What I've learned in Indiana (Terre Haute: crime, house, public schools)

[teebird1012]

What I've Learned in Indiana From Experience and From my 2 Hoosier Parents (Lots of these are the same in Kentucky also)

My dad sent me this, I thought it was funny:

You've never met any celebrities.


Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.


"Vacation" means driving through Amish Country or going to the State Fair.


You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.


You measure distance in minutes.


You know several people who have hit a deer.



You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute."


Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.


Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.


You know where all the Yoders live.


You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.


You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."


You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.


Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.


You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.


You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "Who are you gonna go with?"


All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.


De-tassling was your first job (that's de-tassling corn for you city folk).


Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice.


You say catty-wumpus and kitty-corner.


You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.


You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.


When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say, "It was different."


You consider being called a "Pork Queen" an honor.


You carry jumper cables in your car.


You know what "cow tipping" is.

[Hokieed]

Though some of those are the same for Southwestern VA, boy am I looking forward to moving to Indiana! (TIC)

[Coffee Mate]

I love all those!....Thats why I moved from my 'home' state of over 40 years....

It is so much nicer to have those.....then to to have these....

1] You know the difference between Nortenos and Surenos...

2] You know where MS13 is from...

3] You know what tagging [graffiti] represents which gang....

4] You recognize 20 inch wheels with ease....because you can hear the 'boooom' 'boooooooom' of the base from miles away....

5] A quite week is only one homicide....

6] Traffic starts at 6am and ends at 9pm.....

7] The average traffic jam will last several hours....

8] A house costs 800,000 to 1,200,000 US dollars....

9] Any and all street festivals fairs sports events games concerts public social gatherings have the potential to become crime scenes with gang violence....so security is tight...

10] Public schools public hospitals and dang near every public place could easily be confused with those in a third world country....

Enjoy Indiana! Be glad your not in California......