America’s Most “Miserable” City - Gary, Indiana 🇺🇸

Gary, Indiana is notorious for some of the highest homicide rates and lowest life expectancy in the country. Formerly the world’s biggest steel town gone bust. But what is it like today? Join me as I tour you around the old world of Gary and introduce you to the locals.

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[williamdavidson]

I was on a cross country trip, broke down in Gary Indiana at a gas station. I was conscious that Gary was a very dangerous place. However everyone there was very nice to me. One guy actually took me to the parts store and offered his tools to help me fix my truck. For that I paint the town with positivity!

[rmagdos]

Peter I have to tell you that I was born and raised in Gary and lived there for 15 years. I worked at United States Steel Gary Works for 43 years and 8 months and retired on Jan. 1st 2009. I am now 76 years old and have seen many YouTube videos about Gary in the past. I have to tell you this video is by far the best that I have seen. You have just earned a new subscriber and I am looking forward to watching all of your videos, past and future because you are a class act and take the time to talk to the people that live in the cities that you feature in your videos. US Steel Gary works is still booming to this day. The number of workers has at USS has gotten smaller because it takes fewer workers to produce steeel because of the newer modern processes. I drove 35 miles each way to Gary Works every day when I moved out of Gary, and many people do the same. When I hired in USS Gary works there werw 24, 000 emoloyees, when I retired in 2009 there wew 6, 000 employees, and we made more steel with less workers. The building you went into just outsidr the Gary Works entrance was the old Union Station building, it was featured in the movie "Origional Gangstas" staring Gary's own Fred "The Hammer" Williamson. Keep up the great work. I will be watching!

[hans-joachimneubauer]

I am from Germany and as a young man - 40 years ago - I visited the US several times and felt in love with the country and its people. Maybe the american dream is absent at the moment but the american spirit is always present. Overcoming problems is part of the american DNA. So go for it land of the free and home of the brave.

[MonstermindCEOBdclub]

BIG RESPECT for the people at the adult daycare center .
some true words spoken there !!

[lunamotocross]

The man you first talked to seems like an amazing person. It was inspiring to hear he has faith in the younger generations, too

[carson]

Peter is literally the man for this job. It is incredible how comfortable you can make people feel.

[kedeshfarmhomestead]

I'm from Gary and love how you went in being transparent to hearing the natives of Gary. My grandfather owned a construction/masonry company. Employing lots of men from the streets to help build them up and show them a skill so they can always know how to serve, provide, and survive.

Because my grandad grew up in the streets of Gary, he took us out in the streets to minister and feed Crack heads, homeless, and others who were poor.

My grandad also played a huge role in building a lot of those old structures you were walking in, including the brick houses.

His hands made those bricks for a lot of those houses that are still standing. This brought back so many great childhood memories of going to the beach or just hanging out on front porches with my hood friends.

Your short documentary truly blessed me today. I hope and pray for a positive mindset and for the right hearts, minds, and hands to help restore Gary's trauma and abuse and my family, who still live there. I moved away over 30 years ago.

But still call it home💜

[lindaartz]

The parents are key. She is so right about discipline and having a family.

[arianajefferson]

This is first video I've seen exploring Gary that actually TALKS to people who live there instead of just driving through talking about how terrible it looks and dangerous it must be. ❤

[alwardhockeynut]

You know what America needs? America needs more people like Peter. Shining light on the good, the bad, the ugly, and the future. Peter's ability to draw out perspectives from people is nothing short of incredible. These videos present the conversations that should and need to be happening- and it proves that Americans from all walks of life have way more in common, and more similar perspectives, than most people in todays time recognize. Journalism like this outlines the moral framework that could save an entire country.

[lovinLaVonna]

He doesn't walk in finger pointing. He walks in asking questions out of interest and respect. Love this guy's purpose and work. Journalism that you can actually follow along with believe in and learn from. Watching these videos isn't killing your brain cells it's actually making the brain cells that you have even stronger. God bless and keep on rollin brother

[millrat]

The building you asked about at your 28:00 minute mark is Gary's Union Station, build in 1910. At one point you were standing on the loading platform area where passengers entered/exited the train cars as you recorded trains speeding past you about 30' away. It was used in several Hollywood productions, most notably Appointment With Danger (1950) starring Alan Ladd, w Jack Webb and Harry Morgan and more recently Original Gangstas (1996) starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Isabella Sanford, etc.

[CarstenNRW]

I'm from Germany and I really appreciate how you presented this city. There are some Youtubers who just drive slowly through some streets of Philadelphia or other cities, film some drug addicts and get the easy clicks because many love to see others fail to feel better about themselves. You on the other side talked to people to hear their story, showed that there might be a way out of this bad situation for that town and proved that even a "bad" city can have many lovely and smart people living there.

[kenster]

I find that talking to older folks, especially my own older relatives, is super valuable and insightful. They usually cherish the opportunity to talk and to be listened to and to share their memories. And sometimes they reveal som pretty darn mind-blowing secrets from the past!

[jasonr]

A million views in 1 day. Shows how much people are interested in seeing other parts of the word. This dude Peter is brave and this is truly his gift. Inspires me to do something with my life.

[goroKio]

You have such a brilliant and genuine way with people. This is the stuff society needs to see, we are all just getting by. No one is better than the other

[tdwl]

This channel never ceases to capture our/my interest. Simple. Informative. Underground. Genuine. Unique...on and on. Thanks Peter.

[AndyFromBeaverton]

You can experience every emotion possible by watching this video. I'm happy to know that good people still haven't given up on Gary.

[kiwikorean]

As a Kiwi watching these videos of heartland America. I am amazed at the beauty of the country, its people and the cultures that exist there. Your videos show us the real America, teach us and give us pause to think that the American people are heartfelt good people, just trying to make it like everyone else. Thank you for these amazing journeys you take us on.

[gabriellehanks]

Gary native here. What happened to Gary happened to Detroit, Cleveland, Flint, Ford City, Harvey, and a lot of other cities in the rust belt, and not all of those cities are predominantly black. A lot of predominantly white mining and mill towns suffered the same fate, unfortunately. The manufacturing industry that most of the city's middle working class relied on was heavily outsourced. The white residents who could afford to leave left, and then in the 80's when crack hit; Well, you know the story. My parents are in their 80's and still in Gary in one of the nicer residential sections of the city. There's still a lot of good people there, and I see brighter days ahead for Gary! I appreciate that you actually spoke to people instead of driving thru town at 40mph while bashing us in a voice over like many other videos I've seen on Gary. 🙏🏽Great job! 💖