Overall, I like the way Indiana is run as a state. Much better than my state.
Yep. There are some strange politics here, but I'm not gonna go into that. Business wise, it's better run than a lot of other places. City-wise, almost every major city in the country has areas that need improvement, we are no different. That applies not only to low income areas but extremely high income areas as well.
As far as location, we're a day's drive from something like 75% of the U.S. population, which makes us a major shipping hub. Tons of warehouses and shipping centers across the state provide a lot of employment. Auto factories. Major RV industry in northern part of the state. Medical device manufacturing. Energy.... anyhow, read more here.
The Biggest Industries In Indiana - WorldAtlas
Cost of living in Indiana is dirt cheap and anyone that's not working (except in these pandemic times) either can't work, doesn't want to work, or is unemployable. I've never been without employment except by choice, and that was 35+ years ago.
Up here in South Bend, we're an hour from Chicago. 2.25 from Indy. 3 to Detroit and Cleveland. 4 to Cincinnati, Louisville. 5 to St. Louis. So there's plenty of big city close enough. The beaches of Lake Michigan are 25 minutes away. We have 250,000 people within 20 minutes of me, yet I'm never more than about 15 minutes from a corn field when in the center of that population. Southwest lower Michigan has too many lakes to count. Forests. Parks. State parks. Public hunting areas in both Indiana and Michigan.
No mountains, though. We get snow and cold up in the northern part of the state, but an hours drive south and it's usually 10-15 degrees warmer and no snow. Summers get up into the 90s. Usually plenty of rain for crops. If not, there's ample underground water for irrigation.
Anyhow, enough of that. I like it here. We got our problems, but they are outweighed by the benefits.
Then we got this, of course.
