Watching videos like this always make me sad. I grew up in a small town. Going back I see places where I have fond childhood memories completely abandoned and run down. A hollow shell of what it was back when it was thriving. It's heartbreaking to think of the lives and memories destroyed by neglect and time. The disregard of so much hard work, dedication and wonderful childhood magic..... left to waste.
The worst part is that these abandoned places are mostly the result of deliberately bad politics. Sick evil corrupt people working towards a common evil. Devil worshippers run the world make no mistake about it but Jesus will return soon but things will grow darker and darker first sadly till He does. It is sad but unfortunately it is written and must come to pass. Stay close to God. God bless all who read this. 🙏❤️☺️
If that's where I think it is, the off brands are because that was closed after the town was mostly dead. The manager bought what he could with what little money was still coming in, but that pharmacy was in a death spiral long before it was abandoned.
Not off brands it is a Neighborhood Pharmacy and like all places after nafta they got cheap junk from china for the stores. That is what even walmart carried in 2012.
I grew up in my dad's pharmacy just like this one. We hung on as long as we could but we eventually sold out to CVS in 2004. This really brings me back. Just seeing the old labels, brands, fonts/logos. Thanks for this.
I get not wanting to take stuff but on the other hand it’s sad to see usable stuff go to waste. Certain things could be like donated to homeless or something. Still super cool to see places frozen in time like this
If it's a town that was abandoned due to a toxic plume or some other contamination, who knows - the stuff could be contaminated too. Like Three Mile Island at least in the immediate aftermath, those homes within a certain radius that were initially evacuated, had above acceptable radiation detected so I doubt it would be worth the risk to try to salvage every single thing. Even homeless people wouldn't want to be exposed to poison.
Anything there is junk. Things like hair dies and even soaps & makeup have expiration dates and can be dangerous & even toxic to use when expired. I know an elderly hoarder that used some lotion she had unopened from the 80's. It gave her a nasty rash/chemical burn.
its crazy there are still prescriptions in the back, im a pharmacy tech and i know if we dont dispose of medications properly the FDA would come after us.
This pharmacy reminds me of another named Rexall Drugs that used to exist as well. Most only lasted until the late 80's early 90's. Premium cigarettes(Marlboros, Newports) were around $2.50 a pack and generics were half that. You could buy a carton about $9. Hair dyes were about $3. Cool tour of the store!!
I'm assuming this is Gary, Indiana. Lots of the city are totally abandoned now and it has among the highest crime rates in the country. So it's not a Ghost Town in the Pripyat sense of the term but more in the Ordos City sense of the term - where people still live there but nowhere near as many as are technically supposed to considering the infrastructure meaning entire neighborhoods are abandoned.
3.84 a pack for Marlboro. The best I can research is around 1993 1995 era. That could tell the time of when this store shut down. Could be because that was around the time that "slick Willie" president of the USA signed the "Free Trade Agreement" (December 8th, 1993, enacted January 1, 1994) into act for trade around the world. Him doing this was the first domino to tip in American culture and society, our businesses, manufacturing, employment, small businesses started to crumble. Thanks Willie. You really done a severe disservice to America by putting that free trade in order. The only ones that benefited from that were of course the politicians and other countries (China, Tiwan, etc.)
He entered the presidency with about a million dollars. Left with 241 million. Absolute crap. Hail Satan. I'm sure all the pharmacy stuff worth anything vanished whether pain killers antibiotics or syringes. Very creepy
Nixon and Kissinger were the main players, and every single president since regardless of party has added to the downfall. Every single one, because it ain't those elected to office running the show, there's nameless faceless thugs ya never ever rarely hear them mentioned. About as much sense as saying Reagan was a great president. Wake up friend. Both parties haven't worked for The People, since those same nameless thugs killed Kennedy, and they are running the show now. Biden can't even run his mouth. C'mon
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a chain which carries its own brands. That's why everything seems to be "off branded." It's kind of like a Trader Joe's carrying its own brands of foods but not as cool.
I work at 2 pharmacies in GA, both inside hospitals. We use good neighbor pharmacy as our store brand. Since most pharmacies can't just have their own brand unless it's big chain ones like walgreen's and CVS etc.
@@jackies5481It was a franchised pharmacy. Good Neighbor, HealthMart, The Medicine Shoppe, ValuRite, Family Pharmacy, Leader Drugs, and at one point, Rexall, Super D, and even Walgreens a long time ago was franchised. That means it is an independently operated drug store but carries the name and products
@@ravenbloodommo You are correct! That forgotten little "Ghost Town" is 50 sq miles, contains nearly 70,000 people and is the home of US Steel. A quick tax search shows who owns the property. Being they put up a TH-cam video of themselves roaming around in there, I'm sure they had the owner's permission to enter. On the other side of the north wall is a T Mobile store...the employees probably heard those guys in there. lol
About the 20%off Sale. IF a store was liquidating they would reduce to %50 to 75% off. Most Markup from whole sale is anywhere from 25% to 65% profit for Retail Items. The 20% off still allows for profit so it looks like they didn't even have time to try and liquidate their stock. It also looks like they tried to gather the most valuable items first. But I mean they could've at least tried to donate that stuff to the Salvation Army or something for a Tax write off, but there wasn't even time to do that. I wonder if you're able to find old newspaper articles about why the town was forcibly closed. thanks for sharing,
I miss the old Mom and Pop Pharmacies, I remember one from my hometown you could get ice cream sundae’s, malts, milkshakes; they knew your Doctors and the Doctor knew the Pharmacist, and they very likely knew you since birth. It was more like a tribe back then because people looked out for their neighbors. I’ll take that over these chain stores any day.
yea i used to live over a mom and pop store and few if any do still exist but those indeed seem like they where simpler times if we could just take the internet knowledge back in time with us to help us learn things because back then you where just pretty much stuck with limited knowledge and access to it. why isn't there a state that lives like they did then? a lot of people would be interested in that kind of life I'm 1 of them for sure, except I'd be the homesteader type.
Well said i couldnt agree more i absolutely hate the chain pharmacies that are around today they know nothing about you and nor do they care to and one small script takes hours to fill i really miss the old places as well❤ great video
It's crazy too, seeing the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy" because I work in a hospice pharmacy, and a lot of the meds we get from our wholesaler are that specific brand. So it isn't like that company went out of business completely or anything.
Awesome video mate. Really interesting to see this sort of stuff. Got a bit anxious for a second when you got near that sinkhole. These places can be dangerous AF. Did you find anything interesting that didn't make it on to the video?
That takes allot of work and who knows what was going on with the ppl in charge here when they were closing this down. If you just leave everything like this most likly you have other concerns. Like you just lost your job or store and you need to figure out where your going to live and work. Responsibility at a job is a tricky thing. It's somewhat clear when everyone get's paid but when everyone is let go whoes responsible.
Before the Dollar Stores, there were these drugstores. And before this, the Five and Dimes. Looks like 1990s when that was abandoned. Would love to have those old pre-Insanity gas cans.
Wow! I wouldn't be able to leave for days. I'm in the UK but I would say it looked like it shut down 20 + years but you did find paper work with later dates on so its just decayed quickly. Cigarettes in a pharmacy? Never happen over here. Great video, you must get a rush finding these sort of places. Stay safe.
It's like dollar store items before dollar stores were a thing 😮 pretty cool. And the clothes appear to be nurses outfits or medical clothes or whatever. Can't think of what they're called rn. Lol
I remember driving through a town like this in Oklahoma , most of the houses and businesses were abandoned, like everyone left overnight. At that town there was mining and many of the mine shafts were dug underneath the town and the town was collapsing into the mine. Several streets had signs warning people to stay out due to danger of collapse.
It looks to me like there was a fire that was contained to the back. A fire burning in the basement would have caused the floor damage but there would have only been smoke/water damage upstairs. Interesting explore...looking forward to the rest of the town.
@@OmniMonitorIf it wasn't making much money, and/or they didn't have insurance, they probably just decided not to rebuild. I worked for a pharmacy that burned, and we were barely breaking even, so the owner decided not to rebuild.
I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a Pharmacy sell Cigarettes at least here in Canada. It wouldn’t be a sinkhole, since the basement is intact. Finding an expiry date, would give an idea on how long it’s been abandoned.
2009! At least in Alberta, I started working for Shoppers in the summer of 2008. And that's around when we had to start hiding them. 6 months later the law kicked in and we stopped selling them.
good point. I worked at a pharmacy just like the one in the video in 2000-2002 and it was during that time that they removed the cigarettes from behind the counter. That was in Connecticut, so it probably isn't much different in this video. I get a 90s or maybe early 2000s vibe from the merchandise.
You'd mentioned might have had a sale. If I'm not mistaken there was a "sale" sandwich board towards the registers and sunglasses at the front of the store. So I definitely think you're right. I also totally agree with you about taking stuff from places like this. Due to its overall general condition why would you want to? You'd probably grow a second head from that vintage, off brand hair dye if you tried to use it. Plus if you took stuff (and if everyone else took stuff when they explored) there would be very little left to make videos like this so amazing. I personally love a good time capsule. A+ for sure! How did it smell in there, by the way? Looks like a lot of water damage in places. Do you know if the second floor below (where the caved in floor was) was part of the pharmacy too? Or if it was another store? Or storage of some kind? Makes me wonder if there was a way down (aside from the obvious, haha). As usual, thanks for the high quality video. How these don't have roughly a bajillion likes is so far beyond me, but I'm going to keep commenting on them until they do!
There are many places like this also in France and Germany, abandoned towns and places where there are things that have remained there for more than 20/25 years, a step back in time to visit these places there, and to see these old things which are still practically new despite the time that has passed. - It was more of a small hardware and grocery and pharmacy supermarket.
They likely could not pay people to haul it to the "needy" the business would then be at risk if anything was bad and could end in a law suit over donating items. Yes people sue places that donate items so people stop donating items.
Got a question to ask, do you ever take anything as a souvenir to remember the place you’ve been and do you ever search around to see if you do find anything of value
If your business gets liquidated you often have to leave the items there because your bank hopes for something of falue. Then they see, that they will only get cheap rubber bands and picture frames - not worth moving one finger 😂
Everything is rotting away I’d probably take something. In my opinion it’s not stealing, that shit is not owned by anyone. You couldn’t pay someone if you wanted.
TO STRINGER IT's GARY INDIANA EVERYBODY I hope the needy people can get those barrettes they have been needing. and trust me Stringer is there illegally trespassing without permission did you see them loot those bullets btw??
I was a pharmacy broker and have sold over 250 pharmacies in a span of 50 years. There is no excuse for this type of happening. Also Bergen who runs Good Neighbor-where were they.?A lot of people dropped the ball,
Ive always respected explorers that leave everything where it is. No matter if its a pair of shoes, a dollar bill, whatever it is. To leave things where they were, that shows appreciation for the place and the past history of it.
A person experienced in NBC/ CBR can tell people didn't know the truth about chemical and other contamination if they left all that behind. I am surprised it hasn't been picked clean by those wander onto it.
Oh my gosh. I don't think I've ever seen so much stuff left behind. You look at it ,and I feel sorry for the person who owned it. Something big to just leave everything behind, like they had to get out fast or something. Would love to know the story. It reminds me of something a movie is made of.
For anyone that is wanting to know the approximate time of when this building closed it closed around 2008. the drink cooler solved the date those Arizona energy drinks came out around 2008 13:22
Honestly, with the housing "shortage," part of me wonders just how much of that could be solved if we started reviving ghost towns like this. Yes they would take a lot of work, especially if they had been abandoned since the 90s, but it would probably still be easier and cheaper than building a new house, and if it isn't, you can always demolish it to build a new house. As for jobs, there can probably be a host of start-up businesses, the internet allows for remote work, and if there is a population, you can bet Walmart or Walgreens will make a store there if there are enough people.
First time I'm posting a comment on one of your videos, the reason I like watching them is because you have respect for other people's belongings. Great video!
Looks as if the building was condemned due to structural deterioration, and they did not have the money to upgrade so with little time to leave, they left most of it behind.
@@ravenbloodommo Gary Indiana is a shell of what it once was, but it's far from abandoned. I'm surprised no one from the T Mobile store (attached and literally on the other side of the north wall) didn't hear them and call the police.
This store is actually on the corner of two main streets. I wouldn't call this place a "ghost town" but there's a whole bunch of abandoned neighborhoods and lots of blight.
Haha “you can see it’s been abandoned for so long the rubber bands have melted” Ah no rubber bands do not melt on their own, they melt from heat, ie like the heat from a fire. I like watching these videos because it reminds me that I’m not as dumb as I thought.
There is such a crazy mix of products in this store! Some of it I swear is from the 80’s. And I don’t know where you are but it’s been a very long time since cigarettes could be sold in pharmacies. It seems like a sort of outlet, dollar type store alongside the pharmacy. So you can’t really trust the manufacturer dates of the stuff left behind. I’d go by what receipts or most current paper work is left. Too bad there isn’t any magazines or newspapers left. It’s still a crazy time capsule! I’d want to take as long as possible and explore every single building there!
I grew up in a small town called Nelsonville, and since then I've watched the town both build up and close down. Last I went through the state route wasn't even open they had it routed around a few of the old now shut down gas stations. It's sad to see
The only thing it's known for is the Rocky boot factory that hasn't made boots since I was a kid, manufacturing got moved from there to Mexico somewhere, and of course the good old prison, which is also small
Stringer media mentioned that it’s dumb too”steal”from place like this…If i grab 50,$1 items and sell them…i will have $50 dollars in my pocket…i don’t know if Stringer Media was fed with a silver spoon but i wasn’t..a dollar is a dollar player…an it’s not dumb like you said,it’s a FACT…🤝✌️
I don't think it's crazy at all.. 90% of the businesses go bankrupt, and usually the City's or Municipality's take it over.. Seen it happen many times,Kmart and Zellers abandoned malls are another story..😮😮😮
That building is heated with a steam boiler and at some point suffered a leak in the system filling the space with 300 degrees steam. Paint will peel, tiles will expand, mold will grow, and ceilings/floors will collapse.
You said gas tanks those are actually sharps containers they are used for old needles and such for ppl who have to inject daily. Whether it be insulin or such.
My favorite part sign reads budget phone $49.95 makes long distance and local calls. I only wish today's phones were this cheap and lasted long. Thanks for sharing.
The good neighbor pharmacy in my town sold out to Right Aid. I miss that place, it was within walking distance and they had off brand groceries also. it was emptied out, renovated and turned into a dollar General, and a 99 cents store side by side. but the owner made some stupid moves that hurt him more then helped. like closing the bill payment center at the back of the store, that brought in a lot of customers , and then the death blow was when he closed the pharmacy, and tried to keep the business going as a discount grocery and sundries store. it was just a tax shelter for his bigger store in another town , but it hurt the low income people in the poorer section of the neighborhood.
Is it mostly plastic shelving ? Or glass with the mirrors? I would love to own some type of display stuff. I'm not rich and i never inherited anything from my family so it wouldnt be pricey stuff, more so stuff that was sentimental to me/art i made/things my kids made
you can tell by the calculator and the computer on the ground late 80s but probably into the 90s and the overall aesthetics of the products look like early 90s. But then the monster stickers on the fridge would mean into the 2000s
You need to look at the exp date on some of the products to be able to tell how long it has been abandoned. I agree that it would be dumb to steal anything. That is one of the things that is wrong with the world.
Watching videos like this always make me sad. I grew up in a small town. Going back I see places where I have fond childhood memories completely abandoned and run down. A hollow shell of what it was back when it was thriving. It's heartbreaking to think of the lives and memories destroyed by neglect and time. The disregard of so much hard work, dedication and wonderful childhood magic..... left to waste.
The worst part is that these abandoned places are mostly the result of deliberately bad politics. Sick evil corrupt people working towards a common evil. Devil worshippers run the world make no mistake about it but Jesus will return soon but things will grow darker and darker first sadly till He does. It is sad but unfortunately it is written and must come to pass. Stay close to God. God bless all who read this. 🙏❤️☺️
Yeah, often these and mansion tours new and abandon make me sad.
@@yacobshelelshaddai4543 How do you relate devili worship to this closed pharmacy?
You said it perfectly 😢
If that's where I think it is, the off brands are because that was closed after the town was mostly dead. The manager bought what he could with what little money was still coming in, but that pharmacy was in a death spiral long before it was abandoned.
where do you think it is?
i actually want to know too. it'd be cool to explore!
That's Gary IN, the Jackson's home town. It's NOT a ghost town
Not off brands it is a Neighborhood Pharmacy and like all places after nafta they got cheap junk from china for the stores. That is what even walmart carried in 2012.
Off brands. Who would even know what was name brand back then ? Probably name brand shit for back in the day
I grew up in my dad's pharmacy just like this one. We hung on as long as we could but we eventually sold out to CVS in 2004. This really brings me back. Just seeing the old labels, brands, fonts/logos. Thanks for this.
I get not wanting to take stuff but on the other hand it’s sad to see usable stuff go to waste. Certain things could be like donated to homeless or something. Still super cool to see places frozen in time like this
Some of it maybe but I bet a lot of it isn't safe to use anymore due to age, tampering, or decay.
I just said the same thing to my fiance why didn't they donate
If it's a town that was abandoned due to a toxic plume or some other contamination, who knows - the stuff could be contaminated too. Like Three Mile Island at least in the immediate aftermath, those homes within a certain radius that were initially evacuated, had above acceptable radiation detected so I doubt it would be worth the risk to try to salvage every single thing. Even homeless people wouldn't want to be exposed to poison.
Its utter junk, its worth nothing
Anything there is junk. Things like hair dies and even soaps & makeup have expiration dates and can be dangerous & even toxic to use when expired. I know an elderly hoarder that used some lotion she had unopened from the 80's. It gave her a nasty rash/chemical burn.
its crazy there are still prescriptions in the back, im a pharmacy tech and i know if we dont dispose of medications properly the FDA would come after us.
Fuck the FDA
the owner may have died .
This pharmacy reminds me of another named Rexall Drugs that used to exist as well. Most only lasted until the late 80's early 90's. Premium cigarettes(Marlboros, Newports) were around $2.50 a pack and generics were half that. You could buy a carton about $9. Hair dyes were about $3. Cool tour of the store!!
We still have a Rexall in Ontario Canada
I work at a grocery store part time and for Marlboro it's $9 a pack and $70 for a cartoon if I can remember correctly.
Last year, I kid you not, In Ojai California our local Rexall Drugs shut the doors. Nobody wanted the space. Vons will finally be able to expand.
Rexall ended their franchise program in the 70s but allowed existing ones to continue operating in name only
Premium cigarettes were $2.50 or 2 for $5 in the early 2000s where I lived.
"In a ghost town!"
Sounds of cars going by every few seconds.
It is an abandoned part of Gary and is pretty much a ghost town but still on a highway that people drive down.
Sometimes you travel through Gary
ghost cars
Sometimes a ghost town can rest on a perfectly usable road. There are several in Nevada.
I'm assuming this is Gary, Indiana. Lots of the city are totally abandoned now and it has among the highest crime rates in the country. So it's not a Ghost Town in the Pripyat sense of the term but more in the Ordos City sense of the term - where people still live there but nowhere near as many as are technically supposed to considering the infrastructure meaning entire neighborhoods are abandoned.
3.84 a pack for Marlboro. The best I can research is around 1993 1995 era. That could tell the time of when this store shut down. Could be because that was around the time that "slick Willie" president of the USA signed the "Free Trade Agreement" (December 8th, 1993, enacted January 1, 1994) into act for trade around the world. Him doing this was the first domino to tip in American culture and society, our businesses, manufacturing, employment, small businesses started to crumble. Thanks Willie. You really done a severe disservice to America by putting that free trade in order. The only ones that benefited from that were of course the politicians and other countries (China, Tiwan, etc.)
He entered the presidency with about a million dollars. Left with 241 million. Absolute crap. Hail Satan. I'm sure all the pharmacy stuff worth anything vanished whether pain killers antibiotics or syringes. Very creepy
Bidenomics at work.
Nixon and Kissinger were the main players, and every single president since regardless of party has added to the downfall. Every single one, because it ain't those elected to office running the show, there's nameless faceless thugs ya never ever rarely hear them mentioned.
About as much sense as saying Reagan was a great president. Wake up friend. Both parties haven't worked for The People, since those same nameless thugs killed Kennedy, and they are running the show now. Biden can't even run his mouth. C'mon
"How does this happen?"
Vote Democrat and just sit back and watch is what I was thinking when he said that.
Came here looking for the uneducated, found them.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a chain which carries its own brands. That's why everything seems to be "off branded." It's kind of like a Trader Joe's carrying its own brands of foods but not as cool.
is that what this place is?
@@thisisbeckk From the signage and product, yes.
I work at 2 pharmacies in GA, both inside hospitals. We use good neighbor pharmacy as our store brand. Since most pharmacies can't just have their own brand unless it's big chain ones like walgreen's and CVS etc.
@@jackies5481It was a franchised pharmacy.
Good Neighbor, HealthMart, The Medicine Shoppe, ValuRite, Family Pharmacy, Leader Drugs, and at one point, Rexall, Super D, and even Walgreens a long time ago was franchised.
That means it is an independently operated drug store but carries the name and products
Is/was Good Neighbor Pharmacy located in Gary, Indiana?
Imagine not being in the loop and waking up one day noticing everyone is gone. 😂
You're in the Twilight Zone.
Dude I’m a new sub and I have a difficult time falling asleep because I have PTSD and I was overseas for 5 years and these videos really calm me down
I love this video! It doesn't seem like it's in a ghost town because of all the traffic right outside, which makes it even weirder!
It's Gary Indiana
@@ravenbloodommo You are correct! That forgotten little "Ghost Town" is 50 sq miles, contains nearly 70,000 people and is the home of US Steel.
A quick tax search shows who owns the property. Being they put up a TH-cam video of themselves roaming around in there, I'm sure they had the owner's permission to enter.
On the other side of the north wall is a T Mobile store...the employees probably heard those guys in there. lol
Yea it's not a ghost town
How can u tell what town it is?@@ravenbloodommo
About the 20%off Sale. IF a store was liquidating they would reduce to %50 to 75% off. Most Markup from whole sale is anywhere from 25% to 65% profit for Retail Items. The 20% off still allows for profit so it looks like they didn't even have time to try and liquidate their stock. It also looks like they tried to gather the most valuable items first. But I mean they could've at least tried to donate that stuff to the Salvation Army or something for a Tax write off, but there wasn't even time to do that. I wonder if you're able to find old newspaper articles about why the town was forcibly closed. thanks for sharing,
When I see places like that, it makes me sad. It's really sad to see that someone struggles like that. For whatever reason it was
Merchandise so shifty the crackheads didn't even steal it 😂
At 8:24 You can hear a crackhead coughing behind him
I miss the old Mom and Pop Pharmacies, I remember one from my hometown you could get ice cream sundae’s, malts, milkshakes; they knew your Doctors and the Doctor knew the Pharmacist, and they very likely knew you since birth. It was more like a tribe back then because people looked out for their neighbors. I’ll take that over these chain stores any day.
yea i used to live over a mom and pop store and few if any do still exist but those indeed seem like they where simpler times if we could just take the internet knowledge back in time with us to help us learn things because back then you where just pretty much stuck with limited knowledge and access to it. why isn't there a state that lives like they did then? a lot of people would be interested in that kind of life I'm 1 of them for sure, except I'd be the homesteader type.
Me too😮❤
Well said i couldnt agree more i absolutely hate the chain pharmacies that are around today they know nothing about you and nor do they care to and one small script takes hours to fill i really miss the old places as well❤ great video
Shut down the internet
Awesome job on this exploration!
Thanks again for the video!! Keep it up bud!! Awesome 👏🏻
did you see them loot those bullets
this is amazing! would there be expiration dates on the back of the hair dye? might give an idea how long it's been abandoned.
This a fascinating but sad time capsule of this pharmacy. It seems much earlier than 2008.
Those are hair relaxing kits.. (the boxes with the African American women on it) mostly used by us 🖤😅.. it makes our hair straight
I was just about to inform him Lol Glad I saw your comment first
It's crazy too, seeing the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy" because I work in a hospice pharmacy, and a lot of the meds we get from our wholesaler are that specific brand. So it isn't like that company went out of business completely or anything.
Hospice drugs woah now . Fentanyl
Walmart caused Ma and Pops to go bankrupt.
I agree. Wal-Marts built on the outskirts of towns and killed the downtowns
Walmart didn't. Consumers did by choosing Walmart
Awesome video mate. Really interesting to see this sort of stuff. Got a bit anxious for a second when you got near that sinkhole. These places can be dangerous AF. Did you find anything interesting that didn't make it on to the video?
They could have donated those wheel chairs and walkers to a nursing home, kids toys to a shelter, and so on.
They won't accept them, due to possible liability issues.
No sorry they have no bank value they have to go to a dumpster and land fill.
That takes allot of work and who knows what was going on with the ppl in charge here when they were closing this down. If you just leave everything like this most likly you have other concerns. Like you just lost your job or store and you need to figure out where your going to live and work. Responsibility at a job is a tricky thing. It's somewhat clear when everyone get's paid but when everyone is let go whoes responsible.
Before the Dollar Stores, there were these drugstores. And before this, the Five and Dimes. Looks like 1990s when that was abandoned. Would love to have those old pre-Insanity gas cans.
It would be after nafta and the newspaper article about it in the westside rag says it closed end of June 2012.
Makes sense they probably used it until 2008 to store their paperwork.
Wow! I wouldn't be able to leave for days. I'm in the UK but I would say it looked like it shut down 20 + years but you did find paper work with later dates on so its just decayed quickly. Cigarettes in a pharmacy? Never happen over here.
Great video, you must get a rush finding these sort of places. Stay safe.
Pharmacy is just part of the store it would have sold a variety of things. Closed end of June 2012.
It's like dollar store items before dollar stores were a thing 😮 pretty cool. And the clothes appear to be nurses outfits or medical clothes or whatever. Can't think of what they're called rn. Lol
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@@tomwesley7884 yesssss thank you lol
scrubs?
Thank you for amazing content like this one!!!
I remember driving through a town like this in Oklahoma , most of the houses and businesses were abandoned, like everyone left overnight. At that town there was mining and many of the mine shafts were dug underneath the town and the town was collapsing into the mine. Several streets had signs warning people to stay out due to danger of collapse.
It looks to me like there was a fire that was contained to the back. A fire burning in the basement would have caused the floor damage but there would have only been smoke/water damage upstairs. Interesting explore...looking forward to the rest of the town.
oh, like it close bc the fire and then it just ended up staying closed. that does make allot of sense.
@@OmniMonitorIf it wasn't making much money, and/or they didn't have insurance, they probably just decided not to rebuild. I worked for a pharmacy that burned, and we were barely breaking even, so the owner decided not to rebuild.
The news paper article about it is online from 2012.
That's crazy! It would be interesting to know the back story to why it was abandoned. Great find! Thanks for sharing!
No real research. Clickbait?
Not abandoned its Gary Indiana
Alot of it would have been because of bigger stores like Walmart, Kmart, CVS, Rite Aid, etc that people started shopping at
You can google the newspaper article I leave more clues in my comment. It was end of June 2012.
@@joeyj1489is it in Gary ? Just wondering no plans on visiting .
Thank you! this is the best!
More! More!
Man i could really use one of those clear display cases..
That wheel chair could have been taken to a VFW or old folks home
I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a Pharmacy sell Cigarettes at least here in Canada.
It wouldn’t be a sinkhole, since the basement is intact.
Finding an expiry date, would give an idea on how long it’s been abandoned.
Walgreens still sell them. CVS went all no nicotine anything years ago.
2009! At least in Alberta, I started working for Shoppers in the summer of 2008. And that's around when we had to start hiding them. 6 months later the law kicked in and we stopped selling them.
good point. I worked at a pharmacy just like the one in the video in 2000-2002 and it was during that time that they removed the cigarettes from behind the counter. That was in Connecticut, so it probably isn't much different in this video. I get a 90s or maybe early 2000s vibe from the merchandise.
Newspaper article says it closed end of June 2012.
my cvs sells them
You'd mentioned might have had a sale. If I'm not mistaken there was a "sale" sandwich board towards the registers and sunglasses at the front of the store. So I definitely think you're right.
I also totally agree with you about taking stuff from places like this. Due to its overall general condition why would you want to? You'd probably grow a second head from that vintage, off brand hair dye if you tried to use it. Plus if you took stuff (and if everyone else took stuff when they explored) there would be very little left to make videos like this so amazing. I personally love a good time capsule. A+ for sure!
How did it smell in there, by the way? Looks like a lot of water damage in places.
Do you know if the second floor below (where the caved in floor was) was part of the pharmacy too? Or if it was another store? Or storage of some kind? Makes me wonder if there was a way down (aside from the obvious, haha).
As usual, thanks for the high quality video. How these don't have roughly a bajillion likes is so far beyond me, but I'm going to keep commenting on them until they do!
1995 unopened base set shadowless pokemon blister is worth several thousand dollars a pack one of the first things I would look for
Thank you for this great video! I guessed the 1990s.
Gary Indiana. Sad what them folks did to that city.
"Them folks." And OP loves your racism too. Idiots.
Excellent upload!!
There are many places like this also in France and Germany, abandoned towns and places where there are things that have remained there for more than 20/25 years, a step back in time to visit these places there, and to see these old things which are still practically new despite the time that has passed. - It was more of a small hardware and grocery and pharmacy supermarket.
I'm surprised scrappers haven't stripped the metal shelves and stuff yet.
This all just goes to show that most people don't care about the needy. All that stuff wasting away.
I agree. But in the end it all still belongs to the people that own it and they have to be willing to give it the needy.
@@mizginas or be forced to give it , just like it should be with all wealthy people.
They likely could not pay people to haul it to the "needy" the business would then be at risk if anything was bad and could end in a law suit over donating items. Yes people sue places that donate items so people stop donating items.
@@badgerpa9 are you talking about spoiled food items?
Got a question to ask, do you ever take anything as a souvenir to remember the place you’ve been and do you ever search around to see if you do find anything of value
they always do did you see them loot those bullets lol
Wow this is such a great find!!!
If your business gets liquidated you often have to leave the items there because your bank hopes for something of falue. Then they see, that they will only get cheap rubber bands and picture frames - not worth moving one finger 😂
Everything is rotting away I’d probably take something. In my opinion it’s not stealing, that shit is not owned by anyone. You couldn’t pay someone if you wanted.
TO STRINGER IT's GARY INDIANA EVERYBODY I hope the needy people can get those barrettes they have been needing. and trust me Stringer is there illegally trespassing without permission did you see them loot those bullets btw??
I was a pharmacy broker and have sold over 250 pharmacies in a span of 50 years. There is no excuse for this type of happening. Also Bergen who runs Good Neighbor-where were they.?A lot of people dropped the ball,
Ive always respected explorers that leave everything where it is. No matter if its a pair of shoes, a dollar bill, whatever it is. To leave things where they were, that shows appreciation for the place and the past history of it.
Cool video. didnt you check for expiration dates on the products? That could give you an idea when it closed
A person experienced in NBC/ CBR can tell people didn't know the truth about chemical and other contamination if they left all that behind. I am surprised it hasn't been picked clean by those wander onto it.
Oh my gosh. I don't think I've ever seen so much stuff left behind. You look at it ,and I feel sorry for the person who owned it. Something big to just leave everything behind, like they had to get out fast or something. Would love to know the story. It reminds me of something a movie is made of.
you are so lucky to find this!
oF COURSE HE IS DID YOU SEE THEM LOOT THOSE BULLETS?
Anything that is salvageable should be donated to charities and poor people, instead of letting it rot.
it was like a Dollar General before there was one of those in every small town. Chinese junkatorium.
Gotta be abandoned in the 90s. That "Power Pad Pro" or that kids toy "pre-laptop" 😂 came out in'94, and i had one. I was born in '92.
For anyone that is wanting to know the approximate time of when this building closed it closed around 2008. the drink cooler solved the date those Arizona energy drinks came out around 2008 13:22
Honestly, with the housing "shortage," part of me wonders just how much of that could be solved if we started reviving ghost towns like this. Yes they would take a lot of work, especially if they had been abandoned since the 90s, but it would probably still be easier and cheaper than building a new house, and if it isn't, you can always demolish it to build a new house.
As for jobs, there can probably be a host of start-up businesses, the internet allows for remote work, and if there is a population, you can bet Walmart or Walgreens will make a store there if there are enough people.
It's truely amazing I love abandoned places there story and what lies in with them.❤
First time I'm posting a comment on one of your videos, the reason I like watching them is because you have respect for other people's belongings. Great video!
Understandably but I mean if somebody left them and they're never coming back what's the big deal
There's theft and then there's salvage
Another great video!
Looks as if the building was condemned due to structural deterioration, and they did not have the money to upgrade so with little time to leave, they left most of it behind.
that and you cant make any money and live without a post office and active city hall ect, in a growing ghost town sad.
@@ravenbloodommo Gary Indiana is a shell of what it once was, but it's far from abandoned. I'm surprised no one from the T Mobile store (attached and literally on the other side of the north wall) didn't hear them and call the police.
Awesome video... thanks
Sure is a lot of traffic outside for a ghost town
Right!
This store is actually on the corner of two main streets.
I wouldn't call this place a "ghost town" but there's a whole bunch of abandoned neighborhoods and lots of blight.
@YouveBeenMiddled still a great video and I love yalls stuff
@@StringerMediawhere is this?
@@theresataylor1565 Gary IN
Haha “you can see it’s been abandoned for so long the rubber bands have melted”
Ah no rubber bands do not melt on their own, they melt from heat, ie like the heat from a fire.
I like watching these videos because it reminds me that I’m not as dumb as I thought.
REALLY ENJOYED VIDEO MUST HAVE INTERESTING BACKGROUND!!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT VIDEO
Best abandoned content on u tube.👌. I'd love to visit these places💪👊
There is such a crazy mix of products in this store! Some of it I swear is from the 80’s. And I don’t know where you are but it’s been a very long time since cigarettes could be sold in pharmacies. It seems like a sort of outlet, dollar type store alongside the pharmacy. So you can’t really trust the manufacturer dates of the stuff left behind. I’d go by what receipts or most current paper work is left. Too bad there isn’t any magazines or newspapers left. It’s still a crazy time capsule! I’d want to take as long as possible and explore every single building there!
So the hair care products were all name brand….. Good video! I’m amazed how they just left everything. As if in a hurry.
Im somewhat amused to see that the pharmacy is called Good Neighbor, just like from Fallout 4.
Yeah you're right. That's look really like Fallout ^^
Amazing video! Could do a Zombie movie in there..🧟🧟🧟♂🧟♂
You couldn't see that the roof was leaking which caused the floor to rot away and collapse. LOL SINKHOLE!!!
I grew up in a small town called Nelsonville, and since then I've watched the town both build up and close down. Last I went through the state route wasn't even open they had it routed around a few of the old now shut down gas stations. It's sad to see
The only thing it's known for is the Rocky boot factory that hasn't made boots since I was a kid, manufacturing got moved from there to Mexico somewhere, and of course the good old prison, which is also small
I'm sure they didn't leave cash in the register. Lmfao. Clearly no junkies have found that place yet if there was still needles there.
"I think somebody stole all the money", yeah, because every business owner leaves the register full of cash before they abandon their store.
I know. Some strange remarks like "melted rubber bands" from the aging processes
Stringer media mentioned that it’s dumb too”steal”from place like this…If i grab 50,$1 items and sell them…i will have $50 dollars in my pocket…i don’t know if Stringer Media was fed with a silver spoon but i wasn’t..a dollar is a dollar player…an it’s not dumb like you said,it’s a FACT…🤝✌️
Thank you for your comments able people wanting to steal.
Just to warn others. If people took anything from there, the items are probably way expired and could cause major issues like chemical burns or worse
I don't think it's crazy at all..
90% of the businesses go bankrupt, and usually the City's or Municipality's take it over..
Seen it happen many times,Kmart and Zellers abandoned malls are another story..😮😮😮
That building is heated with a steam boiler and at some point suffered a leak in the system filling the space with 300 degrees steam. Paint will peel, tiles will expand, mold will grow, and ceilings/floors will collapse.
No masks or protection gear at all, huh? Inna town that was deserted in a hurry? Is that.... Smart?
You said gas tanks those are actually sharps containers they are used for old needles and such for ppl who have to inject daily. Whether it be insulin or such.
My favorite part sign reads budget phone $49.95 makes long distance and local calls. I only wish today's phones were this cheap and lasted long. Thanks for sharing.
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That’s nuts where is this town located? I would love to visit it.
It s amazing how many towns like this across the world and usa !.. 😮
Be a good area for filming locations for zombie / horror movies in general.
I so badly wanna know where this is! I am nosy & love to find out how/why places became abandoned… my fav rabbit hole
That is so frustrating to see. I just saw full section of medical supplies I need, and it's just going to waste.
You know it's no more safe in this condition 🤔
@@Irilia_neko What I was referring to is sealed
The good neighbor pharmacy in my town sold out to Right Aid. I miss that place, it was within walking distance and they had off brand groceries also. it was emptied out, renovated and turned into a dollar General, and a 99 cents store side by side. but the owner made some stupid moves that hurt him more then helped. like closing the bill payment center at the back of the store, that brought in a lot of customers , and then the death blow was when he closed the pharmacy, and tried to keep the business going as a discount grocery and sundries store. it was just a tax shelter for his bigger store in another town , but it hurt the low income people in the poorer section of the neighborhood.
Pretty bad when generations no longer even know what something as simple as a gas can is. Just amazes the shit out of me
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bro what, im 17 we know what a gas can is lmfao
You could do a thousand things right, and people will still point out the one thing you did wrong. Unbelievable
@@StringerMedia You called it a gas tank.
@@Benevito-yt ☺😀😁😂
The booze section floor collapsed 😂🎉 Musta been one hell of a party😅
That computer behind the register was released in the early 2000s. I started surplusing that model PC around the late 2000s.
Is it mostly plastic shelving ? Or glass with the mirrors? I would love to own some type of display stuff. I'm not rich and i never inherited anything from my family so it wouldnt be pricey stuff, more so stuff that was sentimental to me/art i made/things my kids made
you can tell by the calculator and the computer on the ground late 80s but probably into the 90s and the overall aesthetics of the products look like early 90s. But then the monster stickers on the fridge would mean into the 2000s
You need to look at the exp date on some of the products to be able to tell how long it has been abandoned. I agree that it would be dumb to steal anything. That is one of the things that is wrong with the world.
Oh don't worry the bank doesn't want anything, this is nothing of value to them in these places, they just throw it all in a dumpster.
If the town is in Illinois, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Gary Indiana. He forgot to tell us.
@@jaysmith179 He wants to keep stuff for himself, did you see them loot those bullets?
those school supplies should have been donated
Great video man