I've seem several articles recently regarding Michael Jackson's relationship with his home town of Gary, Indiana, a city that definitely needs ALL the help it can get. Michael Jackson did not do much for Gary. Some of the money spent on Neverland would have helped. Or even make Neverland in Gary.
The Mississippi town of Tupelo makes about $50,000,000 a year from visitors to Elvis Presley's childhood home, and Gary would like to get something similar going on there. During his lifetime, Jackson did very little for his hometown. Some of those millions definitely would have helped.
Elvis Presley returned to Tupelo to play a concert in 1957 and noticed that his boyhood home was for sale. He offered to donate the proceeds to the city if they bought his home and surrounding land and turned it into a park. It happened.
Instead, it took gambling to bring some money to Gary because of its proximity to Chicago, and I'm not really sure how much they get.
An article in the July 5th Chicago Tribune mentioned that Jackson did once plan a concert in the city, but it fell through when the city wanted too much control.
Let's Hope Some of This Jackson Hoopla Will Bring Relief to His Home Town. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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