The city is on the move tearing down empty, abandoned, and burned out homes and buildings. Murder is down. Crime is down. Other than US Steel, downtown Gary has no industry, no shopping, no nice eateries. Mostly block after block of some small businesses. Stop lights down the main drag haven't worked for years because of the cost. Been replaced by stop signs (better than those European roundabouts). Many in Gary, including the local radio station and newspaper, still suffer big time from the victim mentality The state of Indiana is on the hunt to get the Bears to move to NW Indiana. They have formed a commission and the power to buy potential property. . Gary has a new mayor who is trying . ND architecture school is designing a new and exciting plan for the downtown area. We'll see. Still a ton of victimhood coming out of the residents though. There is an area along Lake Michigan with lakeside homes that Illinois residents buy up as their weekend and summer homes.