Washington Indiana (Indianapolis, Evansville, Bloomington: jobs, housing, crime)

[djyoung]

I would like any information about Washington. My family was from there but I haven't been back in quiet awhile. I am thinking of moving back. I am now in Jacksonville Florida and it has gotten really bad here with murders everyday, hurricanes, drugs, crazy drivers, rude people, bugs, I could go on but..What is the cost of living, utilities, housing. I am an RN what about jobs? Anything will be helpful, I just want out of here!!!

[Zig'sbird]

Anything would be helpful???

Well, I don't have much but I guess something is better than nothing

Washington is a VERY small town to me, almost a one light town. As such crime is almost non-existant. Murders? I don't think that anyone has ever been murdered in Washington. While I'm not sure exactly what the cost of living is there, I do know that it is a good bit cheaper than Indianapolis.

BTW, if you move there let me know because there's a car running around Washington that I would love to buy

[Dawson's Mimi]

Well, I don't live there, but my aunt and cousin do and I think it is a great little town and would love to live there.

There are a lot of quaint restaurants and shops owned by the Amish.

In a post above this one asking what the best town in Indiana is, I thought to myself, "I should tell them about Washington".

I grew up in southern Indiana. The town where I grew up was great when I was a child, but I wouldn't live there now.

My uncle died about a year ago, his name was "Bush", he was the President of his company, and he lived in Washington.

Well, we got a kick out of it. lol

[sambobbitt]

I like living in Washington. I lived down by Louisville for a couple years right out of college and it was just to fast for me.
There are RN jobs here- a couple of my friends are nurses and they don't have a problem finding a job. The only problem is that they don't pay as much as you are probably used to. But the cost of living here is a lot lower. There isn't a lot of crime and the schools I consider good. There isn't a lot of industry or shopping but we are an hour away from Evansville and Bloomington. I guess it is just what you want and how fast do you want to live. I like the quiet mode.

[cleoT]

Originally Posted by Zig'sbird

Anything would be helpful???

Murders? I don't think that anyone has ever been murdered in Washington.

Though this is somewhat off-topic, I just had to respond to this quote. Although you're right, there aren't very many murders in Washington, there has been at least one. There is a book, a novel, out there titled "Indiana Gothic". It's written by a man named Pope Brock, and although it is written as fiction, it's based on the true story of his great-great aunt and uncle (I think I've got the relationship right.) Anyway, it's a fabulous story about deception, betrayal and infidelity, but it's really about the man who shot and killed Brock's great-great uncle, Ham Dillon, on the mid-day streets of Washington, IN. If I remember correctly, it was the first murder trial where the insanity plea was used. It's a very intriguing story, partly because I couldn't believe that what I was reading had acutally happened, and in Washington at that.

I know this has little (okay nothing, really ) to do with your moving back to Washington, but the comment about no murders had me thinking about that book. If any of you like to read, you should try to find a copy. You'll probably have to go online, like Amazon, but believe me, it's worth the buy.

[cleoT]

Okay, I just got the book out, and it was Brock's great-grandfather. I'm in the middle of trying to sell my house in Texas, move back home to Haubstadt where my husband already is, but now I'll have to take time out to read this book again, it's that good.