I've been noticing more unhoused people with shopping carts full of belongings in the Merrillville area camping along major roads along US 30 and south to 93rd than I have before in the decades I've lived in Northwest Indiana.

It is an ominous sign of a poor economy and an inability of the current social safety system to keep up.

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#Indiana picks of the day (continued):

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#Indiana picks of the day:

➡️ @WesternWayneNews - Local newspaper for Wayne County

➡️ @DigitalScholarshipIUI - Academic library unit at Indiana University Indianapolis

➡️ @ACARES - Allen County Amateur Radio Emergency Service

➡️ @carpingdiem - Retired doctor & bird photographer based in Indiana

➡️ @www.wrtv.com - News feed from WRTV Indianapolis

➡️ @IndyStar_Unofficial - News feed from IndyStar.com

➡️ @IndyPedCrisis - Highlighting pedestrian & cyclist accidents in Indiana

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