You are LUCKY! (Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Hamilton: apartment, home, high school)

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by domergurl

out of curiosity ... which items would those be?

fruits and veggies.
Apple and other silicon valley products arent even made in America

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by ischyros

Wow. There must be so many movies that you've never seen then! Or television shows for that matter!

I dont watch nearly the amount of movies my friends do anyway and it doesnt bother me.

[domergurl]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

fruits and veggies.
Apple and other silicon valley products arent even made in America

you make no sense.

[domergurl]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

fruits and veggies.
Apple and other silicon valley products arent even made in America

do you eat at McDonalds?

[X-Greensboro Resident]

Wow... This is really sad. How someone so young can be so brainwashed, misinformed and close minded.

[W & C]

Indy isn't horrible but mostly I feel lucky to not live here anymore

[douglasf13]

Originally Posted by mikebchipper

I have been all over the US and even Canada, and let me tell you, the cost of living and real estate is so much better in Indy. You can still buy property for under 100K and still live in a nice area. The city is clean, there are nice museums, descent parks, excellent food/shopping and the people are generally nicer than many other metro areas of North America. Appreciate the gem you have fellow Hoosiers and be proud of this great city!

Agreed. I've been living in the Hollywood and Studio City area of L.A. for nearly 15 years, and, even though I can live just about anywhere in the U.S. running the business that I own, Indianapolis is on the short list for our move next year.

Hilariously, it is between Hawaii and Indy at this point, which are rather opposite ends of the spectrum. L.A. real estate in my area stinks so bad that Hawaii is actually more affordable, but I'm not sure we'd enjoy the island lifestyle all of the time.

With the incredibly affordable homes, nice people, great museums, a decent downtown, close proximity to other cities, etc., Indy really is unusual. It seems that it's not really the best at anything, but pretty good at a lot of things.

The homes that I've been looking at in Meridian-Kessler for around $300K-400K would go for $1.5+ million in the L.A. area where I live now, which is just crazy, and then tack on another $30K a year for private school...not to mention gas, food costs, sales tax, utilities, etc. It's really another world, in terms of finances, and I think our stress level would plummet if we move to Indy.

[bertrandandjules]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

Also what doesnt help is when Chicagoans call Indiana a Hick state. oh lol thats not true by any means and i think its time for Chicago to get the massive wakeup call it deserves.

Oh, come on BRG, who are you trying to kid?

Outside of a few pockets like Indy, the Region, and the college towns, Indiana is completely a hickish place...and I mean it in the kindest of ways.

I'll confess that it gets irritating and hypocrtical when Chicagoans say this about Indiana, since everything in Illinois south of Chicago is a carbon copy of Indy and is just as hickish. (But then the majority of Chicagoans have no real concept of the rest of Illinois.) And Missouri is hickish everywhere between STL and KC, Ohio is hickish outside of its big three cities, Kentucky is ultra-hickish outside of Louisville. That's just the identity of places that have vast stretches of countryside filled primarily with people with little more than a high school education (if that). Is it condescending? You bet. But it sure isn't inaccurate. It's just a fact of life.

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by bertrandandjules

Oh, come on BRG, who are you trying to kid?

Outside of a few pockets like Indy, the Region, and the college towns, Indiana is completely a hickish place...and I mean it in the kindest of ways.

I'll confess that it gets irritating and hypocrtical when Chicagoans say this about Indiana, since everything in Illinois south of Chicago is a carbon copy of Indy and is just as hickish. (But then the majority of Chicagoans have no real concept of the rest of Illinois.) And Missouri is hickish everywhere between STL and KC, Ohio is hickish outside of its big three cities, Kentucky is ultra-hickish outside of Louisville. That's just the identity of places that have vast stretches of countryside filled primarily with people with little more than a high school education (if that). Is it condescending? You bet. But it sure isn't inaccurate. It's just a fact of life.

Thank you for making my day. i agree
Without Chicago Illinois would be a bigger Iowa.

[douglasf13]

To be honest, most states are quite a bit different when you get outside of the city. The L.A. metropolitan area is gigantic, but, once you get outside of it, Southern California is also pretty desolate. I wouldn't want to live a couple of hours east of L.A. anymore than I'd want to live a couple of hours outside of Indy.