Evansville, Indiana is a city located on the banks of the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana. It is known for its vibrant culture and attractions, with something to offer everyone. From its historic downtown district to its many parks and museums, Evansville has plenty to explore. The city also offers a wide range of recreational activities from kayaking and paddle boarding on the riverfront to golfing at one of the two courses in town. Visitors can also enjoy a variety of restaurants and nightlife options.
The reviews of Evansville, IN are overwhelmingly positive. Locals love living in this charming city with abundant attractions, cultural events, outdoor recreation, and great food. Residents cite the friendly atmosphere and delightful downtown district as among their favorite features. People from outside Evansville often comment on how clean it is compared to other cities they’ve visited and remark that it’s an ideal place to raise a family or retire comfortably. In short, Evansville gets rave reviews from all who experience it!
based on 34 ReviewsGet to know Evansville with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Evansville
Depends on what's important to you... - 6/13/2007
Hello- I am an Evansville native that has returned after sixteen years away. I would have to say that I am never bored here. I am a divorced mother of an eight year old. I find that our quality of life here is much better than Chicago where we lived prior to moving back to Indiana. I can afford a much better house here. True, there are not as many fine restaurants or bars or nightclubs as there are in larger cities- but there is also not as much traffic, crime or property taxes! If you are looking for hundreds of bars, nightclubs and professional sports events around the corner- this is not the place for you!
In recent years, Evansville has started to really get things going again in the dowtown area. Right on the bend of the Ohio River, it is a beautiful site. I feel with the growth of an urban dwelling population, more retail and restaurants will want to be downtown. Evansville benefits from having two Universities in town, a good museum of arts and science, a
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Pretty boring - 5/29/2007
I grew up in Evansville and lived there for 18 years until I left for college. Evansville is not a horrible place to live, but I must admit that it is pretty boring for young people. There was never much to do other than go bowling or go to the movies. They have the Evansville Otters baseball team, but we didn't ever go to those games. The weather is decent, although there are a lot of tornadoes that come through and also the summers are very humid. The nightlife is not very great (well not compared to a bigger city anyways) and consists of a few bars and Casino Aztar. I wouldn't say it's the worst place in the world, but growing up we did a lot of complaining about how boring it
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Jobs - 5/19/2007
This city has a low unemployment rate, but that is only because of the plethora of $6 per hour jobs. Many jobs here are in the retail, health care or education
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in defense of my home town - 5/18/2007
I was born in Evansville but my family left when I was seven and I did not return until I was an adult. That was more than 30 years ago. I raised and educated a child here who, despite becoming a very successful professional adult denigrates her "home town" in much the manner some of the posts here reflect.
Know what? If everyone on the planet wanted to live in the same place, the earth would tilt off its axis. Diversity of landscape, like diversity of people, is a wonderful and enriching thing. Bashing one place while lauding another is just plain wrong.
I, too have lived in seveal parts of the country, and I too, have found some aspects of each to be good and bad. San Francisco for sure has the best climate. New England has the best "high brow" cultural opportunities. Chicago's architecture (and food!) is not to be missed.
But each of those places also has negative aspects. BIG negative aspects.
A place is a place. Do not blame geography
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Sweet Tea - 1/15/2007
Evansville is a nice place to live. Just wish I didn't have to drive over the Ohio to get good sweet
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17 Coal-Fired power plants in a 62 mile radius - 8/26/2006
There are 17 coal-fired power plants in a 62 mile radius of Evansville. I wish someone would have told me I was moving into the largest concentration of coal-fired power plants in the nation before I moved my family here. The air quality is appalling- just check www.scorecard.org. Moreover, there are also a few other industries, Alcoa and GE within just miles of the city, which provide jobs, but also compound the pollution problems. Unfortunately the community and political leaders of this area deny there's even a problem, instead of doing something about the problem.
If you don't mind pollution that potentially puts you at risk for cancer, especially leukemia, MS, dermatological ailments, asthma, and a number of other conditions prevalent here, Evansville is a nice place to live. The cost of living is affordable. The schools are good. The people are pretty nice, pretty conservative, and also pretty racist. This is a very white area, and I think that's how
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evansville, truly a pit of despair - 8/17/2006
Evansville is a miserable, boring town. There is nothing to do here. Bosse Field is a terrible place to see a baseball game, comparing it to Fenway Park and Wrigley Field in terms of historical significance is a joke! There is nothing but meth labs and traffic lights around here and the most popular weather guy, Jeff Lyons, is a total dufus that is always wrong. Evansville is a backwords, pathetic, miserable town. It is cheap to live here for a reason because it is such a miserable
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Great place to raise a family - 7/24/2006
The people that say there is nothing to do here probably mean there aren't enough bars. Most everyone I know here really enjoys the area. Evansville has a museum, minor league baseball, zoo, water parks, golf, lakes, boating, horseback riding, and a lot of restaurants. It is a great place to live and to raise a family. Also, you are only 3 hours from Nashville, St. Louis, and
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steamy summers - 7/13/2006
Evansville is one of the southernmost cities in Indiana, in the southwest "arrowhead" that is bounded on the south by the Ohio river and on the west by the Wabash River. I moved here from Spokane, WA in early February, for a job right out of grad school. February was pretty cold, which surprised me. Not northern plains cold, but the same weather systems do make it down here. Winter here is lousy though in that snow is sparse and won't last long when after it falls - if you are going to have some cold you should get some snow too. Spring was nice, about two months of moderate weather, except for the fairly common severe thunderstorms. Just right of tornado alley, this place is a hotbed of thunderstorm activity. Summer is steamy. Wow is it humid. Sucks. This is not a place for the active outdoors enthusiast. That is the biggest reason I'm looking to relocate in the next two years, but Evansville is also a backwards place. Another
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Great experience living in Evansville - 6/19/2006
I have lived in 15 cities ranging from Chicago to Mississippi. I lived in Evansville for eight years and have been back often. I currently live in Denver and I will say that Evansville has very low crime, very involved schools, plenty of activities for singles, families and especially kids. Children of all ages can go to Swonder ice skating rink, Burdette swimming park, Wesselmans, Hoosier National Forest, and the Children's museum to name a few. Sports are very important to the community. Basketball, soccer, baseball, some hockey and swimming are great activities. The festivals are great as well. The boat races are fun, fall festival is a classic. You get a little of everything in a town that shouldn't have this much. People are friendly as well. Most people don't know this, but Evansville is a very large test market city. They tend to get the newest things first and a lot of foods, restaurants and stores that come to Evansville first, before being launched in the rest of the U.S.
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