I drove through Gary on the way to Green Bay back in 2016.
Boy, that place is a ghost town. Many of the old steel mills have been converted to government housing, and the people who used to work there now live there. It had a population of 178k in 1960. Now it's down under 70k.
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ding, ding, ding, correct!
-- lilhokie525
Dec 15, 2025 at 07:37 AM ET
lilhokie525
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12/15/25 07:37 AM ET
Boss is from South Bend...he says the old-timers in that town still talk
-- Tuckahokie
Dec 15, 2025 at 08:16 AM ET
Tuckahokie
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12/15/25 08:16 AM ET
South Bend/Elkhart seem to have rebounded OK
-- HokieMacDaddy
Dec 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM ET
HokieMacDaddy
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12/15/25 11:24 AM ET
I drove through Gary on the way to Green Bay back in 2016.
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-- Chris Coleman
Dec 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM ET
Dec 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM ET
Chris Coleman
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12/15/25 10:01 AM ET
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12/15/25 10:01 AM ET
I can imagine the impact that might have on even medium sized towns/cities.**
-- lilhokie525
Dec 15, 2025 at 09:11 AM ET
lilhokie525
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12/15/25 09:11 AM ET
Happening right now in Lexington, IN. Tyson closing their plant, 3200 jobs
-- Brown Water
Dec 15, 2025 at 09:58 AM ET
Brown Water
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12/15/25 09:58 AM ET
Edsel is named in the song. I double checked. Oh well. **
-- Stork
Dec 15, 2025 at 01:59 PM ET
Stork
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12/15/25 01:59 PM ET