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Originally Posted by ardecila
Waukegan and Gary are probably too far destroyed - which is a shame, since the lake is a huge amenity especially in Waukegan.
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the lake is also a
HUGE potential asset for Gary too.
Gary's Marquette Park it a true gem, escpecially with its early 20th century pavilions and other park structures restored.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6178...!7i7000!8i3500
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6179...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6193...7i16384!8i8192
and close access to indiana dunes national and state parks (probably the best natural areas in the entire chicagoland region) is also a huge plus.
but yeah, Gary is too far gone, and too heavy on real-deal heavy industrial (steel making, oil refining, etc.), for it to gentrify anytime soon.