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The city of Columbus grew more than twice as fast as Indianapolis. Columbus' inner ring neighborhoods were growing faster than the suburbs, inner ring neighborhoods do not annex. You want to talk about annexation? Indianapolis is 361 square miles compared to Columbus' 217. Columbus is in the same boat as Charlotte or Austin, but even Columbus is smaller than them. Columbus still has plenty of suburbs in Franklin County like Upper Arlington, Dublin, Hilliard, Bexley, Westerville, Worthington, and more. Indianapolis takes up the majority of Marion County. Not to mention Franklin County is also growing faster than Marion County. Also, check out the Forbes thing as well, notice how more people are moving from Marion County to Franklin County?
Ohio's economy is doing better than all of its neighbors. It is on par with Pennsylvania. Ohio created the fourth highest amount of jobs in the country from June 2011-2012. Over 100,000 jobs were created in Ohio:
Only four states with over 100,000 new jobs over the year.
Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati each have lower unemployment rates than Indianapolis. Indiana is home to 6 fortune 500 companies, Ohio is home to 29 (we stole one from Kentucky last year). I will give Indiana credit, they have a stable credit rating, but so does Ohio, better than all of its surrounding states including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Kentucky. Out of all of Ohio's neighbors, Ohio has the lowest unemployment rate. Ohio sits at 7.2%, Indiana at 8%. Indiana is the shinning star of the Midwest? I guess once again Ohio is considered Northeast. I was in Indianapolis not too long ago, I was not impressed. It had nice parts, but you over play it like there is no tomorrow. Get off your high horse, look up the facts, and stop basing your opinion as a fact. You look for any excuse to pride up Indiana and Indianapolis, and everyone on here calls you out for it. Columbus grew faster, is smaller in area than Indianapolis, and is more dense. You always make excuses. You bash Illinois and California, and know next to nothing about them. You're a broken record. You even laugh at Chicago's murder rate. Grow up!
"Detroit may be sinking down the toilet", but its economy is a hell of a lot more powerful than anything in Indiana.
WRosado, numbers say otherwise for overall growth as it was the fastest growing area in the Midwest followed by Columbus. The next ten years might be a different story but as of the 2000-2010, Indianapolis grew faster.
2nd, Ohio is a Midwestern state and has never been considered a NE state.
3rd, basing local economy on unemployment rate will be wrong every time. It's a rolling 30 day of filed claims highly influenced by seasonal changes such as construction periods. Basing off of your logic, Oklahoma would have a stronger economy than Ohio as well as Iowa and Nebraska plus the Dakotas. GDP is a much better indicator of how the local economy is doing. Just taking Indiana and Ohio, highest GDP (Gross) is Cleveland at 105,968 (in millions) followed by Indianapolis at 105,168, Cincy (100,000) and last CBus at 93000. The smallest MSA is Indianapolis so it shouldn't be second to Cleveland and just a tick behind at that. It sits at 12B over CBus (which is a very wide margin) and 5B over Cincy (passed it in GDP 3rd Quarter 2007 and never looked back). Once you factor in population differences with per capita, it isn't even close as Indianapolis only sits behind Minneapolis as far as major metros while the iowa metros and madison sit atop all of the midwest as far as local economies go followed by MSP and then Indianapolis. Do not confuse amount of fortune 500's with actual strength of economy. The two do not equal up. One is mere bragging rights as most Americans work for small/medium sized business which tends to be on the local level.
Ohio annexation laws will dictate if CBus is still able to annex. Something tells me though it is and it will. Irregardless, a city's boundaries are just that however large or small. Every citizen has the choice to live within said boundaries just as they have the choice to move outside of them. It amazes me how people try to parlay that as something valid. It isn't. You want more people living within your boundaries and pay taxes, do better than what you are! Unlike CBus, Indianapolis hasn't been able to annex since 1967. That's how long its been landlocked both politically and constitutionally as Indiana has a 5 mile buffer law between incorporated areas and only the state can forego that and the last time they did was to allow Merrillville to annex up to 53rd which is Gary's southern border to landlock the city after Hatcher was elected.
Broad does not live in Indianapolis. Indianapolis is not all of Marion County, definitely most, but not all. You have the excluded's and you have the included's (of which Indianapolis census population doesn't count). The included's retain some local control while Indianapolis the city has some control over the excluded's and everyone votes for Indianapolis mayor and common council even though the excluded's have their own mayors and councils. Which is why you can live in Acton or Wanamaker or Crows Nest
Indiana's credit rating is higher than Ohio's so I do not get how you fathom Ohio is doing better than all of its neighbors since Indiana is a neighbor. Indiana's budget runs rings around all of the midwest. It's one of but a few states with an actual surplus. Next budget might be a different story as states will be eating a lot due to the healthcare act and medicare and whether not to opt in or out. But as of right now fiscally speaking, Ohio and Indiana are on completely different levels.
Without researching it, I wouldn't know. But as your point probably is, mine is that you can't go by property tax alone when looking at living expenses, though you certainly need to factor them in!
Here's a cool site that compares cost of living in different areas. You put in your area and your income and then choose another area to compare it to.
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Wow, that is cool. I checked out where I live near Bremerton, WA v. San Jose, CA. My 57,000/yr salary would have to be 133,000 in San Jose, CA. Won't be moving there any time soon.
Wow, that is cool. I checked out where I live near Bremerton, WA v. San Jose, CA. My 57,000/yr salary would have to be 133,000 in San Jose, CA. Won't be moving there any time soon.
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Cost of living is an important factor, but I wouldn't move to many places just because they are cheap. I look at a plethora of other categories including availability of jobs, educational attainment, climate, conservation lands, etc.
Well, of course. But we are talking about costs - such as the cost of living, the cost of property taxes, etc. Hardly anyone would choose to live in a town ONLY because it was cheap!
Neither would most people. In fact, the main reason they're cheap is that no one wants to live there.
That's a gross oversimplification.
Big, sprawling, crowded urban areas offer a lot of amenities, but require many people to sacrifice other things in return. For instance, a calmer pace of life, a larger more comfortable home or lot/acreage, privacy, open roads, smaller and more supportive schools - you name it.
No one picks a place to live JUST because it's cheaper - and everyone has their price limits they are willing to pay for amenities as well. It's a balance that each person and family have to determine that works best for them.
Nah. Far more went to Chicagoland, but then moved back after a few years after experiencing Illinois taxes.
I would agree that most people leaving Michigan went to Chicago (like many midwestern states), although I really don't see them moving back to Michigan. Why on earth would they move because of taxes? Michigan and Illinois are almost the same on property, sales and income taxes. Less than 1% difference basically in rates.
Well, of course. But we are talking about costs - such as the cost of living, the cost of property taxes, etc. Hardly anyone would choose to live in a town ONLY because it was cheap!
Ya, it is the right blend that usually works well. Most low cost areas with few jobs haven't seen any population growth while the vast majority of the job growth has gone to cities and suburbs with varying levels of overall cost.
Big, sprawling, crowded urban areas offer a lot of amenities, but require many people to sacrifice other things in return. For instance, a calmer pace of life, a larger more comfortable home or lot/acreage, privacy, open roads, smaller and more supportive schools - you name it.
No one picks a place to live JUST because it's cheaper - and everyone has their price limits they are willing to pay for amenities as well. It's a balance that each person and family have to determine that works best for them.
What you say is generally true, however it's irrelevant to the point.
The most expensive cities on the planet are expensive because lots of people want to live there.
This is incredibly basic and really shouldn't need repeating. A couple of people here (and I do not mean you Kathryn) need to take a course in basic economics. With a special emphasis on how prices are established in a market economy. Now of course, anyone with any degree of perspicacity can see that there are parochial concerns in this thread which override any attempts at logic.
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Won't be moving there any time soon.
