. Bless your heart.
YES!
Dude get updated info like in 2022 you see new business and new people nice people
You left out high crime. Very high crime.
Horrible video. Inaccurate information. Can’t even get the basics right. There was no Gary before US Steel.
And so does Chester pa worst of all😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Freddie gibbs
No
they said the most depressing city lmao smh