As a native Hoosier, I can confirm that sugar cream pie is exactly as good as you think it is. Also, I hereby submit a motion to change the state motto from "The Crossroads of America" to "Not as bad as you think it is"
My Belgian Grandmere made sugar cream pie when we all lived in downstate Illinois. I now am in Indiana and didn't even know that is considered an Indiana delicacy.
Born and raised Hoosier. We may be boring and a fly-over state but we know how to have a good time and have our things and places to do. So keep moving, nothing to see here: we’re fine with that.
I agree with this lol move along don't over crowd us. I went to Colorado Springs and it was elbow to elbow. But everyone seemed to come from Indiana lol.
Wow, you really did your homework. Excellent look at the particulars of the state in which I grew up. Thanks for avoiding the cliches that drag so many uninspired looks at the Hoosier State. Spending that much time Evansville and other mid-sized cities was the greatest strength of this video. Indiana is primarily a state of mid-sized industrialized cities.
I really think there is a lot of potential in Indiana. It's the hidden gem of the midwest and if you know where to look and where to visit, it has a lot to offer.
I think most of us here actually like that we are over looked. keeps us from getting invaded by outsiders who bring the same crap they are running away from like TX,CO,MT,ID is starting to face.
@@Dratchev241 I notice that all the conservative voices ignore Indiana when they talk about great places to relocate. They highlight Florida, Texas and Tennessee. That is ok with me!
@@michellegrovak its a good thing, it will keep Indiana from getting californians or new yorkers etc moving here in mass, who in return vote for the same kind of garbage they are running away from.
Fellow Hoosier here. As a southern Hoosier I feel like there is an enormous difference in the southern half vs. the northern half. Idk what it is, but every time I’ve ever gone up to Indy and beyond, it literally just feels like Michigan. But under Indy it feels like the south has had influence. For example: almost all rural, very traditional, and a twang (well, outside of New Albany of course). Lmk what y’all other Hoosiers think.
I’m in the southern half… and your right. Evansville metro here… and we notice it at about anything north of Bloomington or Terre Haute, things are a lot different. Geography changes a lot too.
Indiana was first settled by people coming from Kentucky and Virginia along with the mid Atlantic by way of the Ohio river. They brought with them their speech patterns. This was true of southern Ohio and southern Illinois as well. The northern half of those three states were settled by Yankees initially, and then Germans & Irish etc. The difference is apparent with the architecture of old churches. The cultural differences are evident today as well.
As someone from South Bend, I feel like it’s a different state even when I go to Indy. We feel much more upper Midwest than the rest of the state. I feel culturally more connected to Chicago and Detroit than I do Central and Southern IN. The Great Lakes sphere of influence is strong on us
I live 20 miles south of Indy - southern indiana cities (Bloomington, Columbus, Evansville, Jasper) are all interesting and thriving. Northern indiana cities (Kokomo, Muncie, Lafayette, Fort Wayne, South Bend) are all struggling and very drab.
You forgot to mention that Indiana has the new Indianapolis International Airport which has been rated the best in the country by pilots and passengers alike.
My current "home airport" and its always a pleasure to fly in and out of. Only gripe is distance as I live on the far Northside (almost Fishers) - so it's a haul. But it is an excellent airport.
@@TexasSausage Looks like the cameras are in the right place! Any TSA agent who thinks they aren't being observed from virtually every angle is an idiot.
Pork tenderloin sandwiches are awesome! There's probably a mom-and-pop diner in every town that serves it, and I've never had a bad one yet. Thankfully, no big chains have decided to industrialize them yet.
Here in the southwest corner they are served pretty much everywhere… literally lol. Even some of the chain sit down places have added it to menus down here. All bars, taverns, mom and pop places sell them.
My home state is very diverse. College towns (B-town is my fav), rural areas filled to the brim with agriculture, medium size cities, cute small towns, and the bright lights of my home, Indy. Indy itself has changed so much in the past 25 years or so. There's always something to do, good job opportunities, lots of sports, cultural activities, top-notch medical care (IU School of Medicine is downtown). I grew up in Broad Ripple, so I'm partial to The Rip. All in all, Indiana is a nice place to live and seems to have something for everyone.
Love your channel! Fellow Geography nerd, and veteran educator of the Social Sciences from Indiana. I thought you did an awesome job of my modest state, but really missed out on mentioning anything regarding sports. Basketball is huge in Indiana, and really the game itself developed here first in our high schools. Texas = football; Indiana = basketball. Additionally, Indianapolis is considered the amateur sports capital of the country as the NCAA is located here and the city hosts many Final Four and conference championship games. Overall you did a great job!
Yep you’re right, been living here most of my life and if I remember right the population was 30 to 40,000 more people back when Studebaker was here and never recovered since
I grew up in S.Bend, I couldn’t wait to graduate to get outta there, it just felt sad and empty, with no direction. 40yrs in ft.Lauderdale and love it.
I'm a born and raised Hoosier from Indy! :) (Also a new subscriber!) Sometimes living in my midwest can be depressing when you compare it to the beauty of, say, the Pacific North West. But I just wanted to let you know that watching this video helped me fall in love again with my native state :) Cheers! (Also Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches are TOP TIER
I agree w you on a lot of this video ! Evansville is very pretty for its size and is well worth a checkout. Butttt for Indianapolis you forgot to mention st. Elmos steakhouse, Indianapolis children’s museum and The Eiteljorg Museum ( one of the best small museums in the states) . Also the southern part of Indiana has Brown County State Park which is a very beautiful place to check out !
Very good overview of the state, but I am disappointed you did not mention Bloomington and Indiana University, which consistently ranks among top public universities in the nation. Also, IU is considered to be one of the most beautiful residential campuses for a major university in the country. Your channel just surfaced in my recommendations, and I am hooked, by the way. Subscribed. Also, the Monon (moe-non) trail follows the path of the famous Monon Railroad, which served the state well from about 1897 to 1956.
I went to IU and it is, indeed, a gorgeous campus. It's also where, in my opinion, a near-perfect movie, "Breaking Away", was filmed. Written by East Chicagoan Steve Tesich ( he won the Oscar for best screenplay for it that year).
As a Purdue student, I will admit that IU's campus is much prettier, but academically we've got a stronger claim to being a top public school. Either way, we should all be celebrating the fact that Indiana has such high-quality universities for such a seemingly insignificant state.
Surprised Indiana University and Bloomington and Purdue University didn't get a mention. Both top tier universities and Bloomington is an ideal college town.
I live in Illinois primarily, but I also spend lots of time in Northwest Indiana. This is an amazing look into it! You really did your homework and it came out well and factual.
Love your videos! I'm from Bloomington, home of Indiana University. In general people talk a lot of shit about indiana, but it's pretty nice, everything is cheap, it's absolutely beautiful in fall and winter and, as a car guy, there are some fantastic driving roads all over. The humidity in the summer is borderline unbearable though 🥵🥵
Pretty spot on, Kyle! I grew up in NW Indiana, which is now terribly polluted thanks to decades of factories dumping unregulated toxic sludge into local waterways before the formation of the EPA in 1970. Look up the IN Harbor Shipping Canal for some horror stories. The Standard Oil refinery in my hometown (where my grampa worked for over 40 years) is now owned by BP, who spilled a rather large amount of oil into Lake Michigan in 2014.
I actually grew up in Robertsdale, which is technically Hammond but we thought of as Whiting since it's so cut off from the rest of Hammond. When Whiting became a city in the late 1800s, they offered to buy that little parcel but Hammond didn't want to lose their access to the lakeshore so they made some shady deal.
Yep, the shipping canal is in East Chicago IN. They used to dredge the canal & dump the toxic slop into Lake Michigan until the EPA made them stop. Now it's put in leaky containment silos because no one knows what to do with it.
I'm a born and raised Hoosier and you hit the nail on the head regarding Indiana. Born in the Michigan City area (Northwest corner between Gary and South Bend) we spent a lot of time at the lake. Would love to have heard more about the sports of the state, although it would have only taken about 30 seconds...hahaha. GO COLTS. Basketball is still huge too. It is a nice state to be from (live in Michigan now). Glad to have found your channel.
@@mattlukasik2486 I agree with you on the Bears and people in NW Indiana rooting for them. I just became a fan of the Colts when Peyton Manning started. He is my favorite player.
@@nitedreamer23 LOL....yeah now I live in Michigan and married a man who is a Lions fan. Went to a preseason game a few years ago between the Colts and the Lions and my hubby wouldn't walk with me because I wore my Colts t-shirt. We are a house divided. Hahahaha.
@@halhuffman it's the Monon (MOE non) named after a small town to the Northwest, not that that's an improvement to what you wrote lol. The Broad Ripple neighborhood is great, night clubs nice restaurants and shops, and the Monon trail adds a nice dynamic.
It is called the MONON trail. MO-NON. Named after the CI&L railroad=Chicago,Indianapolis and Louisville RR. Absorbed into L&N in 1971, Then Family lines, Then Seaboard system. Now CSX. MONON was the nickname for the CI&L RR. CI&L had 2 distinct main lines and the 2 lines crossed in Monon,Indiana, hence the name. The line that went to Indianapolis was torn up years ago. Hence the trail.
Born and raised in Lafayette. Good place to live and grow up. I’ve lived in Tennessee since 1977. Indiana and Tennessee have some similarities except winters are milder in Tennessee with little or no snow in winter. I still have family in Indiana and return for visits. Indiana and Lafayette are good places to live. I’m still a big Boilermaker fan. I’ve got the Big10 network on my TV so I can watch Purdue games. My school loyalties are split, I’m a University of Tennessee fan too. Go Vols.
Good video. I'm from southern Indiana in Jackson county and I have been all over the state in my 60 years and I agree with almost everything you said. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this. You went out of your way to actually give positive facts without overlooking Indiana as the stereotypical flyover state. “There’s more than corn in Indiana.” But as a South Bend local my whole life, I think you should reevaluate your take. We have a lot of crime and parts of the city can be rough, like really rough, but there’s a spirit in Notre dame that brings everyone together. Seriously, game days are bigger than holidays. The entire metro area rallies together. It’s so special words can’t describe it. (Also, we now have the first and only raising canes in the Midwest and a lot of other new restaurants & shops etc.)
Life long Hoosier here and proud of it! I live in the Evansville metro area in the southwest corner. Thank you for your kind words about our area. I would like to add the Evansville metro has won numerous awards in the past decade or so as well. “Tree City U.S.A.”, and “All American City” are just a couple. Music is vibrant down here as well in both the educational sense as well as nightlife. Ford Center in down town has been rated one of the best hockey rinks in the U.S. and was one of the best new Arenas back when it was built. Evansville is also home to the largest protected old growth forest within a cities limits as well. Usually this area gets undersold, but you did us proud! Thanks again! Oh and yes…. Alll the food is as good as they say, but the best is in the southwest corner!
I would tend to challenge you on your assessment of South Bend. There are a lot of really fun things downtown with the whitewater rafting you mentioned, the South Bend Chocolate Factory Cafe is a super fun downtown space to enjoy a coffee and chocolate after rafting. Four Winds Stadium is a really fun venue to watch the South Bend Cubs play minor league baseball. Some of the new downtown high rises offer really beautiful living options with views of the rapids and falls and downtown. Tippecanoe Mansion is a fun dinner place and last time I was there they had really neat escape rooms to try out. Wilson Hills and Rum Village offer some really fun disc golf in the summer, mountain biking trails, and cross country skiing and sledding in the winter. You're pretty close to some of the best beaches in the country on Lake Michigan and Indiana Dunes National Park to the west. Amtrak offers really convenient access to downtown Chicago right from South Bend. To the east it is less than an hour to Amish Country and Shipshewana. Cost of living is pretty convenient. There are all sorts of good universities here. Notre Dame is the big one. But there is also Indiana University at South Bend which is quite an impressive school and campus. Bethel College offers good options too. Mishawaka and Penn High Schools are two very good schools in the area. It is one of the few places I've been where you'll see over 10,000 people show up for a high school football game when those two schools meet. All in all, South Bend has a lot to offer that most mid-sized midwestern cities can't offer. When I lived there I did enjoy the proximity to Chicago--we were far enough away to not feel the city of Chicago, but in less than an hour on the train we could be downtown. It was pretty easy to go see the Bears or the Bulls or the Cubs or the White Sox. The local minor league team was a lot of fun as well. It was pretty common in the summer time to take highway 12 or the Red Beer Highway to Silver Dunes on Lake Michigan and play in the sand and water until the sun set.
I noticed he completely left out the many miles of walking/biking trails and all the parks. Before 2020, there were festivals all the time at Headwaters Park, so there are many things to do here. I wonder what made him dislike the city so much.
Ft. Wayne isn't that bad of a place. Lots of things to do. Just have to look for them. Headwaters park has something going on almost every weekend Well not in 2020 didn't even mention are semi pro teams.
Great botanical gardens. Some notable brewpubs. Minor league baseball (still there, I hope?). Historical ties to Toledo, OH. I don't like when national guys crap on the Midwest for no good reason.
I agree when it comes from Indy. It's a city that with the exception of the Indy 500, Indy doesn't offer enough uniqueness to entice tourists from across the country or the world. With that said, should one travel to Indy, for whatever reason, there are enough things to do while you are there.
Great video! I'm a bit sad you didn't mention Bloomington. It's honestly one of the most beautiful towns in the country, imo (though I may be a bit biased as a native).
South Bend is not as blah as you think it is. We’ve had some rough times but it’s been slowly but steadily been improving. Covid kinda slowed the growth in our downtown but there’s still lots to see and do here. We have a beautiful zoo, wonderful museums, summer art fairs, a beautiful river walk that is expanding every year, a beautifully restored performing arts center, a hugely successful minor league baseball farm team (The South Bend Cubs) for the Chicago Cubs and more.
Proud Hoosier from the corn fields. Proud to have been born here, I wouldn't want to raise my family anywhere else. We love it slow here so as others have stated, move along.
Indianapolis is home to a Rolls Royce jet engine factory and repair for Airbuses and is home to FedEx's national headquarters. Also is home to the Simon Property group aka half of America's malls and they own the Pacers.
Hey, Fort Wayne is a great place to be. There’s a local arts and music scene, and a lot of minor league sports to enjoy. It’s a wonderful place for families and hipsters alike. We’re three or four hours away from major cities, if that’s your thing. Believe me, FW has improved by leaps and bounds since 2000. Come back for a second go-around after the plague leaves.
If visiting Indianapolis: Check out Mass Ave and Fountain square (both in/near downtown) for funky (gentrifying) restaurants/nightlife. The Children's Museum is huge and offers quite a lot. Indianapolis is far more walkable than most US cities, with major sports arenas, shopping, museums, entertainment, and bars/restaurants all in a two square mile area.
Indianapolis is not walkable compared to most US cities. There are walkable areas but they are small and isolated compared to the gargantuan land area of the city. The rail-to-trail conversions help but it’d be better if they built public transit on those alignments.
There is a place in Winchester, Indiana (east central part of the state near the Ohio border) called Mrs. Wicks Pies that has the best Sugar Cream Pie around. Their homemade Pot Pies are pretty amazing too.
It was a fair take on the state I grew up in (the southeastern part). As mentioned below, basketball is #1 (Hoosier hysteria). There are several notable people from the state, too: David Letterman, Jim Gaffigan, Wes Montgomery, Tavis Smiley, Kurt Vonnegut, etc.
Pretty good. I don't think you mentioned Bloomington....that town could use a few minutes, just on its own. Like, the Indian University, the first(?) university of Indiana & the only University that I know of, that has strengths in about 5 or 6 areas vs just one or 2, like most. Even Kokomo, with its automotive, parks & lovely smells in the Spring. Otherwise....I really like your videos. I love Learning about this stuff! Thank you for all your time, efforts & resources you've put into the research & gathering the information you pass on to me, for free :D
Excellent video!! You casually referenced Porter County in a wholly unrelated video and I knew you knew you're stuff. Hipsters gentrifying Gary is highly unlikely, however ha ha. Indiana is also home to some of America's best songwriters (Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael) and a couple of its coolest actors (James Dean and Steve McQueen). Also, the Empire State Building, and several other large buildings of the era, were made from limestone mined south of Bloomington.
It might be a while before I get to Alaska. I've never been there and generally don't like to discuss places I've never been to. I want to have at least a little in-person time at a place before I feel comfortable doing a video about it. But it's very high on my list of places to go.
You have a great quality of content. If I may suggest put some key numbers on the screen like you did with GDP would be better. More memorable especially with numbers and few lines
When I was around 18/19 I went with a group of friends down to Bloomington area to explore some caves. One girl in our group was terrified, so two people who had been there before convinced her that once inside, there was a little tourist area with a Burger King booth and souvenir shop. Are we almost there? Yeah, its just a little further!! 😀
Grandparents live about 45 minutes north of Evansville. For the nearly countless times I visited them, I never been to downtown E-ville. Very familiar with Newburgh and the east side, however.
I love pie of all kinds and sugar cream pie is definitely in my Top 3! I have lived in 4 states and Indiana is my favorite of those. For the most part people are friendly, costs are reasonable, there are multiple places to hike and bike, solid college and professional sports and some really unique museums.
My cousins live in the Evansville area. My uncle was building a dream house out where their used to be quarries when I saw them last in summer 2016 so I have no idea how far he got with it. Holiday World in Santa Claus one time zone over from Louisville and Indiana Beach almost closed for good over the winter-it’s now run by a Chicago native
Those of us who live in NW Indiana (Lake and Porter counties) who commute to IL get hit with a third non-resident IL tax. It doesn't come out of your paycheck, but when you file your taxes you have to file an IL non-resident state return first, listing the IL state tax that was deducted throughout the year. So when you file your IN full-year resident return, you do not get full credit for the taxes paid to IL. IL keeps a percentage of that...about 7%. For some reason, WI, MI, KY and IA are immune to this.
I am totally biased, but I grew up in Indianapolis and went to Indianapolis public schools and I love the city. I am not sure why I have so much pride for Indianapolis, but I do. The rest of the state is pretty average, but there are some highlights like West Lafayette and Bloomington which are true college towns.
11:29? You had a picture of pine lake which is just outside of Geneva. About a hour south of ft Wayne on hwy 27. Many fond memories going there as a kid and taking my kids now.
I tend to think of Indiana as one of the most generic states. It's not known for any distinctive cultural features or even stereotypes. I'm sure someone will argue that it does have such features but I'm saying it's not widely known for any. It's not known for extreme weather or natural disasters. If you ask an average person about Indiana cuisine, nothing will really come to mind. It's not known for national parks or landmarks. It's not even known for being extremely boring like Kansas. Heck, Michael Jackson is from there but he was associated more with Neverland Ranch in California. NASCAR is bigger than IndyCar too, especially in cultural references. Not to take anything away from the state. I don't think they epically fail or excel at anything overall as a state. The epitome of mediocrity. Anytown USA. But that's just how I tend to view it.
As a lifelong Hoosier, the only part of your evaluation that I significantly disagree with is that Indiana doesn't have extreme weather or natural disasters. I've lived through summers with multiple 100+ degree days, and winters where the wind chill hit -50. A single winter storm can dump 24 inches of snow, and last summer it rained eight inches in a few hours in Newton County causing devastating flooding. We've had droughts with consequent burn bans (ex. 2012, 2020). When I was five years old, a deadly F4 tornado passed within a mile of my house in West Lafayette. Shoot, we're even in an earthquake zone thanks to the New Madrid Fault. In 2008 a small tremor woke me up at 5 AM. I could go on and on. Practically the only things we don't have to worry about are volcanoes or tsunamis. Lol. Otherwise, your comment is pretty spot-on. I love my home state despite, or even because of, its tendency to be prosaic.
@@cowboystormchaser As the old saying goes here in Indiana; If you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes. Lol. We have some moody weather here that's for sure. The Tri-State tornado of 1925 was the biggest natural disaster that I can recall. While it started in Missouri, it ended in Indiana around the Petersburg area. It completely wiped out a town in my area, called Griffin.
Oh my god at 11:11 that picture that’s shown, I swear I’ve hiked around that. It used to be very popular and my grandpa even was a tour guide for the caves in that area. Some of them were flooded, and some are slightly filled with water, I went in one. I gets very cold, very fast in those.
@@mattlukasik2486 Been a while since I heard that phrase - - - knew a bunch of fire guys over that way and it took some time to figure out what they were yapping about. But you are right, da region was not covered well.
I grew up about 20 miles west of Fort Wayne. It was a pretty dull place full of chain restaurants and strip malls when I was a kid. It felt like a large nondescript suburb. However I will give the city props for reinvigorating the downtown. It is becoming a much more interesting city.
Hi, and thanks! I watched this vid b/c I also want to add, Indiana is home to an innovative experiment in shared living and gardening space. In Bloomington, just outside one of Indiana's biggest universities is Green Acres Permaculture Village. Check them out! Founded by Ann Kreilkamp. I was curious when you mentioned alternative economies in Indiana, so I'll ADD this resource! : )
I probably won't be doing a video like this on Georgia. I have another one called "Georgia vs. North Carolina" that goes into depth about the state. I'm trying to use these individual state videos for ones I haven't talked about much in other videos.
Tardy to the party on this vid but I just found your channel and had to watch the breakdown of My Home State. As a Life long Hoosier it's pretty interesting to hear an outside perspective of it. Can't say I 100%agree with your take but you do good work in general. Cheers
Cost of living is very cheap. Been happily living in Indiana. I'm a outdoors person, so I know where all the outdoor spots and activities available in Indiana. And you on skim the surface in that category. I was renting all my live here; $100 lot rent to $525 for a high rise apartment. Now I actually bought my first home at age 56 in cash. And the home in the country only set me back at $40,062. I save that amount of cash in only 7 years. So if you look hard enough, you can have a high paying job here with the cost of living super cheap.
As someone that lives in Fort Wayne, the second you get outside of Indianapolis its trash. I often travel to Chicago, Indy, or Cinci, even detroit to have fun. Only good part about fort wayne is that its about a 3 hour drive to get anywhere worthwhile, but if you don't have a car its fucked.
@@GeographyKing Awesome! It's always cool to meet another Gamecock! I graduated from there a few years ago w/ marketing an international business degrees.
As a native Hoosier, I can confirm that sugar cream pie is exactly as good as you think it is. Also, I hereby submit a motion to change the state motto from "The Crossroads of America" to "Not as bad as you think it is"
I agree. Indiana isnt nearly as bad as people think it is.
Sugar cream pie is pointless. Give me a pie with an interesting filling instead of a bland sweet mush.
I’ve lived in Indiana my whole life and I’ve never eaten either of those desserts
My Belgian Grandmere made sugar cream pie when we all lived in downstate Illinois. I now am in Indiana and didn't even know that is considered an Indiana delicacy.
@@freethebirds3578 once you try an Indiana made sugar cream pie you'll change your mind.
Born and raised Hoosier. We may be boring and a fly-over state but we know how to have a good time and have our things and places to do. So keep moving, nothing to see here: we’re fine with that.
I agree with this lol move along don't over crowd us. I went to Colorado Springs and it was elbow to elbow. But everyone seemed to come from Indiana lol.
We have our freedoms that people from Illinois may not appreciate if they are accustomed to the nanny state, and to corruption in elections.
Agreed!! Love my home state!
Indiana isn't that boring... arkansas/nebraska is more boring
Hoosier here as well. I’d take boring as an insult literally any day of the week over being called a Californian.
Wow, you really did your homework. Excellent look at the particulars of the state in which I grew up. Thanks for avoiding the cliches that drag so many uninspired looks at the Hoosier State. Spending that much time Evansville and other mid-sized cities was the greatest strength of this video. Indiana is primarily a state of mid-sized industrialized cities.
I really think there is a lot of potential in Indiana. It's the hidden gem of the midwest and if you know where to look and where to visit, it has a lot to offer.
Yeah, Indiana seems to be doing better than all of its surrounding states, for whatever reason. At least in terms of trends.
I think most of us here actually like that we are over looked. keeps us from getting invaded by outsiders who bring the same crap they are running away from like TX,CO,MT,ID is starting to face.
We do have a very rich history, but we certainly do like being overlooked.
@@Dratchev241 I notice that all the conservative voices ignore Indiana when they talk about great places to relocate. They highlight Florida, Texas and Tennessee. That is ok with me!
@@michellegrovak its a good thing, it will keep Indiana from getting californians or new yorkers etc moving here in mass, who in return vote for the same kind of garbage they are running away from.
I’m a proud Hoosier from Fort Wayne and idk why some people give our state a bad wrap, they say we’re boring. I couldn’t agree less.
Shhhh....let them think that. We don't need them moving in and changing things up.
Fellow Hoosier here. As a southern Hoosier I feel like there is an enormous difference in the southern half vs. the northern half. Idk what it is, but every time I’ve ever gone up to Indy and beyond, it literally just feels like Michigan. But under Indy it feels like the south has had influence. For example: almost all rural, very traditional, and a twang (well, outside of New Albany of course). Lmk what y’all other Hoosiers think.
I've got family from New Albany, and there is defiently a twang there. At least that's what I as a westerner hear.
I’m in the southern half… and your right. Evansville metro here… and we notice it at about anything north of Bloomington or Terre Haute, things are a lot different. Geography changes a lot too.
Indiana was first settled by people coming from Kentucky and Virginia along with the mid Atlantic by way of the Ohio river. They brought with them their speech patterns. This was true of southern Ohio and southern Illinois as well. The northern half of those three states were settled by Yankees initially, and then Germans & Irish etc.
The difference is apparent with the architecture of old churches. The cultural differences are evident today as well.
As someone from South Bend, I feel like it’s a different state even when I go to Indy. We feel much more upper Midwest than the rest of the state. I feel culturally more connected to Chicago and Detroit than I do Central and Southern IN. The Great Lakes sphere of influence is strong on us
I live 20 miles south of Indy - southern indiana cities (Bloomington, Columbus, Evansville, Jasper) are all interesting and thriving. Northern indiana cities (Kokomo, Muncie, Lafayette, Fort Wayne, South Bend) are all struggling and very drab.
You forgot to mention that Indiana has the new Indianapolis International Airport which has been rated the best in the country by pilots and passengers alike.
My current "home airport" and its always a pleasure to fly in and out of.
Only gripe is distance as I live on the far Northside (almost Fishers) - so it's a haul. But it is an excellent airport.
I flew out of Indy once, the TSA people stole my PS4 and were caught on camera.
@@TexasSausage Looks like the cameras are in the right place! Any TSA agent who thinks they aren't being observed from virtually every angle is an idiot.
I just used Indianapolis International Airport last week for a trip for the first time and I was really impressed!
Pork tenderloin sandwiches are awesome! There's probably a mom-and-pop diner in every town that serves it, and I've never had a bad one yet.
Thankfully, no big chains have decided to industrialize them yet.
That’s because no one has figured out where to get enough oil to deep fry it to the extent that it is. And we’re not gonna let them figure it out.
Here in the southwest corner they are served pretty much everywhere… literally lol. Even some of the chain sit down places have added it to menus down here. All bars, taverns, mom and pop places sell them.
Thanks for your great content. I'm a US geography nerd, ironically from Australia 😅👋
That's nice to hear. As an American I appreciate
This guy is clueless
My home state is very diverse. College towns (B-town is my fav), rural areas filled to the brim with agriculture, medium size cities, cute small towns, and the bright lights of my home, Indy. Indy itself has changed so much in the past 25 years or so. There's always something to do, good job opportunities, lots of sports, cultural activities, top-notch medical care (IU School of Medicine is downtown). I grew up in Broad Ripple, so I'm partial to The Rip. All in all, Indiana is a nice place to live and seems to have something for everyone.
Love your channel! Fellow Geography nerd, and veteran educator of the Social Sciences from Indiana.
I thought you did an awesome job of my modest state, but really missed out on mentioning anything regarding sports. Basketball is huge in Indiana, and really the game itself developed here first in our high schools. Texas = football; Indiana = basketball. Additionally, Indianapolis is considered the amateur sports capital of the country as the NCAA is located here and the city hosts many Final Four and conference championship games.
Overall you did a great job!
Thank you!
Northern Indiana and Southern Indiana are as different both topigraphically and culturally as you will find just about anywhere in the US. Seriously
ah but they are both so beautiful!
Hah. Go to Beaumont then Marathon..worlds apart
Missouri, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Colorado have the same thing going.
You have hands down one of the best channels on CZcams🤗👍!!! Love this type of information!!!!!
Thank you!
It is pronounced moe-non.
Nice overall review. Lafayette/W. Lafayette and Bloomington are both great places to live, not to mention the Fishers and Carmel area.
I prefer fishers to carmel. I prefer driving through neither.
Fishers and Carmel are where you live when you publicly vote trump/pence and privately put on your white robes and hood
@@mattlukasik2486 So where the smarter people live. Minus the white robes.
@@michaelcraig1691 Indiana Republicans have a real history of being apart of the klan..... google Martinsville Indiana
Indiana is also home to the corporate headquarters of Texas Roadhouse.
South Bend has been in decline since the Studebaker plant closed. If it had been for Notre Dame, SB would have completely folded years ago.
Yep you’re right, been living here most of my life and if I remember right the population was 30 to 40,000 more people back when Studebaker was here and never recovered since
I grew up in S.Bend, I couldn’t wait to graduate to get outta there, it just felt sad and empty, with no direction. 40yrs in ft.Lauderdale and love it.
Osgood Indiana is a great place to live, and u can follow the underground railroad here, it's amazing. My family dates back from here. I love it.
I'm a born and raised Hoosier from Indy! :) (Also a new subscriber!) Sometimes living in my midwest can be depressing when you compare it to the beauty of, say, the Pacific North West. But I just wanted to let you know that watching this video helped me fall in love again with my native state :) Cheers! (Also Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches are TOP TIER
I agree w you on a lot of this video ! Evansville is very pretty for its size and is well worth a checkout. Butttt for Indianapolis you forgot to mention st. Elmos steakhouse, Indianapolis children’s museum and The Eiteljorg Museum ( one of the best small museums in the states) . Also the southern part of Indiana has Brown County State Park which is a very beautiful place to check out !
Hidden gem of Indiana is Newburgh Indiana on the Ohio river. It’s literally right out of a hallmark movie.
Accurate lol
Although Santa Claus, IN is ver much like that too lol
Very good overview of the state, but I am disappointed you did not mention Bloomington and Indiana University, which consistently ranks among top public universities in the nation. Also, IU is considered to be one of the most beautiful residential campuses for a major university in the country. Your channel just surfaced in my recommendations, and I am hooked, by the way. Subscribed. Also, the Monon (moe-non) trail follows the path of the famous Monon Railroad, which served the state well from about 1897 to 1956.
I went to IU and it is, indeed, a gorgeous campus. It's also where, in my opinion, a near-perfect movie, "Breaking Away", was filmed. Written by East Chicagoan Steve Tesich ( he won the Oscar for best screenplay for it that year).
Bloomington and IU is getting to be known as Indiana's base for Antifa and BLM now.
IU Campus in the fall is breathtaking
As a Purdue student, I will admit that IU's campus is much prettier, but academically we've got a stronger claim to being a top public school. Either way, we should all be celebrating the fact that Indiana has such high-quality universities for such a seemingly insignificant state.
@@largelarry2126 Typical Reich wing 🐂💩
Surprised Indiana University and Bloomington and Purdue University didn't get a mention. Both top tier universities and Bloomington is an ideal college town.
Man I love listening/watching to these. I really appreciate this content. If anyone ever asks where to travel, I’ll know!
Same
Your channel seems to be getting a lot of traction all of the sudden. Nice work!
Would like to see one on NC and PA
I live in Illinois primarily, but I also spend lots of time in Northwest Indiana. This is an amazing look into it! You really did your homework and it came out well and factual.
Love your videos! I'm from Bloomington, home of Indiana University. In general people talk a lot of shit about indiana, but it's pretty nice, everything is cheap, it's absolutely beautiful in fall and winter and, as a car guy, there are some fantastic driving roads all over. The humidity in the summer is borderline unbearable though 🥵🥵
driving roads where? I live in Indy and there is nothing here. #& south of Paoli is nice driving as well as Ohio River Scenic Byway
Pretty spot on, Kyle! I grew up in NW Indiana, which is now terribly polluted thanks to decades of factories dumping unregulated toxic sludge into local waterways before the formation of the EPA in 1970. Look up the IN Harbor Shipping Canal for some horror stories. The Standard Oil refinery in my hometown (where my grampa worked for over 40 years) is now owned by BP, who spilled a rather large amount of oil into Lake Michigan in 2014.
Hey I grew up in Hammond too!
Sounds like East Chicago, specifically the Harbor and, possibly, Marktown or nearby.
I actually grew up in Robertsdale, which is technically Hammond but we thought of as Whiting since it's so cut off from the rest of Hammond. When Whiting became a city in the late 1800s, they offered to buy that little parcel but Hammond didn't want to lose their access to the lakeshore so they made some shady deal.
Yep, the shipping canal is in East Chicago IN. They used to dredge the canal & dump the toxic slop into Lake Michigan until the EPA made them stop. Now it's put in leaky containment silos because no one knows what to do with it.
I'm from Corydon IN. The old capital before Indianapolis got the title
Cool I live in Westfield
Lovely city! I lived there for a year and enjoyed it immensely!
I live just outside of Mauckport
I live in Noblesville
I live in between Corydon and Mauckport.
And ditto to what he said about Evansville- I would take Evansville over Louisville any day of the week.
My new favorite CZcams channel! Keep it up!
I'm a born and raised Hoosier and you hit the nail on the head regarding Indiana. Born in the Michigan City area (Northwest corner between Gary and South Bend) we spent a lot of time at the lake. Would love to have heard more about the sports of the state, although it would have only taken about 30 seconds...hahaha. GO COLTS. Basketball is still huge too. It is a nice state to be from (live in Michigan now). Glad to have found your channel.
I'm glad you found it too!
Totally disagree about sports. Its all Chicago in da region. We route for da bears In NWI.
@@mattlukasik2486 I agree with you on the Bears and people in NW Indiana rooting for them. I just became a fan of the Colts when Peyton Manning started. He is my favorite player.
There's no way you're from Michigan City and root for the Colts ha ha. Da Region is Bears country!
@@nitedreamer23 LOL....yeah now I live in Michigan and married a man who is a Lions fan. Went to a preseason game a few years ago between the Colts and the Lions and my hubby wouldn't walk with me because I wore my Colts t-shirt. We are a house divided. Hahahaha.
lmao "the broad ripple"
And the Ma nun trail. Ha! I love it...
French lick
@@halhuffman it's the Monon (MOE non) named after a small town to the Northwest, not that that's an improvement to what you wrote lol. The Broad Ripple neighborhood is great, night clubs nice restaurants and shops, and the Monon trail adds a nice dynamic.
It is called the MONON trail.
MO-NON. Named after the CI&L railroad=Chicago,Indianapolis and Louisville RR. Absorbed into L&N in 1971, Then Family lines, Then Seaboard system. Now CSX.
MONON was the nickname for the CI&L RR. CI&L had 2 distinct main lines and the 2 lines crossed in Monon,Indiana, hence the name.
The line that went to Indianapolis was torn up years ago. Hence the trail.
You should do more videos like this. Very interesting.
Indianapolis resident here, thanks for the positive comments. 😀
As a resident of Evansville, I approve of this video. Glad you like us better than Fort Wayne and South Bend, hehe.
I used to live in Evansville, Chandler, Boonville area. I now live in New Albany.
Right? Lol was refreshing to be noticed for the good things down here for once.
Born and raised in Lafayette. Good place to live and grow up. I’ve lived in Tennessee since 1977. Indiana and Tennessee have some similarities except winters are milder in Tennessee with little or no snow in winter. I still have family in Indiana and return for visits. Indiana and Lafayette are good places to live. I’m still a big Boilermaker fan. I’ve got the Big10 network on my TV so I can watch Purdue games.
My school loyalties are split, I’m a University of Tennessee fan too. Go Vols.
Good video. I'm from southern Indiana in Jackson county and I have been all over the state in my 60 years and I agree with almost everything you said. Thanks.
Haha props on your username mate, brilliant 😆
@@dreaminez472 Thanks man. Most people don't get it. 😂🤣
Thank you so much for this. You went out of your way to actually give positive facts without overlooking Indiana as the stereotypical flyover state. “There’s more than corn in Indiana.” But as a South Bend local my whole life, I think you should reevaluate your take. We have a lot of crime and parts of the city can be rough, like really rough, but there’s a spirit in Notre dame that brings everyone together. Seriously, game days are bigger than holidays. The entire metro area rallies together. It’s so special words can’t describe it. (Also, we now have the first and only raising canes in the Midwest and a lot of other new restaurants & shops etc.)
Life long Hoosier here and proud of it! I live in the Evansville metro area in the southwest corner. Thank you for your kind words about our area. I would like to add the Evansville metro has won numerous awards in the past decade or so as well. “Tree City U.S.A.”, and “All American City” are just a couple. Music is vibrant down here as well in both the educational sense as well as nightlife. Ford Center in down town has been rated one of the best hockey rinks in the U.S. and was one of the best new Arenas back when it was built. Evansville is also home to the largest protected old growth forest within a cities limits as well. Usually this area gets undersold, but you did us proud! Thanks again! Oh and yes…. Alll the food is as good as they say, but the best is in the southwest corner!
P.S. We are also known for our “Hoosier hospitality” and you will find some of the friendliest people you have ever met in this state!
I didn't know some of this and i've lived in Indiana my whole life
Great video! I learned several things about my home state of 30 years that even I didn't know.
I moved to Evansville last year so far I've enjoyed the fishing and kayaking so far
I would tend to challenge you on your assessment of South Bend. There are a lot of really fun things downtown with the whitewater rafting you mentioned, the South Bend Chocolate Factory Cafe is a super fun downtown space to enjoy a coffee and chocolate after rafting. Four Winds Stadium is a really fun venue to watch the South Bend Cubs play minor league baseball. Some of the new downtown high rises offer really beautiful living options with views of the rapids and falls and downtown. Tippecanoe Mansion is a fun dinner place and last time I was there they had really neat escape rooms to try out. Wilson Hills and Rum Village offer some really fun disc golf in the summer, mountain biking trails, and cross country skiing and sledding in the winter. You're pretty close to some of the best beaches in the country on Lake Michigan and Indiana Dunes National Park to the west. Amtrak offers really convenient access to downtown Chicago right from South Bend. To the east it is less than an hour to Amish Country and Shipshewana. Cost of living is pretty convenient. There are all sorts of good universities here. Notre Dame is the big one. But there is also Indiana University at South Bend which is quite an impressive school and campus. Bethel College offers good options too. Mishawaka and Penn High Schools are two very good schools in the area. It is one of the few places I've been where you'll see over 10,000 people show up for a high school football game when those two schools meet. All in all, South Bend has a lot to offer that most mid-sized midwestern cities can't offer. When I lived there I did enjoy the proximity to Chicago--we were far enough away to not feel the city of Chicago, but in less than an hour on the train we could be downtown. It was pretty easy to go see the Bears or the Bulls or the Cubs or the White Sox. The local minor league team was a lot of fun as well. It was pretty common in the summer time to take highway 12 or the Red Beer Highway to Silver Dunes on Lake Michigan and play in the sand and water until the sun set.
Fort Wayne is a nice city
I was thinking the same.
I noticed he completely left out the many miles of walking/biking trails and all the parks. Before 2020, there were festivals all the time at Headwaters Park, so there are many things to do here. I wonder what made him dislike the city so much.
Ft. Wayne isn't that bad of a place.
Lots of things to do. Just have to look for them. Headwaters park has something going on almost every weekend Well not in 2020 didn't even mention are semi pro teams.
Great botanical gardens. Some notable brewpubs. Minor league baseball (still there, I hope?). Historical ties to Toledo, OH. I don't like when national guys crap on the Midwest for no good reason.
I agree Fort Wayne is a nice place to visit and it's growing so that's his opinion. I have a video of Fort Wayne on you tube check it out.
I agree when it comes from Indy. It's a city that with the exception of the Indy 500, Indy doesn't offer enough uniqueness to entice tourists from across the country or the world. With that said, should one travel to Indy, for whatever reason, there are enough things to do while you are there.
Hello, Indiana resident here (born and raised here)! Great video! :)
Great video! I'm a bit sad you didn't mention Bloomington. It's honestly one of the most beautiful towns in the country, imo (though I may be a bit biased as a native).
South Bend is not as blah as you think it is. We’ve had some rough times but it’s been slowly but steadily been improving. Covid kinda slowed the growth in our downtown but there’s still lots to see and do here. We have a beautiful zoo, wonderful museums, summer art fairs, a beautiful river walk that is expanding every year, a beautifully restored performing arts center, a hugely successful minor league baseball farm team (The South Bend Cubs) for the Chicago Cubs and more.
Proud Hoosier from the corn fields. Proud to have been born here, I wouldn't want to raise my family anywhere else. We love it slow here so as others have stated, move along.
Amen, brother. Maybe it’s just me being a boring Hoosier, but the cornfields are mighty pretty in late summer!
AMEN to you both!
Indianapolis is home to a Rolls Royce jet engine factory and repair for Airbuses and is home to FedEx's national headquarters. Also is home to the Simon Property group aka half of America's malls and they own the Pacers.
FedEx is still Headquartered in Memphis... for now.
@@blakethornsbrough1528 FedEx's national, not corporate, not the main head quarters national headquarters.
@@jakesullivan9179 it's the same thing. Indy is just a very big regional hub. The national hq and global hq are the same place.
Evansville getting love. AMAZIN! We get shit on all the time but like he said this is a great medium size city!
I live a few miles north of Broad Ripple. Great place to walk around, tons of nice restaurants. Although, it's just Broad Ripple. No "The" Needed.
Hey, Fort Wayne is a great place to be. There’s a local arts and music scene, and a lot of minor league sports to enjoy. It’s a wonderful place for families and hipsters alike. We’re three or four hours away from major cities, if that’s your thing. Believe me, FW has improved by leaps and bounds since 2000. Come back for a second go-around after the plague leaves.
Amen. The Ft has grown quite a bit in the past 3 years or so.
If visiting Indianapolis: Check out Mass Ave and Fountain square (both in/near downtown) for funky (gentrifying) restaurants/nightlife. The Children's Museum is huge and offers quite a lot. Indianapolis is far more walkable than most US cities, with major sports arenas, shopping, museums, entertainment, and bars/restaurants all in a two square mile area.
Indianapolis is not walkable compared to most US cities. There are walkable areas but they are small and isolated compared to the gargantuan land area of the city. The rail-to-trail conversions help but it’d be better if they built public transit on those alignments.
I always thought the only geography of Indiana was "flat". Thanks for the vid!!
Flat north of I-70. Rolling hills a few miles south of I-70.
@@ProBroDougB thanks, I'll keep that in mind if I'm lucky enough to get back that way!
There is a place in Winchester, Indiana (east central part of the state near the Ohio border) called Mrs. Wicks Pies that has the best Sugar Cream Pie around. Their homemade Pot Pies are pretty amazing too.
Nice video! Bloomington is a nice town, home of Indiana U
If I had the choice, I would chose Indiana over Cal in a heartbeat.
I did it the other way, left IN back in 98. Ft Wayne and Los Angeles are like 2 different planets.
You are so awesome.
11:23 Pine Lake! That was my favorite spot as a kid.
Have you ever made a video like this about Kentucky? If not, do you ever plan to?
Land of the fried chicken.mmmmm
What about kokomo indiana and the it's 5 chrysler plants, how did you miss that? Great company to work with.
Guess Kokomo isn’t big enough for him.
It was a fair take on the state I grew up in (the southeastern part). As mentioned below, basketball is #1 (Hoosier hysteria). There are several notable people from the state, too: David Letterman, Jim Gaffigan, Wes Montgomery, Tavis Smiley, Kurt Vonnegut, etc.
Dont forget Michael Jackson from Gary.
Pretty good. I don't think you mentioned Bloomington....that town could use a few minutes, just on its own. Like, the Indian University, the first(?) university of Indiana & the only University that I know of, that has strengths in about 5 or 6 areas vs just one or 2, like most. Even Kokomo, with its automotive, parks & lovely smells in the Spring.
Otherwise....I really like your videos. I love Learning about this stuff!
Thank you for all your time, efforts & resources you've put into the research & gathering the information you pass on to me, for free :D
You forgot Bloomington
Excellent video!! You casually referenced Porter County in a wholly unrelated video and I knew you knew you're stuff. Hipsters gentrifying Gary is highly unlikely, however ha ha. Indiana is also home to some of America's best songwriters (Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael) and a couple of its coolest actors (James Dean and Steve McQueen). Also, the Empire State Building, and several other large buildings of the era, were made from limestone mined south of Bloomington.
Also Micheal Jackson and his family were from Gary, IN
Love this series I hope you will do all of the USA when you get the chance!🎉⭐️🇺🇸
How does a video about Indiana, not mention Bloomington?
Can you do my homestate of Alaska next?
It might be a while before I get to Alaska. I've never been there and generally don't like to discuss places I've never been to. I want to have at least a little in-person time at a place before I feel comfortable doing a video about it. But it's very high on my list of places to go.
What the next state you are going to do?
You have a great quality of content. If I may suggest put some key numbers on the screen like you did with GDP would be better. More memorable especially with numbers and few lines
When I was around 18/19 I went with a group of friends down to Bloomington area to explore some caves. One girl in our group was terrified, so two people who had been there before convinced her that once inside, there was a little tourist area with a Burger King booth and souvenir shop. Are we almost there? Yeah, its just a little further!! 😀
Grandparents live about 45 minutes north of Evansville. For the nearly countless times I visited them, I never been to downtown E-ville. Very familiar with Newburgh and the east side, however.
I love pie of all kinds and sugar cream pie is definitely in my Top 3! I have lived in 4 states and Indiana is my favorite of those. For the most part people are friendly, costs are reasonable, there are multiple places to hike and bike, solid college and professional sports and some really unique museums.
My cousins live in the Evansville area. My uncle was building a dream house out where their used to be quarries when I saw them last in summer 2016 so I have no idea how far he got with it. Holiday World in Santa Claus one time zone over from Louisville and Indiana Beach almost closed for good over the winter-it’s now run by a Chicago native
Next time you come to Indianapolis, hit me up. I’ll show you all the cool stuff you missed that will definitely bump it up on your list 🧐
Those of us who live in NW Indiana (Lake and Porter counties) who commute to IL get hit with a third non-resident IL tax. It doesn't come out of your paycheck, but when you file your taxes you have to file an IL non-resident state return first, listing the IL state tax that was deducted throughout the year. So when you file your IN full-year resident return, you do not get full credit for the taxes paid to IL. IL keeps a percentage of that...about 7%. For some reason, WI, MI, KY and IA are immune to this.
I am totally biased, but I grew up in Indianapolis and went to Indianapolis public schools and I love the city.
I am not sure why I have so much pride for Indianapolis, but I do. The rest of the state is pretty average, but there are some highlights like West Lafayette and Bloomington which are true college towns.
11:29? You had a picture of pine lake which is just outside of Geneva. About a hour south of ft Wayne on hwy 27. Many fond memories going there as a kid and taking my kids now.
Really nice job from a native Hoosier!
I tend to think of Indiana as one of the most generic states. It's not known for any distinctive cultural features or even stereotypes. I'm sure someone will argue that it does have such features but I'm saying it's not widely known for any. It's not known for extreme weather or natural disasters. If you ask an average person about Indiana cuisine, nothing will really come to mind. It's not known for national parks or landmarks. It's not even known for being extremely boring like Kansas.
Heck, Michael Jackson is from there but he was associated more with Neverland Ranch in California. NASCAR is bigger than IndyCar too, especially in cultural references. Not to take anything away from the state. I don't think they epically fail or excel at anything overall as a state. The epitome of mediocrity. Anytown USA. But that's just how I tend to view it.
"It's not even known for being extremely boring". You should pitch that to IN state officials to make it their state motto.
@@GeographyKing lol! I know right? That may be one of the top reviews for the state 😂
As a lifelong Hoosier, the only part of your evaluation that I significantly disagree with is that Indiana doesn't have extreme weather or natural disasters. I've lived through summers with multiple 100+ degree days, and winters where the wind chill hit -50. A single winter storm can dump 24 inches of snow, and last summer it rained eight inches in a few hours in Newton County causing devastating flooding. We've had droughts with consequent burn bans (ex. 2012, 2020). When I was five years old, a deadly F4 tornado passed within a mile of my house in West Lafayette. Shoot, we're even in an earthquake zone thanks to the New Madrid Fault. In 2008 a small tremor woke me up at 5 AM. I could go on and on. Practically the only things we don't have to worry about are volcanoes or tsunamis. Lol. Otherwise, your comment is pretty spot-on. I love my home state despite, or even because of, its tendency to be prosaic.
Nascar is bigger than indycar... everywhere, but Indiana... Nothing competes with the 500.
@@cowboystormchaser
As the old saying goes here in Indiana; If you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes. Lol. We have some moody weather here that's for sure. The Tri-State tornado of 1925 was the biggest natural disaster that I can recall. While it started in Missouri, it ended in Indiana around the Petersburg area. It completely wiped out a town in my area, called Griffin.
Oh my god at 11:11 that picture that’s shown, I swear I’ve hiked around that. It used to be very popular and my grandpa even was a tour guide for the caves in that area. Some of them were flooded, and some are slightly filled with water, I went in one. I gets very cold, very fast in those.
You started talking about Gary but you post a picture of downtown Hammond and Miller.
He covered da region poorly
@@mattlukasik2486 Been a while since I heard that phrase - - - knew a bunch of fire guys over that way and it took some time to figure out what they were yapping about. But you are right, da region was not covered well.
I grew up about 20 miles west of Fort Wayne. It was a pretty dull place full of chain restaurants and strip malls when I was a kid. It felt like a large nondescript suburb. However I will give the city props for reinvigorating the downtown. It is becoming a much more interesting city.
Hi, and thanks! I watched this vid b/c I also want to add, Indiana is home to an innovative experiment in shared living and gardening space. In Bloomington, just outside one of Indiana's biggest universities is Green Acres Permaculture Village. Check them out! Founded by Ann Kreilkamp. I was curious when you mentioned alternative economies in Indiana, so I'll ADD this resource! : )
Can't wait for Ohio!
Georgia next?
I probably won't be doing a video like this on Georgia. I have another one called "Georgia vs. North Carolina" that goes into depth about the state. I'm trying to use these individual state videos for ones I haven't talked about much in other videos.
Tardy to the party on this vid but I just found your channel and had to watch the breakdown of My Home State. As a Life long Hoosier it's pretty interesting to hear an outside perspective of it. Can't say I 100%agree with your take but you do good work in general. Cheers
Maybe I missed it but I don't think you mentioned all the "riverboat" casinos in northwest IN...Whiting, Hammond, Gary, Michigan City.
Great videos!!
Cost of living is very cheap. Been happily living in Indiana. I'm a outdoors person, so I know where all the outdoor spots and activities available in Indiana. And you on skim the surface in that category. I was renting all my live here; $100 lot rent to $525 for a high rise apartment. Now I actually bought my first home at age 56 in cash. And the home in the country only set me back at $40,062. I save that amount of cash in only 7 years. So if you look hard enough, you can have a high paying job here with the cost of living super cheap.
cool video! next, can you do a sate in the west like CA or AK.
I probably won't do CA since I have several other videos covering different subjects about the state but AK is one I will be doing.
@@GeographyKing cool! keep up the good work! (:
I'm about to move southern Indiana, near the border with Kentucky
SE Indiana is the best part of Indiana
As someone that lives in Fort Wayne, the second you get outside of Indianapolis its trash. I often travel to Chicago, Indy, or Cinci, even detroit to have fun.
Only good part about fort wayne is that its about a 3 hour drive to get anywhere worthwhile, but if you don't have a car its fucked.
Fort ben is also a great park close to Indianapolis, its a state park and pretty large
As a Native Hoosier I can say Indiana doesn't get as much credit as it should. We fall under many stereotypes, and we aren't as terrible as we seem.
One could say, Indiana is okay!
I'm from Osgood Indiana and I'm surrounded by corn.
Me too fairground ave!
Which state are you gonna do next? Also would you do a video on one of the Pacific Northwest/Cascadia states WA or OR?
I'm not sure what state I'm doing next but I have some stuff about the Northwest coming up.
I noticed a University of South Carolina license plate at 9:30. That's my alma mater. Are you a fellow Gamecock?
Yes. I went to graduate school there in the early 2000s to study geography
@@GeographyKing Awesome! It's always cool to meet another Gamecock! I graduated from there a few years ago w/ marketing an international business degrees.
My Grandma lives in Speedway and my Dad's side of the family grew up there.