Goodbye Windy city

Since we ran out of time on our way down to Chicago, we decided to stop by Michael Jackson’s boyhood home in Gary, Indiana on our way home.  When we got off of the highway and started down the road, we were struck back by how poor this city seems.  It looks like about ninety percents of the businesses we saw were closed.  As we made our way to the house, alot of the homes in the area were boarded up.  Some of them even were burned down.  We saw a sign on one house that said $500 down and $250/month.

The Jackson family home is at 2300 Jackson Street.  There is a new black wrought iron fence around the property and what seems to be some type of memorial for Michael but it was covered in a blue tarp.  We are guessing that it will be unveiled on the first anniversary of his death.

We left Gary and headed to Mishawaka to The Christmas Tree Shop.  We picked up a few things here and started our journey home.  The drive was uneventful except for at the border.  There was no line up and we zipped through customs in about one minute.

It was a great mini trip and I can’t wait to go back to Chicago again.

One Comment

  1. Becca
    May 26, 2010

    I think I saw a couple on MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” from Gary, Indiana.

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