Rate This City: Day 169 - Gary Indiana

[Child_Of_God]

Camden is a damn resort compared to that place .... what the f happened there?? or has it always been like that

Gary use to be quite prosperous before WW2 because of the growth of the steel industry but due to increased competitiveness from overseas the industry started to decline in the 60’s and many workers were lead off as a result and the city has been rapidly declining since then unfortunately.

 

[KodeBlue]

Gary was a ghost town when I was that, a looks even more depressing than the bad areas of Baltimore.

The only tourist attraction worth visiting is MJs childhood home. For that alone I give a 3, without it, Gary would be in the negatives.

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

G-Town What it doooo baaay-beeee

 

[jackson35]

Rules:

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1.Thecoli will be rating 170 cities to live and visit worldwide over a 5 month period. in order to vote you need to had either visited or lived in the selected city.

2. You can rate the city on several factors(such as the cost of living, the people, famous landmarks and entertainment) based on your experience.

3.you can rate each city anywhere on a scale of 1-10.

4. The results of the poll will be displayed publicly.

5. Feel free to nominate any city no matter how well known or big it is.

6. If your hometown gets rated low don’t take it personal, we all have preferences.

7.The polls will be open for 48 hours so vote as quickly as you can.

8. Rep and dap as many people as you like and don’t forget to 5 star this thread.

Gary Indiana

County: Lake

Nicknames: City In Motion, City Of The Century, City On The Move, Steel City

Mayor: Jerome A, Prince (D)

Population: 75,282

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the city that hosted leroi jones black power summit. fred Williamson and denice Williams and a black power mayor. a black hand salute to gary

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Looks like a cleaner Jackson Miss midwest version

 

[Verbal Kint]

The entire city is the hood. With none of the benefits of being in a big city

 

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[Sankofa Alwayz]

2

Only reason it’s not a 1 is because of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Freddie Gibbs

 

[Regular_P]

The entire city is the hood. With none of the benefits of being in a big city

When I used to live near there I remember hearing that police would tell people to ignore traffic lights at night. As in, if the light is red and no one is around, just go because you were a sitting duck.

 

[ISO]

Downtown is home to a dingy Philly cheesesteak spot, a run down hotel, and the smallest City Hall I’ve seen

Place is poverty stricken all the industry jobs left it’s one of the most dangerous cities in America per capita now. At least it’s close to Chicago.

Other than being the Jackson’s hometown it has nothing going for it.

Michael Jackson is the economy

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Scary Gary

I give it a -1. We only spot there to get gas on the way to Chicago

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

Gary, Indiana produced MJ and his family and Gangsta Gibbs so I really can't say anything bad about the city

 

[Child_Of_God]

Wow this city is not thread worthy

The city was home to the king of pop so that’s worth something.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Camden is a damn resort compared to that place .... what the f happened there?? or has it always been like that

Decline of the steel industry. It had an active night life back in the day. Lotta folks from SW Michigan and the Chi would go there and club, gamble, and trick.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Gary, Indiana produced MJ and his family and Gangsta Gibbs so I really can't say anything bad about the city

Deniece Williams too.