Areas to avoid in Gary, IN

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by msamhunter

Glen Park is the city south of the Borman east or west of Broadway. Zip Codes 46408 and 46409 to be exact. Areas to avoid though in Gary are numerous to say the least but Gary is not what people think it is. I now live in Indianapolis and I tell people all the time Gary is not like Indianapolis or other cities where people need to do stuff to make a name for themselves. In Gary if you don't bother anyone, no one bothers you.

Yep! Interstate 80 south to 53rd. Mississippi St on the east to Grant St on the west is Glen Park.

[italianbluesboy]

Originally Posted by metrocity

As for the people who live in south part of the county that keep degrading EC, Gary, Hammond and Whiting, I guess they should not work in the north county either. Everyday Cline Ave, Kennedy Ave, Indianapolis Blvd, and Calumet Ave are gridlocked with people going south to their homes from work. These people should have a little respect for the communities that provide the jobs that feed their families and bought the south county homes they live in. What would happen if BP-Amoco, U.S. Steel, Mittal Steel, all the railroad companies, all the casinos and all the other factories that provide your jobs started shutting down plants like GM and Chrysler? Your comments are basically saying that you should shut those cities down by telling people to not live in them or to avoid them. Maybe if all these negative people moved back, these cities would be as strong as they once were. But, I know that would be to much like the right thing to do.

I was reading this board trying to research if the South Shore Line is safe, and I wandered into this thread.

The above quoted posting is really not rooted in reality. As far as "communities that provide the jobs", well, sorry, but industry and business provides jobs, not the community. US Steel and BP provide the jobs, not Gary or Whiting. (Although I would surmise that the inner city thought process would think that since the Government takes care of your food and housing that they provide the industry as well. ) So, just because one works in these towns, it does mean one should be respectful of the citizens and neighborhoods, but it doesn't mean the community - from the mayor to the winos - "provides the jobs".

As far as residents of safer suburbs moving to the more dangerous Gary area towns being "the right thing to do", these workers keeping their families in areas where they are safe is the right thing to do. These workers don't owe the people in East Chicago or Gary anything, but they do owe it to their families to get themselves home in one piece every night and choose a safe neighborhood.

I swear - the inner city mentality is so foreign to me - no concept of individual property and responsibility (community provides jobs???), blame and victimization ("the right thing to do")...good grief.

[monstu]

My husbands takes the SouthShore...has for the past 10 yrs. I used to worry about his safety, but things seems ok. That said, there are problems with delays and brakedowns. He likes it, has his group of friends and they stay together, if their is a problem and they need other transportation they all pitch in money for a cab. It works for him.

[Drover]

italianbluesboy, the South Shore train is fine. Thousands of people commute to and from Chicago on the South Shore every day on it without incident. For whatever reason, riff-raff rarely use commuter trains to move around.

[metrocity]

Originally Posted by italianbluesboy

I was reading this board trying to research if the South Shore Line is safe, and I wandered into this thread.

The above quoted posting is really not rooted in reality. As far as "communities that provide the jobs", well, sorry, but industry and business provides jobs, not the community. US Steel and BP provide the jobs, not Gary or Whiting. (Although I would surmise that the inner city thought process would think that since the Government takes care of your food and housing that they provide the industry as well. ) So, just because one works in these towns, it does mean one should be respectful of the citizens and neighborhoods, but it doesn't mean the community - from the mayor to the winos - "provides the jobs".

As far as residents of safer suburbs moving to the more dangerous Gary area towns being "the right thing to do", these workers keeping their families in areas where they are safe is the right thing to do. These workers don't owe the people in East Chicago or Gary anything, but they do owe it to their families to get themselves home in one piece every night and choose a safe neighborhood.

I swear - the inner city mentality is so foreign to me - no concept of individual property and responsibility (community provides jobs???), blame and victimization ("the right thing to do")...good grief.

What is the inner city mentality? It is foreign to me as well. I guess you were trying to refer to people that are on welfare, collecting food stamps and unemployment checks. I guess if any those companies(BP or the mills) ever shut down you could just find yourself another JOB(Just Over Broke) or collect your benefits in the suburbs until your house gets foreclosed on. I guess if everyone moved to the "suburbs" then EC, Gary, Whiting and Hammond would be safer because there would not be anyone would be left.