How long until Munster turns into Hammond? (Portage, Merrillville: student loans, home)

[jp1251]

btw, its always nice to hear that fellow southerners are around.

[valpofan11]

Munster will never turn into Hammond. Will Munster become more diverse? Yes obviously, this is happening in the schools as School Town of Munster was less than 60% white in 2015-16. I do think Munster will not be as wealthy in 10-15 years. The northwest side of town near Lansing and Hammond is already fairly lower middle class. It will be interesting to see what Munster is like in 10 years. Same goes for Highland too, as it is more at risk of gaining poorer residents.

[Humboldt1]

I honestly thought Munster was getting better.

If the town is at risk of becoming less wealthy in 10-15 years why would anyone want to buy a home there?

I hope you are wrong for the sake of those who live there.

St Johns and Munster are viewed by many Chicagoans as the crown jewels of NWI, nice homes with good schools and reasonable taxes and close enough to the loop to make job commute doable.

[njova195]

Originally Posted by valpofan11

Munster will never turn into Hammond. Will Munster become more diverse? Yes obviously, this is happening in the schools as School Town of Munster was less than 60% white in 2015-16. I do think Munster will not be as wealthy in 10-15 years. The northwest side of town near Lansing and Hammond is already fairly lower middle class. It will be interesting to see what Munster is like in 10 years. Same goes for Highland too, as it is more at risk of gaining poorer residents.

First of all Munster is the #4 ranked school district in Indiana. Your Valpo schools are #36. So I guess that means that an ethnically diverse school district is outperforming yours in Valpo Maybe you should move to Munster so your kids can get a better education?

Secondly, your statementis very racist. Diverse and #1 schools in NWI. What is wrong with that?

Lastly, when you throw out a figure like less than 60% white, back it up with a link to show everyone? Also keep in mind that we also have a large Indian and Asian population in our schools because Munster is medical hub in NWI. So do you consider those type of people as the good non-white students and residents.

Valpofan11 is just a jealous hater

Here is my data, where is yours? https://k12.niche.com/rankings/publi...all/s/indiana/

[Humboldt1]

Njova,

I agree that Munster has good schools. It is also much closer to loop than Valpo. Valpo is ranked 17 on your the link you posted, not 36. Munster is 4.

Can you please acknowledge that University of Illinois Champaign is on par with Purdue and IU? Thanks.

[Northwest Indiana]

Originally Posted by valpofan11

Munster will never turn into Hammond. Will Munster become more diverse? Yes obviously, this is happening in the schools as School Town of Munster was less than 60% white in 2015-16. I do think Munster will not be as wealthy in 10-15 years. The northwest side of town near Lansing and Hammond is already fairly lower middle class. It will be interesting to see what Munster is like in 10 years. Same goes for Highland too, as it is more at risk of gaining poorer residents.

If the town gets its way (which it usually does), the northwest side of town will see major redevelopment after the south shore stop is built there at Manor and Ridge. This will be one of two Munster stops as the second one will be at Main St at the Munster/Dyer town line. Good or bad, the demolition of the duplexes on Manor Ave between Ridge and Broadmoor has pushed out some residents who were lower income but also some residents who caused issues. Munster will still have a lot of high wealth, but there is a greater diversity of housing types here than in a place like St. John that has a much higher percentage of single family homes and newer homes. Dollar for Dollar, homes in Munster cost more than the same home in every other area of NWI save for maybe a beachfront home along Lake Michigan. However, while Munster has more mansions than St. John, there's also more older small homes and condos than in St. John.

Also, while the school population is around 60% White, the majority of the minority groups are Latino and Asian. There is Black, but not nearly as much as in other areas even further out. In all honesty, and this is sad to say, but most NWI residents are more worried about the growth in the Black population than any other racial minority group. And as I posted in the other thread, the vast majority of the big growth in Black residents has been in Merrillville and it is pushing more south than in any other direction. Even Portage has seen more growth than Hobart for example and its further out. Distance isn't always a factor which is why I have stated that if Munster or Highland was going to see any extreme changes, it would have happened already given their locations. Change is happening all over NWI, but faster in some parts than others. Latino growth is the fastest in every area of NWI. In Munster, Asian population growth is definitely the second highest.

[jvr789]

Originally Posted by Humboldt1

I honestly thought Munster was getting better.

If the town is at risk of becoming less wealthy in 10-15 years why would anyone want to buy a home there?

I hope you are wrong for the sake of those who live there.

St Johns and Munster are viewed by many Chicagoans as the crown jewels of NWI, nice homes with good schools and reasonable taxes and close enough to the loop to make job commute doable.

Well if you are a flaming racist, yeah, less desirable. School already has diversity and is still top performing. Wonder if that freaks the racists out.

I for one am not loosing any sleep over the fact that there are a number of Indian, Asian and AA families in my subdivision. Not in the least. Wonderful people.

[Northwest Indiana]

Originally Posted by jvr789

Well if you are a flaming racist, yeah, less desirable. School already has diversity and is still top performing. Wonder if that freaks the racists out.

I for one am not loosing any sleep over the fact that there are a number of Indian, Asian and AA families in my subdivision. Not in the least. Wonderful people.

One thing I will say is this...Compared to other areas of NWI, Munster is pricey. So most folks in Munster in general are not too concerned if a minority moves into most of the neighborhoods because the idea that people have is "well, if they could afford xyz, they can't be that bad". However in many other places where cost of entry is much lower or comparatively lower compared to Munster AKA "anybody can get in", it comes off as more alarming to those residents. I think this is part of the reason why Munster has not had any type of flight from the area as compared to a place like Merrillville as well as north Crown Point and parts of Portage, where it is cheaper. Those places are also further out and to many residents, were "not supposed to change"

[valpofan11]

Originally Posted by njova195

First of all Munster is the #4 ranked school district in Indiana. Your Valpo schools are #36. So I guess that means that an ethnically diverse school district is outperforming yours in Valpo Maybe you should move to Munster so your kids can get a better education?

Secondly, your statementis very racist. Diverse and #1 schools in NWI. What is wrong with that?

Lastly, when you throw out a figure like less than 60% white, back it up with a link to show everyone? Also keep in mind that we also have a large Indian and Asian population in our schools because Munster is medical hub in NWI. So do you consider those type of people as the good non-white students and residents.

Valpofan11 is just a jealous hater

Here is my data, where is yours? https://k12.niche.com/rankings/publi...all/s/indiana/

Calm down, jeez, just stating what I think, and here's your link: IDOE: Compass.
Never did I say that I felt that white people or Asians were better than blacks or Hispanics. School quality is 80% based on the wealth of the district IMO, more wealth = usually easier to educate students, and vice versa. So obviously Munster, based on their wealth, is going to perform better than Calumet, which is poor across all racial/ethnic groups.

Munster is very nice and has many nice things. If you keep an open mind, every town has at least a few nice things about them. Munster maintains a high reputation because there are few negatives to Munster, the only glaring one being that it prices out many young middle class families.

[SoHoVe]

Actually I have never been a big fan of Munster, nice place but totally overrated imho.

I can't say I really ever foresee it ever going way downhill though.
Munster has too many residents who stay involved enough in their community to allow that to happen.