Indianapolis, Indiana SperlingViews

Indianapolis is pretty strong economically, especially for people who work in the medical research and health care industries. It is moderately conservative, although there is a healthy liberal community here as well. People who wish are young and raising children find many areas very appealing because of the ease of participating in extra curricular activities. THere are very strong private, magnet and charter schools. The Indianapolis Public Schools and some of the township schools are struggling --but the good part of that is that they still have life and are focused on improving.
The arts, places like the zoo, Children's Museum and Indianapolis Museum of Art are private and have little support from local government. The good thing about that is that the local government is telling them what to do.
And, they are all premier destinations. Those who are in the arts (the artists) are the losers in this town because so few companies and individuals value the arts and what they can do to make this a preferred place to live.
Pretty crime is too high here and I'd like to see more prevention (i.e.--better public schools). Historically, the traditional approach toward creating better citizens focuses on punishment rather than prevention.

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