I Drove Through Downtown Indianapolis. Where Was Everyone??

Is Indianapolis ever going to recover??
Indianapolis, Indiana! Everyone knows it’s the capital of Indiana and home to a lot of sports teams. It has a reputation of being a big city with a small town vibe. But what is it all about? Is it fun? Is it safe? As we’ll see, the answers to those questions are clearly NO.
But Indianapolis is one of the biggest cities in the midwest and worth talking about. So when I was passing by, I had to pull off of I-65 and spend a day here.
The day I was passing by Indianapolis was a very nice one. The sun was very bright and it was unusually warm for the city - around 70 degrees in late November of 2021. It was the perfect day to grab a pork tenderloin sandwich and do a short tour of Indianapolis, Indiana!
Aww Indianapolis.
We’re downtown right now. We’re going to drive around downtown Indianapolis and see what it’s all about. Along the way, we’ll talk about the good and the bad, what it’s like living here, and chat with someone who grew up here to get her perspective on what Indy’s all about.
Sadly, I tried to focus on the positive things about living here, but it was hard for both of us to stay positive. There’s just too many things to complain about nowadays.
Downtown Indy is..sorta okay. It’s pretty slow paced. There’s certainly no hustle and bustle. You can park easily and it’s pretty cheap. It’s not gonna WOW you with things to do, but you could find enough to keep you busy if you lived here. There’s not a lot of culture here - it’s mostly bars and restaurants with basic midwest food - steaks, burgers, chicken, taters. There are many nationally known museums downtown, there’s a zoo, and there’s some cool areas where you can shop. We’ll see some of that along the way.
Indy has added a lot of condos downtown, and there are a lot of hotels which support the nearby sports venues. Within - or close to downtown is the NBA arena where the Pacers play, some college basketball arenas, and of course, the stadium where the Colts play. Peyton Manning came to town and threw a lot of touchdown. So, In 2008, they built him Lucas Oil Stadium, and what followed was even more development, and a Super Bowl, and worldwide attention. So you could say Peyton Manning really helped make Indianapolis a better place with just one arm.
There’s parts of downtown that are very nice. And the city is always looking to make it even better. But goals and realizations don’t always match up. Today, there are frustrations from locals who say downtown is getting more dangerous and rundown. Stores are closing and there’s a lot more gang activity, and litter and homelessness here. The day I drove through must have been the day after a major sweep, because I didn’t see much of that at all. But it’s usually worse looking. Maybe they heard I was coming.
While downtown isn’t too bad, most of Indianapolis is pretty rundown and beat up. The south side is industrial and there’s a lot of older homes and crime. The west side is a lot of strip malls and some hoods, a big racetrack and an airport. The east side has now become little Chicago. Yeah, it’s bad over there. So bad that Indianapolis is now top ten in the nation for crime, and even more dangerous than Chicago per capita. Yes, I said that.
If you HAD to move to Indianapolis, you’d want to live on the north end. Anywhere due north of downtown is much nicer. The Broad Ripple neighborhood is very nice, and as you get out of the downtown sprawl, most of the nicest parts of the area are in this general area here. Zionsville, Fishers, Noblesville and Carmel are all super nice places to live. Probably the best places to live in the whole state.
One good thing about Indy is the cost of living. You can still get a home here for about $200,000 as of this writing. That’s dirt cheap. Although, again, just about anywhere you live in Indy proper is either rundown or crime ridden.
So what happened to Indianapolis? How did it get so bad here? We’ll talk to someone who lives here soon, but it’s actually pretty shocking how fast this place has gone down the tubes. The homicide rate here has gone up just about every year over the last decade. In some cities, you can put up with the crime because of the nearby amenities. If you live here, that’s one thing, this is your home, and there’s good people in town. But unless you want to live a sheltered posh lifestyle just outside of the city limits, I can’t see any reason to recommend you move here.
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[@NickJohnson]

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[@onestepstaircase6758]

Inaccurate and biased information. Very disappointing that this is the quality of content that you would present too your loyal fans

[@alimagrog]

I grew up outside London. I’ve lived in Naples, Italy, Stuttgart, Germany, and various cities around the US. Indianapolis isn’t a bad place. It has a good amount of things to do while not being insanely nuts. A good balance for an American city. Of course when you visit during a pandemic, it’s going to look empty.

[@rvegas81]

I was thinking the same thing lol. I worked downtown for about a year. Indianapolis is alittle not different than some other cities. The main stuff is really built on the circle center downtown. Its crowded on the weekdays and their downtown mall is way better than st Louis or Kansas City's. It's hard to compare since each place is different lol!

[@emiliebova]

And Sunday am.😂

[@melissalong8755]

The woman interviewed was/is a terrible choice if you're looking for a broad perspective on Indy. Her knowledge of this area, and its issues, is lacking, which made for a very biased opinion. Not that Indy is THE next big thing, it clearly is not. She lost me when she commented "I don't know why the malls are loosing stores". Hello, malls are failing nationwide, due to the dramatic increase of internet/e-commerce sales over the past few decades! Anyone representing an experienced resident of a metro area should be educated on the general statistics and background of said topic!

[@negotiable_terms1848]

Yeah commercial real estate is dying even here in new york.

[@user-nc7kk3sw8g]

@@YeahdudeProductions8 No.. it’s because of Amazon/ online shopping. Try again

[@brandtc.7991]

Not in San Antonio, our malls are packed to the rim with even High end stores coming to them. Literally, its only shit stain cities that allowed riots to happen that are losing businesses.

[@rodneygrandy5344]

I agree. I was thinking that when I was listening to her

[@vaishx]

Yeah I agree but the malls part I get what she means. Malls are falling nationwide but in Indianapolis it’s a bit higher compared to most other cities. Lafayette Square is one example and I remember seeing Circle Center lose like half its stores (but that’s mainly due to the pandemic). However looks like Castleton and Hamilton Town Center are making more of a comeback

[@nkchamplin]

Nick, I cannot disagree more with your comments about our city. I was born and raised in downtown Indianapolis. I spent 10 years in the military traveling across the US and Europe, so I’ve had a fair amount of exposure to other communities and styles of living, enough to say that Indy is quite unique. While Indianapolis isn’t NY or Chicago, it offers a city vibe without the dangers and traffic of the larger metropolises. A quick glance at crime statistics will clear that up. As another commenter pointed out, you picked a terrible time to visit Indy. The events of the pandemic lockdown left it’s scar on our city, as it did with many others. Also, November weather is notoriously cold and unpredictable, so most people stay indoors during the late-fall/winter season. I would recommend returning during the spring and summer months and visit areas other than our corporate streets. For night life and food try Georgia street, Mass Ave, south Meridian, Broad Ripple, Irvington or Fountain Sq. For architectural and historic neighborhoods try Lockerbie, Fletcher place, or Meridian Kessler. In short, you missed out on what Indy has to offer!

[@phillipsnow9647]

Couldn’t agree more! I’ve lived in Indy for going on almost 10 years now after moving here from a small town in Illinois and I still am constantly finding super cool places and things to do here that I’d never noticed before. Plus downtown is usually dead during the daytime. It’s not as busy anymore as it once was but there’s definitely a lot more going on at nighttime downtown than there is during the day. Also Greenwood is a fantastic area to live and explore, I’ve been living in the Greenwood area for the last 4 years and have yet to run out of things to do and places to go. That and the worst crime I’ve seen in Greenwood was a bunch of cops pulling over and pulling guns on a couple in a car right in front of the shop I work at cause they were wanted for grand theft auto. Beyond that the most I’ve seen here crime wise are people getting pulled over by maybe one or two cops. Nothing ever as bad as they tried to make it sound.

[@holidayprice647]

Well said

[@Ronnie_No_DeVoe_1]

THANK YOU! Because I was a little offended by his views and personal opinion of Indy.

[@AnotherRandomPoser]

I'd argue that Indy is just as violent as Chicago; maybe moreso in the city outskirts than the actual downtown area, but it is really rough. I work just south of Devington and routinely hear gunshots when I go outside on my evening break.

[@makeapositivedifference]

@@AnotherRandomPoser there are definitely areas of Indy where that is true. I think overall though, most people feel safe enough in their daily lives.

[@TB-yj4xg]

That's wild. I'm in downtown a lot and it's absolute mayhem 75% of the week especially on the weekend and during March madness

[@georgesmith2340]

You do not know what you are talking about. The woman you talked to doesn't know squat about downtown nor anything that there is to do downtown. That is quite apparent from what she said. I live on the westside of Indianapolis and have my whole life and it is not all run down. There are Tech jobs in Indianapolis. People are not being shot on the highways in Indianapolis. I could go on but I'm disgusted by this video.

[@softsix]

Yeah this video is just really bad tbh

[@sethpain3743]

Agreed. Nick did not do enough research for this one. He clearly was not too interested in highlighting Indianapolis, instead he decided to trash it based on the limited information he had found. Read up Nick.

[@Goldphool]

@@georgesmith2340 I agree but your comment was a put under another person's comment.

[@reinasvibez8950]

Correct sports run downtown bad

[@irisshalurhad7901]

I was born and raised in Evansville Indiana which is about 3 hours south of Indianapolis. I have lot of relatives who live on Indianapolis. I spent a lot of time there. I now live near Los Angeles in the high desert of California. To understand Midwestern cities you have to understand the Midwest culture. The downtown areas are not always used as entertainment centers. Those things happen everywhere in the city. Indianapolis is not boring! In the Midwest the activities are seasonal or yearly. Have you ever heard of the Black Expo held In Indianapolis yearly? There is partying all over the town during the Expo. That is just one example of many events held there. When people say that midwestern cities are boring they usually are coming from a non midwestern mindset or grew up in another part of the country. Life is slower in the Midwest but many of us from there don’t consider it boring at all.

[@latricenicolerobinson1748]

Y’all don’t think it’s boring Bcus y’all don’t know any better.. but for a visitor that shit is deserted and boring af. N needs to be remodeled

[@PatelPresh]

Thank you! If your not from the Midwest you don’t know shit!!!

[@c.johnson1789]

Indianapolis isn’t a small city, but it’s a lot like LA in the sense that not much happens downtown. Only time people really come down there is if something is going on.

[@Ch0c0lateChimp]

As an Angeleno I agree to a certain extent. Tourists and even Angelenos have not much reason to go to DTLA outside of Staples Center and LA Live. Either way there is still a lot of business that keeps DTLA busy. That and it is almost inevitable to pass through downtown if you're coming from the southern or eastern sides of the city.

[@phinehasjacob9122]

I’m an Angelino that currently lives in South Bend but has spent a considerable amount of time in Indy. They are very similar except for population size

[@_.medusa._]

i’m an indianapolis local and there’s almost always people downtown, but there’s so much crime , like something will happen early in the evening so everyone for the most part will go home for the night and everyone would just be back out tomorrow

[@MeltinJohn]

@@phinehasjacob9122 Los Angeles and Indy are alike?? damn.

[@TheLifeofBridget]

I can’t agree with this. LA and Indianapolis are definitely NOT the same.D.T.L.A has tons of things to do now that they have several football teams. The entire L.A area and surrounding cities have a ton of things to do and lots of luxury apartments, and condos, with attached luxury/high end shops and restaurants. It’s also safer than it has been in decades. Polar opposite’s.

[@phillipsnow9647]

This video should just have been titled “I spent 26 minutes not knowing what the hell I was talking about” Man drove around the same 4 streets the whole damn time expecting to see something fun and exciting. Maybe try taking a drive through Greenwood next time and then tell me you didn’t find anything cool or fun to do. Indy has some insanely cool places and things to go and do that aren't necessarily downtown.

[@phillipsnow9647]

Also the east side isn’t anywhere near as bad as they’re saying it is, I lived on the east side for about 3 years before moving into the Greenwood area. The worst I’ve ever seen or heard on the east side was gunshots coming from down the street of the house I lived in, followed closely by police sirens. Irvington is a pretty nice area on the east side to shop around and live in and as I previously stated Greenwood is a great area to live with tons of cool shopping and things to do. This video is clearly under researched and biased.

[@strafer8764]

Nothing to do in Greenwood but to go to the mall and that’s boring. And the east side the worst side of town by far. Nothing safe about gunshots every night and numerous people getting shot almost every week. I’ve lived all over the city and you are downplaying how trashy and run down the east side is.

[@criticalthinker2779]

@@strafer8764 He lived in Irvington for 3 years so he knows about the whole east side. This man been in the trenches for real /s 😂

[@joshburrin4137]

@@strafer8764 that's literally every city dude, crime isn't only bad in Indianapolis. Crime is endemic in all cities and all cities have pockets of good and bad. He's just making the point that this dude drove around Indianapolis for an hour and barely scratched the surface.

[@strafer8764]

@@criticalthinker2779 yea Irvington is a small pocket of the east side. Compare that to brightwood or 30th and post rd and it’s different worlds.

[@c.d.williamsms.2451]

I’m cracking up because a lot of what’s being said is pretty inaccurate … Indianapolis has grown tremendously in the last decade and a half and there’s a shit ton to do here… In the winter, though, most people are either inside or at work in the middle of the day. The girl being interviewed looks like a homebody and was a terrible person to interview. You can tell she doesn’t actually KNOW anything about that city and states that she really isn’t interested in the things the city offers

[@strafer8764]

Indianapolis has never been known for things to do. I used to drive to Chicago just to “go do things”. It’s always been a plain city.

[@cameronspegal675]

I don’t agree that there’s tons of stuff to do. But I do agree that she was a terrible person to interview.

[@citrustaco]

Indianapolis peaked around 2010 and it's been on a steady decline since then. The city is suffering from increased crime and lots of sprawl to the suburbs, to the point where it's not a good idea with buy a home within the I-465 circle anymore.

[@strafer8764]

@@citrustaco 3-4 bedroom houses in broad ripple are going for half a million or more. Same houses go for half that outside of 465.

[@citrustaco]

@@strafer8764 Correct. That’s in your more affluent white areas of town. Broad Ripple, Meridian Kessler, Warfleigh, etc. I’m not saying the entire 465 inner ring is a cesspool.

[@trevortat]

Indianapolis isn't alone. Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Buffalo all have the same problems.. empty streets. I experienced that two decades ago, though.

[@kennethgilbert948]

Well Not ,Memphis, Atlanta,Nashville, Birmingham,Miami, Chattanooga, New Orleans Jacksonville

[@loganperry6407]

Downtown Cleveland is a bit scary but I’ve always felt there was a lot to do, that place is a lot of fun.

[@renroxhrd]

I live by buffalo, it's a hell of a lot better downtown than Indy. We're actually kinda going through a Renaissance rn

[@user-sz6kp1tn6c]

@@kennethgilbert948 Damn you must really love the south. Can't blame ya either as the region is such a chill place to visit & live. Summertime in the south was the best growing up.

[@mikesteelheart]

Major cities of that scale were meant to accommodate hundreds of thousands of actual human beings. When society gets to the point of everyone living off government assistance and watching porn on the internet actual cities are no longer needed.....

[@rahimi4762]

Covid, conglomeration and the disappearance of the middle class has stores and restaurants for the 80s, 90s and before disappearing. This is nationwide problem. All out legacy stores are gone

[@slickwilly1099]

BIDEN will finish off America. no hope now.

[@googleuser868]

Ya got Walmart, Lowe's, McDonald's and Amazon almost anywhere nearby. Who needs a big city.

[@marrkzulunuz]

You can thank 'Big-eCommerce' for the shift in consumer spending...followed by 'gig-economies' like food delivery. According to Ray Dalio, these things happen in cycles. As for violence, it is everywhere. This Nation has a history of violence...for example the history of "Indiana".

[@ryanlewis5845]

Because chain restaurants suck. They should close

[@andypeter192]

You should've started with "I visited Indy at the worst time of year." People who live there are extremely social and active spring through fall, but change their lifestyle when the colder months hit. There isn't much of a morning crowd - but the quiet mornings downtown can be pretty nice.

[@markrichards6863]

I live in NYC grew up in Boston. I don't care if it's cold outside. Life goes on. I don't buy your climatoligical argument. I'd rather visit when it's cold than when it's 90 degrees and muggy.

[@brendahamrick9337]

I lived in Indy for 34 years and this girl is trippin! Indy is a great city ! I think she’s a little bit too familiar with the prosecutor ,maybe seen the inside of a courtroom ?? Or maybe on the wrong side of the law a bit? I call Bullshit!

[@impalaman9707]

When I think of empty big cities (those with 200,000 or more)--the first one came to my mind was WiCHITA, KANSAS! If you think Indianapolis is empty---you haven't seen empty until you've seen DOWNTOWN WICHITA!

[@GeosRealityReport]

Oh boy

[@derrickjohnson5219]

I'll have to go to Wichita so I can do a mappy on it.(observation)

[@thehighllama8101]

I drove through downtown Wichita about 6 years ago. That area with the red brick buildings looked like it would be a popular hangout for hipsters and college kids. The city looked clean at least. Then again, I was just driving through and got my oil changed there.

[@foreverkc8164]

You ain't lying. Another one just as bad ..Akron, Ohio.

[@Rolla314]

all mid west cities feel empty

[@EBThisThat]

Indy is a decent city but being Hoosier born, I have to say I appreciate the country because, at least, for now, there are no troubles in my small collegiate town.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Lucky you.

[@user-pm1lt1wj4n]

You are lucky, your ancestors before were not so lucky.

[@MeltinJohn]

@@user-pm1lt1wj4n too many people live in privilege now

[@laurenguzman8331]

Lol what's with the negativity people?? And "too privileged"?! Lol wow. This person just stated that they were blessed. How is that a bad thing? I swear ppl get off on negativity. Smh. To the original poster, college town? Butler by chance? Go bulldogs!!

[@TendiesRUs]

@@laurenguzman8331 Butler is in Indy. So not a "small collegiate town". She's talking about W. Lafayette or Bloomington most likely.

[@justinaltom86]

I live close to downtown and you couldn't be more wrong. I'm not a big city/state pride guy but I grew more and more irritated as this video drug on. You visited during the day in one of the most unpredictable weather months of the year. What were you expecting to find? Parades and festivities everywhere? I'll but even Chicago looks kinda boring on a Wednesday at 10am. Come here during March Madness or the Indy 500 festivities. Indy is a city designed to host people. That's what all the hotels are for, the convention center, which is one of the nicer ones in the country. Also, Peyton Manning hasn't played football in Indy in nearly a decade. It really seems like you just decided to take a dump on a city you already didn't like for whatever reason instead of doing an honest evaluation of the area. It isn't the nicest city, sure, but it certainly isn't that bad either. One of the nicer places to live in the Midwest, I'd say. Cost of living is reasonable and it's easy to get around. Lots of restaurants, including like 8 or more 5 star steakhouses. A decent night life. Very walkable with several bike and running trials. Anyone reading these that have never been here, just know this is far from an accurate representation of Indianapolis.

[@christopherwellman2364]

Indiacrapolis lol

[@ucacheer2213]

Indy also has a lot of underground and above ground tunnels so there are more people downtown than you would think. Indy is also really spread out so it has lots of areas of activity.

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

Yes, I am born and raised in Indianapolis. Downtown is definitely to host the events: March Madness, Indy 500 etc

[@jameswarrick9042]

Nashville is better

[@Peewyld]

You are extremely biased

[@kenyichoy5578]

I actually went to Indy three days ago for the first time and it’s completely opposite to everything said in this video. The streets were extremely clean, parking was extremely cheap and it was a very walkable city. You’re probably the only guy that complains that a city is not as raucous as the likes of Chicago or New York who tf would want that. And the crime rates don’t even compare to my native San Juan, PR so stop making a mountain out of a molehill and trashing my new favorite city.

[@corinnecerminaro9753]

You are right.

[@colleenhurley9195]

Truth Kenyi Choy!!....every city has bad and good areas. Covid mandates have destroyed businesses in every city, they had to be shut down and made no money. Can't keep a business open without any income coming in....it's everywhere. And with inflation....the homeless population is going to rise as well...in every city. They lady he is talking to said...""I grew up on the east side..I lived on 21st and post road for a year and a half"".........a year and half ....does not constitute growing up on the east side. LOL!! There are bad sides in every city. Why's everyone got to be so negative all the time...but I guess that is how they get their likes and views.

[@kalvinwesley5638]

Yea they have been trying to clean things up but no its very bad here mf just drove through downtown LOL usually its junky galore especially on the bus stop but yea if you walking around downtown yea you be safe.........maybe

[@phillipmoore6249]

Go to the bars and museum….go catch a sports game…..do that all once then what? What do people really do here? (Lived down the highway in Bloomington for 4 years)

[@maxjohnson1758]

Wait until it warms up a little. Then go for a stroll downtown on a Saturday night. Just kidding, don't do that. You dying isn't worth me making a point.

[@tamolynmckinzie8963]

My daughter lives in Indianapolis. She makes good money there. The city comes alive after 10 pm. I’ve never been there. Some people don’t like to be around a diverse people. My daughter loves it there. She lives on the west side now. She has lived in broad ripple. She has lived in crooked creek. She has lived in different areas. She moved from California to there. She moved back to California. She stayed a year and moved back to Indianapolis. She has never lived on the East side. My daughter says a lot of people are moving from Florida to Indianapolis.

[@clearlynotwoke4929]

Really, from Florida??

[@tonyburzio4107]

By diverse, you mean not law abiding?

[@patrickrabion9473]

Your daughter needs to plant her feet, must be exhausting.

[@tamolynmckinzie8963]

@@tonyburzio4107 No. I mean a mixture of culture.

[@tamolynmckinzie8963]

@@clearlynotwoke4929 Yes, a lot of Haitian and Africans.

[@GeorgeWMays]

"When I went there several years ago...." should tell you something. I've never met someone from Indiana that I did not like. It's a great state. But, like the rest of us, there are problems. My two cents.

[@accuratealloys]

Have you met Mike Pence?

[@apancher]

You've clearly not spent much time here.

[@MeltinJohn]

@@apancher Some of the people of Indy I thought were nice, but something about it did not fit as I decided not to settle down there.

[@esmokebaby]

@@MeltinJohn good weather is bipolar nothing to do and crime all over oh and city don't take care of potholes or sewer problems like it should

[@esmokebaby]

@@accuratealloys least of their issues with the state

[@gmacattack12]

Plainfield is the Indy area's best kept secret. I grew up in Southside Fountain Square, near Eastside, and finally, Greenwood hung my hat in Fresno, California, for over 30 years to come back home. I moved to Plainfield, and I don't regret it a bit. :)

[@ThatGuyYouKnowUKnow]

It's not a secret to the goons and super gremlins who have identified places like Avon, Brownsburg and Plainfield as soft licks. The demons are coming.

[@sayten5512]

Aint shit out there

[@Tony78454]

Eastside resident. Never really been scared however I was raised here to soooo. Idgaf about gun shots never have lol.

[@dennistyler8746]

People just don't leave home that much anymore, they become home bodies...With the internet, people are glued to their cell phones.

[@ChristopherX30]

Exactly!

[@MeltinJohn]

Some people fill up downtown areas still so I don't know exactly where you're talking. I wish it was less crowded sometimes

[@BarrettPvP]

Spent a few hours there before our flight back home last trip and its honestly a nice city, coming from Denver it feels like a small city and I liked how it felt. they have some really good restaurants too.

[@bjw9529]

Indy has over 100,000 more people than Denver so not sure where you get that it feels small unless Denver has more land with nobody living there

[@BarrettPvP]

@@bjw9529 Denver is pretty packed together. When we were in Indianapolis it just had that feeling. We must have just been there during a slow week day. also I just felt that the downtown area wasn't as large for some reason. Yet again I rarely spend time in Denver itself.

[@ericleek4143]

@@bjw9529 p

[@brad7571]

Fishers, Carmel, Westfield, Zionsville (northern Indy) are always in the top ten places to live in the country. You skipped all the great areas of downtown and drove through the hood. What did you expect?

[@jpcomp5159]

Having been born & grown up there - w/ still much fam & friends that I go back on a regular basis to visit....almost everyone had moved to suburban N side = these very fine places u site = but here's the thing (having also lived in 3 other large cities - Houston, Nashville, & Dallas) - that N side of Indy all the way to Noblesville & even Tipton - some of whitest of very white places I've ever seen = & peeps there seem to be pretty damn well proud of it ("tokenism" = where these N suburbs import AA athletes)....

[@booease4241]

@@jpcomp5159 Houston, Nashville, and Dallas are all in the south. It makes a difference.

[@jgrysiak6566]

My best friend from high school in PA moved to Muncie! Cheap rent!

[@caitlin2600]

this guy’s entire youtube is about shitting on cities & states, it gets him views & makes him *cOnTrOvErSiAl* he’s one of the most negative channels on here

[@brad7571]

@@jgrysiak6566 I paid $125 a month in rent in Muncie during college. Best time of my entire life. Go do that at UCLA or NYU and report back on QOL. Also tuition was $1,200 a semester. I don't think I ever once spent over 500 a month total. Great education and no debt to boot.

[@EthanRKassel]

I went to Indy a couple weeks ago for the NCAA Tournament. I thought it was much cleaner and nicer than a lot of major cities, aside from the area on the east side of town by Pendleton Pike. The northern part of the city seemed very livable and welcoming. I was surprised just how quickly the surroundings transitioned to rural, rather than the gradual transition you usually get.

[@njasanie23]

Indiana is just one of those states people forget that exist

[@SugarTide935]

So True

[@deadinside1149]

Same with Delaware, Rhode island, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Mississippi and more

[@anahitaazadeh3449]

perfect place to raise a quiet well behaved family that has never heard of an SJW

[@noahhowellstone1264]

And we like it that way..so shhhhhh

[@idklol2509]

The first thing I think about when I hear Indiana is Indiana Jones

[@noahhowellstone1264]

People in indiana work all the damn time..can't be out walking around

[@romegrant1973]

Totally wrong. I live in Los Angeles. Spent a week in Indy recently and couldn't DISAGREE with this video more. It's a vibrant little city (little compared to LA) but there are things to do. So many developments going on, lovely neighborhoods, nice people.

[@bettykelly7565]

All these cities are run down and dangerous because of the rich and their global economy.what did you think was going to happen?

[@darkprince2490]

@@bettykelly7565 it's not the 19th century where americans are going to work in factories and sweat shops 18 hours a day so that you can have your precious junk and trinkets.

[@firefly9838]

If your comparing to LA anything will look better.

[@LeBrayTheGoat]

I’d rather be in LA than here by far, this place is boring 😅

[@seamonster25]

Thanks for actually making this bc I’m active duty and haven’t been home for some time now and really am missing home quite a bit this video actually makes me feel at home and like I’m actually back home and I grew up around the Christian park area over on spann ave so some of the roads are actually memories for me bc I had a need for racing people and got to know the roads pretty well

[@ethancook5705]

Circle Centre’s downfall began in 2011 when Nordstrom closed. It was a steady decline up until the pandemic & riots which made it even worse.

[@GeosRealityReport]

God this is scary

[@kyleebrock]

This mall died because it's a mall.

[@nelsonluke6007]

Riots?

[@slickrb7184]

You are spot on...

[@Bullish_Lauren]

@@kyleebrock No the mall died for the reasons they stated. And the teen thugs ruined it

[@powper2]

Was born in Indianapolis Indiana things in these times are not like back then. I’m in CA. Things are closing up here in CA as well. It’s all over, crime at its highest is everywhere. These are END TIMES that we’re living in now.

[@jaysmith179]

Because we have open boarders because of a weak President. Crime is going up!

[@eashanahluwalia9599]

@@jaysmith179 it's beyond that, Americas gonna fall apart like all empires

[@dodieodie498]

@@eashanahluwalia9599 Moral and spiritual decline.

[@samelioto476]

@@jaysmith179 The word you wanted is borders, not boarders.

[@samelioto476]

@@bkucinschi I haven't had anything censored on youtube. You might notice that I posted the correct spelling with no issues.

[@Dr_Skot]

Here's a pessimistic, negative approach to a city and interview someone that knows nothing about a city they don't live in. 🤣

[@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj]

Just KZbin content

[@mykiea5156]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@AL-bf7mr]

I’ve lived here and it’s an honest view of Indianapolis. It really is a run down place with a bad homeless problem. I’ve had homeless people surround my car when I’ve tried to stop and get coffee, harassing me for money and when I declined they followed me around and staring me down angrily trying to intimidate me. It makes you not want to go anywhere downtown for fear of being swarmed by homeless people. And crime is out of hand, shootings happening all of the time and a lot of areas are not safe. Lots of slumlords and crumbling roads and buildings. It’s just really not a good place to live.

[@afcaton1]

It's pretty pessimistic everywhere. Unless you're part of the 1% we're pretty much SOL.

[@Bythesea449]

I love his videos haha

[@ranjitsidhu6664]

Nick you doing priceless work Thanks for safe awareness buddy 👍 👌💯✅😁

[@whisperstv2888]

I have a crush on mappy 🥰 Glad he made an appearance! Love your channel. So informative👌👍💯

[@NickJohnson]

Mappy says He Likes You Too!!

[@whisperstv2888]

@@NickJohnson 😭🙌👍😆

[@flexjay87]

Ok, good info. I would like to know if you have a list of towns where an old retired dude could live on 1500-2000 bucks a month ?

[@meredithaherntamilio4553]

New Hampshire is cheaper than all the places I know of, I live up here and it's beautiful and quiet ,people are calm like Maine, I grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Maine to raise my children 😊 ❤ best move ,it was like living on another planet lol people were nice every the teenage kids ,I lived in Kittery and Bar Harbor for 1 winter, job change for my husband and son, it was the worst winter ever at that they had in decades lol

[@Teddy31976]

Mexico

[@zpatrickz81]

There are none, unless you go to a foreign country...ugh!

[@GeosRealityReport]

Oh no… that’s wild

[@flexjay87]

@@Teddy31976 , not anymore. Mexico is changing the monetary and living rules right now :(

[@michaelbandy6649]

I was born in Indianapolis in 1957. We lived in Irvington in my early years and moved to Beech Grove when I was six. My grandfather lived in a house overlooking the White River in Broad Ripple. It was a great place to grow up back in the 60’s. I haven’t been back in many years but it’s nice to see so many people sticking up for Indy here in the comments. I will always be proud to call Indianapolis my home town.

[@aimxdy8680]

It’s just a bunch of Bs in this video, he obviously didn’t do his research. Indianapolis is one of the best cities to make money and Carmel-Zionsville-Fishers-noblesville Indiana are constantly ranked Top 5 best places to live and grow a family in the US. Typing this as a rich arrogant Snob in Carmel, Indiana.

[@rachelmayes298]

It looks clean, rubbish free in the downtown area you drove. I find you Americans are wanting lots of activities to do, or shopping centres, etc. Lots of our towns do not have lots to do, but as long as it’s litter free, and no homeless, and very safe I’m a happy bunny 🐰. A lot of Americans have been criticising our Cotswolds, apparently there is nothing to do, and you have to walk up a big hill to get a view. Come on people, it’s about history, the beautiful scenic countryside, fresh air, exercise and a lovely cream tea next to an open fire. I think some tourists expect Disneyland shops and no exercising.

[@makeapositivedifference]

Unfortunately, the part about "no homeless", doesn't apply in this case. Indianapolis does have it's share of homeless even if that wasn't visible during the drive he took.

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

I agree!!! Seems people have this need, almost an addiction, for entertainment.

[@mieshacanb6967]

That is different, your culture is MUCH DIFFERENT from ours....when I go to the UK I just want to "slow down" inwhich I have two friends from there whom I still speak to (they say it actually is extremely busy) BUT for ME atleast I can slow down. I know some Americans go there and are azz holes, but me and the people in my circle we just want to experience fresh air and take in the environment. Over in the states unfortunately, it is a lifestyle to find stuff to do sort of speak (NOT speaking for all just most). There are A lot of people who move to the regions that are peaceful, to actually slow down on purpose. So it isn't ALL Americans, just from what YOU see and heard.

[@Casinogirl56]

@@phyllisbakercoffman8988 many people seem to have forgotten how to entertain themselves and have this almost manic need for 24/ 7 audio/visual stimulation. Serenity, solitude, and quiet times have fallen out of favor. I live in a very rural area and have no problem surrounded by peace, quiet, and no crime.

[@waitwhat3630]

Indianapolis has over 2000 homeless that number is from last year so numbers are much higher now. Homeless was sleeping on the circle in downtown Indianapolis until the police came and threw everything they own away and made it a crime to sleep downtown. The homeless have been pushed south off 65 and keystone Ave.

[@elitecleanrestoration7344]

Dude said the the Eastside has become little Chicago 😂 💀 🤣 😭

[@quantumquestions5849]

Never seen a hwy empty like that.

[@cr0qu37ba11a]

This video is very uninformed, and the "native" apparently only has visited malls and chain restaurants. She lives 30 miles south of the city and avoids going downtown, how would she know anything outside of what she hears on the crappy evening news? There are hundreds of neat places and things to do around the city, you just don't find those driving around aimlessly in a car for hours. Try walking or biking next time. Yes, there's a lot of poverty, but it's a much bigger systemic problem that all American people and cities are facing - some are just better at hiding or suppressing it. Very disappointed in your level of effort on this video, might as well have just made it based on Google Street view from 2008. Total waste of everyone's time, including yours.

[@ababby9719]

Exactly!

[@stephenbryant6622]

Lol exactly she sounds like she doesn't even go to Indianapolis 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@yourfavoriteeggo2250]

I thought the same thing. This is a terrible representation of Indianapolis and the "resident" he chose knows nothing about the city

[@sethpain3743]

​@@yourfavoriteeggo2250 Yeah he choose an Indiana resident and equated that resident to an Indianapolis resident. Thats like me going to Illinois and asking someone in Peoria about life in Chicago. Sure they may have some information, but how reliable is that information if they don't actually live their/visit often. He needed to talk to someone who truly lives in Indy. Do better Nick.

[@ryanlewis5845]

Just a vacant human. Literally can only talk about if there’s a mall or chain restaurants. Painful

[@robinriebsomer4607]

You failed to mention the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the Eiteljorg museum, the Childrens' museums, places where older homes have been refurbished, the IRT theatre downtown, the symphony which plays on Circle theatre(that venue used to be a movie theatre and is now totally restored for the symphony, etc. We have IUPUI, IVY Tech, Butler, and University of Indianapolis. Butler has a wonderful theatre and symphony. Ivy Tech is a community college which offers seniors free tuition. We have been hit by the pandemic which has resulted in the loss of a lot of small businesses downtown and an increase in crime. People have turned more to on line shopping especially with the onset of the pandemic. The increase in crime is thanks, in part, to the state legislature which refuses to pass legislation to improve background checks on guns. We have also been damaged by the opioid epidemic. Indiana has never devoted enough resources for mental health and substance use treatment centers. I am hoping as we recover from the pandemic that our city council will look at addressing the opioid epidemic, gun violence and crime, and stimulating the local economy. Our city pays more taxes than any rural county in Indiana.

[@videogamesplanet6631]

Time to scratch Indianapolis off the list. Thank you for the heads-up. 😂

[@rickybullock10]

I'm from here we have some things going on but like any other city we too have a lot of problems too

[@willasage23240]

I appreciate all the hard work that you put into these videos!

[@notyourbusiness2733]

Indianapolis actually has grown alot. The freeways suck, just a bunch of circles easy to get confused. I don't think its anymore boring or dangerous than any other Midwest city that is bigger.

[@toddheimbuch5429]

One circular freeway surrounds the city....not really confusing at all..the downtown interchange is pretty standard fare for a modern metropolis....

[@wilk704]

We are the circle city.... may want to never go to Carmel or Fishers then. Carmel has the most roundabouts in the world.

[@notyourbusiness2733]

@@wilk704 it does

[@notyourbusiness2733]

@@toddheimbuch5429 it could be better designed. I get it, to keep traffic from jamming up.

[@toddheimbuch5429]

@@notyourbusiness2733 it should be interesting to see the results of the downtown highway project that has kept the interchange closed for the last year

[@ababby9719]

First of all, November of 2021 was an awful time to have been visiting. I've lived all over the USA and this is a very wonderful city for it's size that has gotten hit just as hard as a lot of the rest of the country by rioting, economic hits, the pandemic, etc. I hate to say it but it sounds like she doesn't get out much around the city and is very much a suburbanite as well as both of you guys not seeming to be very with the times or even really wanting to live in a city at all. A lot of the issues you're bringing up just comes with living in most cities nowadays. As well as growing pains. You don't get shot driving on the interstate... and you don't hear gunshots every night living in Marion county. I as well as my friends/colleagues have never had a gun held to my head walking to my car as she mentioned at any time of the day---even when I worked late nights at the bar directly downtown. March madness and motocross are in town right now and the city is BUSTLING and very busy. New businesses and restaurants are constantly arriving. Cops are always nearby. Many conventions and events are held here. Plenty of things to do. I've always lived in Marion county during the times I have lived here and while crime is high, sure, I have personally never been in a city of this size in the US without that problem.

[@amplethought]

Thank you! I genuinely cannot believe nobody else pointed this out. November 2021 might have been the only time in the past two years in Indy when EVERYONE was getting COVID, seemingly for the last time. Every single hospital in central Indiana was near full and tons of people leave for the holidays around this time. This guy is a turd for trying to paint the entirety of Indy as rundown and boring and unsafe.

[@ababby9719]

@@amplethought good point, I and most of my family actually had COVID at this time (my first and only round with it luckily 😭)

[@r.coffman1431]

Indy is a great city. Well said.

[@criticalthinker2779]

I hear gunshots alot at night, especially during the summer...but then again I live on the east side lol

[@melissaknauer5196]

YES!! Thank you for this comment, I couldn't have said it better! The only thing I would add is getting a woman who didn't seem to be falling asleep when talking as well as who knew ANYTHING at all about the city that is the subject of the video, would have maybe made for a better video to watch with decent opposing information. She was so awful.

[@ladycodedutchess]

Carmel, fishers etc are nice areas to live.

[@heather957]

Agreed! Used to live in Indy. I now live in Carmel I am so glad I made the move here!

[@eileenjurek6898]

There are events going on every weekend downtown. Different groups having concerts. Everytime I go downtown there is always people walking around. There are concerts being held by local groups, museums, the city market, plus the zoo. The person you interviewed lives their life by fear. Covid and the riots made a huge Ding in the mall downtown. I moved to Indianapolis in 2014 from South Bend. Things were a lot worse there than here.

[@NickJohnson]

Oh I saw south bend too

[@sethpain3743]

Yeah one drive around the city on a random day doesn’t give the feel of Indy at all. The weekends are much different, especially when there is something going on downtown.

[@ladyhawk5653]

Don't go downtown anymore. Not even for the Christmas tree lighting.

[@ricomarciano]

Indy has culture. And I live west in the country but the east side where I work most of the time has the people worth meeting.

[@jimj4583]

Indy does have culture. Like a swab.

[@smokeheavystudios]

you should drive thru St. Louis and Kansas City and see if they're that empty too. all three are connected by the 70 so it's a decent road trip.

[@rahimi4762]

And Columbus OH

[@chillywilliedfw9093]

Denver too

[@renroxhrd]

KC is better than st louis by far

[@jamesbrooks3664]

@@chillywilliedfw9093 he's already done Denver!

[@kingdoughnut7244]

Interesting fact, KC and Indy are the same size. Both have about 1.5 million people in the area.

[@baxterscientific]

I lived in Broad Ripple in 2012-15. Loved every person I met there. Lived with my gf at the time and she was going to grad school. Miss her and those days. Hope everyone is still doing well there.

[@googleuser868]

Around 40 years ago 62nd street had the nightlife. Friends car got broke into while he was in a local watering hole. Discovered the wife's purse was gone among other things.

[@nailer1008]

I live in Greenwood just outside of Indianapolis and I agree with most of the things you say about Indianapolis. It’s kinda of borning and the weather freaking sucks especially the winter. It get so extremely cold and what makes it worse is that it is gloomy and we hardly get any snow.

[@cheesuskrust7021]

“I didnt see any litter but theres lots of litter” Nice

[@angiebervinkle9542]

at least I don't see homeless camp that's right it gets to cold thier

[@Noel_13]

Poor Indy. I just hope it to become a better place. Greetings from the other Hemisphere.

[@aimxdy8680]

This video is misleading lmao, Look how everyone from Indianapolis is disagreeing. 60% of Indianapolis lives in Rich Suburbs

[@loisaustin6200]

Never been there, but it sure does not look bad at all to me. No litter, clean streets, nice well kept parks, no homeless, big nice looking hotels and buildings. Looks darn good compared to most large cities.

[@Prime-ku9yr]

Lived here for 41 years it’s mid

[@satanicgrizzlypuss8737]

We're really spread out and our downtown is lame. Unless you work there. There's like 2 things to do outside of eating lol and the canal isn't as safe as it was back in the day

[@JesusHasThis]

Love your stuff bro.

[@yaiburanakul8505]

Indianapolis is full of potential.

[@ruslannunez4449]

Potential for what? The place will never have a booming economy and the local government is out of sync with the reality that they live in a useless city.

[@marilynpope5851]

absolutely correct in your assessment.

[@jko0526]

We were just there for March Madness a couple weeks back and it was nice. We had plenty to do downtown before the game. I will say that the area around the speedway was a little run down. He went by the hotel that we stayed at in this video. One night we walked around till after midnight and didn’t see anything scary!

[@toirmetalshaping]

Always liked visiting a very good buddy in Indy. Downtown after the bars closed was always fun as the police told everyone to leave and formed a route to get you out. Indy friends will tell you where you should and shouldn't go.

[@JP-fk1ez]

There are a lot of Amazon's there are several fulfillment centers, one sort center, and a few other Amazon facilities

[@redleader7988]

IND1 is the largest and most productive Amazon facility in the world, even though it's non-automated.

[@andrewharmon7929]

Make that right turn at 12:13 at 5 PM, and you'll know where everybody is - right there! I do it twice a week. I am a lifetime East-sider, and yes, there really was a time when we didn't lock our doors and things were better. It started when all of the industry on the Shadeland strip vacated.

[@mellea1316]

When I was a kid the East side and all of Warren Township was nice. Like you said we didn't have to lock anything. We were allowed to go play freely without our parents worrying. My Grandparents lived near Eastgate Mall. They would just give us money in the Summer to let us go hang out. It was nice then too. We'd get on the festival bus and go to Holy Spirit festival or just cut behind the YMCA and go in that way. They'd let us take the 8 Metro to Washington square. That's when movies 8 and Putt Putt were right across the street

[@brentmoore133]

Your grandparents lived in my neighborhood. it's still decent over here, but go west of Shadeland Ave, it starts to get dodgy @@mellea1316

[@kevinpowell268]

Not exactly sure what day you came here but I’m from Indy and I bet you $1000 you come on the weekend downtown and hit mass Ave, fountain sq, Bottleworks and it’s crazy downtown. March madness and other events going on all the time so I’m not sure what more do people want because half the people that says it’s boring aren’t exciting people themselves. I would love to hang out with folks that say it’s boring and see what you do for fun

[@taters7359]

Homecroft is on the Southside of Indianapolis lol she said Eastside 🤣 she obviously didn't know where she lived.

[@heather957]

She said she also lived at 21st and Post briefly.

[@mirandaburden4810]

I've lived all over the US and will never leave Indiana. I live outside of the metro area and I absolutely love it here...you want to see a shit city, go to Corpus Christi Tx!

[@Prettyyellagirl22]

What city outside the metro you recommend?

[@JordanAngeline]

Indy is one of the first stops on the I-65 pipeline of people leaving Chicago for other cities because of taxes and corruption. I don't think they were equipped to handle the population boom about 10 years ago and they haven't recovered since. 🤷‍♀️

[@brad3201]

I lived in Indianapolis for a bit. And let me tell you… that map at 3:40 is perfect.

[@Prime-ku9yr]

Loved here 41 years, yes it is accurate

[@Tonymanero1960]

One great thing about Nick's videos is that he shines a light on places that totally suck,...and,....I can then cross them off of my list as possible areas to relocate/retire to. The only problem is that everyplace now(except for extremely nice and expensive pockets here and there) totally SUCKS !!!

[@Urmumurmum2]

we are living in a dying empire

[@whisperstv2888]

@@Urmumurmum2 💯🥺

[@meredithaherntamilio4553]

New Hampshire is great and Maine but Maine rents have gone way up ,I had a house on the water and rent was $ 1200.00 a month now it's probably 2000.00$ and Massachusetts forget it grew up there and left to raise my children in Maine and thank God I did I grew up in Beverly MA, and New Hampshire is great nice people and everyone isn't in a hurry to get to the next red light ,like people are in Massachusetts, and I'm convinced they all have bipolar, I'm so serious I got spoiled living up north ,quite and on the ocean in Maine then on a lake in New Hampshire, so great to live the calm life ,even though I have PTSD anxiety and panic attacks it's a better place to live Kittery Maine and Bar Harbor ,Maine, I live in New Hampshire now...but in Mass cuz my serious dog might have liver cancer so I refuse to leave him here I got housing in New Hampshire & stayed for 1 month and not unpacked yet and been in Mass going on 3 months ,I hope the hell I don't get in trouble, my neighbors know and the maintenance guy knows about my dog I have to get back up there after his appointment with the oncologist...I tried staying there but all I did was sit in my chair and ball my eyes out I even slept in the chair and none of this is good I need a miracle for my Smeagie dog prayers for a miracle to my Creator I've been begging him to remove what is wrong with him and I pat him and focus on the lords healing hands as if they were mine and God I pray so much I'd trade places with him he is a white chihuahua but he not like the average chihuahua he's good and quite not a brat at all I love my dog very much, thank u for letting me rant and world wide prayers for all of the innocent people around the world 🌎 🙏🐾🌹🤲💔🤍

[@MeltinJohn]

@@AH-ef3rw it's worse than Nebraska I'd say by some.

[@MeltinJohn]

@@AH-ef3rw I thought when I went to Indy it was the official boring cornfield city of the Midwest

[@lct8954]

Ive lived here 11 years, everything in this video is absolute BS. For one, you came in the middle of the day. Its always somethi g to do and events going on so most of the time youll see tons of ppl out in the evenings. Indianapolis is the safest city ive ever lived in or been to. For some reason ppl think its dangerous and I have to laugh. Trust me, this place is Mayberry compared to anywhere else in the US.

[@meannormajean8418]

That's kind of cool the building over the road!

[@heatherbrodian6129]

That music in the beginning is from an old 70s 80s gameshow called Card Sharks! Love it!

[@kenlong1229]

Homecroft is on the Southside, not Eastside.

[@ChicScreamer]

I grew up in Marion, IN lived in Muncie for 2 years then Bloomington for 4 years then Indy for 2 years, before I transitioned to Florida in 2008. I have been following your videos recently and I was surprised you posted a video about Indy. I had to watch. Before I moved to Indy from B-town, my friend said don’t move it’s dirty there, since they moved from Indy to B-town. Of course, I didn’t listen and went on my merry way to experience a new life. He was right it was dirty (whatever that means). You posting this video, 14 years later … I’m like WOW! I lived on the West side… I felt safe. East side has always been dangerous. “Snobby” people lived on the North side and well South side I guess I never journey through those parts. Based on your post, it looks worse than I remember but what I would always describe Indiana was the doom and gloom environment. Always depressing. When I moved to Florida in 2008, the sunshine state, opposite compared to Indiana. I am much happier and one of the few who made it out. No regrets!

[@chrisconnors9449]

What are some nice locations in Florida?

[@DeThronehimInc]

Move out of Indy and after going to Florida & other states I could never see my self living there ever again, aint nothing there!

[@rayxp5344]

Definitely moving out of Indiana

[@indysbest9851]

I have lived here all my life and it’s fine during the day. The east side is extremely dangerous at night. Downtown on the weekends at night can be dangerous. Traffic is not bad for a larger city and cost of living is decent.

[@SinisterRising]

Aha sorry I was at home 😅 I’m usually downtown during the weekends though!

[@blackvbird]

I went to Indianapolis in early 2020 pre-Covid restrictions, and I think I only saw about 20 people the whole time I was in the city until I got inside a building.

[@itzpro5951]

To me It feels like every major American city is so empty and void of any people with the exception of a few(New York, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, Philly are like the only cities that are not empty)

[@ChristopherX30]

Try Nashville. It's NEVER empty there!

[@HellenVanPattersonPatton80]

@@ChristopherX30 NASHVILLE: thee most OVER-RATED CITY IN THE USA. Just a turd getting bigger and bigger until you can't flush it. Memphis much better and a real city with a soul. NASHVILLE is a joke of a city. Marginally better than Las Vegas.

[@MetroDon]

Miami

[@itzpro5951]

@@MetroDon yeah Miami is also an empty lifeless city

[@MetroDon]

@@itzpro5951 maybe on the NW side but the rest is bustling

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

The fact you labeled an area as "rich white snobs" says everything I need to know.

[@preciouseonghwa8217]

And then him saying if you had to move to Indy then THAT was the area you'd want to live in! 😲 Seriously!?

[@orlandoalessandrini2505]

@@preciouseonghwa8217 I'm wondering if this is a troll video

[@Mecduhall91]

Nah I’m from Indianapolis and he’s actually right about that area.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@Mecduhall91Wrong, I’m a rich snob in carmel, Indiana not a rich white snob

[@brittanygivens3363]

I live in greenwood and it’s awesome! When I first moved back we lived in Twin Aire which was trash due to the homeless but I love the south

[@Morcaiden]

Long time no see, Nick! Great video.

[@NickJohnson]

I have videos up three times a week where have you been?

[@Morcaiden]

@@NickJohnson You vanished from my feed for months! Now you're back :)

[@NickJohnson]

KZbin is weird

[@ChrisHarden]

Great stuff Nick. Everything you and Olivia talked about basically summed up everything that anyone would want to know about Indy. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Bullish_Lauren]

Lol no

[@elizabethschreffler9182]

Thank you for the info.

[@hstone39]

Who would have thought indianapolis is deteriorating. Then again, America is deteriorating. When you think of Indianapolis, you think of a thriving midwest city.

[@jamisedenari2449]

You do?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bluepunk182]

With a higher violent crime rate than Chicago....

[@garront523]

@@bluepunk182 damn, does it really?

[@bluepunk182]

@@garront523 It does. I was pretty surprised too...but yes, per capita, we have more violent crime in Indy than Chicago does. Thanks, Mayor Hogsett...

[@garront523]

@@bluepunk182 thank God I'm in new Castle lmao. I hated Indy when I lived there.

[@donaldprice9230]

Drove through Indianoplis once. Wish I would have spent time there. I have good friends from Indiana. Thanks Nick!!

[@sambistabeauty]

18:32 she pays only $1400 for an entire house?????😲😲😲 it is at least $4000 ~$6000 in torrance, California area

[@UserName-ts3sp]

yeah thats what its like away from the coasts

[@2000talon]

Downtow Indianapolis looks amazing with all those historical building!

[@chrisbowen2093]

Indianapolis shuts down from October to May... Except for the holidays we put up all the excitement until race season starts.

[@NickJohnson]

One weekend?

[@chrisbowen2093]

@@NickJohnson what?

[@CH-gn7rf]

Lived here my whole life. It's not nearly as bad as you made it sound. It's relatively safe and clean. Downtown could use some improvements with public transit. East side is generally not safe, the west side is not just Speedway. The West side ie: Hendricks county is known as "little Carmel" there's lots of activities over here and family friendly parks, water parks ( Splash Island, Murphy Aquatic Center), Plainfield Metropolis mall, and just about every store and restaurant you can think of in Avon etc. It's not glamorous by any means but safe, affordable, and family friendly. 🙂

[@sayten5512]

Hendricks county little carmel ? Not even close lol

[@CH-gn7rf]

@@sayten5512 that may be your experience, not mine. God bless

[@dawnd.9925]

This is like every big city in the midwest. Like a Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati. At least as far as indiana, Illinois, Ohio....you have small rural corn towns and the bigger cities are getting like this

[@threeball8740]

Columbus Cleveland and Cincinnati are booming Idk how long you've spent in Ohio but it couldn't have been for any amount of time as a native to Ohio and being in these cities a shit ton I assure you they have never been bare

[@ababby9719]

I live in Indianapolis and everytime I've been through Cincinnati and Columbus the last few years it's been very bare. Everyone I've talked to about it has had similar experiences in the recent years.

[@threeball8740]

@@ababby9719 I'm in Columbus now it's 7:20 and people are everywhere y'all must be blind or you're just not native to the area is all I can say

[@ababby9719]

Columbus isn't nearly as bad as Cincinnati. Columbus is pretty comparable to our city. I was moreso speaking of Cincinnati being suprisingly dead besides tourist attractions.

[@googleuser868]

I like to do a supply run to the corn 🌽 towns from the 🌽 fields at least once a month. Several surround my place in the distance.

[@JUSAGUYNKY]

I like Indy! Haven’t been there in YEARS though!! Was wondering if you maybe had a “Louisville city overview” view in the working sometime in the future? Thanks

[@chazzone]

I've lived in Indy since 1965. I've seen a lot here. Back in the 70's, downtown was completely dead. I was the DJ at the first club that opened up downtown, just off the Circle (Bally's Tom Foolery). This was the beginning of a great awakening and for a short time, Indy was a great place to be. We had new restaurants, clubs, then breweries and more clubs and restaurants and downtown blossomed. Oh, and if you're into sports...we had that too. Although we lost the greatest music venue any city ever had (RIP Market Square Arena...) This was due in larger part to the vision of guys like Bill Hudnut and Richard Lugar who worked with local business to bring in money, but keep a lid on crime. Then came Bart Peterson who basically did nothing for Indy. He was followed by Greg Ballard, who's only good point is that he is not Bart Peterson... Then in came our current Mayor and City Council and their "woke" philosophy. Suddenly criminals aren't being prosecuted and local business is being ignored while policy shifts to "progressive" programs that cater to an ideology that is completely antithetical to what made Indy a great place to live. I read people who say that crime "isn't that bad", but those people aren't long term residents and have no idea what we came from. Crime is bad here now. It's not the south side of Chicago bad (except for the east side). But compared to what it was 20 years ago, it sucks. Unfortunately, Democrats have taken over our once great town, and the Republicans have abandoned us. Just like in the late 60's and early 70's, people are moving out of town to the suburbs, and it wont be long until Indy is a ghost town again. BTW, although I've lived here for most of my 61 years, I've worked all across the US and traveled to much if the world, so I know that what we have could be a lot worse...but just what the Hell kind of consolation prize is that? Thanks dumbmasses

[@Tony78454]

Bro your view is very twisted. Indy is not "woke". There is apparently a crime surge tho, but even with that surge you ain't gotta be sooooo scared.

[@FlyingArmbar317]

@@Tony78454 you sound like you’re part of the problem.

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

Amen Charles

[@kalvinwesley5638]

Jesus you really broke that down i most definitely can tell your a native cause you just gave me a history lesson those names rang bells but I couldn't agree more your 100 percent right except the ghost town part i dont think that would ever happen

[@ethakis]

There's no city that Republicans wouldn't be happy abandon.

[@georgetown8986]

Indianapolis is a nice Midwestern city. As with all cities of any size, there are bad areas. There are a lot of very nice / upscale areas.

[@surgej007]

I have Never seen for such a long stretch of block abandoned burn down houses grass not cut toilet paper in middle of street Anywhere in Minneapolis MN.

[@markrichards6863]

Indianapolis isn't hip at all. Columbus is a much nicer city.

[@anthonyjackson1446]

@@markrichards6863 Columbus In, or Columbus oh.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

it has an awful lot of crime

[@markrichards6863]

@@anthonyjackson1446 Ohio. No one ever heard of that other Columbus.

[@TheZipeedoo]

November of 2021 was the midst of the pandemic. Most mid-sized cities had downtowns that were mostly empty because the large employers were still in "work remote" mode.

[@cmderinchief]

Until the pandemic, I used to commute downtown every day. Now my job has all of us working from home.

[@AbsoluteRangatira]

I'll be there in August and look forward to it!!

[@amirrobinson7857]

More people will come out at night and the streets are terrible

[@cincybengals101]

I honestly have not even begun to watch the video, but as a Downtown Indy resident, it's usually relatively busy here! There's an entire strip of restaurants and bars (Mass Ave) that is always packed. The Circle attracts a lot of people, too. Then there's our nice park, some coffee shops, the canal district, the Children's Museum, so on and so forth. Indianapolis is a great city. And it's in the middle of a boom (Downtown included, it's gone from 18,000 to nearly 30,000 in ten years). Your description says "it's gone down the tubes" -- it's literally the opposite.

[@cincybengals101]

Also, Downtown isn't exactly the best part of Indy. Broad Ripple, Fountain Square, Meridian-Kessler, any of those northern neighborhoods (which takes up a LOT of the city) are nicer, with less crime, more culture, etc. It's a large city. Edit again: I just skipped ahead to the person talking to you about the mall. The mall was built like 25 years ago. Everyone knows it's rundown. That's really the only part of Downtown that is struggling.

[@user-mh3kp7we7i]

Was there this past summer with family. It was a nice trip. Went to the local antique mall. It was nice. Lots of sports. Didn't experience anything negative. Carmel was an interesting suburb.