Anyone live in Indianapolis?

ChaosParent23
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:05:37 +0000

Butler is very well respected in Indy. If kids don’t want the big University experience of IU or Purdue, they’re usually leaning toward Butler as their top choice. Campus is in the middle of the Kessler/Meridian area. Very nice area with big historic homes. The school sits b/w 42nd St and 52nd St. I can’t remember the exact street, but there’s a light… I want to say it’s around like 25th St… anyway, that light marks the nice from the not so nice. I wouldn’t necessarily call it unsafe, but I wouldn’t be down there by myself either.
The immediate downtown area around Circle Monument is also very nice… I just wouldn’t go alone late at night.
Lockerbie area is astoundingly cool and used to (I don’t know if they still do) have a home tour every spring. Lots of cool architectural homes.
Broad Ripple is SO much fun! Lots of cool hang outs and places to eat and shop. Very hip, very young.
There’s actually quite alot to do in Indy. If you’re into sports there’s the Indy 500, the Colts, the Pacers, and the Indianapolis Indians. They are a (I think) AAA team and ahve one of the nicest stadiums for a minor league team in the country. Plus b/c they’re minor league, tix are super cheap. The NCAA is also HQd here and has a museum. Actually there are a ton of museums of every sort. The Medal of Honor monument should not be missed!
There’s also a zoo w/ butterfly gardens. The White River State Park is a nice place to take a walk when the weather is nice. The Monon Trail is another very nice way to get some exercise.

Weather… I’d say it’s probably a little better than Boston’s. You’re definitely going to need warm clothes though. Falls tend to be lovely & winters don’t come quite as early as Ohio or Illinois. Springs tend to be very wet & seem to come later and later every year. B/c Indy is quite flat spring and summer thunderstorms can come up quickly and be pretty intense.

It’s the midwest, people are midwest nice. LOL

Once you get outside of the major metro-suburbs area (Carmel/Fishers/Zionsville/Brownsburg/Plainfield) you’re getting a little less cosmopolitan, more rural. The only thing I know about Greencastle is they had a team win the Little League World series not too long ago. LOL Sorry.