Youth Video Project - Gary Indiana - Midtown The Central District

This is a video prelude to the full length documentary that is underway. Midtown - The Central District is a historic area in Gary, Indiana. It was vibrant and full of hope decades ago. It centered around black businesses and black unification. There is a strategic initiative in place to revive this once hustling and prosperous area

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• Gary
• Indiana
• Midtown
• The
• Central
• District
• Strong
• Creative
• Vision

[angelfromgod333]

I love Gary. I plan to do my own documentary on some of the best sections in Gary. Many people only show the worst sections....I plan to do the opposite.

[josephmeyer72]

The same thing that happened to Gary is happening right now in Pine Bluff , Arkansas . It too is a city where the majority of the population (74.5%) is African-American , no real industry , declining school enrollment , which means less funds , and just an overall citywide depression . Gary and Pine Bluff are wonderful cities (location wise) and with the right economics in place can bounce back and become powerhouses for a new generation .

[youngcudda]

One person decided to be a assshole...



[MegaPmad]

I'd blame corporate greed and ignorant and bitter racism for the rapid rise and equally quick decline of Gary. People never stop to think deeply about who really profits from white flight. Could it be the banks? How about USX ? Better keep an eye on your town. The here today gone tomorrow cycle is getting shorter. The south shore of Lake Michigan could have been an international tourism spot. Unfortunately we don't look that far ahead.

[sisterquintella]

It's not where you live.....it's how you live.

[raymond4unc]

Did the full length documentary ever get made?

[raymond4unc]

@mrstheus1 If you are not there to help build up Gary, why are you staying?

[raymond4unc]

This is one of the best videos I've seen of Gary. Keep up the good work!

[checkers1245]

@josephmeyer72

No, anytime you have a bunch of niggas living in the same spot, you have high crime, low education, drug dealing and prostitution. The poverty is way out of control in these areas and no one gives a rats ass about what goes on here. Sorry but that is the way it is. There is no."bouncing back", once niggas populate the area, it is lost forever.

[charlestonchewy]

@mrstheus1 I thought Winthrop Harbor, Illinois was the Klan Capital.

[charlestonchewy]

@angelfromgod333 is there a GOOD part of Gary? I would love to see that .