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Gary, Indiana is still memorable to me 50 years later from when we'd drive through it, handkerchiefs pressed to our faces to block out the terrible smell from s

by kens 1y ago

Gary, Indiana is still memorable to me 50 years later from when we'd drive through it, handkerchiefs pressed to our faces to block out the terrible smell from some sort of toxic industry. Is Gary still like that or has it been cleaned up?

bookofjoe 1y ago
Reminds me of driving through Eureka, California in the early 80s and the overpoweringly horrible smell from the paper mills in the area.
- kyleee 1y ago
  Where did all the effluent go; directly into the bay?
  - genter 1y ago
    No, there's a pipe from Samoa Peninsula out to the ocean. (Fun fact, they're now using that pipe for the fiber optic cable that's landing here.)
stockresearcher 1y ago
It doesn't stink much anymore. It's still extraordinarily poor, but this is also Gary: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6196019,-87.2547571,3a,75y,340.06h,77.8t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1schMwtoXJPq769UpSss5hBA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D12.196019189803692%26panoid%3DchMwtoXJPq769UpSss5hBA%26yaw%3D340.0626135412815!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDkyNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6196019,-87.2547571,3a,75y,3...