America's Heartland Turning into Ghosttowns

Gary,Indiana (Zachary Perlinski/Flickr)

"Once the centre of the country's booming steel industry and known as the City of the Century, Gary, Indiana now lies in ruins as a sad example of American industrial decline. Founded in 1906 by the US Steel Corporation, Gary's heyday was in the post-war boom of the 1950s when almost 200,000 people lived and worked in the bustling city, 25 miles from Chicago...". That's the start of an article in the British Daily Mail describing the.....


decline of this once great industrial city in America's Heartland with incredible photo's. Is this the end of a chapter in America's economic history or a sign of where its economy is heading?