Do you think that Mike should have done something to help keep Gary from becoming a Ghost town? Sort of like how Prince did for his hometown?





Sidenote: This is not a Prince Vs. MJ thread.






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Nothing short of the Steel Mills closing would have saved Gary.

Graycap23 said:

So you don't think he could have done something? Helped rebuild some homes something?

Dude cant even keep his own damn home

tonyat said:

CosmicDancer said:

True...but I'm talking when he was on top of the world.
[Edited 7/29/08 10:44am]

tonyat said:

He was too busy to wonder about Gary. When he visited, it was only for family purposes and that was brief. Then when he returned to Gary, in 2003, for the key to the city, it was already in the state it's in now.

tonyat said:

Gary is a shit hole.

Graycap23 said:

You didn't have to talk about my hometown like that.

I'm sure everyone knows how bad its gotten. Oh nevamind. Moderators can someone delete or close this thread.
[Edited 7/29/08 11:05am]

tonyat said:

I'm just speaking the truth.

MJ will never give a damn about his roots again

Is'nt there anyone else who could've saved Gary?????.....why should all that fall on MJ's shoulders?

ReggaeQueen said:

Because apparently only the biggest celebrity to emerge out of Gary can save the day.

mikey from the block? nah!

I rode through Gary on my roadtrip this summer, and uh yea... it wasn't as bad as I expected, but it's not one person's responsibility to save a whole city

Graycap23 said:

...and we know thats not happening

tonyat said:

Um, I think Mike should have kept his hands off the kids...yeah...wait :thinks about it: Yeah, not molesting is definitely more important than saving some podunk town.

I said nothing about him saving the town. What i said was maybe if he had helped maybe it would be better. Nothing wrong with giving back to your community.
[Edited 7/29/08 22:40pm]

tonyat said:

Hmm? What did Gary do for Michael or the Jacksons?

tonyat said:

The politicians/civic leaders would have just pocketed the funds. At the end of the day, it's about who's running the city, if they're foul, the city and/or area suffers. Look at the northside of Minneapolis
[Edited 7/30/08 7:56am]

tonyat said:

Prince kept Minneapolis from becoming a ghost town? It's thrived before and since Prince.

RipHer2Shreds said:

True. What I shud have said is I've heard people saying Prince put Minneapolis on the map music wise.
[Edited 7/31/08 18:16pm]

PatrickS77 said:

What did Minneapolis ever do for Prince? Didn't stop him from giving a damn about his hometown.

You know what this was just a question, and I got my answers so I'm done with it.

tonyat said:

Tony,
is there a single person who is "proud" of Gary?

What is going on in Gary that needs "saving"? I've never been there.

It just sounds fuckin' rural to me.

Cinnie said:

It's an industrial neighborhood outside of Chicago. It's actually home of the steel mills.

Timmy84 said:

Is that why Rhythm Nation 1814 had that "industrial" sound?

Cinnie said:

Could be.

Michael Jackson left Gary, Indiana when he was 10yrs old and moved to California when the Jackson 5 were signed to Motown. He's lived almost all of his life, from child to adult in California so I would presume that's where his heart is.

What Gary, Indiana did give Michael and his brothers was there first recording contract around 1966-67 when they were signed to Steeltown Records which gave the Jackson 5 some minor local fame in Gary.

Honestly though, the fact that Mike's a huge perv aside...

Yes, it would have been the decent thing to do to sort of kick back his success if his hometown could use the boost and if his town had treated him well.