Shelbyville, Rushville ? (Indianapolis, Muncie, Terre Haute: low income, apartment complex, income)

[sera]

Friend has family living in Shelbyville, thinking about moving to an apartment where she walk to nearby grocery stores, downtown area. Rushville, seems possible more so than Co!umbus, Fishers or Greenwood.

Value your input as I lived most of my life on the West Coast, considering moving with her. My Dad's hometown was Terre Haute. Being vintage ladies, (seniors) prefer to drive as little as possible.

Thank you !

[indy_317]

Originally Posted by sera

Friend has family living in Shelbyville, thinking about moving to an apartment where she walk to nearby grocery stores, downtown area. Rushville, seems possible more so than Co!umbus, Fishers or Greenwood.

Value your input as I lived most of my life on the West Coast, considering moving with her. My Dad's hometown was Terre Haute. Being vintage ladies, (seniors) prefer to drive as little as possible.

The entire Indy metro area was originally designed to be centered around the automobile. This is somewhat changing, from areas in downtown Indy to some of the suburban communities. However, not every metro area suburb is going to offer that sort of lifestyle. If the main goal is to just be at the apartment and be able to walk for basic shopping, then you need to get on Google Maps and see where the grocery stores are, the strip malls, hospitals, medical complexes, etc. are located, then see if there are any apartment complexes near those locations.

Shelbyville's main shopping district is on the east side of the city. The only apartment complex I can see from Google Maps is called Villiage Square Apartments. I have no idea of theses apartments are older, newer, restricted to low income, restricted to seniors on low income, etc.. There are other complexes in Shelbyville, but they will require a short drive for most shopping, some dining, and possibly doctor, dental visits.

Rushville is a much smaller city overall. The Walmart closed down a few years ago. The only shopping center left, that I know of, is the Kroger on the south side of town. The only apartment complex I know in Rushville is on the far north side of the town. It was located just west of the now closed down Walmart.

I put Columbus on a higher level than Shelbyville and Rushville. At the intersection of I-65 and State Road 46, there is all kinds of shopping. East of the interchange is the Walmart, Sam's Club, and Menards (Hardware store). West of the interchange is a Jay C food store (Kroger brand grocery store). There are numerous apartment complexes in this area, but all withing any sort of walking distance are on the west side of the interchange: Riverstone Apartments, Spruce Ridge Apartments, Traditions of Columbus (Senior living community with various assisted or non-assisted living options), GreenTree at Westwood (again, another senior living place), Eastlake Woods Apartments.

Greendwood, Franklin, and Fishers are larger suburban cities. Fishers will be the most costly. All will likely have a mix of older apartment complexes and brand new complexes. The older complexes will likely be cheaper, however there is a strong likelihood those complexes will also have some units set aside for low income housing. Non-senior living low income areas usually are associated with quality of life issues: Loud music, fights, police calls, etc..

If you are OK with driving, just wanting very short drives, then any of these places will work. Fishers and Greenwood will have much heavier traffic, followed by Franklin and Columbus. Shelbyville and Rushville will have the least traffic of the places.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Nowadays, Shelbyville has probably 3 times the population of Rushville but I always grouped Shelbyville, Connersville, Greensburg and Rushville in the same category of cities, At the time - late 60's early 70's, Shelbyville wasn't a suburb of Indianapolis but it did seem to be the most vibrant of all those towns. I do remember Shelbyville had a couple of really good drive-in restraunts like a Big Boy and a Dairy Queen, where a car hop brings your food out to your car. But I was always partial to Rushville for some reason, but I don't know why. When I lived in Muncie, there was a period of time I use to think about moving to Rushville. I thought it would be a good place to live a nice simple quiet life. But I never pursued it beyond thinking about it.

[Kluch]

I would suggest looking into Franklin. It's far enough removed from Indianapolis that it feels like it's own little town but close enough to Greenwood and other suburbs that you can find anything you need shopping-wise within a short drive. The downtown Franklin square/area is really nice (and is continuing to grow). The whole Franklin area is pretty underrated. We lived there for a little over two years and really enjoyed it. You'll still have to drive places though. Besides downtown Indianapolis (and maybe parts of Carmel) I can't think of many places that are truly walkable (for all your daily needs) when it comes to Indy or it's suburbs.