Review of Gary, Indiana


Wubs my city =)
Star Rating - 10/27/2009
Those who never left Gary cannot appreciate the brilliance that is the city. It has more major highway connections than cities 12x its size, it is less than an hour from 3 major airports, 2 international sea ports, and it has a great working class because of the mill. We've got tons of people who know how to work with electrical, mechanical, and contruction engineering. So please, just because your poor of spirit doesn't mean we all plan to wallow lay idle. We have over 40 miles the best beach on lake michigan. I go there almost every day in the summer time. Its quiet and lovely and no one bothers me. As a matter of fact I've been in Gary since I was born in 1972 and I always love coming back. Sure crime has become more of an issue, but its actually more of a media sterotype than actual figures. we average like 60 murders a year for almost 100k people...please pay attention to the differences of 60 and 100,000.
Darryl | Gary, IN
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Gary, In is not a safe place to raise a family. There are too many issues that surrond the city and that is not just a sterotype, it's a fact. I can speak from experience, I grew up near the beach front in Indiana. In the early 80's it wasn't too bad. I couldn't imagine living there today. There are no jobs, the schools are out dated, and the scenery is depressing.
Robin827 | Aurora, IL | Report Abuse

I have never been to Gary, but when I read, "Sure crime has become more of an issue, but its actually more of a media sterotype than actual figures. we average like 60 murders a year for almost 100k people...please pay attention to the differences of 60 and 100,000", it really scared me. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The population of Toronto is 3 million people, that of Gary about 80,000, so roughly 37.5 times that of Gary. Toronto had the following number of homicides in the past 4 years: 2015: 59 homicides 2016: 75 homicides 2017: 66 homicides 2018: 96 homicides Toronto's homicide in 2018 was a record high, at a rate of 3.11 per 100,000 people-but it included 10 people killed in one vehicular homicide. So, if Toronto had the same rate of murders per capita as Gary, then it would have 37.5 x 60 = 2,250 murders per year. This would NOT be a media stereotype-it would be WAR ZONE!!!
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