Liked the petro better than the pilot when I use run up that way. Never had in problems in W Memphis either. However I'll take both over dallas and detroit. well when I went to detroit I'd park at the ta in monroe. had a nice little bar and grill within walking distance.
Why does Gary,IN have such a bad reputation
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There is a reason why the city is called “Scary Gary”,I should know, I lived in the next town over(Hammond)-And that city was a rough neighborhood in itself!
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Never had any issues stopping by Exit 6. I like it there and stop in at least once a month to go to the vape store. Really nice guy that always gives me discounts. Plenty of parking. Quiet at night, nobody has ever knocked on my door begging or offering anything. Plenty of stores to walk around to. The sub-conscious fear of being in a high crime neighborhood has never really effected me because I wasn't raised to fear people based on generalizations, therefore I am not a racist, sexist, homophobe. Weird that I chose to be a trucker I guess but it's nice to be the opposite of everybody else.
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I was a company schmuck and like most company schmucks, I fueled at the J's because the J would give you a shower ticket and a coupon for a 24 ounce t-bone dinner with all the trimmings for a 100 gallon fillup. There was this hand staying at the Steel City that left his doors unlocked. A thug climbed up in his truck and robbed him at knife point. Thug gets out of the truck and starts walking towards the J. Driver came out of his truck shooting a 12 gauge flare gun at the thug. I was at the fuel island topping off my tanks when one of the flares slammed into the back of a box trailer on the fuel island. These were the days before cell phones, and so everyone on the fuel island abandoned their trucks and ran like hell. All we knew at that moment was that someone was shooting flares at the fuel island.
Now, they have really cleaned up the area. That Petro is actually pretty nice. Worlds nicer than what used to be there. Even so, keep on guard. Outside of the Petro can still be pretty rough.Blue jeans, Rideandrepair, D.Tibbitt and 4 others Thank this. -
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Proclaiming yourself to be a non racist, sexist, or homophobe really has nothing to do with anything other than patting yourself on the back for something that nobody here has claimed to be either.
You aren't a hero or any better than anybody else around here. You believe that you are the opposite of everybody else yet you don't even understand the topic that you are commenting on.
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I was born and raised to the age of 8 across the highway off of Burr Street next to that forest perserve. Left Gary and the area when I was 10 when my family moved West to California. Did not return as an adult until I started driving in 2005. Boy was I shocked when I stopped there for fuel. Did it once and have never stopped there again.
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