Gary Indiana’s population dropped from a peak of over 178,000 in 1960 down to under 70,000 today due to the collapse of the domestic steel industry and roughly a third of homes and commercial buildings have been abandoned. It has gone from being called the "City of the Century" to being a cautionary example.
Via Memo Of the Air
(If you want to dig deeper check out this Abandoned America episode.)
Funny how Trump never mentions problem cities like this in red states.
ReplyDeleteHis vilification of Blue cities as crime-ridden and immigrant-flooded danger zones that must be controlled to keep people safe is meant to be polarizing.
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