Posted on 04/30/2023 10:02:28 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Not even an hour's drive southeast from the center of Chicago sits Gary, Indiana, a semi-apocalyptic shell of its former self. Originally founded in 1906, Gary, Indiana wasn't always the way it is now. During the middle of the 20th century, Gary was a booming steel town and a hub for the United States Steel Corporation. Domestic steel workers and newly-arrived immigrants flocked to the city for its economic opportunity, and during the 50's and 60's, Gary was thriving enough to rival other major industrial hubs like Chicago and Detroit. So how did this once-thriving center of industry collapse into the semi-abandoned "Murder Capital of America?"
The whole story is a complex one, but the primary contributor to Gary's doom was the decline of the steel industry itself. The majority of people who lived in Gary worked for the town's steel mill, and when America's steel industry started to collapse due to overseas competition, so did the city's largest employer.
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The right sold out industry and the left took advantage. A lot of blame to go around.
You mean the black people that used to work in factories and mills?
Unions are nothing now. Only 6% of the private sector is in a union.
Not really. In its day, Gary was humming, but let's get real...
No, I mean the black people who run Gary now.
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I grew up in Aetna.
“I’m also betting you never owned a chimpanzee.”
Nope. Just a dog.
That family, that man really lost it along the way.
Bingo.
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