The Calumet region has it's share of environmental dumpster fires. In fact, there were areas in East Chicago, Indiana (which doesn't actually border Chicago, btw) where the topsoil was 0.1% lead.

Growing up, my neighbor told me of his youth near the refineries in Whiting when he and his friends hit the GASOLINE Table digging a hole in back yard, which was used for fueling cars until Standard Oil found out about it, and bought up the neighborhood.

I'm a proud Region Rat.