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Old 09-07-2017, 05:38 AM
 
Location: New Delhi
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Old 09-14-2017, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Indiana
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Well, have things improved in Marion at this point? I was hoping in the not-too-distant future to possibly move to Marion from Dayton, OH, as a retiree, to be closer to a church I want to attend in Swayzee. Not wealthy or looking for much in the way of nightlife anyway, happy with an Aldi's and some thrift stores. Dayton is on the depressed side, so I'm familiar with all that entails and feel safe enough; I own a home in the east end that I hopefully won't have a hard time selling but who knows. I appreciate any and all comments and thank you guys much.
All I can say is that Marion has been what it has been for too long. Plenty of vacant factories, an overall dismal school system, and people continuing to move out of the city. There are some new businesses coming in, like Texas Roadhouse and Holiday Inn, and Indiana Wesleyan University is growing as they are building a football field.

I'm a recent college graduate who is a native of Marion, and I'm just ready to bust out of the city. A lot of people are always grumpy or unhappy, and I refuse to live in a community with that kind of attitude. Right now my sights are for somewhere in the Rockies, with promising job opportunities and more scenery.

So basically Marion is trying to recover, but just barely.
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Old 09-20-2017, 05:38 PM
 
Location: 78745
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All I can say is that Marion has been what it has been for too long. Plenty of vacant factories, an overall dismal school system, and people continuing to move out of the city. There are some new businesses coming in, like Texas Roadhouse and Holiday Inn, and Indiana Wesleyan University is growing as they are building a football field.

I'm a recent college graduate who is a native of Marion, and I'm just ready to bust out of the city. A lot of people are always grumpy or unhappy, and I refuse to live in a community with that kind of attitude. Right now my sights are for somewhere in the Rockies, with promising job opportunities and more scenery.

So basically Marion is trying to recover, but just barely.
Marion, Anderson, Richmond, and New Castle is what Muncie would be without Ball State. Before I moved to Texas, I tried several times to get a job at the RCA in Marion. They never did call and the way it turned out, I'm glad they didn't because if they had called, I never would have been able to retire at the still young age of 61.

Same thing in Muncie. Every school I went to and every place I worked at in Muncie no longer exists. It's almost like I never lived there. I read in the Muncie Star on line edition the old Warner Gear building is currently in the process of being tore down. Warner Gear was the biggest factory in Muncie in the 50's, 60's and 70's. It was half a mile long and about 5000 workers in its hey day. More proof it's the end of a historical era. The industrial age is over. I don't think there are any factories left in Muncie, no more than a few, if any at all. I imagine Marion is the same way. Anderson and Richmond, too. I suppose it's too soon to tell which direction the former Rust Belt cities of East Central Indiana will take into the future.
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Old 09-21-2017, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Indiana
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Old 09-22-2017, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Central Indiana/Indy metro area
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Marion, Anderson, Richmond, and New Castle is what Muncie would be without Ball State. The industrial age is over. I don't think there are any factories left in Muncie, no more than a few, if any at all. I imagine Marion is the same way. Anderson and Richmond, too. I suppose it's too soon to tell which direction the former Rust Belt cities of East Central Indiana will take into the future.
The future doesn't look too good. I'm actually thinking many of these cities and towns will continue to suffer. Large urban areas are now where most people want to live. One doesn't need to live in New Castle or Richmond when they can easily live in smaller cities like Noblesville, Danville, or Franklin and get access to the employment of a major metro area. I don't think they will collapse, but the drug epidemic and welfare are become huge problems in these cities and the smaller towns that surround them.

I'm guessing what will likely happen is that almost all future job centers will be put in major metro areas with some along the interstates between metro areas. I think Shelbyville and Greensburg get lucky with factory/industrial work because they are located between two very close metro areas. Same for Columbus and Seymour along I-65. The problem with being along I-70 is that there is a lot more distance between Indy and Columbus, OH/St. Louis. Richmond also has to fight for business against Ohio incentives plus the population that the Dayton area offers.

Also young people want to be where they can meet others. Social media is amazing at helping more moderate to less social people connect with others. Numbers matter and the more people in an area the more likely one is to find a friend group and a significant other.
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