Does anyone else not like living in Indiana? (Indianapolis, Fort Wayne: shop, nightlife)

[jc76]

Originally Posted by Toxic Toast

You are making of fun for someone because they have a good memory?

I remember when I was in college in Evansville, a girl I worked with told me about her Dad who lived in the east side of Evansville. When I asked her about that maybe a year later, she thought I was stalking her too. Nope, I just have intellect and a memory.

You are right about one thing though, people change. The only thing that has not changed for you though, is that whether you are in Indiana, California, or back in Indiana, you are a complainer. Eventually one has to consider the possibility that maybe your surroundings are not the problem. Maybe the problem is you.

Telling me something I don't already know? I AM the problem. I know this. So for you and your cronies ill now shut my yapper. The end.

[jc76]

Maybe ill keep yapping though, its fun to be the bullseye in the dart board.

[jc76]

Ps- Multiple Personality Disorder is not banned from city data, that would be discrimination. Endure my insanity! Haha!....my marbles, oh I left em in CA!

[redroses777]

Originally Posted by timothyaw

There is no perfect place, but add me to the list of people that do NOT like it here

I didn't like it here either when I moved back. I found a nice, supportive church here in Bloomington where I have met some wonderful people. I also did some temporary work and have been doing some freelance work as well. I mean, my circumstances aren't great as I still struggle a little financially, but I think it will get better. I am looking for more permanent work and possibly enrolling in school. I am looking at taking a CNA course since it seems like there is tons of work in this field. Yeah, I know it is a tough job, but I can't afford to move out-of-state just yet. I think anything is better than the unemployment line.

I truthfully think the perfect utopia doesn't exist. Happiness is a choice. I think I could learn to be happy anywhere. There is always something not to like about one area or the other. North Dakota has lots of work, but crappy winters. Hawaii has perfect weather, but an insane cost of living. Arizona is sunny all the time, but there is trouble at the border. I don't know if I will stay in Indiana or not, because I think a person really needs to live wherever they can find good career/employment opportunities. I think this is the most important thing when choosing where to live.

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by redroses777

I didn't like it here either when I moved back. I found a nice, supportive church here in Bloomington where I have met some wonderful people. I also did some temporary work and have been doing some freelance work as well. I mean, my circumstances aren't great as I still struggle a little financially, but I think it will get better. I am looking for more permanent work and possibly enrolling in school. I am looking at taking a CNA course since it seems like there is tons of work in this field. Yeah, I know it is a tough job, but I can't afford to move out-of-state just yet. I think anything is better than the unemployment line.

I truthfully think the perfect utopia doesn't exist. Happiness is a choice. I think I could learn to be happy anywhere. There is always something not to like about one area or the other. North Dakota has lots of work, but crappy winters. Hawaii has perfect weather, but an insane cost of living. Arizona is sunny all the time, but there is trouble at the border. I don't know if I will stay in Indiana or not, because I think a person really needs to live wherever they can find good career/employment opportunities. I think this is the most important thing when choosing where to live.

Well Bloomington has college students too. which DOESN'T help
Hence why i prefer Indianapolis over bloomington.
When college students take all the jobs it just creates problems.

[WILWRadio]

Originally Posted by redroses777

I didn't like it here either when I moved back. I found a nice, supportive church here in Bloomington where I have met some wonderful people. I also did some temporary work and have been doing some freelance work as well. I mean, my circumstances aren't great as I still struggle a little financially, but I think it will get better. I am looking for more permanent work and possibly enrolling in school. I am looking at taking a CNA course since it seems like there is tons of work in this field. Yeah, I know it is a tough job, but I can't afford to move out-of-state just yet. I think anything is better than the unemployment line.

I truthfully think the perfect utopia doesn't exist. Happiness is a choice. I think I could learn to be happy anywhere. There is always something not to like about one area or the other. North Dakota has lots of work, but crappy winters. Hawaii has perfect weather, but an insane cost of living. Arizona is sunny all the time, but there is trouble at the border. I don't know if I will stay in Indiana or not, because I think a person really needs to live wherever they can find good career/employment opportunities. I think this is the most important thing when choosing where to live.

Good post. I'd like to add to it. Yes, being pro active and going out and trying to make your life better by doing things you like is the best way to make improvements to your life. I know too many people that are miserable where they live because they expect life to simply drop fun and entertainment and success right into their lap without having to work at it.

One caveat. For the above recipe to succeed you also have to be in an area where negative people don't attempt to rain on your parade. Unfortunately I live in such an area and I will be moving by the end of the year.

One of the aspects of living in central Indiana that I really like is that people are usually pretty positive and welcome new ideas at least where business is concerned. I have not run into the negative "can't do" attitude there when approaching people about an idea I have for a small business that will serve the city or community I choose. Conversely, I ran into nothing but negative attitudes when approaching people about it in the Kansas City area.

In a nutshell. Anyone that is miserable in central Indiana should try to find a way to make life more interesting and not rely upon others to provide your entertainment. Build a model train in your cellar. Put in a Pool or Ping Pong table and have some tournaments. Start a hobby club and build model airplanes and ships etc. You get the idea.

[summer22]

Originally Posted by Davey_Slatraigh

Everything in Indiana seems like its falling apart. They don't even have lights on that death-trap 20 Bypass. I've seen so many people turned over in ditches and dodging kamikaze deer on it, in the 6 months of my living out here. The house we're in now is like...someone tried to bandaid everything. Stuff is falling apart and everything is in disrepair and people don't want to work as hard out here, because they're getting slave wages. They say that Indiana is cheaper than Illinois. That's a load of crap. The only thing cheaper is rent/housing. You might not have to pay for vehicle stickers, or tax on new vehicles but you pay an insane fee for new plates on a new car. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of nice places to visit, but if I didn't have friends out here I wouldn't stay. They roll up the streets at 9:30-10 pm.

I agree with you on mostly all of that. The 20 Bypass is one of the scariest roads I've ever been on. Trucks going 70-80 even when its snowy/icy out, no streetlights, and a huge drop off on the side without a guardrail. Who the heck thought that up, I don't know and ... it's just bad.

Indiana hurts you in the pocketbook. NW Indiana at least is close to Chicago, but it will still cost time/money to get to Illinois for a well-paying job.

And there's nothing to do after 9pm unless you're in one of the college towns.

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by summer22

I agree with you on mostly all of that. The 20 Bypass is one of the scariest roads I've ever been on. Trucks going 70-80 even when its snowy/icy out, no streetlights, and a huge drop off on the side without a guardrail. Who the heck thought that up, I don't know and ... it's just bad.

Indiana hurts you in the pocketbook. NW Indiana at least is close to Chicago, but it will still cost time/money to get to Illinois for a well-paying job.

And there's nothing to do after 9pm unless you're in one of the college towns.

and Indianapolis too.
Indianapolis has plenty of nightlife for a city of 2M people.
Why do you think Indy was ranked as the 4th happiest city for young professionals? all the other 3 were in California.
so the only college town mentality is wrong.

[ischyros]

Originally Posted by summer22

I agree with you on mostly all of that. The 20 Bypass is one of the scariest roads I've ever been on. Trucks going 70-80 even when its snowy/icy out, no streetlights, and a huge drop off on the side without a guardrail. Who the heck thought that up, I don't know and ... it's just bad.

I don't think the bypass is that bad. I've always thought it's weird that the Elkhart County portion has lights at the interchanges but the St. Joseph County interchanges are dark. I used to drive it all the time, day and night, and never felt like it was a dangerous road by any means. The exception is in the snow. I would avoid that road like the plague if it was snowy as I remember it always being notorious for being icy or snowed over. One of my scaryist drives ever was on a very snowy night on that road. It was about 11 PM, it was snowing hard and I was going from US 33 in Elkhart to 331 in Mishawaka. And with 3 inches of snow on a road that didn't seem to have been plowed, we just got in a line of cars and hoped that the people in front didn't lead us off the road. But seriously, other than those few snowy occasions, the bypass isn't bad at all.

[rrah]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

and Indianapolis too.
Indianapolis has plenty of nightlife for a city of 2M people.
Why do you think Indy was ranked as the 4th happiest city for young professionals? all the other 3 were in California.
so the only college town mentality is wrong.

Since when does Indianapolis have 2M people? Even if you add the population of every single county that touches Marion County, the most recent population estimates put it well under 2M. Marion County has about 911,000 people. Marion and all adjacent counties have about 1.7 million.