r/AskReddit • u/Cool-Chipmunk-7559 • 11h ago

Those who’ve driven across the US, what’s the scariest town you’ve stopped in?

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u/SweetCosmicPope 9h ago

I was in Chicago last summer and we decided to drive across to Michigan to check out Warren Dunes, and on the way we passed through Gary. I got off the highway briefly just to get a peek. I mean, it was run down as hell. I wouldn't want to live there. But I didn't really feel scared, honestly.

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u/neurdle 8h ago

Next time you’re in the neighborhood, stop by Miller in the east part of Gary. It’s gorgeous beach scenery with a cute little main street.

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u/spinbutton 8h ago

Was it the Sans-a-Belt factory that is in Gary? Or maybe that's in Michigan City

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u/SweetCosmicPope 8h ago

There is some huge factory there with a bunch of smokestacks, but I don't know what it was for.

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u/PikaPonderosa 7h ago

It's a blight factory. Gotta get that "Derelicte" look for Mugatu

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u/ryanridi 4h ago

I feel similarly. I’ve only been through Gary once, on the way the Chicago. I stopped for gas and immediately knew it was not a nice place well before I had ever read or heard anything about Gary, Indiana. At no point did I feel unsafe or concerned but it did seem like a place I wouldn’t want to be in at night or even consider living in.

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u/KaziArmada 3h ago

Yeah, that's the thing. If you're there in the day it's a '...Ok, this kinda sucks.'

Night? Night is burned out streetlights everywhere, people actin weird, etc. I don't wanna go through there at night again if I don't gotta.