Review of Indianapolis, Indiana


Indianapolis SUCKS and it is good for families an
Star Rating - 1/29/2015
I must tell you about my experience in Indianapolis where I lived there for two years. Indianapolis is the worst city I ever experienced living there. Why? Because it is a good city for families and religion worshippers. Downtown is cool and nice, but outside downtown, forget it! Lots of run-down houses, lots of backward lifestyles, and lots of "1970" and "early 1980's" people with their hairdos and clothes. There were not many things to do actively around the city. The city made me depressed and unhappy for two years and finally moved back to Washington, DC in 2001 where many positive things have made me very happy in Washington, DC. Myself as a gay man, the gay scene there really SUCKS! Only 2 to 3 blocks in a gay community and it also is a very small which is not like Boystown in Chicago, Castro in San Francisco, DuPont Circle in Washington, DC and other cities, that is it. It was very hard for me to meet and make new friends there. Not worth it. If you are a gay, please do NOT move to Indianapolis, trust me. If you have a family, then it is good for the kids there. As for the religion worshippers, it is good for them because the city has a blue law which I hated it at most and the blue law always makes the city very dead - just like a sleepy city. The last bus services are around 11 PM to 11:30 PM on weekends (Saturday and Sunday nights) and all I was to take a cab home from the downtown that cost me around $20 plus $2 to $3 as a tip comparing to the bus fare that cost me around $1.50. The bus system to me was okay, I guess. The Circle Centre shopping mall in downtown and Indianapolis Speeding racing place are wonderful places to be visited, but more than, NOTHING ELSE TO DO AROUND the city there. Yes, you, of course, can come to visit there which is fine, but moving there, FORGET IT or you will agree with me for sure. Yes, the crimes there were high while I was living there for two years. Bloomington, IN, the home of Indiana University is better than Indianapolis because of beautiful environment, but it is about an hour to drive each way. My old boyfriend has lived in Bloomington all his life, but it was not my thing there.
Christopher | Aspen Hill, MD
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Sorry Indy was supposedly so conservative for you. How horrible that you had to endure such things as "blue laws", the "religion worshippers," family life, and a lack of gay bars in Indy. What a dumb comment. If you want to be surrounded non-stop with gays, then go to a bigger city. Doesn't seem you are too intelligent so I'll let you in a little secret: gays make up a very small percent of the total population and accordingly all the gay establishments that you seek generally are found in the bigger cities, not Indy. You're problem is that you are a gay liberal that found himself living amongst people (although not all of them) that have conservative values and morals. Move to a city that liberals like you have already destroyed like LA or Chicago and there you will find all the back door activities you so desire. Indy is a nice city to live in. There is a lot to do there and it has a fun night life. Indy doesn't suck like you said. The problem is that you suck and couldn't find enough men to let you show them how well you can! But in all honesty I do thank you for deciding not to permanently live in Indy. Your decision is one step in the right direction in order for the city to preserve the few morals and values that other liberals like you haven't destroyed, yet.
Harry | Indianapolis, IN | Report Abuse
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