What the Hell Happened to Indianapolis, Indiana??

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my Indiana playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yry7QvCS2UIF-L0V4Oh4eI4

[@crvnmrhd]

150 million for crime prevention that can't be tracked, but not 1 red cent for schools. Go figure............

[@handsanitiser9832]

Where is the money going for crime, homelessness, etc.?! It’s going somewhere!!

[@brianmatthews4149]

Oh that's nothing new.

[@cb5516]

@Bronsin - IPS, the largest school district in the state, and one of the worst performing, spends more per student than all but a couple districts statewide. The problem is deeper than that as it's the uneducated parent and lifestyle that contribute to the failure of kids.

[@ZuluGamingSeries]

Been going down since that dem mayor came in

[@beedeezybaby]

I lived in the Indianapolis area for a few years. There are plenty of jobs. There are a ton of warehouse and trucking jobs.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Ikr. This "lack of jobs" nonsense is getting old. It's a lack of morals, let's be honest.

[@bobbybooker2123]

It's the cost of living. You're not doing the math.

[@bobbybooker2123]

@@wyattearpswoman838 Yes hearing there are plenty of jobs is getting old. And it's nonsense when you try to get one. Easy to blame the victims. What would you do to survive?

[@DonnieBravo94]

Drop your Snapchat

[@John-jl3ky]

I know, everywhere I look in Indy companies are hiring, I think everybody is hiring.You’ve got to want to work and have a job and better yourself. And get off the drugs, I think that’s most of the problem is the drugs. You have drugs you have crime of all kinds.

[@edwardolsen3925]

Native Near Eastdider here, Brookside to be precise. The East Side of Indianapolis has been in bad shape since the 1920's. Irvington and Rivoli Park were KKK Strongholds throughout the early 20th century. D.C. Stephenson and the Dearborn Hotel being the Klan HQ. In the 1960's the damn hippies brought in drugs and petty crime. The 1970's saw the intersection of I65 and I70 which brought in the gangs from Chicago and increased the drug trade and prostitution. The economic collapse of the Carter Administration and the sale of RCA, and moving manufacturing overseas led to terrible unemployment, dilapidation, an increase in crime, drug use, and white flight to the suburbs. The 1980's and 1990's saw the influx of hispanic immigrants and the importation of Mexican gangs which led to racial conflicts between the black and hispanic communities and the Near East Side became a war zone. It as been downhill from there ever since. The city doesn't help by pouring money into the situation.

[@jerrylyns7331]

As someone who has lived in both Hamilton county AND the East side.. its pretty interesting to me that you think Indiana "pours money" into the city... absolutely ahistorical and untrue.

[@davel7014]

I think your interviewee made a good point about the closure of mental hospitals. When I see all the mentally ill and drug addicted homeless people, I think we should bring these mental hospitals back and get those people off the streets. As for the low life scum that turn cities into war zones, arrest them and lock them up.

[@joecarmo9059]

And who is going to pay for it? You?

[@desireedesenna9673]

Yep, I agree with you 💯. The mental health institutions need to be re-opened. Here in California. Homelessness didn't happen until Gov Regan closed many mental health institutions. Mental health needs to be taken more seriously. And they're needs to be more clinics. Aside from last year.mental health research has happened since the 1980's. A lot has happened since then.

[@davel7014]

@@joecarmo9059 Well, look at what we are already paying for the homeless. San Francisco, for example, has already spent over a billion dollars on it, and it's not working.

[@joecarmo9059]

@@davel7014 Please tell me where you got your data because I tried to look it up and I did not find this information. I did, however find information that the number of homeless in San Francisco is around 8,000. That level of expenditures means $125 thousand per homeless. Unfortunately because of drug addiction if you give a "homeless" person $125 thousand dollars it will quickly be passed down to drug dealers and cause the "homeless" to OD. That is assuming that the administrators of the funds are not taking the lion share of the budget. We need some hard data to make an accurate assessment of the situation. For the entire US the estimated number of homeless is about 500 thousand, that would be 62 billion dollars for the entire country at the level. The number from HUD is 20 billion but that is probably to build housing for all these people where they would never want to live in. If you give homeless people that much money the majority of them would be dead by overdose in a matter of weeks. Maybe we should use much less money to give them drugs like fentanyl directly it would cost just a small fraction of the money and it would achieve the same result. And we would not be funding drug dealers with my tax money. Maybe Thanos should snap his fingers...

[@joecarmo9059]

@@davel7014 Reduction to absurd apart the problem is not the lack of homes. Being homeless is not a cause it is a consequence. The cause is unemployability. People become unemployable for a number of reasons: Low intelligence, mental illness, disability, laziness, and the belief that they have the right to foul up public property. The world is becoming complex and there are no easy jobs anymore and the easy job destruction is accelerating. That means the number of people who are unemployable will tend to grow. The technological development of humanity is creating an entire class of people who are unemployable and from a capitalist perspective they are useless to society. As for the mentally ill we all heard about the horrors and corruption of the insane asylums of the past. Short term if I run the world I would simply create homeless free zones in cities mainly downtown, tourist, and the affluent areas. Get all the homeless from downtown San Francisco and systematically bus them to Manteca. If they return and are repeat offenders bus them to Bakersfield. We should stop calling these people homeless and call them by their real name which is unemployable.

[@ghostrider_414]

I don't remember where it was exactly in Indy, but a few years back I stopped at a Taco Bell on my way back to Milwaukee and 2 dudes started fighting in the parking lot. 1 guy pulled out a gun, half of us got behind the hot sauce counter and the other half just stood there watching like it was a TV show, totally not bothered by what was happening at all.

[@practicalimagination0909]

Was it the Taco Bell on East 21st street?

[@ghostrider_414]

@@practicalimagination0909 It looks like it was the Taco Bell on Belmont and Washington that I was at

[@m.e.5482]

they have so many taco bells lol

[@justbehave3566]

@@m.e.5482 We're serious about our taco bell 💪

[@m.e.5482]

@@justbehave3566 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I see it's one evry mile at least. Taco bell n homeless white people beggin4 change. Blessings!

[@thornbird6768]

Happy New Year Nick 🎉🎉 and everyone who watches 🍾

[@dachicagoan8185]

The title of this video can be said about almost all the major cities of the country. The period of economic growth ended in the early 70s and we've been stagnant or in decline since.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

True; but there is no denying that crime is skyrocketing in most US cities after a long time drop in the 90's and first decade of the 21st century. Obviously, it's a little more complicated than just loss of manufacturing jobs.

[@maryd55m]

I'm fortunate to live in an area in Indianapolis that is relatively safe and crime free for the most part but I have lived on the East side and in Lawrence. I wouldn't drive through there in the daytime and definitely not at night. It is really dangerous now and it wasn't 30 years ago. The west side is also a problem-not as bad as the other places but still pretty bad. The strange thing is that landlords from out of state are buying up homes in poor areas and renting them out for huge amounts of money. I saw a house that was for rent at 21st and College for $3900 per month and the same day someone was shot to death at 16th and College. There is no way that I would live in that area for free let alone $3900 per month. The area is equivalent to "Dodge City". Homes here are horribly expensive even in the worst of areas so people that have no money can't rent a place and a huge number of high paying jobs are gone since all the factory jobs are gone. There isn't much hope and to make it people have to work a couple of jobs to make ends meet. It's pretty awful.

[@alexpaurazas4083]

They filmed live pd in Lawrence for a reason

[@ghostrider_414]

I'm glad you mention Chicago people moving in. I think that's a huge part of the increase in crime/reckless driving problems in Milwaukee. We've always had our problems but it seems like as more people move up here from IL, the worse it gets.

[@practicalimagination0909]

Yeah I remember when Capri Green got tore down in Chicago....Some of those folks migrated down to Indy.

[@arthedainedain9846]

@@practicalimagination0909 by people you mean those with darker skin

[@sharkanater9824]

I been to South America

[@sharkanater9824]

Milwaukee and Indianapolis is better then chicago

[@meityandriese9927]

THANKS TO BIDEN,AAMERICA HAS MORE CRIMES AND LEASHES. PEOPLE FIGHT BACK. IMPEACH BIDEN .TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT.

[@raylemar2386]

I love Indy, I live in the Old North district and couldn't be happier. For the size city that it is, I feel relatively safe, most of the time. It's way safer than Atlanta or Chicago. Yes there were just under 300 homicides last year, but given the size of the city, one a day ain't bad.. Also most of the homicides are people who know each other, that should lay off the drugs, and adopt a healthy lifestyle by going to bed early.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Ffs, one murder a day "ain't bad"?! I think your brain might be broken.

[@wmw3629]

There were NOT over 300 homicides last year!!!

[@raylemar2386]

@@wmw3629 ,. You are correct, it was just under. I must have misread somewhere.

[@meganfrasz8088]

I live on the north side of Indy too and it is pretty safe. Most of the dangerous crime is concentrated on the east and west sides.

[@littleme3597]

@@wmw3629 Right. 299.

[@C.Brown5150]

I've lived in Indianapolis for most of my 59 years. And it's changed over the past years , not just now, but the last 30 year's. Each year the crime rate has gone up, and it's continuing rising.. In the late 60's up to the early -mid 80's. The Eastside of Indy was the best place to live. After Ft. Harrison Army Base closed down, it went straight to Hell. Although , the Finance Center is still open. And that's where all your government employee checks come from. But now the eastside of Indy is the worst place you could find yourself living in. And the thing is, there's plenty of jobs, and help available for just about everything.. Yet, things continue to get worse by the day. Our young people don't want to do anything but try to make the ( Fast) money. And the young people who are trying to get a chance at a better life, get ridiculed or killed. I have lived out North for the last 20 years, just to avoid the crap that was starting back then... Now, it's coming this way.. This city is going to keep rising in crime, including murder, rape ,home invasions ,car jacking and anything else you can think of. There's no end in sight, no matter how hard people work to make a difference.. This is the New , ( Chicago) or the Old Gary . It just not worth living here anymore.. We're sure going to look at other places to live. Word of advice, stay out of Indianapolis, Indiana. There's nothing here worth your life or your family's life. Just stay away as far as you can.

[@pal1338]

Lived on the east side late 70s and early 80s. It was lower income, but still nice, safe place to be. You're right about Fort Harrison. When it closed, it got worse. We moved.

[@flowersgrow7850]

I loved from Indy in 1986 and my parents stayed. They lived on the north side of Indpls up until right after the pandemic hit. Gangs doing driveby shootings at 86th and Ditch., twice, just before the pandemic . . I was shocked. Everytime I visited Indy since I moved away, I see the roads deteriorating, homelessness growing, gangs. 86th and Ditch area used to be an up and coming place to live, when my parents first moved there. Man. . . when the pandemic hit, I got my mom out of there quick! I knew the pandemic in addition to all the violence moving in prior to, etc., was not a good thing. I moved my mom to Florida. She feels safe and we are very happy. Indpls murder rate surpassed Chicago's per capita murder rate, which is bad. Leave while you can!

[@JH-gd4qv]

I’m living her with my family over by Raymond and state street on southeast side and this shooting almost everynight. A couple years ago our neighbor actually shot his moms boyfriend and he laid dead in the street in fron of our house. I get my gun out of the safe every night now. Trying to move but so hard/expensive finding anywhere else to live. It’s really a shame. Past few years our neighborhood went straight to shit

[@chasnfireflies317]

Hindsight is my 20/20. I brought 3 small kids here to the West side in 2001. I had another child in 2002 at Methodist. My family all in Upstate NY. Ex Hubby's fam is here. Since moving here, I've lost 2 children and almost a 3rd. I am almost in Greenwood now and it's getting bad there too.

[@David-p1h2q]

​@JH-gd4qv i could not believe how thick the junkies were at raymond and shelby

[@BoydsofParadise]

Why stay? ANYWHERE would be better! When I was a kid in the 70's my parents moved us from messed up Milwaukee to family friendly Colorado Springs. That move alone proved to be a generational GAME-CHANGER for me, my kids and potentially their kids to come. I can't IMAGINE what life would be like had we stayed surrounded by that terminal mindset of lack!

[@BoydsofParadise]

@@jackburrows9861 no one is "blaming". Sometimes we are given clues when to PACK UP and create the world we want ELSEWHERE. It's all about choice, in the end.

[@zachhoward9099]

@@BoydsofParadise it’s costs a hell of a lot for an interstate move and many people in Indy especially the working class, I’m talking warehousing and service workers not the white collar workers that work for Eli Lilly and other downtown businesses, live paycheck to paycheck or every other paycheck to paycheck. Takes forever to save for a move and half the time that money gets used for emergencies and the like

[@Meg-pr9bw]

I stay because my daughter has a lot of health issues. Riley is a wonderful children’s hospital.

[@Lesrevesdhiver]

Colorado springs is one of the nicest cities there is. I go there a couple times a year, I love it.

[@timtravasos2742]

Governments routinely abandon older, less desireable parts of town. Its part of the life cycle. When it gets cheap enough, investers will move in to scoop up the cheap land.

[@astrahcat1212]

When it's like a dollar a house

[@mlapa08]

That is literally what's happening on the east side of Indy right now. The crime is no-doubt a response the the problem of gentrification to neighborhoods that locals are being priced out of as they are forced into the few genuinely bad areas that our leadership chooses to turn a blind eye to.

[@mlapa08]

@@jackburrows9861 sorry the west side isn't recovering like the east side is. Maybe that's where all the baddies from over here are going while the east side does the work to thrive *shrug*

[@zilloworld2303]

@@astrahcat1212 Abandoned houses in Detroit are going for 30k average to investors. They fix them up and flip them for 60k, 70k or more on average.

[@astrahcat1212]

@@zilloworld2303 I would do it myself but I'd be scared of getting shot

[@noreenryan1095]

Welcome to reality. I worked 42 years full time and occasionally, part time, in addition. Probably, six years total part time too. You do what you have to do (legally) to make it. I rented out a room when I bought my 1st very modest 2 lvl townhouse. Life is not easy. Committing crimes was never anything I even thought about or contemplated.

[@jbred6049]

Same here. Been dirt poor off and on my entire life. The reason being is I just didn't want to do what was required of me to not be poor. I never turned to crime. I just made do. Many say poverty is the cause of crime. I wonder if it's not the other way around. Crime is the cause of poverty. Or perhaps it's more nuanced than that. Both states sort of feed off each other in something resembling a negative feedback loop. I really don't know. Just thinking out loud.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@jbred6049 I think you are spot on my friend.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Precisely, I agree 100%.This narrative is getting very old...yawn.

[@mlapa08]

Being able to buy a 2-level townhouse is way out of reach for the people you're finger-wagging at here

[@noreenryan1095]

@@mlapa08 Why do you think I was working two jobs? I was saving for a small down payment. With FHA you only need 3.5 percent. And, for 10 years, I worked all the overtime I could. You do what you have to do. It was years before I could afford the 2 lvl townhouse.

[@joeboygo]

I have to be honest. I can't tell how bad things are in this part of Indy just by looking at it because compared to many other places shown in this series, it's not that ugly. There are parts of other cities like Gary, Los Angeles, DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia (yikes) Newark or any of the usual places where the places and the people aren't just actually dangerous, they look, feel and smell creepy and dangerous, and in the case of philly, even satanic.

[@jackfatcat1045]

It will look like those places after 5 years of the current crime rate.

[@sankofaimani2899]

Indy is an illusion like no other city, illusion meaning dangerous, don't be naive, be safe....

[@littleme3597]

Downtown Gary is boarded up already for 60 years. It is dangerous to drive there, you will be pulled out of your car, if you stop at light. I used to shop there, live there, when young. GORDON'S clothing store.

[@Hoosier_Daddy74]

Used to pass thru Gary and expect to see someone getting at least a solid beat down by a few friends but it is so dead and delapidated now even the thugs are pathetic.

[@FixIt1975]

@@littleme3597 damn, even downtown Gary is still that bad? My old trade school roommate and I drove out to Detroit from Cleveland, and this was nearly 30 years ago, just to see it. We are from the east coast, and we ended up on 7 mile in Detroit and it was a dump then, and this was 1993. We lived on the west side in Cleveland and even then, the guys that we went to trade school with that were from the east side told us don't come over here, especially at night!

[@rtrobinson88321]

Is it just me or does jennifer seem more like a man then a woman, just sayin.

[@AgentClaytonWebb]

Ah thanks for mentioning it, I thought I was the only one lol.

[@LetsJustTalk...]

I thought it was a man until I read this 😳 Edit: I shouldn’t have said it. I thought she…

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

lol

[@UniquelyHerz]

Ctfuuuu 😂

[@haydenbrucker]

She’s a woman

[@danielhixson3717]

This isn't fair to Indy. Every metropolitan area has it's problem communities and they are some issues. You wanna see bad though? Come to Atlanta, go see Chicago, Seattle, Portland,San Francisco, L.A. I spent two weeks in Indianapolis expecting a run down city, but WOW. Downtown is beautiful, the countryside is gorgeous. Everyone I came up on were the nicest people, they bought my drinks just because I was from Georgia. Love ya and miss ya Indy!

[@twisttwistamigo]

Have you watched this channel? La seatle and portland being bad cities is basically all he talks abt

[@maryo9200]

He just overly dramatizes these cites for views. I just moved to the area and would never live anywhere else. The people here make is special.

[@shady1234shady]

@@maryo9200 it is not over dramaticized. Indianapolis is almost worst than Chiraq , be safe out there!

[@mwalker3547]

Indy is dangerous. Remove your rose-colored glasses.

[@indianaoutlaw8497]

Not fair?....indy is a shit hole.

[@Grand_History]

I grew up next to the west side of Indianapolis, and I never saw it as a dangerous place, even now

[@Grand_History]

@@jackburrows9861 not to dox myself but yeah in that area. Not saying they were, but just adding context that my entire 24 years of life going in and out of Indy ive never had a bad experience

[@dbmae1532]

@@jackburrows9861 avon is pretty much indy lol

[@dbmae1532]

@@jackburrows9861 i grew up in avon its pretty much indy its becoming more urban.

[@dbmae1532]

@@jackburrows9861 so whats the actual west side then ? 10st ? if so okay but you literally drive 5 mins an your in avon so do you get what i mean now ? Avon isn’t big. Brownsburg is becoming the same way bc its so close to indy. The suburbs are not that really different unless you say Carmel which is the money for most. All the suburbs are literally mins away from indy so its a mixture of people which is why crime is starting to enter most suburbs not alot of murders but robberies shootings etc

[@criticalthinker2779]

@@jackburrows9861 ? That would exclude most of the east side (the areas that he's talking about). If you're not within Marion county then you're no longer in Indy. Avon= Hendricks county

[@southerngal7899]

Could you do a video of Shreveport/Bossier City, LA? It's gotten so bad here. People shoot people at red lights. Ty for your videos. Happy new year🎉.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Dam it.i thought that only happened in san bernadino ca. Wow the native's are restless all over.

[@gorillaarmyarmory]

@@brianmatthews4149 San Bernardino it’s not that bad I can tell from a person who lives here and Baltimore Maryland and I travel around for work and when I get Indianapolis or Memphis Tennessee or Memphis or west Memphis I try not to be there

[@3chrisb]

Not many jobs in the Shreveport/Bossier area. Barksdale AFB can only support the economy for so long.

[@757-David]

Jared from Subway had a big house in Zionsville. Used to drive past it all the time to go play basketball downtown at the Lions Park and work out at the Anytime Fitness there.

[@757-David]

@@albertc3991 yep, his wife was living in it after he was in jail,idk about now. I Lived in Lebanon also, parents are still in Frankfort.

[@Grand_History]

He actually talks to Jared in this video, his first guest actually

[@757-David]

@@Grand_History lmao

[@gorillacookies3171]

Jared from subway enjoys his foot longs in the pen

[@BoilaFrog]

Why is Jared in jail? I must have missed something ?😜

[@CaptainJackSparrow110]

Alright. Now you're just getting ridiculous with the guests.

[@UniquelyHerz]

Ctfu

[@bigrenuhhuh]

LMAO🤣🤣🤣

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

He was great.

[@strafer8764]

That section of the city at 23:00 is where I lived for a bout a year. It is no joke. I used to live in the Nroad Ripple area where I don’t recall hearing a single gun shot over a 20 year period but on the east side I’d hear them almost every night. I’ve domestic violence right out in the open. I had a guy almost hit into my car at a small but busy intersection so he could do donuts in the middle of it. People just throw trash on the ground all the time.

[@bobbikavanaugh764]

Central state hospital closed in the middle 90's not 2011. Drugs, gangs, and parents not being parents. Most people from central state ended up homeless trying to live in a dangerous world.

[@paulw176]

Happy New Years Nick and Mappy!

[@Jhihmoac]

2:00 - I remember a couple of other KZbinrs that have covered that abandoned subdivision... It dates back to the late 60s/early 70s, and it was originally built as townhouses and duplexes and it was pretty prosperous up until both the large GM stamping plant and Chrysler foundry in eastern Indianapolis started laying off workers in the 80s and both completely closing sometime in the 00s... During this time, big time property holding slumlords came in and slowly bought up huge chunks of properties from people finding themselves out of work, desperate to sell their homes and get out... The slumlords then turned around and made these places section 8 rentals, and the rest is history...

[@danielmorse4213]

I remember this nieghborhood years ago. It was nice....once.

[@jimiraj]

Also places like RCA and Mallories closing hurt the area around there.

[@zachhoward9099]

30 years ago the East Side of Indy was considered nice, 35 and 40 years ago it was THE side of town to live on, amazing and sad what’s happened to the East Side in that time

[@jimiraj]

@@zachhoward9099 true I lived on LaSalle in the mid 80's in between New York and Michigan. And it was still a nice neighborhood. Then I lived there about 5 years ago. What a sad change

[@rsmith317]

Yea you’re talking about the youtuber CharlieBo. He went to that abandoned subdivision on 42nd and Post Rd. and got in the trenches and actually interviewed a young girl from that area. Charliebo does it better.

[@stevenchase8124]

Nick , Happy New year . We moved out of Indianapolis 5 years ago . It was getting unsafe. Same Mayor today.

[@zachhoward9099]

Hogsett is terrible as mayor sadly

[@johnnymidas5879]

HAPPY NEW YEAR NICK!! 😃👍🔥🚀

[@dan-a-vee1484]

As a st louisan, my heart just dropped when I heard that people from East st louis moved to indianapolis. That explains a lot of what we're seeing here.....

[@mlapa08]

Where did they get the means to move to another area, in a different state, with a higher COL? Part of the impoverished getting stuck is that they simply can't afford to leave.

[@dan-a-vee1484]

@@mlapa08 I think these people just get so desperate to leave because there are absolutely no resources or commodities in their own towns, they just find the first place they can end up. Indianapolis was probably so affordable and offered financial assistance.

[@Coalbucketlist]

Grew up on the east side of Indy and it was always tough. I'd hate to be a young person growing up there now. I know it's a lot more dangerous these days!

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@mr.skeleton3190 The east side...it's always the east side.

[@watchman3295]

@@mr.skeleton3190 I live in Irvington so it feels weird saying I live on the east side if you know what I mean.

[@wmw3629]

The Eastside of Indianapolis has not always been tough. No other part of the city has lost more good paying factory jobs than the Eastside. Tens of thousands of them!

[@wmw3629]

@@wyattearpswoman838 Bullshit! You must love 38th & High School Road, 34th & Moller & Mars Hill!

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

yes, the east side area is becoming bad and keeps getting worse. It is so sad.

[@erikartursson7624]

I live in Europe but love to watch your videos about different states and citys in America.

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

What do you think about the crime in some American cities?

[@erikartursson7624]

@@TheOnlyOneStanding8079The crime and poverty in some parts of US is extremely shocking for Northern European. We have poverty over here to but compare to how parts of US looks like its nothing. Some areas looks more like third world places...

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

@@erikartursson7624 Yah I live in San Francisco California and I love it here because we don't need cars to get around like Europe. We have good public transportation but there's small nieghborhoods which are mostly black population make it like a 3rd world country. Lol

[@bellinghammond]

it's like watching a train wreck isn't it

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

@@bellinghammond no more like roaches at a roach motel. Lol

[@EdwinLuciano]

You keep going around the country asking what happened to the different towns that you visit. It can't all be because of poor leadership from one particular political party, don't you think? At what point do you conclude that something is happening in the country as a whole?

[@rvegas3240]

Something is happening. Society is changing. These problems Nick highlights are due to many factors.There are no easy answers because if there were, the social and economic problems would be solved by now…The first step is admitting we have a problem IMHO.

[@michaelkroleski]

I think he's highlighting the fact that liberal policies implemented by liberal majors/city council aren't improving the bad areas nor are the policies improving crime rates.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@michaelkroleski Bingo.

[@victoriagore470]

@@michaelkroleski but even that is a simplistic way of looking at this. Not all democratic cities are ran like NYC, Portland, or Seattle. Crime is going up pretty much everywhere.

[@strafer8764]

You are right. The area at 23:00 has been like that for many decades. It’s nothing new over there.

[@deathisonlythebeginning5098]

I live in Iowa. We have had a huge influx of people from Chicago here, and Iowa had a record high murder rate in 2021.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Same here, we moved from Cleveland. Still the whole of Iowa is leaps and bounds safer than pretty much any other US city. I did notice they are infecting the eastern edge of the state though.

[@mlapa08]

Yes, yes. Nothing to do with any other global issues that might be inciting unrest across the country. Chicago is sending us all the worst of the FIBs

[@Surferdude965]

I have a friend from Davenport. He says the Chicago slime has been there for decades. The welfare is better in Iowa. They brought the gangs and baby producers along with. He says Iowa City is now starting to get the Chicago welfare recipients now. Well it’s been over 10 years.

[@fredsanford336]

Did I seriously just listen to that entire interview?😂 It's like I wanted to click on another video, yet I didn't!!! And did she say 43? Did she mean to say 83? WTF!? This channel is sky rocketing up my favorite channel list as fast as the Indy crime 😆

[@AvalexLLC]

I travel Indiana cities for work. This is good to know! I have also noticed that Fort Wayne has become more and more seedy. I was heading north up North Clinton Street and some dude was stumbling around in the middle of the street, stoned out of his mind yelling at traffic with a glock hanging out of his waistband. It was a little scarry having to pass by this guy just a few feet away with my only defense being my car. Another time I was staying at a hotel around 69 and lima road and when I left in the morning the cops were out in front of my room kicking through the brush looking for a dead body.This could be another city for you to look at. I will be looking at Indiana CPL reciprocity with Michigan before my next return!

[@Hoosier_Daddy74]

Thank god your safe you wimp

[@AvalexLLC]

@@Hoosier_Daddy74 Being underestimated has always worked to my advantage. Thanks!

[@dhumbles5art]

Fort Wayne has share of crime but it's not as bad as Indy, Chicago, and St Louis!

[@zachhoward9099]

I believe the permit has full reciprocity with Michigan, it does with the bulk of states, you should be fine

[@gorillaarmyarmory]

Bro I freaking love you man I love watching your videos always make me laugh with map and learn a lot of this places

[@NickJohnson]

❤️

[@johngarbarini1048]

Federal help goes to local, politically connected lawyers first, who write "reports" on what to do with the money. Their fees suck 30% of the money right off the top.

[@doclawyer]

$150 million to fight crime. At least half was stolen.

[@johngarbarini1048]

@@doclawyer - sure, and look at these vaxx programs. 1/2 stolen right off the top. And who gave us WW1, Adolf Hitler, WW2, and many mad scientists who want to blow up the world? Pfizer.

[@joycemarie3968]

and then another 30% to the state to dole out the money to NGO's that take another 25% for admin fees. sad really

[@Pennsylvaniastrong]

I enjoy your videos and get excited when my notification comes on💯

[@NickJohnson]

Aww ❤️

[@practicalimagination0909]

I grew up in Indianapolis and use to do Ride-Alongs with the Indianapolis Police Department in High School on the Eastside patrol beats. The intersection of 10th and Rural has always been a bad area. It's nickname is or was "the swamp." 42nd and Post Rd is a dystopian nightmare. The only area on the Eastside that has improved is Irvington but thats due to the hipster crowd. Brightwood is still bad. Most of these neighborhoods took a sharp decline when the manufacturing sector pulled out, as like the other Midwest cities, it's collective socio-economic stability relied heavily on automobile and other factories. I live in rural Florida now.

[@Coalbucketlist]

I grew up around 10th and rural area. Went to arsenal technical high School. It was really tough then I couldn't imagine living there now.

[@mlapa08]

10th and Rural is a very desirable area to live right now. Tons of new businesses popping up, and real estate is on fire. Wish I had bought there in 2018 when I thought they were asking too much. That property would've doubled again by now

[@Coalbucketlist]

@@mlapa08 good I love seeing that! They've been fixing that area up a lot. I noticed it quite a bit when I drove through my old neighborhood. I'll never forget my time growing up there or my childhood friends. Great memories!!

[@zachhoward9099]

Irvington is definitely an enclave, it gets better once you head south on Arlington which takes you out towards Franklin Township and the South Side with Greenwood and Franklin later on which is still nice fortunately, but if you head North on Arlington you get into super sketchy areas very quickly.

[@fishingpinky3165]

I grew up at 34th and Station st until 1968. My parents moved us out to Geist which was "way out in the country" when crime became so bad they feared for our safety. Brightwood was always crime ridden. So glad I dont live in Indy anymore but I dont think the whole city is as bad as he portrays it.

[@NaShanClay]

Next you come, I could have told you about 42nd and Post Road on what’s really going on especially (Brentwood)…. I’m from Brentwood and did an interview with CharlieBo313…. You never really spoke on the good that’s happening over there now. But for the ones who don’t know, the neighborhood is changing into a more diverse community and the crime is slowing down and the homes are being rehabilitated. The city is selling their units to be rehabilitated and the city is working to fix the community and I know this because I’m the one behind the push on 42nd and Post Road

[@ronholmes6672]

I remember watching. You gave a good interview

[@strafer8764]

The area should have never gotten that bad to begin with but it’s good to hear it might be improving. The question will it fall back into what it was. I spent a lot of time on 30th post in the early 2000s and it was terrible back then. Drove over there a couple of years ago and it was even worse

[@NaShanClay]

@@strafer8764 this is the same thing I try to tell the city of Indianapolis ….. they wanted to just put expensive condos etc but I told them y’all are targeting the wrong things because in 20 years the neighborhood will fall down again… I definitely agree with you on that but I’ve been fighting for the community in a way where in 20 years, it’ll still be standing

[@0gsmallhead734]

Definitely 💯 💯💯💯💯♥️♥️

[@estelleadamski308]

I've only been to Indianapolis on the freeway, passing thru, going to and from other states. There was a person driving the car that ran over the kid, so it wasn't just the car. Poor family to lose the child. So sorry!

[@Rickswars]

The city is run by crooked politicians. I know I live here. I watched the Eastside decay slowly just a decade ago it was a nice side of the city.

[@lacedmichey6404]

This interviewee was well prepared to speak. He gave a clear and consistent response to all of the questions.💯

[@souslicer]

Lmao

[@crotchrot31]

That guy was just saying words

[@mlapa08]

Consistency does not equal factual

[@cb5516]

I could add so much more. Lawrence is an interesting city, as half of it is a true dumpster fire, while some of it is rich people near Geist. If you want to know what happened to Indy, look at the exponential growth of Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, and Noblesville. Everyone is moving to Hamilton and Hancock county to get out of the mess that is Indy.

[@guittarwizzrd]

Urban sprawl and crime and violence is effecting the south side as well in Morgan, Hendricks and Johnson County.

[@drewg7036]

That's got a lot of truth to it. A lot of people with money, mostly asian or white left the suburban sprawl areas of the city and moved to new developments in surrounding counties which left much of the city to rot from the 1990s on

[@David-p1h2q]

​@@drewg7036blame it on the white man

[@PoeReview]

I am from Indiana,my grandparents used to live off 38 th and Post Rd,, 50 years ago, it used to be a nice middle class,safe neighborhood, I know, I was there often, after the historical move to bus children from the inner city to John Marshall high School in the mid 70s I witnessed the steady decline of the area first hand , I only have my memory of the place it used to be, I have no reason to go there now, and I don't go there

[@fishingpinky3165]

I visited my grandparents also in that area. One of the other problems contributing to the decline of the east side was when downtown Indy was revitalized most of the poor relocated to the east side.

[@drewg7036]

Yup. Look at areas like the old northside off of Meridian/Delaware/College all the way up to Fall Creek. In the 1970s that was the worst of areas and now its reversed

[@indycharlie]

Yep . I knew a few people who went to Marshall , pre and post busing. It was never the same , and that was the start of folks moving to the area from DT Indy !

[@christopherfriend7402]

Happy New Year Nick. Much success in 2022 and keep up the great content.

[@First-q3x]

To many people from Chicago in Indy now. All the towns surrounding Indy have gotten worse.

[@sandraturner7770]

I agree

[@balls.are.bankrupt]

*Nick ..watching your videos is like watching a long intro of the movie Police Squid 😆😁👍*

[@timdelph2747]

LOL :) Ah, memories

[@Brayden6909]

I’m from Irvington too! It’s awesome!

[@jr2no160]

Great interview from a well informed and definitely awoke Indianapolis local. 💯✊🏿 The information He outlined and shared about Indianapolis is similar same for All crime ridden American Cities and enclaves.

[@MrChaynes24]

@@timdelph2747 lol

[@rnsteve2265]

Is he transgender

[@jr2no160]

@@rnsteve2265 🙄 personally I don't know. Looked male and sounds male to me. Didn't consider transgender or other, just another fellow human being.

[@slickdikkrick8746]

Go woke go broke

[@bobbikavanaugh764]

They are incorrect from the get go they want to blame central state mental hospital for closing in 2011 when it actually closed in the middle 90's. So why blame a bunch of mentally ill patients who are now homeless on gun crime and killing. The issue is Drugs, alcohol, parents having kids and then not parenting them, corruption from the streets to the cops to the courts to the prison and beyond. So much political and judicial corruption here they don't have time or even want to clean up our streets. Top officials are busy lining their pockets they could care less about the innocent people of indiana.

[@rickimhotep1236]

@15:55 my old neighborhood 34th & Kenwood ave 81'-82' seemed like we lived there longer but mama got married and we moved to Broad Ripple. I miss those days 82'-88'

[@dyardsale5475]

Last year I was in Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, Noblesville, and Plainfield all areas away from the insanity. Did not see anything bad, I was there a week or so. Lucky me. Sad to see Country dying. Take a look a Lebanon and what they are dealing with.

[@dbmae1532]

Whats wrong with lebanon? Lol i was considering moving there

[@dyardsale5475]

@@dbmae1532 Lebanon Middle East, not Lebanon Indiana

[@AmyChanChi]

@@dbmae1532 Honestly its just boring there, ive been there and its almost like a ghost town

[@wantsomecoffee]

Fishers is a nice place. Nick’s guest said crime is in Fishers and I said No Way.

[@vaishx]

@@wantsomecoffee yeah I’m from Fishers. Sadly break-ins have gone up a bit but it’s still not out of control. But do remember are still among the safest places to live, so even a fistfight at a Walmart would be considered a big deal here

[@aliciagholston6753]

This pissed me off so bad… our city is not as bad as this man made it seem. I’m from haughville, and no it isn’t that bad. There is so much love in this city

[@macgoldie7771]

He's a drunk drug addict 😂

[@squidward1633]

It’s embarrassing the one time he covers our city he happens to interview one of the dumbest people

[@benhomie4914]

Your the Man! love this content

[@mayday4380]

Indianapolis is full of very good folks. The problem is outsiders doing their crimes and leaving the city afterwards.

[@cyndibrandel9116]

That's sad. I went there back in the 80s and 90s. I liked the place. So sad.

[@ajbroxon485]

I know for a fact it’s getting really bad in Indy. We moved from the south side of Indy to South Carolina last year. One of my relatives works in the OR in one of Indy’s downtown hospitals and they said the gunshot victims are coming in in record numbers in the past year. Mostly over drugs. It is bad! Prayers for the safety of all there.

[@JoeCnNd]

That's where I wanna go, Charleston south carolina.

[@SJRS700]

Dem leader still would be saying that the city is very safe, crime is always super bad when a dem is in office

[@jonathonestrada2443]

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[@John-jl3ky]

She doesn’t have all the answers lol I’ve lived on the east side my whole life, not off 34th or 38th St. but I live on the eastside. The most of the problems are drugs of various kinds, You have petty crimes from the addics and you have warlords that are selling it in quantity manufacturing pills etc and all kinds of stuff, drugs are the problem.

[@Meg-pr9bw]

I live on the southeast side. Almost all the crime is drug related one way or another.

[@ThaddeusGhostal]

Used to live near 21st and post. Can confirm theres alot of drugs floating around.

[@disabledsubmarinevet6717]

i used to go bar hopping back in the late 70s those were non crime days

[@guittarwizzrd]

I live ten minutes south of indy and grew up here my whole life . It was very country growing up as a kid but urban sprawl and diversity has turned it into a shit hole now .

[@NAPSNICKY]

Was born and raised there in Fishers till I turned 23 and moved to Nashville. Love going back a few times a year to visit everyone

[@trip2belize]

I wish I could have spoken to you, no offense to the person who was speaking but it's a lot deeper than that, coming from someone on the east side. But for the most part it was accurate.

[@ainslie187]

Can you elaborate?

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Is the local government corrupt there?

[@trip2belize]

@@niccoarcadia4179 I'm not really sure how to answer this, lol.. it's an extremely republican state but Indianapolis has a democratic mayor.. in my opinion nothing gets done. The gang culture here is what is causing the violence. The person in the video said people just kill you for no reason.. nah, that's not true for the most part. A lot of these murders going on are heavily drug and gang related, the ladder being the most prevalent. I've lived here my entire life besides for Wyoming and Kentucky for short periods of time and nothing against those places but I'd rather be here. I hope Nick redoes this video so I can really sit down with some notes and flesh out what's really going on here, he just made my city look like a dump 😂

[@tracyhoneck9177]

@Bone Thug what does this have to do with that? you have no idea how Jennifer votes...

[@niccoarcadia4179]

@@trip2belize Thanks for your honesty. I believe the drug culture is tearing our cities apart. It's not just the cities either, it's suburbs and small towns, we just don't hear about it as much. Also, I note the people who were lucky enough to buy homes within the last five - ten years are not taking good care of their homes because of lack of money. Home repairs such as new roof, siding and other common maintenance are not being taking care of because these are people who can barley pay the mortgage. (lack of good jobs) What we need are more manufacturing jobs so we can put our lower middle class/uneducated back to work. Democrat Mayors and Republican Governors do not work with each other very well and it shows. Our cities are just throwing money at the problems instead of investing in infrastructure and schools. A lot more can be done but bureaucratic red tape stalls the process. I feel bad for people who have to live by the drug infested areas of this country, i really do. They fear for their children. Home break-ins are on the rise. San Francisco has a unprecedented crime problem and the politicians are baffled about what to do about it. That mentality is spreading across the nation fast.

[@rayroark3333]

I was in Indianapolis a few years ago. I stayed there and even walked the streets for a bit. Some crazy sh't went on during my stay...even when we drove around in our vehicle. We watched a lady right in down town almost hitting and killing an elderly lady on a cane. The elderly lady takes her cane and hits the lady's car right on the hood.

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

wow, that is crazy

[@eviljesus6111]

Gangsta Granny

[@Dontbesleepy209]

I remember hearing if someone shot a woman or kid their friends would make them turn themselves in back in the days

[@Northernman72]

Where did you find him Nick?? 💥🤣🤣

[@syl6467]

People don't realize how many desperate, abandoned, hopeless places like this there are in America. Enough content for this channel for a good long time. Loss of manufacturing jobs, outsourcing, bad leadership has led to this, and since very few people have answers or are even trying to address it, I don't see it getting better any time soon.

[@NickJohnson]

I'm getting to them all

[@LetsJustTalk...]

@@NickJohnson it’s literally every major city with industry background. The problem was the war on drugs that ripped families apart while major shifts were happening to the country as a whole. This is not a city issue but a Fed issue. I hope u realize that.

[@eviljesus6111]

​@@LetsJustTalk... Obama

[@zachhoward9099]

@@LetsJustTalk...exactly. A lot of people especially younger don’t realize that Indianapolis for a lot of years had a strong diversified manufacturing base. When it dried up in the 1990s post NAFTA those good paying jobs went bye bye. Now Indianapolis and Indiana as a whole is nothing but one big warehousing state, you can make decent money if you work overtime every single week and have little to no life but it’s not how it used to be, meanwhile the powers that be have either fled Marion County or live in small neighborhood enclaves where IPD presence has been deliberately heightened to keep crime out of THIER neighborhoods meanwhile the working class neighborhoods are left to founder, and when most of the residents are perpetually working overtime or two jobs and can’t be available to take part in community programs and all the lowlifes in the community are perpetually around because they deal drugs out of their houses and the like then nothing will be fixed

[@jimj4583]

Hey, Nick, if I were you, I would go to BERMUDA 🇧🇲 and The BAHAMAS 🇧🇸, and find out how their majority BLACK populations don’t kill each other. There IS a reason. And I found out the reason when I traveled to Bermuda as a rare single traveler. In the week I was there, I was told by both black and white Bermudians, “Jim, Bermuda WORKS. And this is HOW it works.” In just ONE week in Bermuda, I could have written a book. And, in retrospect, I probably should have. Well, I am in my sixties, and on the exit ramp. Nick, I will leave it to YOU to write it. Good luck!🍀

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Tell us what they do to maintain safe living conditions please. Thanks!!!

[@oldbear6813]

Indy has a HUGE drug problem

[@maril1379]

Another great video -watching now Thumbs up I know nothing about this city -checking in Wow you are close to the big 500K subscribers

[@truesenpai9845]

I want a "Eastside" count on this video I swear at one point when they were talking about people coming from Chicago they were saying people were coming from the Eastside to the Eastside

[@donaldprice9230]

Happy New Year Nick!!!

[@NewEraNoah]

I live in indianapolis myself..and if you live here there are places you know to stay away from or not move to...but i think you and ur guest over exaggerated a lot. im 35 and i haven't experienced a 3rd of the things yall say happens all the time lol I dont leave the house in fear a bullet will come out of nowhere and hit me lol

[@John-jl3ky]

I live pretty close to Cumberland and it’s not all that bad, she’s exaggerating

[@John-jl3ky]

Crime is getting bad because of drugs, warlords to have their drug operation and then you have your average Joe heroin/fentanyl addict that needs their drug and they’ll steal or hurt people to get it, drugs are a real problem. One solution is excellent rehab for drug addicts, I mean good stuff, you have to do it on your own but if they offered a lot of help there might be less crime.

[@LetsJustTalk...]

Agreed to me Indy is the safest Midwest major city. These guys are fear mongering.

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

yes I stay in Indianapolis as well and as long as you know what areas to avoid it is not as scary. I think all states have "bad areas"

[@mzmikamika]

I agree this video was extremely exaggerated. If he thinks 42nd Post is bad he wouldn't know what to do in a real ghetto

[@JDawghasaTruck]

I spent 40 years living in and around Indy, I retired and left in 2022. Lived in north west side in nice neighborhood. The last New Year’s Eve we spent there sounded like a Vietnam firefight with fully automatic weapons being fired in the air.

[@Castleknight]

Man, that citizen was redundant. Not a good interview. I couldn’t finish the video. Not your best, Nick.

[@timdelph2747]

I agree, but who do you want? Someone with a PH.D.?

[@alphaomega17]

I liked it, it's good to let the people talk and get it out how they want and Nick has the luxury to do this without time limits.

[@carllafollette8685]

His heart was in it. 👍

[@Hotham666]

Man I gotta say that takes balls driving around Post and 42nd like that.

[@davidembry5748]

Lol no it doesn’t

[@CiaoColeG]

I've been here for 21 years and it's gotten soo bad!! I'm in a upper middle class area where not much happens, but my church is near 42nd and Post. It's definitely dangerous and my church does a lot of outreach. Anyways, I'm a single woman and want to move to Carmel or Fishers next year.

[@757-David]

Westfield right by there is nice also

[@WeezyApologist]

@@darealberrygarcia no it’s not

[@WeezyApologist]

@@darealberrygarcia cat to cat, you’re not very tolerant

[@CiaoColeG]

@@757-David Yes, that's another good option.

[@younginsane90]

@@darealberrygarcia what people ?

[@nicwaymire]

Why is it that the areas that are predominantly black are where all the murders are? 🤔

[@rodrickgriffin7599]

I live in Indianapolis. The east side close to 21st and Post rd. I have never had a issue. I also wear 18kt and 22kt gold jewelry and Versace sunglasses. I don't worry about it. I am almost always by myself. They are building a lot of 200k starting point homes on the east side. Most of the places you are driving through are actually very safe.

[@punjabpainting2002]

Beautiful sharing dear friend. Great job 👍👍 Happy new year ❣❣

[@sethat8e]

Everyone knew what the pandemic policies would do to domestic crimes.

[@MissUnderstoodMom]

What a shame. I grew up on the East Side of Indy in the 70's and 80's and it was a normal, nice place to me. I recently heard that my grandparents house is in the worst part of the city now and that my high school (Warren Central), is a terrifying place to be. Graduated college in 1993 and moved to California. Seems like a different lifetime living there. If Carmel is going downhill like Jennifer said, the city is in real trouble. That's where all the kids with tennis courts and pools lived.

[@indycharlie]

I graduated from LCHS , but lived a large part of my life in Fishers in the late 50's thru 1964 . Even while going to Lawrence . I'd go back to SAFE , CLEAN , Friendly Fishers . I was married for a while in 2010-2012 and lived in Noblesville and was shocked to see how Big and NICE Fishers had become. If crime , as said here , has come to Fishers . That is NUTS !! Sad state of events for the Indy area . BITD , Lawrence 66- 75 was VERY safe . Though , out on Post & 40th & the Mitthoefer area was starting to get bad . .... sad , sad , sad !

[@moeno8790]

@@indycharlie it hasn’t. jennifer was full of crap. this whole video is making it seem a lot worse than it is. don’t get me wrong there are a lot of bad areas in this city, but saying carmel and fishers are going down is just plain wrong

[@indycharlie]

@@moeno8790 Well 8790 . Though it is good to hear that it is not as bad as Jennifer said . It is still depressing that Fishers has some " bad areas " now . I am actually considering moving back to Indiana from Michigan where I live now . But , I am finding via friends , family and the media that. LOTS of once SAFE towns and cities are now UNSAFE to live . It is really sad to see this happen . Here in Michigan if you live where certain groups don't live . There is NO such things as UNSAFE , day or night . Even the greater Greenwood area , I hear . Is getting UNSAFE . Very sad !

[@OfficialUIUX]

@@moeno8790 Carmel & Fishers has a ticking time bomb. But eventually everywhere will as population grows unstoppably.

[@JS-mg1mk]

The people committing crime can't afford to live in Carmel or fishers. They're both still very nice.

[@debrabenoit5062]

population became more "diverse"........same reason as every city in the country. Millions more coming in every year.

[@Tonymanero1960]

''Diversity is our greatest strength',.......Not !!!!!

[@arthedainedain9846]

When will you stop retreating and start thrusting them out!

[@Morehills840]

@@mr.skeleton3190 LOL

[@Thats_him_with_the_daft_hat]

A word of warning from Britain. A group of Hard left wing thinkers (Labour Party) decided it would be a great idea to make Sheffield, the former Steel Capital of Britain, in a sanctuary city. Using their elected position, this group then moved in Somali, Kurdish, Afghan and Iraqi refugees. Their extremely naive policy did not account for the fact that many of these groups hated one another. Sheffield has now become a city of religious violence, gangs, drug dealing, child security exploitation and political obfuscation.

[@jtt1928]

Right because non-diverse ppl are so peaceful, safe, & kind Debra….have you seen one slavery documentary?

[@lorelailaval7676]

My friends and I used to drive to Indi from Cinci for fun....(10 years ago) ... Good thing I left the entire area. To be fair, now back in PDX .....not so pretty here either. Happy new year Nick😁😘smooches!

[@NickJohnson]

Happy new year!! ❤️

[@BobbyBluegrass]

82nd street is pretty sketch

[@scrumtrellecent]

I think America should be more concerned with the movement towards fascism.

[@bellinghammond]

it's the same "movement".....amerika has been marked for destruction

[@zachhoward9099]

We have been living in a ‘Soft’ fascist country for years now. Look up the warning signs for telling if you live in a Fascist society, America checks off every box. Doesn’t always have to be jackbooted thugs and secret police knocking on your door in the middle of the night

[@DamnRightDamien]

😂

[@MADOUT_VPS]

So vote for Trump because Harris is socialism

[@VIDEOSANDAMERICA]

Live on the near northside/old northside and it is very nice. i’m very close to the north east side area you went to and used to live a bit further east near Irvington. like any metro area there are patches that are rough and patches that are nice right on top of each other. i think the bad aspects of the city are exaggerated as even in the bad neighborhoods i’ve never felt endangered but it’s hard to argue w the stats. the larger issue is good paying jobs in certain areas being nonexistent, food deserts etc imo there are still structural issues that need addressed. the violence in indy is really concentrated to a few areas that we’ve allowed to fall into decay. so many of the homeless i encounter are mentally i’ll or addicted and need help

[@AndrewEast]

Curious if you can cite your sources when you say that lots of people are moving to Indy from places like Gary, East Chicago, and Cincinnati. Thanks.

[@livejay9062]

He can't cite anything. Totally sensationalized.

[@JasminAnderson-p8n]

Agreed, gross generalizations against brown populations here. We know what agenda he is trying to push here.

[@Driven0711]

It's absolutely an agenda that's being pushed by this channel

[@Nightmarefuel66]

The violence isn't coming from those people (well maybe some), it's homegrown. This isn't a pansy city by default as most would have you and I believe. This is a dangerous city. Downtown is nice, but stuff still pops off in a big way.

[@lelandsaunders7144]

Honestly what big city isn't riddled with lots of crime it's everywhere crime is up across the United States unfortunately 😕

[@strue1979]

I'm from Cleveland. Currently in Indy. Would MUCH rather be back home! CLEVELAND ROCKS! 🤘🤘 Edited to add: I deliver Doordash in the neighborhoods you've outlined all night long. Yeah...it's scary af.

[@LetsJustTalk...]

@@PG-is9vr I’ll give you Columbus but there is not as many jobs there. As for the other two you’re smoking something if you think they’re better than Indy.

[@PG-is9vr]

@@LetsJustTalk... We can agree to disagree. But the smoking comment was rude and immature.

[@LetsJustTalk...]

@@PG-is9vr Don’t be so sensitive chap

[@medicmikerelf3309]

I Lived In A Rough Area For 15Years, Hell My New Area has Crime Sometimes, But my important not to get broke, you must live in a Area that your money can afford, And I watch your surroundings, And Pray to God to keep you safe, that’s the best we all can do

[@ryanblack2986]

Definitely can't judge a book by its cover. It just looks mostly like a middle class to lower middle class suburban neighborhood to me. Goes to show you never know what goes on behind the scenes and in private homes.

[@mlapa08]

Yup. And an unedited drive through of the east side would show all of the new businesses popping up and houses being renovated and scooped up for thousands over asking after just a few days on the market. I'm seeing this in tuxedo park. An infamously undesirable area of the east side. This is so dishonest I don't trust his content for other cities.

[@timdelph2747]

It is bad

[@criticalthinker2779]

@@davidfoust9767 I live on the east side of Indy, those townhouses have a lot of gang/drug activity and alot of people have been murdered in that area. The reason they look "nicer" is because Indy hasn't experienced the same level of white flight and urban decay as other cities. I would love to see the crime decrease in these areas though. Edit: Also dude speaking was overexaggerating the crime. Violent crime is 98% of the time gang or drug related.

[@kat15471]

@@criticalthinker2779 yep, high risk lifestyle which is always assessable but is more prevalent in/near large cities.

[@jessiewilson4993]

Killings every day I remember when I was A kid I would walk to Lafayette mall. It’s sad really

[@garyb5889]

Sad but Mappy always makes me laugh! Thanks Mappy. ;-)

[@ashtonparrish76]

Hey Nick! Really enjoyed the video! I think you should do a video on Terre Haute. It has its nice side but then again has the bad side.

[@projectswithdustin6405]

I have lived in Indiana my whole life I live in the northwest part. I mean really what can I say about it far from the worse place in the world far from the best also. Crime around the whole state seems to be going up. There was just a shooting at the mall near me last week. ( South Lake mall) It's more so NWI where Chicago's crime bleeds into almost every week there is police chases that start in Chicago and end up over here. Usually it ends up being a stolen vehicle too, another problem across the whole state too is every other town in this state is meth central.

[@sneakerhead240]

Dude this guest is an absolute character. Should have had me on haha.

[@sarabetz]

In addition to closing the middle hospital they close the Marion County home on the Eastside of Indianapolis and those were the two facilities that were most successful and assisting and housing people in need. It has also been said that bringing the big league sports teams in contributed to the gross and the demise of the city because of all that came with it. I've heard of reputation of places like St Louis Detroit Gary Chicago in Cleveland but wasn't aware that Cincinnati had that reputation. Interesting

[@Rishi_yadav.7]

Happy New Year Sir 🎉🎆

[@coltonogden1513]

I grew up in Indy and my best friend was stabbed to death outside of her apartment. Been over 2 years and no conviction. Never going back to that city

[@PG-is9vr]

I briefly lived in Castleton, just north of Lawrence, two years ago. Happy to be back in Cincinnati.

[@Tonymanero1960]

Sounds a bit to me like Jennifer at 6:20 is a dude,.....I assume this is Nicks first ''gender fluid'' guest.

[@HeavyisTheCrowd]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@jonasaur6462]

uh...duh

[@carloscorolla]

No such thing as gender fluid

[@2ATILLTHEYBURYME]

Gender fluid? WTF is that? Hire shit just calling him a “f” 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@KingsportMan]

I didn't see one police car anywhere. Jennifer said people got tired of being evicted from their apartments. That's how Indianapolis became so violent. I think America needs more evictions and free plane tickets to paradise. Everything is free in that country.

[@meityandriese9927]

LOL.SEND THOSE GARBAGE TO THE MOON.

[@KingsportMan]

@@meityandriese9927 Garbage is still better than what lurks in Indianapolis. I've never seen a pile of garbage shoot and kill a child during a drive-by shooting. I've never seen a pile of garbage break into someone's home and steal a television or a pet. People don't usually want garbage in their homes. At least a bag of garbage won't start squatting in your home. At least a bag of garbage will stay in the garbage dumpster if you put it in there.

[@BETTERNOTGOLIVEBOY]

I'm off of 42nd rn and people it sounds like a warzone out there