Reviews & Comments
Evansville, IN
Depends on what's important to you... -
6/13/2007Hello- 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 new children's museum,a fun zoo, a wonderful philharmonic orchestra, reguar community festivals, nationally famous acts, and plenty of places to dine and shop. You may not read reviews of any of these restaurants in national magazines, but that is not unique to this mid-sized town.
Because of the reasonable cost of living, I am able to send my daughter to an excellent independant college prep school. Evansville Day School ranks as one of the best schools in the state and is a wonderful asset to the area. There are many parochial school options in addition to the public school system. Evansville has alot of activities for children- many, many sports facilities, a new soccer complex, a fun Minor League baseball team, Wesselman Park Nature Center, a new Greenway, pools and lakes.
The climate is very pleasant, with the few really hot and humid days in the summer. Lovely spings and falls with gorgeous trees. I remember a few hot and humid days in Chicago as well, with less reliable air conditioning! True, we do not get that much snow as a rule, but we had 24" in a day a couple of years back-so it happens. I di notice an attack on the air quality here, but if you check the stats on that in this web-site- Evansville fairs better than many of the other areas I looked up-Austin, Nashville, Chicago, Charlotte, etc. In fact it is right under the national average for air quality- so don't let that scare you.
There are also many groups to join for business networking and social opportu