Indy folks, what do you think of it? I’ve only ever driven through, and I have to say it seems like a complete black hole of culture and human souls. More semi trucks than cars on the roads make it feel like the clogged arteries of the capitalist economy. Can’t say as I’ve seen an actual house, but whole neighborhoods of distribution centers. Lots of religious billboards, Lawyers too. An abnormal amount of aggressive drivers too.
I know just driving through a place and judging it based on how American and shitty it is, is ironic. But it just seems like it sucks. What are your thoughts Hexbears?
This is maybe damning with faint praise… but most large midwestern cities abut against a river or lake. This means the downtown is not central but rather off kilter from how the city grew. This makes traffic and getting around that much worse.
So while America’s lack of public transportation makes getting around in any city pretty awful, Indianapolis is among the better cities to commute in or get from A to B in a car. Because without any significant natural boundaries, the city has an actual central core and the city grew more or less evenly from there. And Indianapolis is small enough that this expansion hasn’t gotten so large that it takes forever to get from one side of town to the other.
But none of this would be an issue in an actual good country with public transportation and cities designed with even a modicum of foresight.
That’s because everyone leaves because it sucks.