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5 minutes ago, Blotto said:

I always dug that stadium. Sucks losing both Arrowhead and Soldier Field

I read earlier last week that there's talks of the Bears moving to the Indiana side. No idea if that will happen, though. I'd guess no.

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Just now, Vic Mackey said:

I read earlier last week that there's talks of the Bears moving to the Indiana side. No idea if that will happen, though. I'd guess no.

Right across is Gary, right?  Can’t imagine they’d want to be there. 

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1 minute ago, Vic Mackey said:

I read earlier last week that there's talks of the Bears moving to the Indiana side. No idea if that will happen, though. I'd guess no.

Seems like the Bears announce a decision ( directly south of the current stadium, Arlington Heights, etc...) every few months. 

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Right across is Gary, right?  Can’t imagine they’d want to be there. 

Its been probably 15 years, but when I would visit my buddies in Chicago, we'd occasionally visit the shitass casinos in Gary to fuck around for a few hours before we headed back to Chicago and the bars. Those were some depressing places. I see they now have a hard rock casino, for some reason. 

Photo of hard rock cafe

 

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The Bears are threatening to move the team to Indiana to try to leverage more money out of the taxpayers of Chicago and Illinois. The taxpayers of Chicago and Illinois are likely to call their bluff because there ain't shit or fuck in Gary/Northwest Indiana. 

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Great googly moogly

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Just now, Blotto said:

ts been probably 15 years, but when I would visit my buddies in Chicago, we'd occasionally visit the shitass casinos in Gary to fuck around for a few hours before we headed back to Chicago and the bars. Those were some depressing places. I see they now have a hard rock casino, for some reason. 

 

Gary Indiana is like Mad Max came to life. Some real post apocalyptic shit.

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1 minute ago, G650 said:

Gary Indiana is like Mad Max came to life. Some real post apocalyptic shit.

Before the days of google maps and GPS on your phone, I was on a business trip in the area, and we had a visit scheduled with a large industrial distributor located in Gary. We were coming down from Chicago, and got lost in Gary so we pulled over and called their office. When we gave them our cross streets, their response was lock your doors and don't stop even if you get a flat. Their facility was surrounded by 10 foot walls and razor wire, lulz. It was sketchy, but it was also too f'n cold out for anybody to be out fucking around. Apocalyptic is an accurate description of some of the urban blight in that area. 

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3 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Getting rid of Arrowhead (and Soldier Field for that matter) for some indoor stadium where they can have boat shows in January sucks.

Don't forget Mile High is going away too

Because indoor stadium = concerts, CFP games, NCAA final four games, etc. 

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5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Don't forget Mile High is going away too

Because indoor stadium = concerts, CFP games, NCAA final four games, etc. 

Buffalo said fuck all that. 

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3 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Before the days of google maps and GPS on your phone, I was on a business trip in the area, and we had a visit scheduled with a large industrial distributor located in Gary. We were coming down from Chicago, and got lost in Gary so we pulled over and called their office. When we gave them our cross streets, their response was lock your doors and don't stop even if you get a flat. Their facility was surrounded by 10 foot walls and razor wire, lulz. It was sketchy, but it was also too f'n cold out for anybody to be out fucking around. Apocalyptic is an accurate description of some of the urban blight in that area. 

Indeed. Add in the rusting hulks of abandoned buildings and I'm waiting for Tina Turner to pop out and chase me down to the Thunderdome.

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4 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Before the days of google maps and GPS on your phone, I was on a business trip in the area, and we had a visit scheduled with a large industrial distributor located in Gary. We were coming down from Chicago, and got lost in Gary so we pulled over and called their office. When we gave them our cross streets, their response was lock your doors and don't stop even if you get a flat. Their facility was surrounded by 10 foot walls and razor wire, lulz. It was sketchy, but it was also too f'n cold out for anybody to be out fucking around. Apocalyptic is an accurate description of some of the urban blight in that area. 

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26 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Right across is Gary, right?  Can’t imagine they’d want to be there. 

Well, there is East Chicago, IN and other small cities, but yeah, moving to Indiana doesn't make any sense. 

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4 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

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funny enough, we visited east st louis around that time as well. large distributors with regional warehouses love cheap-ass land. It was a glamourous gig. 

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30 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Right across is Gary, right?  Can’t imagine they’d want to be there. 

Bears are soil testing in Hammond today, which would be better than Gary (obv), worse than Arlington Heights and much worse than staying put.

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4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

The links I read didn't mention exactly which city but I did just see this posted lol

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Well, Ft Wayne is much closer to Indianapolis and about the same distance to Detroit as Chicago.

This feels like Bears ownership pulling a flex to get the city to fund a new stadium, which is appropriate given the graft that is Chicago politics. I suggest the Bears organization look into kidnapping and/or hiring some drug mules.  

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Just now, TheStoicPaisano said:

Bears are soil testing in Hammond today, which would be better than Gary (obv), worse than Arlington Heights and much worse than staying put.

Hammond... lol. You bet!

I suppose some people would still go, but.. 

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5 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Mile High has been gone for over 20 years.

EmPoWeR FiEld At MiLe HiGh

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26 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

When I was in Iowa everyone seemed to be very loyal to the Chiefs instead of the Vikings, Bears, or Packers. Not sure why that was the case

I'm not trying to be a dick, but just look at a map.

Iowa's largest metro is an hour closer to KC than it is to anywhere else with pro sports.  I live up on the Minnesota border, and not far from Wisconsin either.  Vikes and Pack are basically tied for local favorite team, with Bears and Chiefs tied for 2nd.  If you get closer to Chicago, you see more Bears, and closer to KC you see more Chiefs.

The recent success has lead to a lot of young kids statewide being Chiefs fans.  When I was growing up they were #4 in my school, despite being closer than the Green Bay or Chicago.

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6 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Can confirm that Gary Indiana isnt a pleasant area.  

Seems to be a bad sign that this is a town's google preview picture:

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A Christmas Story is based on the author's experience growing up in Hammond IN, right next to Gary.

Merry Christmas.

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13 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Can confirm that Gary Indiana isnt a pleasant area.  

I recently watched a really good and interesting documentary on Gary. It was a very hot spot for a time. The true capital "Industry town". The swing from a city recognized for its intriguing development to the downfall is sad, interesting and well, very Murican'. 

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7 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Shamone!

Gary IN, cant be that bad

The median household income in Gary is $37,380 with a poverty rate of 32.93%. The median age in Gary is 36.4 years: 34.9 years for males, and 37.9 years for females. For every 100 females there are 86.9 males.

Gary CAN be that bad!

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Just now, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Well … Fort Wayne was home to the NBA Pistons before Detroit.

And Detroit, like Dallas, currently lacks a real NFL team so... 

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5 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Well … Fort Wayne was home to the NBA Pistons before Detroit.

They'll always be the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons to me.

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8 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

I recently watched a really good and interesting documentary on Gary. It was a very hot spot for a time. The true capital "Industry town". The swing from a city recognized for its intriguing development to the downfall is sad, interesting and well, very Murican'. 

A steel mill or two have come back online, but way smaller scale than previously.  If they could get some lake front property that would be great, but most is occupied by mills and/or parks IIR.  

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3 minutes ago, markstanco said:

A steel mill or two have come back online, but way smaller scale than previously.  If they could get some lake front property that would be great, but most is occupied by mills and/or parks IIR.  

Yeah the shore line doesn't have a lot of buildable area. 

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