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This town was giving away houses

Name: This town was giving away houses
Uploaded: 2025-05-31T12:11:53+00:00
Duration: 16 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Peter Vander Wall discussing Gary, Indiana. The speaker asserts Gary was among the wealthiest Midwestern cities in…

31 May 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Peter Vander Wall discussing Gary, Indiana. The speaker asserts Gary was among the wealthiest Midwestern cities in the 1950s, but today faces high crime rates and very low property values. They claim that about 10 years ago the city was giving away (or offering free) houses to people who agreed to rehabilitate and live in them. The excerpt is conversational and anecdotal.

There's been a ton of real estate investment going on in Gary, Indiana. Back in the 50s, like, it was one of the richest cities in the Midwest. And then today, it's just like, there's tons of crime and property values are, like, through the floor. And they're like, 10 years ago, they were giving away houses. You could get a free property in Gary if you promise to, like, clean it up and fix it up and live in it.