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 | | The region includes not only a large group of Chicago suburbs, such as Merrillville, Highland, Munster, Griffith, Schererville, and Dyer but also a number of cities whose economies are only loosely linked to Chicago's. |
 | | Three counties, Lake, Porter, and LaPorte, are served by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission [1], an organization that coordinates economic and infrastructure development in the region. |
 | | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, in Porter County, is a well-preserved stretch of sand dunes, beaches, grasslands, and forests, as well as several historical homes and buildings. |
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