Illinois?

[Benton]

(12-24-2020, 07:59 PM)samhain Wrote: I drove through Gary in 2017 on the way to Chicago to see a concert.  It was the closest thing to a modern ghost town that I ever want to see.  There were plenty of big buildings and typical urban scenery, but most of it was empty or boarded up.  The only live businesses I remember were a gas station, White Castle, and a car wash, and the car wash was questionable.

If I remember, the carwash is mainly open so you can wash the blood out of your trunk.

 

I've never actually been there, but my best friend moved here from Gary when we were in high school in the 90s. I didn't know the guy yet but we had a class together. I asked where he was from and he said Gary, the murder capital of the country.

"So, what, that makes you tough?" I asked him.

He laughed and said "hell no, that's why we left."