When you asked the price of the motel & he said... "for the whole night?" I don't know why, but I've always had a fascination with abandoned places. This is probably one of the few places where you can explore at your leisure and not have to worry about catching a trespassing charge. If this place was within 15 miles of any city on the West Coast, I guarantee you it would NOT be empty.
Hey❤ I'm from Gary Indiana!! My parents and most of my family were born and raised there too. The high school you gone into was called Horace Mann. My Dad gone there in 1982. He told me that the school was beautiful and prideful. All schools here are very prideful. To this day, people talk about their schools like its a college frat or sorority. There is even alumni parties for each school. Schools got abandoned bc people left for other places and developed new communities that are near like Miller, Merrillville, Munster, Griffith and ect. People say the "white flight" and the closing of the U.S Steel mills and a greedy mayor is why people left as well. While the place looks dead, people frequent here for family reunions, church on Sunday, and go to the beach nearby. Growing up I always hear stories of its golden age in the 70s and 80s. The love that people have for this place is still present. I just wish it reflected it physically.
The first school you visited is called Horace Mann. My friend Deb used to teach there and she took me on a tour of that and also the abandoned Emerson School, both arts magnet schools. We have endless stuff to see here in Gary. Not all of it is doom and gloom though Inhighly recommend the abandoned Methodist Church. People come from all over the world to see that place. We also have a Natiinal Park, uncrowded white sand beaches and some cool cemeteries
Great video! The first school must have been really nice in its prime. It was definitely better than the one I graduated from. MJ's childhood home was interesting. Be safe out there.
Crazy how much that school has deteriorated! I was first in there in 2009 and it was pretty much clean as a whistle, just a little cluttered from people rooting around looking for stuff to steal. Almost no tagging and certainly no fire damage like there is now all over the auditorium. Now the whole place is a total wreck! And that's in one of the nicer, more-populated parts of Gary..... (Another commenter mentioned Emerson school, which is across town in a much sketchier neighborhood). By the way, I'd estimate about 99% of the people who live in Gary are friendly and I've never felt it unsafe in any of my countless trips there. I wouldn't say the same of Detroit, just to name one example.
@@RavRoving I did. From about 1969 to 1974. We lived on the last southern most street of Gary. About a mile further south was still farm country. You could smell the livestock with a south wind and then the steel mills with a north wind. We had woods, swamps and ponds to play and fish in as kids there. No urban blight in our area. Fast forward to today, the place is nothing like it was as a kid for me. Our old street and homes there are still maintained, just that the majority of the city is in ruins. Peace.
@@RavRoving I don't give a fuck what you gotta say I said what I said you did this video for the views and you still did not get nothing out of this you showing the bad side but I bet you won't show the good side......
They were def giving you a B.S. price for a room at that dump. My guess is that it serves as an SRO for semi-long term tenants and as a really busted down love shack for others. There's a few budget friendly chain hotels in Gary for $20 less that I'm sure are 300% cleaner (at that's saying something). Kick ass vid though! As a Chicagoan I've always been fascinated by Gary.
Lol a busted down love shack. I had a feeling they were trying to pull a fast one on me. Or maybe they thought I was a cop. It's crazy what the state of that city is in
You are brave! I could never go there. I live in VA near DC and I dont even go near there because of how dangerous it is out there. Interesting content!
I was born and raised in southern Philippines where theres constant war between muslim rebels and the government army. Even some of my relatives joined the rebellion including my brother. My clan is a notorious one in this town and everyone respects us for our courage and bravery. When I was young till now, I always thought Im the toughest and bravest person in the world, even my revel brother just wouldnt easily try me. But after I saw you going in to that school, I could say youre a brave guy
as someone who is in gary very often, the more north you go, the more dangerous. so you were on 5th ave.. and you were walkinh on bullet shells in horace mann. i was there like a week before you went here lol. hope u had fun tho! ps. 10pm-2am is most dangerous, then some stuff around 7am, then ur chilling
also, people will watch you drive down their street and wait for you to turn or go past their house. everyone is very cautious out here. just don't your own thing and dont cause trouble. be safe
Jackson 5 came from there. Wasn’t a great city to grow up in, Joe got them famous and out of there. Population has gone down quite a bit. Pittsburgh and a few other Steeler areas were able to recover, Gary was bad from the start.
The first thing I thought of was the Music Man song, Gary Indiana when I saw the title. (shows my age) This was very interesting. I forgot that Micheal Jackson was from there. Seeing all those closed schools. and businesses...so sad how far that city has fallen.
US Steel did not move out! They are still there.The fall of Gary is not from that but from the rise in crime.The people that live there now have no pride in their city. The city's downfall is all on them. I grew up in Gary and would still be there if it wasn't such cluster f..k. There are all kinds of jobs around here.Most people there just want to skip by. You guys and your videos don't know what you are talking about!!!
When you asked the price of the motel & he said... "for the whole night?" I don't know why, but I've always had a fascination with abandoned places. This is probably one of the few places where you can explore at your leisure and not have to worry about catching a trespassing charge. If this place was within 15 miles of any city on the West Coast, I guarantee you it would NOT be empty.
Makes me wonder what goes on at that hotel...and yeah i think gary has bigger fish to fry than trespassers
Hey❤ I'm from Gary Indiana!! My parents and most of my family were born and raised there too. The high school you gone into was called Horace Mann. My Dad gone there in 1982. He told me that the school was beautiful and prideful. All schools here are very prideful. To this day, people talk about their schools like its a college frat or sorority. There is even alumni parties for each school.
Schools got abandoned bc people left for other places and developed new communities that are near like Miller, Merrillville, Munster, Griffith and ect. People say the "white flight" and the closing of the U.S Steel mills and a greedy mayor is why people left as well.
While the place looks dead, people frequent here for family reunions, church on Sunday, and go to the beach nearby.
Growing up I always hear stories of its golden age in the 70s and 80s. The love that people have for this place is still present. I just wish it reflected it physically.
Hey thanks for sharing your experience! That school was one of the nicest schools I've ever seen😨 Gary is such a fascinating place
You could not pay me to walk through that town.
I got 5 bucks for ya
I live 10 minutes from Gary. I don’t even drive through Gary let alone camp there. 😝
I dont blame you 😂
Crazy how much you saw in such a short amount of time. You're a brave young man!
There was so much to see!
I was a little afraid for your safety, as you were walking through those old buildings. Keep the videos coming
Thanks for watching!
The first school you visited is called Horace Mann. My friend Deb used to teach there and she took me on a tour of that and also the abandoned Emerson School, both arts magnet schools. We have endless stuff to see here in Gary. Not all of it is doom and gloom though Inhighly recommend the abandoned Methodist Church. People come from all over the world to see that place. We also have a Natiinal Park, uncrowded white sand beaches and some cool cemeteries
Man i wish i knew about that church! Did you grow up in gary?
Was Horace Mann the originator of public education?
Sold! On my way
Take pictures for me
@@RavRoving I live in Gary now. It's affordable, quiet and near Chicago.
This was very interesting. Do more!
Roger that
Google the address intersections & school to see what schools they were. The computer remnants looked like it was from the 80's
Keep it going. Im a new sub. Your content and editing is 👏🏽👏🏽💯
I appreciate that😅 thanks for the sub!
You have some serious balls man, that school was creepyyyy
I was expecting someone to pop out of nowhere
US Steel WAS still there.
Now it’s been bought out.
The mills didn’t leave, there was HUGE cuts & layoffs
It's a shame
Great video! The first school must have been really nice in its prime. It was definitely better than the one I graduated from. MJ's childhood home was interesting. Be safe out there.
That school was way bigger than the one I went to
Crazy how much that school has deteriorated! I was first in there in 2009 and it was pretty much clean as a whistle, just a little cluttered from people rooting around looking for stuff to steal. Almost no tagging and certainly no fire damage like there is now all over the auditorium. Now the whole place is a total wreck! And that's in one of the nicer, more-populated parts of Gary..... (Another commenter mentioned Emerson school, which is across town in a much sketchier neighborhood). By the way, I'd estimate about 99% of the people who live in Gary are friendly and I've never felt it unsafe in any of my countless trips there. I wouldn't say the same of Detroit, just to name one example.
Omg!!! That hotel looks scary asf!!! Lol be safe dude.
Who knows what goes on at that place
I live in Kokomo... Gary isn't that bad anymore... Anderson however is terrible. Be safe out there man.
It's a crazy world out there
Gary has awesome firework stores and thats about it! ✌🏻
Did you grow up there😨
@@RavRoving I did. From about 1969 to 1974. We lived on the last southern most street of Gary. About a mile further south was still farm country. You could smell the livestock with a south wind and then the steel mills with a north wind. We had woods, swamps and ponds to play and fish in as kids there. No urban blight in our area. Fast forward to today, the place is nothing like it was as a kid for me. Our old street and homes there are still maintained, just that the majority of the city is in ruins. Peace.
@@RavRoving my father grew up there. His childhood home has since been demolished.
I deliver for Amazon at 3am, I hate when I get assigned Gary.. place ain't no joke..
There's no telling what you might see at 3am haha
HMM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY😂😂😂😂
@@_Waydenwyd lol bro feels personally attacked
@@RavRoving I don't give a fuck what you gotta say I said what I said you did this video for the views and you still did not get nothing out of this you showing the bad side but I bet you won't show the good side......
Continue please I like 😊
Thanks for watching! Will do
They were def giving you a B.S. price for a room at that dump. My guess is that it serves as an SRO for semi-long term tenants and as a really busted down love shack for others. There's a few budget friendly chain hotels in Gary for $20 less that I'm sure are 300% cleaner (at that's saying something). Kick ass vid though! As a Chicagoan I've always been fascinated by Gary.
Lol a busted down love shack. I had a feeling they were trying to pull a fast one on me. Or maybe they thought I was a cop. It's crazy what the state of that city is in
Great video touring the other side of America.
I kept expecting his flashlight to hit a group of the monsters from “ I am Legend “ in those dark rooms… awesome stuff 🤙🏻
I know right, it was eerie down there!
Wow what an adventure
That it was!
You are brave! I could never go there. I live in VA near DC and I dont even go near there because of how dangerous it is out there. Interesting content!
Oh yeah it's pretty crazy out in DC I'll have to car camp there one day😅
The whole town looks creepy
I know right
HE JUST SHOWING THE BAD SIDE TO GET VIEWS HE NOT SHOWING THE GOOD SIDE
I was born and raised in southern Philippines where theres constant war between muslim rebels and the government army. Even some of my relatives joined the rebellion including my brother. My clan is a notorious one in this town and everyone respects us for our courage and bravery. When I was young till now, I always thought Im the toughest and bravest person in the world, even my revel brother just wouldnt easily try me. But after I saw you going in to that school, I could say youre a brave guy
Your full of it. Your not from Philippines
Cool video! 👍🏽
Thanks!
I didn’t see any people walking around but you..surprised the goons didn’t get ya! Becareful
Yeah it seemed like a ghost town
This is entertaining
Appreciate that!
No more dangerous than Indianapolis
Do you live in Indianapolis
@@RavRoving yes
@@ronnjerremy5796 is it alot of abandoned places like Gary?
@@RavRovingyes some parts more than others
I wouldn’t have stayed there for free
the school in your outro is Rosevelt.
Did you go there?
Why tf would you camp in ghetto gary?
Because I felt like it
They saying 80$ because they know u new in Hood, that motel look like it cost 40$
That's what im thinkin. No way that place cost 80😂
@@RavRoving More for the ladies of the night.
You're a brave man 💪
The start of this is like a covid Anti-Tourism video 🤣
😂😂
as someone who is in gary very often, the more north you go, the more dangerous. so you were on 5th ave.. and you were walkinh on bullet shells in horace mann. i was there like a week before you went here lol. hope u had fun tho!
ps. 10pm-2am is most dangerous, then some stuff around 7am, then ur chilling
also, people will watch you drive down their street and wait for you to turn or go past their house. everyone is very cautious out here. just don't your own thing and dont cause trouble. be safe
Gary is definitely an interesting city to explore
The money time and effort wasted on all that spray paint.
At least they feel like they left their mark haha
@@RavRoving lol I already forgot their mark until you sent me this msg. I admit tho I don't like graffiti.
Paying $80 for bed bugs and HIV is WILD
They are out of their minds😂😂😂
You would have to pay me $80 to stay there…even then, I’d say nah
That place was sketchy af😂😂
US Steel didn’t leave Gary…
okay my bad
Jackson 5 came from there. Wasn’t a great city to grow up in, Joe got them famous and out of there. Population has gone down quite a bit. Pittsburgh and a few other Steeler areas were able to recover, Gary was bad from the start.
Did you grow up in the city?
“Gary was bad from the start” lmao this is factually incorrect Gary was literally one of the best cities in the USA at a time.
this reminded me of vagrant holiday
He's a legend
The first thing I thought of was the Music Man song, Gary Indiana when I saw the title. (shows my age) This was very interesting. I forgot that Micheal Jackson was from there. Seeing all those closed schools. and businesses...so sad how far that city has fallen.
It's a shame. A shell of it's former self
Gary Indiana needs religion real bad these days folks 😮
It's a shame how it's fallen
US Steel did not move out! They are still there.The fall of Gary is not from that but from the rise in crime.The people that live there now have no pride in their city. The city's downfall is all on them. I grew up in Gary and would still be there if it wasn't such cluster f..k. There are all kinds of jobs around here.Most people there just want to skip by. You guys and your videos don't know what you are talking about!!!
Signs for a dump ?!?!
BWAHAHAHAHAH 🤣🤣🤣
The whole damn city is a dump 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
i live a town over from gary. i never drive through there lol
I don't blame you😭
TF YOU LYING FOR