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Should Play Nicer

"Don’t give me this disillusioned, glossy effect of who we are. This is who we really are." https://youtu.be/Q7R6SHcvsR8   Transcript for Should Play Nicer Good neighbors. That’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? I think it is. All the counties in Northwest...
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No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress

"Why don’t you come to Gary and see what Gary really is?" https://youtu.be/YPOfcFVlWx4 Transcript for No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress You know—city services are based on tax revenue and if you don’t have enough people who are paying...
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Getting Rich for My Blood

“It’s just changed. It’s a bigger town feeling than it used to be.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/674310749%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-il8nY&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Edited by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Getting Rich for My Blood Living in Valpo’s been great. My kids were able...
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Resilience of the Residents

"I’m talking about people in my neighborhood who have been in their homes for forty years—they believe in the city and believe that it can work. https://youtu.be/mP-MnM6cszU Transcript for Resilience of the Residents Well, you know, I used to always...
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I-65 Changed All That

"You know, it was a national trend back then for people to leave urban areas and move to the suburbs." https://youtu.be/TkYFpd24xCQ Transcript for I-65 Changed All That Merrillville back, I guess, in the 1800s was called Wiggins Point—its claim to...
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Thought I Was Stuck

"I thought I was going somewhere else. I was planning on going somewhere else. But I didn’t." https://youtu.be/u24kxLh7GGM Transcript for I Thought I Was Stuck I didn't think I was going to be the one left behind, but his name...
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Caught in the Crossfire

"I love hearing both sides. Which makes my black and white world very gray." https://youtu.be/quZfLQO3G2E Transcript for Caught in the Crossfire I think that like, all of us live this shared experience, but we see things differently, obviously. It’s like...
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Still Working on the Revolution

"You’ve given status to people who would ordinarily not have it...thus giving them power and ability to make change." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/661432634%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-n4GM4&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Rev. Dr. Gregory Jones Edited by Rebecca Werner Transcript for Still Working on the...
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Green Light to Go Out of Town

"Did you want to take a stand… or was it just an inevitability, 'Man, we can’t stay here any longer?'" https://youtu.be/JDdfi8MzO7Q Transcript for Green Light to Go Out of Town It didn’t take a lot of, “Let’s sit down and...
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