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10/16/2006
Indianapolis is better than Tallahassee, Fl. And it beats certain places. However, there is a lot of hide-and-seek with facts, especially economy. Indiana is still dying economically, I too have a degree in finance (bachelor's) and the best I can get is call center, $10-12 per hour. And for the price of Indiana, I think it's best spent in cities where the populace is a bit more progressive. The populace is truly ignorant. There are quite a few nice, interesting people and places here, but they all close at 5pm and aren't open on Sundays.
The downtown dies after 5pm, unless you are an alcoholic or are into crossdressing prostitution. It's a great place for pedophiles- there are two convicted pedophiles and one rapist for every 500 citizens.
Indianapolis is one of the cleanest, yet stinkingest, cities I have ever seen. The lovely yet disgusting Fall Creek and White River look pretty, but they stink and surround unsafe neighborhoods. Too many churches and none of them active or good for the communities they daily fail to serve. It's like living in the 1930's without the bling. I go to Kansas City, St Louis, Lexington, Tennessee, Cincinnati, or Chicago weekly due to the deadstate of Indiana. Interesting venues (other than hip hop and drunk fests) and fake jazz- At JazzFest, Elton John or Michael Florence shows up. Who's Mike Florence? Welll....there's Indy in a nutshell for you....Be ready to see Hoosiers driving north on southbound-only one way roads every day, all day, and those who are "pround" of Indy---- bad, bad schools (except for the township schools). Crack cocaine is king, and literally, crackheads line the streets everywhere. Backwards at full throttle is the best way to describe Indianapolis. The outer surrounding areas are much nicer.
Seriously, there are people who are very rich who love it, and those very poor who know no better and have no higher expectations of making a life or have never been anywhere else. Visit first! Please, before throwing money and time and life away, visit first.....
Marissa | Indianapolis, IN