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Miami, possibly the most famous beaches in the U.S. vs. Gary, possibly the worst city in the U.S. (and with giant steel mills regularly dumping waste into the frequently unswimmable "glorious" local beaches).
Watch out Maui, here comes Gary, a beach honeymoon delight!
Appart of Michael and Janet Jackson, what;s good has ever come from Gary...?
At first I was like "was there a Gary somewhere I never heard about?" then I saw you were talking about Gary In... I was like "damn..."
The Indiana Dunes are, actually, very impressive. However, they're 20 minutes outside of Gary, and to claim them as belonging to Gary, is really kind of silly. Also, why would you compare them to Miami? It's a lose/lose, buddy. What you've done, is taken something beautiful and unique in the Midwest, and compared it to beaches that are entirely different. You can't make a fair comparison between the two.
This is not true...the National Park includes miles and miles of Gary lakefront. In fact the largest population center in the entire Dunes is the Miller Beach neighborhood of Gary which is surrounded on all four sides by the National Park. And the Dunes that stretch to the east of gary are technically in the Gary subdivision of the Chicago metro. If Miami can claim Miami Beach, a separate city as far as I understand, Gary canclaim the Dunes..as well as can Chicago.
I wouldn't swim in the Lake Michigan near Gary. It is like swimming in the water off the coast of NJ in the NYC area. I give the better beaches to Miami.
You do realize that Lake Michigan has very dynamic currents and that the entire southern half of the Lake has the same water quality? And it is the DRINKING WATER for millions of area residents...Chicag and Gary included. So you'll drink Chicago tap water but won't swim in lake Michigan? See a psychiatrist.
The only advantage that Gary's beaches will have is that it's going to be less crowded. But that can also mean that nobody wants to swim there. With that being said, I'd vote for Miami's beaches in terms of surf, beauty, scenery, etc.
I have been to Miami a dozen times...but honestly prefer the Dunes. I know plenty of others including a French friend who lived in Miami Beach for several years and after visiting the Dunes totally concurred.
Ridiculously huge Midwest and Lakes booster. Not surprising at all.
I'd take the warm, Caribbean-like waters and tropical-like atmosphere in Miami/many other places in South Florida over pretty much any other US mainland beach any day. I'm a sucker for tropical-like conditions - warm, nice blue water, nice sand, palm trees, warmth overall.
Come visit us on a sultry August day when the water temps can get very warm. I love the changes in the lake from season to season. Even year to year is different.
The shelf ice can be ridiculously beautiful.....certainly more than Miami's!
You do realize that Lake Michigan has very dynamic currents and that the entire southern half of the Lake has the same water quality? And it is the DRINKING WATER for millions of area residents...Chicag and Gary included. So you'll drink Chicago tap water but won't swim in lake Michigan? See a psychiatrist.
I imagine they filter and clean the water...? I imagine it's not straight from the lake?...
Miami's beaches are so much about people watching, sunbathing and exposed bodies. I don't imagine that the beaches in Gary really have much of that but I might be wrong. I would think the people watching beaches in the area would be more those in downtown and northside Chicago.
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