In response to all the criticism
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7/20/2015
Everything the critics stated here can be said about most areas in the country. I live in Chicago and just spent 3 weeks in Indy for work and guess what? Indy and Chicago offer a whole bunch of the same amenities: there are bars, restaurants, street fests, parks, bike paths, bowling alleys, concerts, museums, mini golf, shopping districts, etc. You think that things are just automatically better for you because you live in a larger city? Move to Chicago or another huge city and you will find you are taxed to death and actually going out and doing things can be pretty difficult because of large crowds, prices and traffic. While in Indy, I looked around at job postings (which I do often when I travel just to gain insight about different cities since I plan on leaving Chicago soon) and found that jobs in my field offer about the same salary in Indy as they do where I currently am in Chicago, which is shocking seeing as the difference in cost of living is huge. A friend of mine is currently working in NYC but is moving back to Indy where she grew up because she has found a job in her same field with the same salary. Do you think she has enjoyed herself in NYC? No, because living in a city with such a high cost of living leaves her with no money to go out and do things. You are also incorrect in stating that Indy inflates their population numbers: The state that the city boasts over 800,000 citizens and the surrounding suburbs brings that number to approximately 1.8 million. These numbers all come from the US census bureau so cities cannot just make up these numbers. A lot of the criticisms stated on this page are happening everyday here in Chicago, except it's much worse seeing as IL is 4 billion dollars in the hole right now whereas IN is not. I actually laughed out loud reading all the criticism about crime rates seeing as I read the Indy news everyday and it is nowhere near as bad as Chicago crime. Indy newspapers have space to actually report on things like "teenagers arrested for underage drinking" whereas Chicago doesn't even have enough space to report on all the crime going on seeing as on a typical weekend in the summer, we have about 40 or 50 shootings throughout the city. You all should get a clue about what's going on in the rest of the country before you post.
Amaya | Chicago, IL