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Indy For me. Interesting history and downtown with a decent size airport. Closer to Chicago, Sand Dunes and its metro is growing like crazy. I'm no longer in college and could care less about following up with Ohio State sports or keeping up with that scene. I also don't really like the idea of being a city without a major sports team. Indy has the Pacers and Colts while Columbus has no answer for this...just sayin.
Columbus has the Crew and Blue Jackets...so it has 2 Pro teams just like Indy does plus Ohio State football is a far bigger deal than any sports in Indy.
I personally prefer Indy over Columbus mainly because I would rather be in a sports town than a college town.
Columbus is sports oriented as well but the focus more often than not is on college rather than pro. Cbus is all about the buckeyes, but you have pro soccer (the Crew) and hockey (the blue jackets) as well. They just don't get as much press as the buckeyes because... well, it's OSU, whaddaya expect
These 2 have always been twins, but today Columbus has Indy's number. Columbus still has it's run down areas, but Marion County all over is in bad shape. The mid 20th century blight looks worse than blight from the 19th century that you find in Cincy, Saint Louis etc.... There are soooo many homes that are half torn down, collapsed roofs and whatnot scattered throughout that county. The roads there are horrible, and I'm talking near the nice neighborhood of Butler Tarkington at that!
Indy's main thoroughfares could use some work, as they mainly consisting of gas stations and half abandoned strip malls. Indy HAS done a good job rejuvenating the few walkable areas they have, and the core city is looking rather good; however the areas immediately surrounding downtown feel forgotten. They have nothing comparable to Short North, which has grown to be one of the Midwest's premier neighborhoods.
Sad to say, but of all of the midwestern metro's, I'd say Indy is among the most hood, sans Detroit. North Saint Louis is bad, but the rest of the city makes up for it. Chicago has it's issues, but it's pluses are nearly unmatched. Cleveland is pretty rough, but they have Lakewood, U Circle, Shaker Hts. etc... Indy is Detroit level hood, but with more prosperous areas scattered throughout the county.
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