That voters are talking about South Bend at all can still seem surreal. “Isn’t that something?” said Gladys Muhammad, 76, who works for the South Bend Heritage Foundation, a community development organization that operates primarily on the city’s lower-income west side. “When I was growing up, if you said you’re from South Bend, they’d say, ‘Where’s that at?’” Ms. Muhammad said. “When Studebaker was alive, you could say, ‘Studebaker’s in South Bend,’ and they got it. “Whatever ride Pete’s on,” Ms. Muhammad laughed, “he took us with him.”Quoctrung Bui contributed production.

Source: New York Times January 30, 2020 17:37 UTC