Carmel IN looks amazing, great schools, good people safe, etc

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Disparaging posts about Indiana being a retrograde, backwater hellscape in 3…2…1…

because it is. The things we saw and heard about while kid was in school in Indiana shocked us. The poverty, drug abuse and violence surprised us. The KKK has a headquarters outside of Bloomington. I've never encountered so many uneducated people and I'm from a poor area in the south. People were very unfriendly and insular. If you aren't from Indiana they are not welcoming.

This may shock you, but a deep blue state like NY is also a KKK stronghold. They have a flagpole on Long Island that was at one point dedicated to the KKK.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Disparaging posts about Indiana being a retrograde, backwater hellscape in 3…2…1…

because it is. The things we saw and heard about while kid was in school in Indiana shocked us. The poverty, drug abuse and violence surprised us. The KKK has a headquarters outside of Bloomington. I've never encountered so many uneducated people and I'm from a poor area in the south. People were very unfriendly and insular. If you aren't from Indiana they are not welcoming.

You clearly weren't living in Carmel, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think Indiana is superior to DC and it's suburbs, please move there. You would be doing us all a favor.

I did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its also an incredibly racist area

Not surprising at all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you think Indiana is superior to DC and it's suburbs, please move there. You would be doing us all a favor.

I did.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its also an incredibly racist area

Not surprising at all

Anywhere evil whitey people live is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

We’re not full of it at all. I grew up in Carmel in the late 80s/early 90s and we had anonymous callers to our “ethnically diverse” home, to let us know that Carmel was an all-white, all-American town and encouraging us [insert horrific epithets here] to find a new home elsewhere. It was real and it was terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

We’re not full of it at all. I grew up in Carmel in the late 80s/early 90s and we had anonymous callers to our “ethnically diverse” home, to let us know that Carmel was an all-white, all-American town and encouraging us [insert horrific epithets here] to find a new home elsewhere. It was real and it was terrifying.

35 years ago

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

We’re not full of it at all. I grew up in Carmel in the late 80s/early 90s and we had anonymous callers to our “ethnically diverse” home, to let us know that Carmel was an all-white, all-American town and encouraging us [insert horrific epithets here] to find a new home elsewhere. It was real and it was terrifying.

Exactly, those communities were mostly cornfields back then.

35 years ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

We’re not full of it at all. I grew up in Carmel in the late 80s/early 90s and we had anonymous callers to our “ethnically diverse” home, to let us know that Carmel was an all-white, all-American town and encouraging us [insert horrific epithets here] to find a new home elsewhere. It was real and it was terrifying.

35 years ago

Yes, in 1988 back when people traveled around Carmel by horse and buggy with no electricity or running water. But I’ll bet those folks passed down their old-fashioned Hoosier values to their own children (and grandchildren too) who remain part of the community even in these modern times. Which is why it’s so hard for communities like that to move forward.

[Anonymous]

OP you’re not going to get a lot of receptiveness here. Most DCers are too childish and immature to understand that good schools and no crime are the #1 priority once you finally grow up, get married and have kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you’re not going to get a lot of receptiveness here. Most DCers are too childish and immature to understand that good schools and no crime are the #1 priority once you finally grow up, get married and have kids.

You can have that and not live in lily white land of MAGA religious nutters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just moved from Fishers IN which is the next town over. Both are great family communities but are pure stereotypical suburbs with little to no character. Zionsville has alot of charm but is also where all the old money is. Indiana overall isn’t a bad place to be, as long as you know what you’re getting into. Reasonable taxes and the state generally leaves you alone. People there are also extremely nice (Hoosier hospitality).

I disagree wrt the last statement. They're afraid of anything that isn't like them.

PP here - unless you come across a rando hillbilly family, you’re just wrong. We lived in a very small subdivision which happened to have a high amount of ethnic diversity and no one gave a shit. People there are nice to a fault, and ‘Hoosier hospitality’ is a well earned term.

People here trying to make Indy out as some intolerant, overtly racist Deep South carbon copy are just full of it

We’re not full of it at all. I grew up in Carmel in the late 80s/early 90s and we had anonymous callers to our “ethnically diverse” home, to let us know that Carmel was an all-white, all-American town and encouraging us [insert horrific epithets here] to find a new home elsewhere. It was real and it was terrifying.

Exactly, those communities were mostly cornfields back then.

35 years ago

Carmel was far from a cornfield back then. As a child, I remember shopping at Keystone at the Crossing (decent stores and dining) nearby and lots of new construction, track home subdivisions all over Carmel.

[Anonymous]

I'm originally from near Carmel and would happily move back. I wish I had raised my kids there. There's such a better sense of community and of place than here. About the only down side is the weather, which is about the same as where I live outside DC anyway.

As it stands, I'll be here until my youngest finishes high school, then move somewhere warmer, cheaper, and friendlier.

Which sounds like you are not going to Carmel.