Another Chicagoan wanting to move to Indy...help me out (Indianapolis: high school, university)
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I lived all over Chicago before moving back to Indiana ... spent 4 years in Fishers.
Indy is cheap. You'll hear hoosiers complain like the dickens, but it's still a very thrifty place to live. Traffic is a joke. Again, you'll hear people act like they have the worst traffic in the world here, but as far as infrastructure goes, Indianapolis has great roads.
Fishers=naperville
Carmel=Glenview
Zionsville=east of Glenview
Kokomo ... Peoria?
Greenwood=Yea, Orland
Beech Grove/Speedway=something along the lines of the hoods on the northwest side of the city
but do take the other posters advice ... have a job!!!
As far as culture. I'd give the edge to Bloomington, but that doesn't mean Indy is a vast wasteland. Culture in Bloomington is all due to IU being there.
Oh ... one more thing ... there's not one decent radio station in the Indy metro area. Just givin' you a warrning!
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As far as culture. I'd give the edge to Bloomington, but that doesn't mean Indy is a vast wasteland. Culture in Bloomington is all due to IU being there.
I just don't understand this attitude that Bloomington is the cultural center of Indiana. People that live in Bloomington have to travel to Indianapolis if they want to do a lot of things - concerts, shopping, fine dining, pro sports (not an art, but still a cultural component), etc. Bloomington gets an edge in diversity because of the sheer number of countries represented in the international student body, but they aren't really Bloomington residents - they come, go to school, and leave. Indy has a population of *permanent* international residents.
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Oh ... one more thing ... there's not one decent radio station in the Indy metro area. Just givin' you a warrning!
How do you define "decent?" There are at least two stations for every genre of music, and all the latest music is represented on Indy radio. I mean, if you're expecting Chicago-level media in Indy, you're gonna be disappointed, but for a metro this size, I think Indy has good radio. Bob and Tom is syndicated out of Indy, remember? Bob Lamey is still my favorite Colts announcer, and he's on the radio. There are several good morning shows. Our NPR is on par with others.
While Indy is no New York City, I respectfully disagree with the notion that Bloomington has a more vibrant scene than Indy's, college town or not. In my mind, it's not even really a comparison; that's like comparing Ann Arbor to Detroit.
Now, if you compare Bloomington to the other college towns of Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Muncie...I would say that it blows all three of them away.
I just don't understand this attitude that Bloomington is the cultural center of Indiana. People that live in Bloomington have to travel to Indianapolis if they want to do a lot of things - concerts, shopping, fine dining, pro sports (not an art, but still a cultural component), etc. Bloomington gets an edge in diversity because of the sheer number of countries represented in the international student body, but they aren't really Bloomington residents - they come, go to school, and leave. Indy has a population of *permanent* international residents.
How do you define "decent?" There are at least two stations for every genre of music, and all the latest music is represented on Indy radio. I mean, if you're expecting Chicago-level media in Indy, you're gonna be disappointed, but for a metro this size, I think Indy has good radio. Bob and Tom is syndicated out of Indy, remember? Bob Lamey is still my favorite Colts announcer, and he's on the radio. There are several good morning shows. Our NPR is on par with others.
Sheesh. There's just no pleasing some people...
That's because we're not comparing apples to apples.
I honestly think the radio stations in Indianapolis are terrible.
X103 is a joke
99.5 WZPL and RadioNow are generic garbage. Dave Smiley, ok.
92.9 or whatever it is, world class rock. Right. If hippie music is world class, I will pass on world class.
Bob Lamey is average at best.
Bob and Tom are syndicated everywhere; I bet if you ask listeners of the show outside of Indianapolis where they are syndicated from, 90% of the people will not know. People in Evansville don't even know Bob and Tom are syndicated out of Indy.
NPR, really?
WIBC, what a crock. I can not tell if I am listening to news radio or ads half the time.
Is there a worse drive time sports talk radio segment anywhere than Kravitz and Eddie's no huddle offense? I doubt it.
The traffic reports, lazy. 1070 does not even try.
Don't get me started on the television news around here.
I honestly think the radio stations in Indianapolis are terrible.
92.3 WTTS anybody? They play new stuff that isn't just the American Top 40 crap, they go deeper into albums than a lot of stations, and tend to play new artists before they gain widespread popularity. They have regular adult alternative, more acoustic type stuff on Sunday mornings, an Indy Underground section where they play local and independent musicians, and broadcast Little Stephens Underground Garage.
Looking at their recent playlist, they've played Pearl Jam, Death Cab, Hendrix, Counting Crows, Snow Patrol, The Cure, The Who, Clapton, Greatful Dead, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, etc, etc
They bring in artists like Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams, KT Tunstall, James Morrison, etc, etc in for small scale private performances for their listeners in Studio 92.
I like a lot of different genres of music, but this is my favorite radio station in the area by far.
92.3 WTTS anybody? They play new stuff that isn't just the American Top 40 crap, they go deeper into albums than a lot of stations, and tend to play new artists before they gain widespread popularity. They have regular adult alternative, more acoustic type stuff on Sunday mornings, an Indy Underground section where they play local and independent musicians, and broadcast Little Stephens Underground Garage.
Looking at their recent playlist, they've played Pearl Jam, Death Cab, Hendrix, Counting Crows, Snow Patrol, The Cure, The Who, Clapton, Greatful Dead, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, etc, etc
They bring in artists like Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams, KT Tunstall, James Morrison, etc, etc in for small scale private performances for their listeners in Studio 92.
I like a lot of different genres of music, but this is my favorite radio station in the area by far.
WTTS comes out of Bloomington.
I listen to my local community radio station (I'm on it too!) ... the people who run it used to own WKLU. It's the best radio station I've ever listened to.
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I listen to my local community radio station (I'm on it too!) ... the people who run it used to own WKLU. It's the best radio station I've ever listened to.
While some of their main staff and broadcasting may be based in Bloomington, they have offices and send a signal out of Indy as well. And if you go to their website, the title at the top of the page says World Class Rock - Indianapolis and has a sketching of the Indianapolis skyline. Given this and the fact that they sponsor concerts at places like Clowes, the Murat, and Vogue in addition to Bloomington venues such as the Bluebird I'd say you could consider WTTS as much of an Indy radio station as any other.
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