I am sorry to hear that happened man.... Feeling a sense of honor that my videos can bring you back to when you were on twos. Much love man, take care of yourself!
Lowkey, I think you might have made that kids day. Small and random interaction, I know, but there was something about it. The world's a better place with you in it, bud!
I work at US Steel in Gary. Quite honestly people in Gary are pretty chill and the conversations you have especially with the older residents are all gems. Learn a lot about what really goes on in Gary these days and honestly I see nicer cars and bikes out here than I do in Chicago
I was there about two years ago when I took a wrong turn coming into Chicago. Saw a lady edging her lawn and and everybody going about their business. People who live there still take pride in their homes.
My girlfriend and I did a 3250 mile roadtrip around the rust belt and Indiana Illinois Detroit etc, Gary Indiana was the craziest place I’ve ever been. We wondered into the hospital, schools, various buildings, but nothing came close to that church. Walking inside the basement of a church that’s hundreds of years old looking at the decay was surreal. That was also the trip I got my misguided hoodie when I was in Chicago. Keep it up bro!
@@Broodjemetbeleg only 50 years is sad, shit the town didnt even last 100 years, theres castles in europe in better shape (granted theyre castles id kinda hope so) but still
The $1 home thing started in Harlem in the 80’s those homes are now worth millions. They are offering the $1 homes in Baltimore Maryland as well currently. Pretty cool!
The homes in baltimore are like the ones in the video and will cost more than their value when fixed. They sound good but are actually shitty and for Baltimore you have to show like 100k in a bank account to get a $1 home
The whole having to live in it for 5 years is the problem. I wonder if you can let someone rent it for the 5 years or if it has to be the person trying to own it. You also only get 6 months to get a death trap up to code, it'd be easier and faster to completely demo what's there and start from scratch
Pretty cool seeing you take the route I take home from work every day. US steel Gary works is probably the only big employer out there these days but very few if any of the workers there still live in Gary because of the crime.
I live on the Far SE side of Chicago right by the border. I drive for Uber and Lyft mostly 95% Indiana. Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Highland. Mornings only since I like to be home at night and afternoons. I like driving in Gary. Never had a problem, never was worried about who I picked up, people are always friendly. One of my favorite places to drive in.
Check out Marktown in East Chicago sometime, it's an abandoned British style town in the middle of a bunch of steel mills and refineries. BP is trying to tear it down to expand the refinery, so it's going to be gone soon sadly.
Dude, I LOVE the HoodEats videos. You make learning about the history interesting and I just really enjoy your videos in general. The ammount of work and research that goes into HoodEats videos is alot
My mom's from Gary, my Dad from the southside of Chicago. I grew up around that area and I can distinctly remember Gary getting progressively worse and more desolate as I got older. It's really a memory of a town now and truly is sad. The way my mom describes it as a kid, it mind as well be a different planet. The outsourcing of production and environmental restrictions definitely were a huge detriment. I wish I had an answer or solution but I don't really know if there is one anymore. It's just sad man, I feel for everyone stuck there and wish them all the best in life.
One of your best hood eats love how there’s so much part of the country which is unexplored makes you wonder why people are quick to travel international when there’s so much to see a couple states away
i would’ve rode with you bro!! i’m always in and out the G! & ‘Gary ain’t scary’ tag you saw really means ‘scary’ as ‘afraid’ or weak - like we ain’t scary around here
just walking thru chi i meet like 3 new people a night, random niceness is overwhelmingly the vibe but... never go unprotected and never be outnumbered in a close space.
Even though I get motion sickness just from the daily riding you do, I still have to watch for the amount of quality content you bring us. Best wishes from Finland!
Like this video very much! It is so real and to see how bad most parts of the USA are, instead of only the glamm side they let you see here in Europe. I am happy to live here and feel safe most of the time.
My dad goes and works in Gary every few years at the steel mill as a heavy equipment operator never researched or saw what the state city was in its crazy seeing what it looks like
Been loving your content since I found you. First video is when you filmed going back to visit your Marine Corps Base and climbing the hill to your fallen brothers. Keep being you and don't change for anyone
Nothing but love man. I said before I think I rode with you over a decade ago in either PA at the warehouses we used to ride or TMF ride in New Jersey. We never met but I remember hearing your name so it had to be one of the big rides or in Bmore by the stadium......I miss it. Nothing but love and keep doing your thing, rubber on pavement Sir P.S. I was a kinda noob to stunt riding but a back road beast. 2006 Ninja 636 SE I bought new and wrecked with 90k miles on it....plus the milage of my 2004 636 stunt bike. Was going to retire the 06 636 at 100k miles and get a ZX10r....but a utility truck wanted to say hi to me at 50mph. Nothing but love keep doing your thing
I literally watch your channel for all the randomness lol keeps me entertained also love how you do like historical and small deep dives in to people places and things around you keep up the great work and stay safe bro. ☝️down brother!
Brian I been watching for a min and you might have told us the years you served. If you were in around the time I was there might have been a chance you passed through Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. That’s what this town reminds me of
Bro! Like hell yeah my dude. Was at work today, saw this video come up. Hell yeah bro. LOVE watching hood eats bro. He'll ALL ur bike stuff. Love it bro, thank u! My guy
It’s always a good day when Brian posts! But i wanna say thank you Brian, you’ve inspired me to wanna start riding and become a moto vlogger after graduation.
Hey Brian, as an Australian i love watching your videos to see and hear about the real America, especially when you explain the history and stop to talk to the locals. Keep up the good work. Ive watched a few now but this one made me subscribe. Its interesting about the $1 house programe my wife and I are trying to buy our first home and we have first home buyers house and land deals for new builds of 350 meter squared blocks with 3 bedrooms that start at $500,000. Most medium priced established house are $800 to 1mil for a decent family home. And thats Adelaide the capitol of South Australia
Thanks for commenting on our video, i know the title sucked. Long time fan, especially like watching you go to Camp Pendleton. My anurt use to work at big Helen's up in san clemente and when I'd fly out there from ft. Bragg to visit her I'd hang out there with the crayon eaters.
I went to boot camp at MCRD San Diego during the summer of 1988 with a dude named Christoper Peterson. He said he was a former gang member from Gary, Indiana. On Black Friday I remember him crying like a baby saying that he wanted to go home. He turned out to be a pretty motivated recruit later on, I must say. I later learned he went UA and started shooting several people (deleting them) near Gary and the surrounding area with another dude while both of them were hopped up on whatever they got their hands on.
Brian i absolutely love your videos, love the information you bring us, the interactions with the people you come across, love seeing you try different foods, the entertainment you bring with the wheelies and stunts. Its very inspiring man it really is. Bought my first bike last month because of you cfmoto 650. Chinese bike i hate it lol but its a starter bike so i wont complain. Hopefully i can come across you one day and meet in person. Love the content
I'm from the Gary area. You get used to the plight after a while 😂. Most of the south suburbs on the Illinois and Indiana side are dreadful. There are some pockets of sanity though
Damn, wish I knew you would be there, I would have went there myself 🤙🏽😉 I went to Gary from Michigan City, Indiana to check out the demon house before they tore it down.
Another fantastic video Brian, love your content man. I'm rocking a CB650R out in the Philippines and rip these roads up. 😂 Have to be cautious when I watch your stuff because it makes me want to get out and start riding every time haha
My family is from Gary. We flew in from Florida to Chicago and drove there to visit some family because the airport is as bad as the rest of the town. We stopped at McDonald’s to eat after the flight and a shooting happened in the parking lot. Fun fact about Gary is theirs only two white boys to make it out of there alive. My uncle and Micheal Jackson. My family moved to French lick Indiana which is the home of Larry bird
The Patreon content slaps, check it out. Michael Jackson grew up in Indiana? I didn't even know that. always heard his music, but never got into 'em too deep.
Great episode. I was born in Gary. My grandparents lived there until about 1980. I recently went back there to get a copy of my birth certificate and couldn't believe how it's changed. My grandparents house has been torn down and is now a vacant lot.
dang Brian, that was a good one! Have ridden to and through Gary a few tmes, mostly taking backroads to Chicago or Milwaukee from Kalamazoo, MI. You end up right on some those same streets you shot, like US12. Freeways not as fun when not on a S1K. I like riding old cb750's and Kawi KZ's. The devastation is mind blowing. On the S1K, you should do a road trip. Take US12 all the way from Milwaukee to Detroit!...Hood Eats the whole way!
I grew up in Gary IN, went to Lew Wallace High School before it was torn down. Believe it or not due to gentrification Gary is coming back give it a decade maybe. If you don't believe me look at the real estate market in Gary. Those destroyed houses are being bought and rebuilt at high rates. You can also find million-dollar homes towards the Indiana Dunes. Also, for the most part majority of the population moved to Gary Indiana from Chicago and then left Gary and spread towards East Chicago, Hammond, Griffith, and other surrounding areas. FYI, been working in the steel mill for the last 8 years good hard-working people in these mills.
Check more unreleased vlogs and content on my Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/brian636
u should come to winooski vt and go to chicks market and try the stake and cheese
I'm living in Ireland, if I join the patron and win a bike do you ship it too me?
Almost as bad as that Harvey situation
Also ramping up them mf non stunt MFS who think they can slide with a 1k fuckin flagrant for u fake 1k stunterz so u know
Would love to see you come back and explore more on the surron!
King seems like a good kid, I congratulate him on his first car and hope he achieves great things one day
AMEN, King had a sense of pride showing me his car that I once had showing my friends my first bike. Cool to feel that from a young man.
He's proud and should be. Looks like a a good kid.
Hopefully he makes it. Weird how you can feel for some random kid in the middle of no where.
@@R6_Quiet When you see a person being a person, and not just a statistic on a news article, it's easy to feel hope for a random kid out there.
As a German I can confirm the Police just asked me where to find that Brian guy who disconnected the ABS on his S1K RR
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im paralyzed from a moto wreck and watching your vids helps everything! Keep up the vids bro:)
I am sorry to hear that happened man.... Feeling a sense of honor that my videos can bring you back to when you were on twos. Much love man, take care of yourself!
I am sorry. I am glad you can find peace. Keep grinding bro!
Sorry dude sorry to hear that happen hope you feel better now
Stem cells might help more than these videos
@@brian636Thank you man❤️
11:14 “Probably not good to be breathing.”
*proceeded to take the biggest breath ever* lol
Love you Brian 🫶
😂😈
King was very chill kid looks like he’s got a good future
Agreed man
Lowkey, I think you might have made that kids day. Small and random interaction, I know, but there was something about it. The world's a better place with you in it, bud!
I work at US Steel in Gary. Quite honestly people in Gary are pretty chill and the conversations you have especially with the older residents are all gems. Learn a lot about what really goes on in Gary these days and honestly I see nicer cars and bikes out here than I do in Chicago
I was there about two years ago when I took a wrong turn coming into Chicago. Saw a lady edging her lawn and and everybody going about their business. People who live there still take pride in their homes.
this is the length of content we want from you brian!
I will keep them coming brother!
I love how stoked he was about his Jeep! That feeling when you first get a license and car is unbeatable 🤟
1000000%
My girlfriend and I did a 3250 mile roadtrip around the rust belt and Indiana Illinois Detroit etc, Gary Indiana was the craziest place I’ve ever been.
We wondered into the hospital, schools, various buildings, but nothing came close to that church.
Walking inside the basement of a church that’s hundreds of years old looking at the decay was surreal.
That was also the trip I got my misguided hoodie when I was in Chicago.
Keep it up bro!
nah that church got build in 1925, completed in 1926 and already closed in 1975. damn that's wild.
@@Broodjemetbeleg only 50 years is sad, shit the town didnt even last 100 years, theres castles in europe in better shape (granted theyre castles id kinda hope so) but still
The $1 home thing started in Harlem in the 80’s those homes are now worth millions.
They are offering the $1 homes in Baltimore Maryland as well currently.
Pretty cool!
The homes in baltimore are like the ones in the video and will cost more than their value when fixed. They sound good but are actually shitty and for Baltimore you have to show like 100k in a bank account to get a $1 home
@@googleassignedun1you’d have to demo those buildings and foundation to start from scratch basically.
Buy it bc that's what happened in Harlem,NYC 15 yrs later those properties are worth millions now smh
The whole having to live in it for 5 years is the problem. I wonder if you can let someone rent it for the 5 years or if it has to be the person trying to own it. You also only get 6 months to get a death trap up to code, it'd be easier and faster to completely demo what's there and start from scratch
Hands down my favorite guy to watch, I can actually sit down and watch and enjoy your content and learn a thing or two. Thanks Brian
Glad to hear it!
My dad works in gary for US Steel everyday and bringing this city to light makes my day, sent this video to my dad right away!
watching these are always a joy, you’re so well-versed in the history of the places you visit. love it, hope you keep making these
I work at US steel in Pittsburgh PA. It really cool to see you riding around at one of the plants
Soon to be nippon steel owned by the Japanese. 😅
@@Murda2Wayz maybe. It's not finalized yet.
It isn't gonna happen without a fight
@22smcrrider96 idk man they already bought the birmingham location..
@@abelmotorsports1991 yea they are definitely trying. Our union won't let it go without a fight. Idk guess we will see in the near future
Nice. I work for Cleveland Cliffs in Burns Harbor right next to the mills
Pretty cool seeing you take the route I take home from work every day. US steel Gary works is probably the only big employer out there these days but very few if any of the workers there still live in Gary because of the crime.
28:03 what a humble kid loved this interaction!
nothing says humble like, you can call me king
I live on the Far SE side of Chicago right by the border. I drive for Uber and Lyft mostly 95% Indiana. Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Highland.
Mornings only since I like to be home at night and afternoons.
I like driving in Gary. Never had a problem, never was worried about who I picked up, people are always friendly.
One of my favorite places to drive in.
Check out Marktown in East Chicago sometime, it's an abandoned British style town in the middle of a bunch of steel mills and refineries. BP is trying to tear it down to expand the refinery, so it's going to be gone soon sadly.
Is markdown close to markham?
Marktown is super strange
Freaks me out everytime your in a sketch spot and I hear that “hey” from the music.
Dude, I LOVE the HoodEats videos. You make learning about the history interesting and I just really enjoy your videos in general. The ammount of work and research that goes into HoodEats videos is alot
My mom's from Gary, my Dad from the southside of Chicago. I grew up around that area and I can distinctly remember Gary getting progressively worse and more desolate as I got older. It's really a memory of a town now and truly is sad. The way my mom describes it as a kid, it mind as well be a different planet. The outsourcing of production and environmental restrictions definitely were a huge detriment. I wish I had an answer or solution but I don't really know if there is one anymore. It's just sad man, I feel for everyone stuck there and wish them all the best in life.
He's out there in Iraq
20 hours ago? lol
@@4fiddy_a_aron Ooh ✨exclusive✨ huh? Lol
@@Fantastic_Stranger hes joined a subscription where you see vids earlier than everyone else
Nope chittttcago... Lol
@@jaystrades3188Chicago isn't even top 5 for murders
One of your best hood eats love how there’s so much part of the country which is unexplored makes you wonder why people are quick to travel international when there’s so much to see a couple states away
i would’ve rode with you bro!! i’m always in and out the G!
& ‘Gary ain’t scary’ tag you saw really means ‘scary’ as ‘afraid’ or weak - like we ain’t scary around here
I appreciate the fact that there are some places you never stop.. and you know it. I never saw any traffic signs the entire video! Take care man
Brian it's amazing how you meet such cool people when you go to these run-down places. After seeing Gary I really feel sorry for that City
Man, I just stumbled across your videos again and im proud to say that you were a part of my childhood. You’re my favorite moto UA-camr
Least 😜
Nah definitely my favorite hahaha
just walking thru chi i meet like 3 new people a night, random niceness is overwhelmingly the vibe but... never go unprotected and never be outnumbered in a close space.
Thanks!
This guy is rare example able to make documentaries such fun. One of better channels on youtub.
King seems like a bright lad. Hoping he does a lot with that car
Damn, takes a special type of person to roll through these places and make conversation with people 👍
Why? It’s a neighborhood and they’re humans
right it's that thinking that hurts people just have to be aware
Even though I get motion sickness just from the daily riding you do, I still have to watch for the amount of quality content you bring us. Best wishes from Finland!
Like this video very much! It is so real and to see how bad most parts of the USA are, instead of only the glamm side they let you see here in Europe. I am happy to live here and feel safe most of the time.
My dad goes and works in Gary every few years at the steel mill as a heavy equipment operator never researched or saw what the state city was in its crazy seeing what it looks like
It’s pretty rough man
Been loving your content since I found you. First video is when you filmed going back to visit your Marine Corps Base and climbing the hill to your fallen brothers. Keep being you and don't change for anyone
Nothing but love man. I said before I think I rode with you over a decade ago in either PA at the warehouses we used to ride or TMF ride in New Jersey. We never met but I remember hearing your name so it had to be one of the big rides or in Bmore by the stadium......I miss it.
Nothing but love and keep doing your thing, rubber on pavement Sir
P.S. I was a kinda noob to stunt riding but a back road beast.
2006 Ninja 636 SE I bought new and wrecked with 90k miles on it....plus the milage of my 2004 636 stunt bike.
Was going to retire the 06 636 at 100k miles and get a ZX10r....but a utility truck wanted to say hi to me at 50mph.
Nothing but love keep doing your thing
Thanks for the history lesson. Shows what happens when automation of a job happens.
I literally watch your channel for all the randomness lol keeps me entertained also love how you do like historical and small deep dives in to people places and things around you keep up the great work and stay safe bro. ☝️down brother!
That kid was cool at the end, I hope he stays safe and does good💪🏼
Brian I been watching for a min and you might have told us the years you served. If you were in around the time I was there might have been a chance you passed through Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. That’s what this town reminds me of
I rarely ever comment on videos but this was a really good vlog. I enjoyed how you give some history on the city and your interactions with the people
Glad you enjoyed it!
Listening to this during my AP Micro class
Bro! Like hell yeah my dude. Was at work today, saw this video come up. Hell yeah bro. LOVE watching hood eats bro. He'll ALL ur bike stuff. Love it bro, thank u! My guy
It’s always a good day when Brian posts! But i wanna say thank you Brian, you’ve inspired me to wanna start riding and become a moto vlogger after graduation.
Hey Brian, as an Australian i love watching your videos to see and hear about the real America, especially when you explain the history and stop to talk to the locals. Keep up the good work. Ive watched a few now but this one made me subscribe. Its interesting about the $1 house programe my wife and I are trying to buy our first home and we have first home buyers house and land deals for new builds of 350 meter squared blocks with 3 bedrooms that start at $500,000. Most medium priced established house are $800 to 1mil for a decent family home. And thats Adelaide the capitol of South Australia
Hood Eats is my favorite series on youtube, this is where i get my American history lessons
Love love love this channel! As a history nerd and moto lover, everything B makes is pure awesome!
Thanks for commenting on our video, i know the title sucked. Long time fan, especially like watching you go to Camp Pendleton. My anurt use to work at big Helen's up in san clemente and when I'd fly out there from ft. Bragg to visit her I'd hang out there with the crayon eaters.
Hearing you got your first car at 21 just gave me a wave of confidence I needed
I just wanted to say you’re my favorite Moto Vlogger respect and keep up the good work❤❤❤ love from Italy
Always a banger Hood Eats episode! The interaction with the locals is great 🤟
I went to boot camp at MCRD San Diego during the summer of 1988 with a dude named Christoper Peterson. He said he was a former gang member from Gary, Indiana. On Black Friday I remember him crying like a baby saying that he wanted to go home. He turned out to be a pretty motivated recruit later on, I must say. I later learned he went UA and started shooting several people (deleting them) near Gary and the surrounding area with another dude while both of them were hopped up on whatever they got their hands on.
King just needed someone to say they were proud, good job Brian
I live 5.175 Miles to Chicago and always watch Brian
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so off to see brian ride fast
Thanks of the info and always staying positive!
14:38 didnt know bubbles from the trailer park boys was in the national guard 😂
29:07 Well said brother 🙌🏼
Yoo love the informational vids keep it up.love from the UK
love to see him posting when im home from school
Welcome to Indy brother, hope you enjoyed your stay!
You didn't disappoint was waiting for you to mention Michael Jackson 🎉
I love your content. Keep up the good work. You are the one that made me fall in love with motorcycles, so please keep on making this type of content.
Love the s1000 hoodeats something different for sure and hello from Australia 🇦🇺
you should do a hoodeats of kansas city, place has its moments. amazing content as always brian!
I havent done one there yet! Maybe soon
Brian i absolutely love your videos, love the information you bring us, the interactions with the people you come across, love seeing you try different foods, the entertainment you bring with the wheelies and stunts. Its very inspiring man it really is. Bought my first bike last month because of you cfmoto 650. Chinese bike i hate it lol but its a starter bike so i wont complain. Hopefully i can come across you one day and meet in person. Love the content
man, i love these long episodes
I'm from the Gary area. You get used to the plight after a while 😂. Most of the south suburbs on the Illinois and Indiana side are dreadful. There are some pockets of sanity though
Welcome s1000 we love watching you rip on hood eats!
It’s a nice addition
Damn, wish I knew you would be there, I would have went there myself 🤙🏽😉 I went to Gary from Michigan City, Indiana to check out the demon house before they tore it down.
bruh this guy is one of my fav youtubers ever
🥹❤️
Yoo brian I've been here since 100k subs epic to see you grow and share your story and journey tearing up the roads 💪🤝❤
Bro, been sayin. It’s an eye opener there for sure.
Another fantastic video Brian, love your content man. I'm rocking a CB650R out in the Philippines and rip these roads up. 😂
Have to be cautious when I watch your stuff because it makes me want to get out and start riding every time haha
My family is from Gary. We flew in from Florida to Chicago and drove there to visit some family because the airport is as bad as the rest of the town. We stopped at McDonald’s to eat after the flight and a shooting happened in the parking lot. Fun fact about Gary is theirs only two white boys to make it out of there alive. My uncle and Micheal Jackson. My family moved to French lick Indiana which is the home of Larry bird
You just scratched the surface there too. Got a few more episodes worth there
this has to be tha best vid of describing gary
The Patreon content slaps, check it out. Michael Jackson grew up in Indiana? I didn't even know that. always heard his music, but never got into 'em too deep.
Classic MJ is a whole vibe!
I just did a road trip down to the shop Saturday. Shop was nice, grabbed a shirt before I left.
Dunes Highway next to the Indiana Dunes National Park is a fun ride you should do it sometime. Also some great views of the city across Lake Michigan
Gary, IN. I was shocked to see you go there! Crazy scary place
All the way to Gary and you missed my alma mater of Indiana University-Northwest!!!
love everything about your bikes, the s1000rr love ur gloves also i love it man keep it coming
New castle pa would be an awesome one with the history behind the hill view manor
Been to that mill many times
Crazy man!
I used to build stereo systems. Michael Jackson's thriller is the loudest recorded album of all time.
Love the moto tour of the city and history lesson
Glad you enjoy it my guy!!!
i live in gary and i saw you driving down the road lmfaoooooi love your content
thanks for continuing to upload man
Great episode. I was born in Gary. My grandparents lived there until about 1980. I recently went back there to get a copy of my birth certificate and couldn't believe how it's changed. My grandparents house has been torn down and is now a vacant lot.
Man brian been whole decade since I watched one of your vids last vid I watched was doomsday ride man missed u no joke
listening to this while working!!
dang Brian, that was a good one! Have ridden to and through Gary a few tmes, mostly taking backroads to Chicago or Milwaukee from Kalamazoo, MI. You end up right on some those same streets you shot, like US12. Freeways not as fun when not on a S1K. I like riding old cb750's and Kawi KZ's. The devastation is mind blowing. On the S1K, you should do a road trip. Take US12 all the way from Milwaukee to Detroit!...Hood Eats the whole way!
Great idea! I live in Dowagiac. It's a micro Gary.
charleys is a block north from tommys was still there 10 months ago
this has become my Fav channel on youtube! and i dont ever ride a sports bike i ride a bagger
My man!! I love hearing that right there!
Some day you should to come 3hrs south to Champaign-Urbana Illinois to visit the University of Illinois campus and the surrounding community
I grew up in Gary IN, went to Lew Wallace High School before it was torn down. Believe it or not due to gentrification Gary is coming back give it a decade maybe. If you don't believe me look at the real estate market in Gary. Those destroyed houses are being bought and rebuilt at high rates. You can also find million-dollar homes towards the Indiana Dunes. Also, for the most part majority of the population moved to Gary Indiana from Chicago and then left Gary and spread towards East Chicago, Hammond, Griffith, and other surrounding areas. FYI, been working in the steel mill for the last 8 years good hard-working people in these mills.
Ayoooo im in Hammond right on the Chicago border. So cool to see you riding over here. Stay safe brother ✌🏼