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Old 08-12-2011, 12:00 AM
 
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Grew up in Indy and made a trip back this week. Went to Broad Ripple to walk around and was taken aback. What happened to all the quirky little independent shops? There really isn't much around anymore. Saw many for rent signs. Saw the natural food store, a yarn store, a gift shop, a so-called vintage clothing store with stuff from the 60-70s, a clothes boutique, and 1 coffee shop. The rest were restaurants. Has the recession hit this area hard or has it been mostly restaurants for years? Not much reason to go there except for a meal. This is the hipster trendy area???? I was embarrassed for Indy. Did I miss something?
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Old 08-12-2011, 04:35 AM
 
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Same thing happened to Zionsville. Fewer independents due to increase in popularity and resulting increase in rent.

However, the whole BR area has enough of what is needed for daily living. Bakery, farmers market, park, grocery, etc. But the actual "downtown" of Broad Ripple is more an evening destination as far as I know. I so remember the Jewish deli and having our lox every Sunday morning. Really miss it.
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Old 08-12-2011, 04:39 AM
 
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Grew up in Indy and made a trip back this week. Went to Broad Ripple to walk around and was taken aback. What happened to all the quirky little independent shops? There really isn't much around anymore. Saw many for rent signs. Saw the natural food store, a yarn store, a gift shop, a so-called vintage clothing store with stuff from the 60-70s, a clothes boutique, and 1 coffee shop. The rest were restaurants. Has the recession hit this area hard or has it been mostly restaurants for years? Not much reason to go there except for a meal. This is the hipster trendy area???? I was embarrassed for Indy. Did I miss something?
This is fairly common when a neighborhood becomes a victim of its own success. Eventually the cute little boutique shops that give a place a unique flavor and make it desireable can't afford the rent commanded by the desireability they created. FWIW, it still seems to me to have quite a bit of that down-home charm notwithstanding the incursion of chains.
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Indianapolis
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Broad ripple is fine lol this is a bad economy and still BR is better than many other neighborhoods in other cities compared to it.
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Old 08-13-2011, 03:02 AM
 
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No doubt about it Meg, Broad Ripple is headed downhill. The recent influx of chains make it quite unremarkable, and the surrounding ghetto areas are really beginning to take hold. In 10-20 years the Broad Ripple we remember will be a distant memory. :-/
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Old 08-13-2011, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Fishers, IN
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No doubt about it Meg, Broad Ripple is headed downhill. The recent influx of chains make it quite unremarkable, and the surrounding ghetto areas are really beginning to take hold. In 10-20 years the Broad Ripple we remember will be a distant memory. :-/
"Surrounding ghetto areas"?? Man, you need to get out more.

And to which chains do you refer? Establishments like Kilroy's may be a chain, but at least it's a homegrown chain.
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Old 08-13-2011, 12:20 PM
 
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"Surrounding ghetto areas"?? Man, you need to get out more.

And to which chains do you refer? Establishments like Kilroy's may be a chain, but at least it's a homegrown chain.
What chains? Sheesh, you can stroll down Broad Ripple Avenue and just pick 'em out left and right: La Bamba, Starbucks, a Subway and a Jimmy John's right across the street from each other, Brothers, Red Mango, Noodles & Company, bw3, Qdoba just down the street on Guilford, Crapplebee's, Einstein Brothers, Penn Station, etc.
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Old 08-13-2011, 03:35 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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No doubt about it Meg, Broad Ripple is headed downhill. The recent influx of chains make it quite unremarkable, and the surrounding ghetto areas are really beginning to take hold. In 10-20 years the Broad Ripple we remember will be a distant memory. :-/
Surrounding ghetto areas???? Other than east of Broad Ripple it's in a very nice area. I could actually see the area east of it getting redeveloped into a safer area before I could see the entire neighborhood being "overrun" by the ghetto.
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Old 08-13-2011, 04:46 PM
 
Location: Fountain Square, Indianapolis
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Trendy/hipster areas always change. I do remember when BR was that area, since then it has been FS, Irvington, Little Flower, it's just like the hipster mentality... when it becomes mainstream or expected they change it up.
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Old 08-13-2011, 07:22 PM
 
Location: Fishers, IN
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What chains? Sheesh, you can stroll down Broad Ripple Avenue and just pick 'em out left and right: La Bamba, Starbucks, a Subway and a Jimmy John's right across the street from each other, Brothers, Red Mango, Noodles & Company, bw3, Qdoba just down the street on Guilford, Crapplebee's, Einstein Brothers, Penn Station, etc.
And these same joints are available in so-called trendy areas in every city. Big whoop-dee-do.
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