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05-28-2009, 11:07 AM
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Bob Sanders
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Location: The rolling hills of far NE Indiana
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Originally Posted by Jadex
All of gary
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Ugh--couldn't agree more. Most sane people should openly avoid Gary--and the rest of Lake County for that matter. Utterly depressing.
The only decent area in NWI is Porter County--because it's far enough away from places like Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond. |
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05-28-2009, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Colts
Ugh--couldn't agree more. Most sane people should openly avoid Gary--and the rest of Lake County for that matter. Utterly depressing.
The only decent area in NWI is Porter County--because it's far enough away from places like Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond.
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Sorry, Colts, but that's very unfair. Crown Point, Dyer, Schererville, Highland, Munster are all very decent communities in Lake County. It's a very different county south of the Borman Expressway. |
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05-28-2009, 11:33 AM
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Bob Sanders
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Originally Posted by grmasterb
Sorry, Colts, but that's very unfair. Crown Point, Dyer, Schererville, Highland, Munster are all very decent communities in Lake County. It's a very different county south of the Borman Expressway.
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Alright--I'll give you that. But, there's no denying that Gary and Hammond really bring the quality of that area down. |
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05-28-2009, 11:35 AM
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Hangin' With King Friday
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Originally Posted by Drover
The areas to avoid in Gary are as follows:
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Ditto this. Really |
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05-28-2009, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Colts
Alright--I'll give you that. But, there's no denying that Gary and Hammond really bring the quality of that area down.
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Gary, as I've advocated somewhere previously, should just be demolished and returned to nature. Perhaps if we grow a forest there it will help offset some of the pollution from the mills. Hammond actually has a few decent areas -- nothing flashy, just solidly working class. Whiting is an interesting enclave. |
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05-28-2009, 11:45 AM
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If you stay in the Glen Park area, you'll be fine. That is the area south of 15th avenue and on the west side of Broadway. By the way, Gary is in a major housing revitilaztion program. All these people can laugh but Gary in 5-7 years will be a great city and you won't recognize it. Just stay out of the areas from 12th street to downtown.I know first hand, so the information I gave you is accurate. Good Luck!
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05-28-2009, 11:45 AM
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Whiting is a dump. It's only saving grace is the fact that most of its residents are white. Otherwise, it would be lumped in with other dumps like East Chicago and Gary.
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05-28-2009, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by grmasterb
Sorry, Colts, but that's very unfair. Crown Point, Dyer, Schererville, Highland, Munster are all very decent communities in Lake County. It's a very different county south of the Borman Expressway.
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As well as Griffith, Merrillville, and St. John. |
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05-28-2009, 11:50 AM
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Bob Sanders
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I've heard that Whiting forbade blacks from living there starting in the 1950s and is now mostly rednecks.
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05-28-2009, 11:53 AM
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^^You heard wrong.
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