Why So Few Americans Live In Indiana

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  • @johnarmstrong5287
    @johnarmstrong5287 Місяць тому +2390

    Anyone from Indiana hearing the pronunciations of Indiana towns cringed...

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +62

      Yup. I left the state in the 1990s and still flinched

    • @williamhigdon2620
      @williamhigdon2620 Місяць тому +212

      Vincennes hurt

    • @Mantooth2851
      @Mantooth2851 Місяць тому +73

      When he said Corydon 😬😬

    • @donnyconnelly8588
      @donnyconnelly8588 Місяць тому +131

      Also when he tried to say Hoosier at the end.🤣 I still enjoyed the video.

    • @cyclesaviorn2700
      @cyclesaviorn2700 Місяць тому +67

      All of them, pronounced like an ai 😂

  • @USAF-SF
    @USAF-SF Місяць тому +1435

    As a 65yrs old Boomer born and raised in Indiana, I can promise you, there isn't one single Hoosier that says "oh, I wish we had more people living here..." There are many secrets about living in Indiana that Hoosiers don't want the outside to ever discover...

    • @michaelschooler-f5x
      @michaelschooler-f5x Місяць тому +113

      Absolutely. Born and raised Hoosier here. I am more than happy to be the sleeper of the Great Lakes region.

    • @MeaThreattoDemocracy
      @MeaThreattoDemocracy Місяць тому +25

      Amen

    • @Lemonjellow
      @Lemonjellow Місяць тому +60

      Being from Southern Indiana I don't even want people from North of Terre Haute moving here... at least the river stumps most of the Kentuckians... and the Easterners up by Ohio tend to stay on their side.

    • @stormblood2027
      @stormblood2027 Місяць тому +23

      @@Lemonjellow What's wrong with us northern brethren? 😅

    • @rachel4435
      @rachel4435 Місяць тому +55

      we sound very outdated and slightly bigoted saying outsiders aren't welcome inside the indiana boarder.

  • @ZhenhaoGe
    @ZhenhaoGe Місяць тому +271

    I lived in Indiana from 2006 to 2017. As a foreigner coming to the US as a student, it is my first stop, after living in CA and TX later on, I still missed my time in Indiana, when I was at school, with nice American friends, and peaceful life over there.

    • @teresaellis7088
      @teresaellis7088 Місяць тому +8

      Thank you.Did you go to IU?

    • @lisaling3035
      @lisaling3035 Місяць тому

      Born, Raised in IN. Always told my mother I Would NEVER remain in this SAD SICK BACKWARD State as a teen!!! It's a JOKE!!! IN. Is a SICK BACKWARD STATE!!! 🤢😔👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

    • @Chosen1-q1v
      @Chosen1-q1v Місяць тому +3

      CA and TX are wayyy better in my opinion but that's just me. I prefer the weather and scenery in those areas. I'll even take the natural disasters that come with it. Everyone has a right to their opinion though. Im guessing that you're Chinese based on your name. Much respect to your country, your people and your rich culture and history. Love the wide variety of cuisine too. My neighbor's are Chinese and they've owned the local Chinese restaurant here in my area. Theyve known me for 30 years since I was a baby, the nicest people. Whenever they go to China, we always watch their house for them and they always bring back gifts, always giving us free food too. China really is a special place.
      You're welcome here in America anytime. Its good to have you

    • @confusion8579
      @confusion8579 Місяць тому +1

      @@lisaling3035 indiana is the second best midwestern state so i have no clue what you're yapping about

  • @geom404
    @geom404 Місяць тому +110

    My car was giving me trouble on the Indiana Toll Road near Fremont while on vacation. I stopped at the service plaza and asked the man if there was a repair shop nearby, Called them up and they gave me directions over the phone until I found them. They were very friendly and eager to look at my car. They figured out the problem, but had to order an alternator. It was Saturday so I figured that I would not be going anywhere for a while. They were able to get one late the same day and the boss asked two mechanics if they would come in on Sunday when they were normally closed to get me on my way. Of course they said yes and had car fixed first thing.
    This was 20 years ago and I hope these people are well. Hoosiers are the best, Indiana should be proud.

    • @jeremybeaucooper
      @jeremybeaucooper 18 днів тому +2

      We know how to work on our cars here. 😅

    • @inflameswetrust2194
      @inflameswetrust2194 11 днів тому +2

      An alternator takes like 2 minutes to fix

    • @googleuser868
      @googleuser868 6 днів тому +1

      @@geom404 We use to run a gas station with 24hr towing and did emergency repairs if we had the parts.
      Lots of gas stations use to have small garages before selling junk food became big oils new game. Think about that next time you get gas at the Quicky Mart.

    • @geom404
      @geom404 6 днів тому +1

      @@googleuser868 I did not take my car to Quicky Mart. This was an auto repair shop. No gas or food. Your assumption is erroneous.

    • @loganberlew3191
      @loganberlew3191 6 днів тому +1

      No shit, I live in Fremont, where did you take it?

  • @progagainstpirates
    @progagainstpirates Місяць тому +686

    Say it with me:
    Vincennes - "vin-senz," Potawatomi - "pah-tah-wah-toe-me," Calumet - "Cal-you-met," Hoosier - "hoo-sher."

    • @SmashhoofTheOriginal
      @SmashhoofTheOriginal Місяць тому +14

      I always said Vincennes as Vin-sinz, instead of Vin-senz.

    • @angelinabrown3142
      @angelinabrown3142 Місяць тому +55

      Me (yelling): VINSENZ! CORYDIN! POTAWHATAHMEE!! (weeping) I couldn't muster the strength to object to Calumet. Hoosier made me scream. How...how could he mess up Wabash? I have to go bang my head against a wall.

    • @MortonArchery
      @MortonArchery Місяць тому +6

      @@angelinabrown3142 Wabash got me but I got to admit, he might be in the right on that one. I've always heard it pronounced "wall-bash" and well there's no L in it. I'm not going to change, but I can't hate on him.

    • @josephmetzger8648
      @josephmetzger8648 Місяць тому +2

      Try to pronounce " Osceola". It gets butchered all the time. But call anywhere in Orlando, Florida, and it pronounced perfectly.

    • @progagainstpirates
      @progagainstpirates Місяць тому +11

      Yo, I'm from the OC! O-SEE-O-LAH in da haus!

  • @davidfox7132
    @davidfox7132 23 дні тому +28

    As a Hoosier, I truly appreciate the shout out. I loved your presentation, but man... Your pronunciation of like, five different words made my eye twitch. You actually got me to yell at my phone in the lobby of a police station. I'm telling myself that it was purposefully done to drive engagement (and if so, congratulations, you got a comment out of me). But if it isn't...

    • @katefate1
      @katefate1 9 днів тому +3

      I wonder if this is AI. The tortured pronunciations sound like it.

  • @SmashhoofTheOriginal
    @SmashhoofTheOriginal Місяць тому +337

    Southern Indiana is particularly known for its limestone. 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the US are made from Indiana limestone. Also, famous buildings like the Empire State Building, the Biltmore estate, the Pentagon, and the National Cathedral are also made of Indiana limestone.

    • @lijohnyoutube101
      @lijohnyoutube101 Місяць тому +18

      It is and Martinsville very roughly an hour south of Indianapolis is widely viewed as the headquarters of the KKK during the 1920’s. The popular book, A fever in the heartland is a shocking read as to the power of the KKK for a short time and its deep lasting legacy on Indiana.

    • @kel5944
      @kel5944 Місяць тому +1

      @@lijohnyoutube101the kkk still has meetings at a public park in Madison from time to time. It may have been a few years since the last one, but they used to do them yearly. They put out flyers in neighborhoods throughout the area to recruit members, including Louisville, ky neighborhoods.

    • @ltwig476
      @ltwig476 Місяць тому +11

      Yes, and the very finest limestone came from the rather small Oolitic stone quarry. My grandfather was a stone carver in Bedford and mother dirt poor from Oolitic. I would hate to hear his pronunciation of that town. Few get it correct that are not from southern In. Most of the major buildings in downtown Indy were built with Oolitic stone. The mid morning sun is incredible on those beautiful structures. The stone is a warmer white than most limestone quarries in the region.

    • @stormblood2027
      @stormblood2027 Місяць тому +1

      Northern Indiana has a lot of limestone gravel quarries.

    • @ltwig476
      @ltwig476 Місяць тому +2

      @@lijohnyoutube101 We had some major racist incidents in Martinsville in the 70s. that was big in the news. There is nothing going on there now. Quite a few black folks live there now. Hendrix Co. just west of Indy is home of the KKK Grand Wizard. Hendrix Co in extremely racist other than Danville. and some towns closer to Indy. We had some racist shit happen about 10 years ago in Avon that made headlines. They tied that teacher to a tree and roughed him up bit down in Morgan Co. a couple of years ago.

  • @georgew657
    @georgew657 Місяць тому +478

    Born and live in Chicago. When we need a break from the madness we go to Indiana or Wisconsin. The people are nicer and it's so peaceful.

    • @ThePaulie02
      @ThePaulie02 Місяць тому +38

      Please choose Wisconsin. They love you there, and they have better beer.

    • @joekoz3815
      @joekoz3815 Місяць тому +26

      Lower your taxes and stress, move to Indiana.

    • @RUTHLESSambition5
      @RUTHLESSambition5 Місяць тому +34

      Peaceful?? Indianapolis is INSANE now. the crime is everywhere. No parts of town are immune. It's even going down in Carmel and fishers where I live

    • @kel5944
      @kel5944 Місяць тому +7

      @@RUTHLESSambition5safer than ever

    • @chiefchimp2789
      @chiefchimp2789 Місяць тому +11

      @@RUTHLESSambition5 Stop fear mongering.

  • @codywilde945
    @codywilde945 Місяць тому +31

    Where I live in Indiana is perfect! My family and I are 1 hour south of Indy, 1 hour north of Louisville, and 1 hour west of Cincinnati. The area is all farm land and forest. If we want something fun to do, we just drive a short distance any direction and BAM, there's a city. Great place to live!

    • @staceyn2541
      @staceyn2541 Місяць тому +2

      Jackson County?

    • @codywilde945
      @codywilde945 Місяць тому +2

      @@staceyn2541 Yes Jackson County. You too? I feel like it's the perfect place to live.

    • @staceyn2541
      @staceyn2541 Місяць тому +3

      @@codywilde945 I tried moving back and just found it a little stifling, so we moved to Bloomington. But Jackson County will always be home. I traced my family there back to 1840 in Tampico and 1820 in Seymour. The location can't be beat. I loved that we got Louisville and Indy tv stations and at certain times of the year, the time zones let us watch 8 pm shows at 7 pm. It was great to have the chance to watch shows that were usually on at the same time. :)

  • @tedcoates402
    @tedcoates402 Місяць тому +1066

    I live in Indianapolis and enjoyed the program very much. Please double check your pronunciations in future programs as there were really too many in this one.

    • @xylol412
      @xylol412 Місяць тому +145

      @@tedcoates402 Yes. Potawatomi, Hoosier, Vincennes, etc.

    • @tedcoates402
      @tedcoates402 Місяць тому +24

      @@xylol412 I think the fort he showed is in West Lafayette. Being a Purdue grad I spent some time there on dates and it is west of the river.

    • @scottyomcbrian
      @scottyomcbrian Місяць тому +64

      @@xylol412 Especially Hoosier. The others are more forgivable.

    • @HoosierBearcat25
      @HoosierBearcat25 Місяць тому +43

      Agreed, good video but the pronunciations need some work. Hoosiers unique pronunciations of a number of our cities/towns is always something I’ve found amusing and interesting. Versailles, Lebanon, Lafayette, Loogootee, etc. It’s just a small thing, but you can tell if someone has been a lifelong hoosier just by how they pronounce certain ones.

    • @MaryLMeyer
      @MaryLMeyer Місяць тому +11

      @@HoosierBearcat25 yes indeed! And there’s Milan (My-lan) and Buena Vista (Byunee Vihsta). Some UA-camrs will ask there subscribers what they know about a place or topic. Consider how much more residents of an area know about a place over those just trying to put out a lot of material. Utilize their subscribers as respectful resources

  • @community1949
    @community1949 Місяць тому +193

    I was born and raised in Indiana - I love it here and who wants more people to crowd everything? No one does. The location of the state is perfect because we don't have hurricanes, violent earthquakes, no volcanoes, and all the rest of the nonsense that people seem attracted to. We are at times effected by the New Madrid fault. It would be nice to be on some beach on the west, east coasts or Florida but all that can change in an instance after some horrible storm hits so no thanks I'll stay in my state forever!!!!

    • @mallowhoney
      @mallowhoney Місяць тому +5

      we have tornadoes though.

    • @void_eagle4577
      @void_eagle4577 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@mallowhoneyNot really? I cant remember the last tornado we had that did actual damage. The only one I know that did was when I was a kid in 2012 and 1 or 2 shingles got torn off our roof.
      Now if we're talking about strong winds? We got plenty of em'. Almost had a tree come down and destroy our chicken coop a couple years ago.

    • @mallowhoney
      @mallowhoney Місяць тому +2

      @@void_eagle4577 there was one in Muncie literally yesterday. YOU haven't had a tornado that did damage. Indiana gets tornadoes every year.

    • @KirkWallace-lw4sl
      @KirkWallace-lw4sl Місяць тому +2

      Just come up to NWI. We go to the beach all the time lol

    • @yuna41031
      @yuna41031 Місяць тому +1

      @@void_eagle4577 bro this year we had so many we literally had two of them today-

  • @CurtisGrant-BoilerLA80
    @CurtisGrant-BoilerLA80 10 днів тому +5

    I'm a boomer from Indiana. West Central Indiana. My kids live in McCordsville. It takes 30 min to drive a few miles so many have moved there! I live 24 miles from Lafayette. I can get there in 20 minutes driving thru the country. I really don't need any more people crowding my space. Indiana is a flyover and I REALLY LIKE THAT!

  • @dennisyerger84
    @dennisyerger84 Місяць тому +498

    Indiana has the shortest shoreline of any Great Lakes state in the Midwest, so that's one reason why it's so different.

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance Місяць тому +8

      I thought Pennsylvania was the shortest.

    • @dennisyerger84
      @dennisyerger84 Місяць тому +26

      @@dvferyance It does, but Indiana has the shortest of the Midwest states mentioned in the video.

    • @briandeiwert5911
      @briandeiwert5911 Місяць тому +26

      @@dvferyance it might be, but Pennsylvania is not in the Midwest.

    • @jedendwatrzy4189
      @jedendwatrzy4189 Місяць тому +21

      And the chances of another large city in Indiana developing on that lakeshore 20-30 miles away from Chicago would be unlikely.

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian Місяць тому +11

      Ya, at Gary, one of the ugliest cities in the U.S.

  • @cadody5319
    @cadody5319 Місяць тому +88

    Southern Indiana has more in common with Kentucky and the south than it does with the rest of Indiana and the Midwest.

    • @bobbybob3865
      @bobbybob3865 Місяць тому +3

      Southern Indiana wasn't flattened by the last five glaciers that came down from Canada. Rural Northern Indiana is mostly farmland, while much of Southern Indiana is forested. (Much of Indiana is covered with placer gold, small flakes of gold that came down from Canada in the last two glacial periods, but the state has NO vein gold. Panning for gold can be done in a few places where there are very shallow streams with bedrock bottoms. It's fun to pan for gold but NOT profitable. If possible, a person should ask the owner of private land for permission before panning and avoid as much as possible disturbing the stream and the land around it.)

    • @pamclements6802
      @pamclements6802 27 днів тому

      I was born and raised in Oakland City Indiana I'm a 85 year old baby

    • @wadecrocker9043
      @wadecrocker9043 25 днів тому

      Yup I am from Alabama and been up here working for awhile it's really not that much different.

    • @josephwebster2909
      @josephwebster2909 19 днів тому

      I spent a year in bloomington when I was 19, I moved from vegas to Indiana. I love indiana and nevada. The goal is to get two houses and a van or rv over the next 30 years so I can live and chill in both.

    • @masonmiller2697
      @masonmiller2697 15 днів тому

      I'd say as long as you stay pretty rural, all of the Hoosiers are similar. The cities are terrible with people. Up north here, they are mostly people from the Tennessee Kentucky border, or long stemmed families that have been here a long time.

  • @stormblood2027
    @stormblood2027 Місяць тому +20

    I think the allure to Indiana is our attitude and way of life. It's very much a "You do want you want, let me do what I want and we'll have no issues" We have people from all walks of life living right next to each other, with little conflict from it. It's common to find a gay or lesbian couple living right next to very religious people and still being friendly and not invading each others lives. Further, we have something for everyone to do, we don't have a specific industry that dominates too heavily. We like entrepreneurship but also have a level of respect for those that just want to have their 9 to 5 and go home. We're and easy going place, going slow to an unchosen place, just here for the journey.

    • @jackbaker6871
      @jackbaker6871 13 днів тому

      @@stormblood2027 fuckin democrat…🤫

  • @Slaythehippies
    @Slaythehippies Місяць тому +407

    I would think that the fact Indiana has never had a real boom attributes to its stability and the fact its never had a real bust either. It just does its thing and it works out.

    • @rbull8416
      @rbull8416 Місяць тому

      Gary is a bust. It looks like a war zone and getting worse

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +59

      It's basically the state people come to when they don't want to deal with other people very much. This state is basically if "Get off my lawn" was a state.

    • @stache1954
      @stache1954 Місяць тому +20

      There was a boom in the 1870's with the Indiana Gas Belt. When the gas ran out the factories were still there so work continued up until about 1980.

    • @donaldavis
      @donaldavis Місяць тому +17

      You can always tell when someone is not a local because of the way they pronounce place names- and Indiana has LOTS of pronunciations that can trip up non-locals (try "Terre Haute" or "Peru").

    • @Slaythehippies
      @Slaythehippies Місяць тому +1

      @@aaronburdon221 man, your making me reconsider Alabama for Indiana

  • @dvferyance
    @dvferyance Місяць тому +408

    More people live in Indiana than Wisconsin or Minnesota. Keep in mind Indiana has less land than any other state in the Midwest.

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 Місяць тому +46

      And Indiana has nearly twice the population of Kentucky.

    • @jimoconnor6382
      @jimoconnor6382 Місяць тому

      What else are ya going to do in West Virssippi besides drugs and make babies?

    • @77lissaable
      @77lissaable Місяць тому +22

      @@brianarbenz1329 thats because 1/4 of the population in Indiana migrated from Kentucky .....

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian Місяць тому +10

      New York City by itself has a higher population-8 million-than all of Indiana-with a fraction of the area.

    • @jimmydee1130
      @jimmydee1130 Місяць тому +2

      @@Nicksonian This channel is Sperg Heaven

  • @Cutterscorner
    @Cutterscorner Місяць тому +12

    There’s a lot of information you’ve left out about Indiana history. The southern part of the state is more like Kentucky. The northern and southern parts of the state are very different. There were a lot of Quaker settlers that hid native Americans too. We were the path to freedom for slaves escaping slavery. We are a proud people. Our population is just fine. We like it that way. ❤

  • @Ethan.D.McKinney37195
    @Ethan.D.McKinney37195 Місяць тому +324

    I'm from Indiana, born and raised. I couldn't be more proud! I love Indiana!

    • @JoeJohnson-z2g
      @JoeJohnson-z2g Місяць тому +8

      ❤️🇺🇲👍

    • @DennisTheJuniorMenace
      @DennisTheJuniorMenace Місяць тому +14

      It's kind of a hillbilly state

    • @Ethan.D.McKinney37195
      @Ethan.D.McKinney37195 Місяць тому +5

      @@DennisTheJuniorMenace Yep! I love it! Some may say I'm one of them lol

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Місяць тому +12

      @@DennisTheJuniorMenace I guess u never been here. U need to go to kentucky tennessee or on south now thats hillbilly's.

    • @richardpare3538
      @richardpare3538 Місяць тому +3

      @@DennisTheJuniorMenace If you want hillbilly, you need to go south to Kentucky and Tennessee.

  • @ojisanhoward8940
    @ojisanhoward8940 Місяць тому +299

    ONLY! A non Hoosier would pronounce Vincennes that way!

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket Місяць тому +3

      I'm not a hoosier didn't even know how to correctly spell it to be honest. But I knew that was wrong. to be fair I'm from Ky so I've met plenty of people from Indiana. I'm sorry you guys have some of the worst second amendment rights in the nation.

    • @ojisanhoward8940
      @ojisanhoward8940 Місяць тому +3

      @@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket One of the worst in what way?

    • @nedludd7622
      @nedludd7622 Місяць тому +4

      Another ridiculous ai pronunciation.

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +6

      @@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket We're a stand your ground, castle doctrine, open carry state so I dunno what you're talking about.

    • @TwinsDad1988
      @TwinsDad1988 Місяць тому +3

      Yes, that was a painful pronunciation to say the least.

  • @Awesomesauce1234-fs3cw
    @Awesomesauce1234-fs3cw Місяць тому +24

    As someone from (and still living in) Indiana, we really don’t need more people here. It’s pretty chill and stuff. I live in Indianapolis close to the white river and I just love it here. I find the plains quite pretty, and the rivers as well. Fishing here is really fun too. :)

  • @NealCMH
    @NealCMH Місяць тому +199

    I was born and raised in Indiana. I did enjoy learning some details that I did not know. I have moved away to Ohio though. I also thought you would like to know that Hoosier is pronounced "whoshur".

    • @revinhatol
      @revinhatol Місяць тому +3

      Hoosier - (n.) alternate name for a hill.

    • @HeavyTopspin
      @HeavyTopspin Місяць тому +21

      Obviously Geoff is not a college sports fan. Indiana University teams are the Hoosiers.

    • @edubbs3528
      @edubbs3528 Місяць тому +16

      and Wabash would be pronounced by a native Hoosier sound like Wah-bash...

    • @Tom_Ka_Guy
      @Tom_Ka_Guy Місяць тому +4

      @@HeavyTopspin and their rival further north in (West) LAF-ay-ett, not la-FAY-ett

    • @Motorboatasaurus
      @Motorboatasaurus Місяць тому +8

      It bothered me every time he mispronounced it.

  • @Keith.Zielinski
    @Keith.Zielinski Місяць тому +81

    I am a Hoosier, true the state has a diverse history as well as terrain, your presentation was the equivalent to a quick and unprepared grade school summary.
    There was zero mention of the innovations to the automobile and aviation industry in Indianapolis, as well as the robust steel and limestone industries, and the missed opportunity to mention the well established collegiate schools throughout the state.
    The Hoosier state is less about industry and more about the folks who get the work done, generation after generation, morals and ethics keep the Hoosier hospitality alive and well.
    I can forgive the shortcomings but cannot forget the failure of the pronunciations, it's unique and pure Hoosier, outsiders wouldn't understand.

    • @literallyprussia3844
      @literallyprussia3844 Місяць тому +13

      @@Keith.Zielinski as a native Hoosier I had never really thought about how a unique “Hoosier” culture until scrolling through the comments and seeing every Hoosier mad about his mispronunciations and historical shortcomings lol

    • @weebtrash1146
      @weebtrash1146 Місяць тому

      From one Hoosier to another: you're not just an idiot, you're a dangerous idiot. This state is one of the worst in the country

    • @trickyzenmom
      @trickyzenmom Місяць тому

      Facts 💯 But all the better for us!!! 😂 We don't need millions of weirdos moving here jacking up our gorgeous peaceful state nor our calm, friendly, laid-back, hard working, Bible & gun toting culture and farmlands. Hope they stay away!!! 🙏🏽 😊 Let's let them keep believing there's nothing more than corn in Indiana. Lol 🤷🏽‍♀️ Love being a Hoosier! 🥰

    • @trickyzenmom
      @trickyzenmom Місяць тому +2

      Even thinking of Indiana turning into an Illinois, Michigan or Ohio makes me cringe 😬 Wisconsin is chill though (literally & figuratively...too cold). Just wayyy too perfect here 👌🏽 😊

  • @pianoteacher365
    @pianoteacher365 Місяць тому +51

    I came to Indiana 25 years ago from the east coast. I thank the Lord everyday! Indiana is the greatest state in the US with the greatest people.

    • @charlesxavier3489
      @charlesxavier3489 Місяць тому +3

      @@pianoteacher365 greatest state in the US?? absolutely Not.

  • @stakknation123
    @stakknation123 Місяць тому +186

    I mean to only be the 38th largest state with nearly 7 million people I wouldn't call it's population small.

    • @Nxkamxbxms
      @Nxkamxbxms Місяць тому +17

      ⁠@@realrobhnot really… it’s the 4th most populous state in the Midwest and 17th overall

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +16

      Plus, Indy is actually the second largest city in the Midwest, especially going by city proper.

    • @stache1954
      @stache1954 Місяць тому

      @@CortexNewsService Has been taken over by Columbus.

    • @Mantooth2851
      @Mantooth2851 Місяць тому +9

      Click bait title.

    • @evancombs5159
      @evancombs5159 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@CortexNewsService that is also likely because Indy is likely the largest city by land area.

  • @mlewis2785
    @mlewis2785 Місяць тому +135

    Indiana has been the largest steel producer in the country for about 50 years, but please tell us how we're not a leader in manufacturing.

    • @Connie.T.
      @Connie.T. Місяць тому +24

      Yes, we literally have the highest percentage of the workforce in manufacturing of any state. He went off total numbers without caring to understand what they mean. Just turned the Wikipedia page into a vid and called it a day.

    • @jam1087
      @jam1087 Місяць тому +7

      Not to mention Ely Lily

    • @MT_Madman
      @MT_Madman Місяць тому +12

      Don't forget Indiana limestone used in building the National Cathedral, Biltmore Estate, Empire State Building, the Pentagon, and several other buildings

    • @jeremylikens9943
      @jeremylikens9943 Місяць тому +5

      Largest aluminum smelter in North America is in Newburgh Indiana.

    • @SmashhoofTheOriginal
      @SmashhoofTheOriginal Місяць тому +7

      Also, we're by far the largest manufacturers of RVs!

  • @RosinGoblin
    @RosinGoblin Місяць тому +22

    I'm in NW Indiana 15 miles away from Chicago and literally every house in my neighborhood sells to a family from Illinois 😂

    • @youngandbitter
      @youngandbitter Місяць тому

      we're called refugees, sir/ma'am! 😉

  • @Ahmedkhan8802
    @Ahmedkhan8802 Місяць тому +29

    My career brought me to Fort Wayne, IN, from 1990-2000. I found Indiana to be a very pleasant and agreeable place to live and work. The famed "midwestern friendly" was, for me, genuine. One doesn't go to Indiana for excitement or wild adventure, but it's still, well, pleasant.

    • @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480
      @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480 Місяць тому +1

      Depends on one's definition of excitement and wild Adventure

    • @Ahmedkhan8802
      @Ahmedkhan8802 Місяць тому +5

      @@eventhejunglewantedhimdead480 I was complimenting the Hoosier State. Yeah, you can find excitement in Indiana, but to me the appeal is its laid back ambience, a refuge from the hurly-burly.

  • @jamespadgett6871
    @jamespadgett6871 Місяць тому +192

    Please speak to residents of Indiana. Most of the names and regions you mentioned are not pronounced in the way we pronounce them. Especially when you said Hoosiers. It does not sound like garden hose. Thank you.

    • @ojisanhoward8940
      @ojisanhoward8940 Місяць тому +13

      I think he got it cornfused with Canadian Hosers!

    • @andrearc3002
      @andrearc3002 Місяць тому +10

      This is so true. Hoosiers pronounce names kind of funny. I've been visiting Indiana for over 30 years and moved here 5 years ago. I still mess up some of the pronunciations. 😄

    • @Rej-gc5zi
      @Rej-gc5zi Місяць тому +13

      I don't care, he talked about us

    • @sarahlockridge7879
      @sarahlockridge7879 Місяць тому +4

      Hey Hoser LOLOL

    • @mattsmith3126
      @mattsmith3126 Місяць тому +11

      At least he didn't try to say Terre Haute

  • @suzannemyers7530
    @suzannemyers7530 Місяць тому +9

    I live in Indiana and after 40 years in Chicago this is like heaven. We have grass (the kind in your yard) and trees!

    • @offdutypopo
      @offdutypopo Місяць тому +3

      made sure you don't vote the same way chicago does. otherwise you can move the f%ck back.

    • @eagleeye761
      @eagleeye761 16 днів тому +1

      ​@@offdutypopoexactly... that's why it's stayed nice...

  • @jimmydee1130
    @jimmydee1130 Місяць тому +454

    Found it odd that Mr Geography failed to mention that Indiana is the SMALLEST STATE BY LAND AREA WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS.

    • @terrencet202
      @terrencet202 Місяць тому +11

      He mentioned it toward the end

    • @A_Realist
      @A_Realist Місяць тому +20

      That’s a cool fact I never realized

    • @michael7054
      @michael7054 Місяць тому +36

      That's actually Hawaii, but Indiana is second

    • @jimmydee1130
      @jimmydee1130 Місяць тому +9

      @@michael7054 Do you realize how silly that comment is?

    • @michael7054
      @michael7054 Місяць тому +27

      @@jimmydee1130 it's true though

  • @JoeCole_social
    @JoeCole_social Місяць тому +123

    I live in Indiana and we like it just the way it is. Very happy here with our small population, limited government, abundant jobs, and relatively low cost-of-living. Great place to raise a family or live a slower life.
    Edit -
    Oh yeah most don’t know, the worlds leader in diesel engines (Cummins) and leader in fork trucks (Toyota) are in Columbus. Subaru, Honda, Mitsubishi have a strong manufacturing presence here, most of the plastic on our phones originated or routes through Evansville, nuclear jobs in the north and enough top soil to feed the country, natural gas to heat, and fresh water to hydrate us. Not to mention the tech giants in the Indy area. This state has a LOT to offer.

    • @shawncoons
      @shawncoons Місяць тому +20

      Indiana state government is awful. Money goes to businesses instead of residents. This is why our education and quality of life measures are among the lowest in the country.

    • @JoeCole_social
      @JoeCole_social Місяць тому +15

      @@shawncoons my quality of life is great here. And with my low taxes, I’d say, my money goes further since where I live property taxes are super cheap. But daddy government isn’t going to change your diapers here. So one needs to be prepared to work within their community for aid and social services (novel concept).

    • @ethanfriedersdorf
      @ethanfriedersdorf Місяць тому +10

      ​@JoeCole_social also largest producer of steel for 50 years now. Also I agree. My quality of life is pretty great, bought my first house at 21, have a stay at home wife and 3 kids on a single income as an electrician

    • @JoeCole_social
      @JoeCole_social Місяць тому +5

      @@ethanfriedersdorf It's funny you say that because that is the EXACT same situation with me. Bought a home at 21, have a family of 3, stay at home wife, nice parcel of property with plenty of mature trees all on a single income, and I never got a penny from inheritance or anything like that. I stayed at a coastal state for a year long project in 2023, and there's no way I could have had the same amenities for the cost.

    • @ethanfriedersdorf
      @ethanfriedersdorf Місяць тому +5

      @@JoeCole_social absolutely I've traveled quite a bit and I would never leave, some of the best cost of living compared to income. What part of the state are you from?

  • @celestephelps5897
    @celestephelps5897 22 дні тому +3

    62 year old veteran here... I grew up in Ohio and have been all over the place when I was in the Army. Moving to Indiana after living in Nevada, it was a nice change of pace once I got used to it.

  • @chrisschepper9312
    @chrisschepper9312 Місяць тому +187

    Im just here to hear him say Potawatomi.

    • @shamanautist
      @shamanautist Місяць тому +8

      man dude, every time 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @Caroline-c7i
      @Caroline-c7i Місяць тому +10

      No kidding he really botched the pronunciation!!!

    • @mikescheele7455
      @mikescheele7455 Місяць тому +13

      He also butchered Hoosier and several other names. How pathetic!

    • @kyledabearsfan
      @kyledabearsfan Місяць тому +2

      Indian names are hard 😂 if I didn't grow up here I'd struggle too

    • @Indyslotcar
      @Indyslotcar Місяць тому +6

      @@kyledabearsfan true, but if you're going to be a presenter there's a thing called the Internet up learn how to pronounce local names

  • @chadmyers953
    @chadmyers953 Місяць тому +107

    Kind of glad Indianapolis isnt like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Louisville. I'll take it as a compliment. 😊

    • @johnwilliams1182
      @johnwilliams1182 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly!

    • @matthewperry4506
      @matthewperry4506 Місяць тому +1

      @@chadmyers953, exactly what I was thinking. Crime rate is much higher in those cities for sure

    • @gonuts4donuts
      @gonuts4donuts Місяць тому +5

      @@matthewperry4506 speaking of crime rate, the crime rate in Indianapolis is 89% higher than the national average. Do you live under a rock or just ignore the crime that goes on in Indy? It’s no better where I live in Indiana, and coming from Detroit, Detroit isn’t that bad. The crime there is typically isolated to the northeast and northwest sides.
      Indy has just as bad areas as any other city mentioned by the OP

    • @intelligentmind4474
      @intelligentmind4474 Місяць тому

      @@gonuts4donuts Bingo 👏🏾

    • @auspiciousman
      @auspiciousman 24 дні тому

      @@chadmyers953 Indianapolis is also more boring than any of those cities. It’s a glorified suburb.

  • @superhawk20002
    @superhawk20002 Місяць тому +15

    Born in Lafayette, went to Purdue, now live in Indianapolis. Been all over the world (thanks to the US Army), and I always miss Indiana when I've been away. I miss the tiny small towns and schools I grew up in/with. I hope to get back to the small towns as my kids grow up.

    • @lisaling3035
      @lisaling3035 Місяць тому

      🤢🤮 !!! Born, Raised in IN. IT SUCKS 🫏!!!

  • @josephdebaun9110
    @josephdebaun9110 Місяць тому +53

    My parents were born around Sullivan, Ind. My grandfather was the mayor of sullivan.I was born in Mishawaka but moved to Long Beach, Calif. at the age of four. I moved back to Indiana in 1980. I love the slow life here and the lack of population does not bother me at all!

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 Місяць тому +1

      @@josephdebaun9110 Also from Sullivan

    • @boogie..
      @boogie.. Місяць тому +1

      I have lived in Greene county for 4 years. From Wayne county. I like it down here.

    • @bethiebooboochi
      @bethiebooboochi Місяць тому

      Linton represent! Love the lack of population lol

  • @robertb6889
    @robertb6889 Місяць тому +317

    Indiana's motto is "Crossroads of America" - IE "We know you're just passing through on your way to somewhere more interesting, but welcome while you're here!"

    • @Natediggetydog
      @Natediggetydog Місяць тому +29

      The joke we always made growing up was that “for a state calling themselves the crossroads of America, Indiana’s roads sure are crappy.” I grew up in Ohio just a few miles from the state line, and there is a clear difference in infrastructure quality as you cross the border. The people who lived in Indiana also had a reputation for being hicks, and that’s saying something because people from surrounding communities called people from my area hicks.

    • @jimoconnor6382
      @jimoconnor6382 Місяць тому

      ​@Natediggetydog When ya tell people that the movie Orphan was based on Hoosyers , they get kinda shocked

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 Місяць тому +15

      @@jimoconnor6382 If you can't spell Hoosiers correctly, you look foolish trying to insult them.

    • @jimoconnor6382
      @jimoconnor6382 Місяць тому +6

      @@brianarbenz1329 half of you can't read anyway, so who cares?

    • @robertb6889
      @robertb6889 Місяць тому +13

      @@NatediggetydogI went to school in Indiana - and something about Indiana works infernal miracles in creating potholes. It was amazing - every fall had a huge corn harvest and every spring had a massive pothole harvest to rival it.

  • @bradhill1099
    @bradhill1099 22 дні тому +6

    I live in Chigagoland in Illinois. I love Indiana. I love the people there and the sense of freedom there. Great neighbors to Illinois. Considering moving there. My niece, nephew and the dogs live in Indiana. Love visiting South Bend and Carmel. Love Bloomington and the surrounding area too.

  • @bobf4477
    @bobf4477 Місяць тому +116

    Left Chicago in 96 and raised my family here, never moving. It’s great state, safe and stable, family oriented, with work ethic and graceful people. I hope the Coastal and big city types who moved here in recent years leave there hurried aggressive stressful pace behind.

    • @sierracarnahan6097
      @sierracarnahan6097 Місяць тому +9

      @@bobf4477 I grew up in Indiana primarily and moved out of state in 1997. I brought my wife kicking and screaming plus our now 5-year-old twins back to Indiana in 2022.
      She misses home, but there's no doubt it's the best thing that we could have ever done for our twins

    • @macalcord
      @macalcord Місяць тому +2

      Agreed

    • @gallorumrex
      @gallorumrex Місяць тому +5

      Replanted Chicagoan here too (move here in 1983). I wouldn't live anywhere else in the world! I have all my kids and grandkids here too, a great place to raise a family!

    • @rickshupe8426
      @rickshupe8426 Місяць тому +7

      @bobf4477 And their political beliefs. I'm proud to be a red state, and I want to keep it that way.

    • @OldSchoolJules
      @OldSchoolJules Місяць тому +1

      @@rickshupe8426thank you! Couldn’t agree more.😌

  • @timvandenbrink4461
    @timvandenbrink4461 Місяць тому +55

    My parents had Amish friends in Middlebury, Indiana. We would drive down there from Michigan maybe once a year to visit. I was a suburban kid and I loved playing in their barn, feeding animals and shooting.22’s out in the field. Dorothy made the best blueberry pie from scratch and Dad always said he’d drive 100 miles just for one slice. Good people, salt of the earth really.

    • @gematria79
      @gematria79 Місяць тому +3

      @@timvandenbrink4461In spite of technology Indiana is filled with small White towns & rural festivals. Almost nothing but bars are open after 10pm outside our few urban cities. IN is dangerously lacking in medical professionals today. There are kind, law-abiding people here but I believe bigotry is the main reason IN has a small, non-diverse population & does not appeal to 21st century corporations or young professionals.

    • @timvandenbrink4461
      @timvandenbrink4461 Місяць тому +2

      @@gematria79 “Small White towns and festivals”. Oh, the horror! People with a race obsession are weird.

    • @Archer-NatureWorn
      @Archer-NatureWorn 16 днів тому +1

      Lol. My mom lives in Middlebury. Her maiden name is Yoder 😂

    • @Archer-NatureWorn
      @Archer-NatureWorn 16 днів тому

      ​@@gematria79Bigotry? Wow. Take that Hyperbole to California

    • @Archer-NatureWorn
      @Archer-NatureWorn 16 днів тому +1

      ​@@gematria79Take that Hyperbole to a liberal state please. We don't care about ethnicities here. People are people

  • @stevenm.6886
    @stevenm.6886 22 дні тому +3

    I’ve known many people who move away from Indiana, 3 years later I run into them. Oh we came back! These days boring is a good thing

  • @DJCamYank
    @DJCamYank Місяць тому +213

    The other states have “well established industries” but Indiana does not? What?
    Indiana leads the nation in steel production, not Pennsylvania.
    Indiana has the largest share of its workforce employed in manufacturing.

    • @ThisIS_Insane
      @ThisIS_Insane Місяць тому +6

      As long as you don't include Gary, as US Steel abandoned the city they created, leaving NW Indiana flapping in the breeze. Im unsure if Inland steel. is still around.

    • @davidyang8510
      @davidyang8510 Місяць тому +11

      @@ThisIS_Insane US Steel still operates in Indiana, but automation in steel manufacturing caused jobs to disappear.

    • @evancombs5159
      @evancombs5159 Місяць тому +18

      I think he phrased that poorly. He really meant that Indiana as a whole, and more specifically Indianapolis, has historically been more diverse which is why Indianapolis has avoided the worst of the rust belt that other historically larger Midwest cities like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis are struggling with.

    • @DrChili44
      @DrChili44 Місяць тому +19

      Ummm, is the auto industry not a well established industry? GM, Stellantis, Honda, Toyota, Subaru. All in Indiana. C'mon.

    • @johnshepherd3021
      @johnshepherd3021 Місяць тому +13

      @@DrChili44 an Cummins

  • @vernleroyson331
    @vernleroyson331 Місяць тому +166

    The largest sports event on the earth happens in Indiana, every year in May.

    • @patriciamurfitt4590
      @patriciamurfitt4590 Місяць тому +6

      Hell yeah!!! 😅

    • @billhiggins1882
      @billhiggins1882 Місяць тому +4

      @@vernleroyson331 we also have the US national drag race here

    • @cahorv3
      @cahorv3 Місяць тому

      @@vernleroyson331 knot 🪢 any mo class basketball 🏀 sucks

    • @wngmv
      @wngmv Місяць тому +3

      This comment really says how ignorant you are 😂. A quick google puts indiannapolis 500 at #7, with about half a million attendees. Tour de france is at #1 with 12m. So, not even remotely close.

    • @nullisecundus775
      @nullisecundus775 Місяць тому +9

      @@wngmvwell the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the largest venue on earth and I think that’s what the guy meant.

  • @joedavid0798
    @joedavid0798 18 днів тому +2

    Great video Geoff! I’m from Indiana, now in Texas. I was surprised you showed a picture of my home town South Whitley. Thanks for highlighting my town. It made me reminisce school, they taught us Indiana history in elementary school and I was always fascinated with Indiana’s history with the rest of the country.

  • @spadegaming6348
    @spadegaming6348 Місяць тому +60

    Should say you missed a few things. Indiana has a decent amount of logging mining and quarrying and has had some of the best transport infistructure in the region since the late 1800's hell the first major us highway ended in the state.

  • @tperkins17
    @tperkins17 Місяць тому +23

    The real reason Indiana lacks Great Lake shoreline is because the state was originally settled from the south up. During the early 1800s before all the canals got built, people say the Ohio River as a more valuable means of transportation and trade than the Great Lakes. Look at Indiana’s original capitals at Vincennes and Corydon, both situated near the southern border of the state and along rivers that connected to the Mississippi.
    During Indiana’s early settlement, the potential of the Great Lakes was not seen by most, which is why the Great Lakes region was primarily set aside for natives; the gigantic lakes were more of an obstacle than anything at the time.
    Indiana’s borders were poorly thought-out, as were many of the state borders drawn during this time. This is why it is smaller in size and population than its neighbors.
    In truth, the original Hoosiers wanted the entire Indiana territory as their state. The modern borders were carved out of the large Indiana territory, and they were given a small chunk in comparison to what they had hoped for.
    Had the Indiana territory remained a single state, today it would be the largest in population with over 70 million people, and one of the largest in size, with a massive economy.

    • @michigandersea3485
      @michigandersea3485 Місяць тому

      Illinois and Ohio were originally settled from the south up, too. Chicago wasn't even founded until Illinois had already been a state for 20 years.

  • @TheSassy1962
    @TheSassy1962 Місяць тому +4

    Indiana is our country’s best kept secret. I moved here after 55 years in California. I dearly love the fact that there aren’t a lot of people here. The economy is great, and the people are friendly and welcoming. We have all the mod cons and culture in Fort Wayne and Indy, and the rest is the BEST of small town living.

  • @CandycaneBeyond
    @CandycaneBeyond Місяць тому +108

    It's now growing because Illinois property taxes are crazy. So North West Indiana is booming right now. With it's proximity to Chicago

    • @makermario6665
      @makermario6665 Місяць тому +16

      I can absolutely attest to this. I've lived in nw Indiana for my whole 18 years of existence, and most cities in Lake and Porter counties are booming. Crown Point and Valporaiso particularly. Although housing prices are starting to skyrocket.

    • @murphyc15
      @murphyc15 Місяць тому +11

      Lots of people leaving Louisville for Southern Indiana as well

    • @joshkrieger5442
      @joshkrieger5442 Місяць тому +5

      ​@makermario6665 live there too. NW IN is moving a lot farther east

    • @Nxkamxbxms
      @Nxkamxbxms Місяць тому +4

      Coupled with lots of people moving to the Indy metro area

    • @kyledabearsfan
      @kyledabearsfan Місяць тому +7

      Yeah :( then they will ruin the peace and relatively good cost of living 😢

  • @sdlovell718
    @sdlovell718 Місяць тому +159

    If your goal was to mispronounce every possible name, you succeeded.

    • @calebdavis8984
      @calebdavis8984 Місяць тому +5

      @@sdlovell718 If your goal was to sound conceited for no reason… you succeeded.

    • @robpeeters9006
      @robpeeters9006 Місяць тому +14

      @@calebdavis8984 nah man, I’m a born and raised Hoosier. I frequent Chicago, southwestern Michigan, Louisville, and Cincinnati. I have picked up on regional pronunciations just by talking to the locals. He pronounced almost every single one of our cities, rivers, and indigenous tribes incorrectly. Even our demonym “Hoosier.”
      There are plenty of resources available online that show the proper pronunciations. Honestly, the fact that he couldn’t pronounce or demonym correctly is baffling to me. Everything else in the video was spot on perfect. But every time he pronounced a city or river name, I cringed.

    • @josephbenson6301
      @josephbenson6301 Місяць тому +4

      @calebdavis8984 - and yet he is correct! So what does that make you? Someone who is okay with mispronunciation?

    • @BrentCoy
      @BrentCoy Місяць тому +4

      ​@@calebdavis8984so you're fine with mispronounced Native American words that are being kept alive?

    • @trickyzenmom
      @trickyzenmom Місяць тому

      Ikr 💀😭😭

  • @wrensmith8323
    @wrensmith8323 Місяць тому +6

    I was taking my new wife to Illinois to see family. As is my families custom I got her up way before dawn and started driving from Kentucky through Indiana. We were halfway to Indianapolis driving though some of the flattest country side you will ever see. As the sun was coming up she woke and looked at me and said; "You were bored growing up weren't you." I simply said; "Yes."
    I still would not change a thing. Turns out in my travels I had taken for granted some of the most unique geography I had lived in. Keep up the good work Geoff.

    • @DebJones-dj7lz
      @DebJones-dj7lz Місяць тому +2

      @@wrensmith8323 I remember moving from NC to Greenwood, In area. The land was so flat that that you could count separate farms in every direction. The storms looked so impressive for the same reason. The fields of corn and soybeans are gorgeous in the fall. I loved it.

  • @drewo6388
    @drewo6388 Місяць тому +71

    Hey Geoff. I love and respect all of your videos but I do agree with other comments in that I think it's very important to make sure you're pronouncing cities, towns, Native tribes, etc correctly. Even if it may be spelled a certain way or pronounced a certain way in one region, it could be very different in another. Potawatomi is pronounced, "Potto-Wotta-Mee."

  • @mitchellsmith4690
    @mitchellsmith4690 Місяць тому +49

    Remember, Indiana was settled originally from Kentucky and Virginia, and is culturally distinct over most of the state. The uplands have a southern flavor, draw a triangle from the southern corners to Martinsville...from about 75 miles south of Gary to Indianapolis, down to the southwest extremity, its kinda midwestern. The north is called "the region" and is great lakes rust belt...the remainder is eastern industrial.
    Also, Vincennes is pronounced Vin-sins.

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +4

      Grew up in the southern hills. And yes, it most definitely Southern influenced. It took years for my Southern accent to fade when I moved to Chicago

    • @lydiacarns
      @lydiacarns Місяць тому +3

      I'm from northern Indiana and I definitely consider southern Indiana to be southern, if not part of the south proper. Up in the north, we have a region shared with southwest Michigan called Michiana that I never hear referred to by anyone outside of the area! :)

    • @mitchellsmith4690
      @mitchellsmith4690 Місяць тому +2

      I live in Harrison Co. This area is culturally and economiclly dominated by Louisville and is locally called "Kentuckyana".

    • @eliasruiz99
      @eliasruiz99 Місяць тому +2

      ⁠​⁠@@lydiacarnsIve lived in Michiana my whole life and never realized that no one else calls the region Michiana

    • @pablovivant9089
      @pablovivant9089 Місяць тому +2

      Very good point! Only the northwest countries from South Bend to the Illinois border got much of the migration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century, which means that Indiana as a whole retained the more southern mindset that probably also applied to Ohio and Illinois originally. As a genealogist, I can say that most of Indiana's white population has an ethnic stock that's very similar to Kentucky and similarly southern-oriented downstate Illinois.

  • @duskyboi1010
    @duskyboi1010 Місяць тому +5

    I like how small indiana is in terms of population, I want to keep it that way.

  • @paxtonmosby9371
    @paxtonmosby9371 Місяць тому +107

    You should at least interview 1 person from a place before you start trying to pronounce it’s most prominent names. It was informationally a great breakdown, but I lost my mind when you said Hoosier, Vincennes, and Wabash

    • @MaryLMeyer
      @MaryLMeyer Місяць тому +3

      Yes, totally agree-to interview someone from here. I’ve watched his channel many times but with this botch up on Indiana, I’m about ready to unsubscribe

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +9

      How do you screw up Wabash?

    • @shonuff5297
      @shonuff5297 Місяць тому

      @@CortexNewsService Waaabash

    • @aaronsavage4283
      @aaronsavage4283 Місяць тому +3

      Guy sounded like a bot that doesn’t know pronunciation yet 😂 just awful with certain cities and even the pronunciation of Lafayette wasn’t totally correct

    • @ethanfriedersdorf
      @ethanfriedersdorf Місяць тому +1

      @CortexNewsService it's more like walbash, lol

  • @libertarianrevolution7026
    @libertarianrevolution7026 Місяць тому +20

    Indiana is the 17th most populated US state with over 6.785 million people. It is not a low population state.

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Місяць тому +2

      Well We probably have around 9 million in this state because of all the border crossing. I am in Indianapolis and the city area we have population around 2.13 million from google. Its more like over 3 million here i can see it.

    • @libertarianrevolution7026
      @libertarianrevolution7026 Місяць тому +3

      @@richardr7947 I was going by the population figure I looked up online, which I believe is the latest US Census figure.

    • @GizmoDew
      @GizmoDew Місяць тому +3

      @@richardr7947 you're unintentionally hilarious. Eyeballing population size so confidently.

  • @vkpskulls
    @vkpskulls Місяць тому +3

    I’ve lived in California and Utah. Indiana is a great place to live if you’re looking for a quiet, peaceful place.

  • @AndrewMann205
    @AndrewMann205 Місяць тому +32

    Makes little sense to compare the capital of Indiana, Indianapolis, to non-capital cities of Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago. Indiana is also smaller in size compared to Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois which plays a role in the population size.

    • @sidneyadnopoz3427
      @sidneyadnopoz3427 Місяць тому +1

      Indianapolis is the only large city in Indiana that's even comparable.

    • @johnwilliams1182
      @johnwilliams1182 Місяць тому

      @@sidneyadnopoz3427 so

  • @williethomas9953
    @williethomas9953 Місяць тому +31

    Indiana, has very little frontage on the Great Lakes. The only state that has as little lake frontage is Illinois but it has a huge border on the Mississippi River. That connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi is why Illinois is the most prominent Great Lake and home to by far it's largest metro area Chicago.

  • @jpt0614
    @jpt0614 Місяць тому +3

    Notwithstanding a few pronunciation challenges this is good, solid content. Great job sir!

  • @imrustyokay
    @imrustyokay Місяць тому +31

    "You probably think of Indiana the least"
    Me, an IndyCar fan: Well.....

  • @bracebrooks967
    @bracebrooks967 Місяць тому +20

    I live in the suburbs of Chicago and I'm just a 10 minute drive away from Indiana so I've been there so many times I can't even count the amount. The cheaper price of car gas and grocery items with no sales tax are also my motivation to go there. Best of all, the cost of living is quite cheap there which is why I hope to relocate there once I earn enough money to. The only downside about Indiana to me is the low amount of excitement there, but who I spend time with matters more to me than attractions.

  • @marykaybaker2621
    @marykaybaker2621 Місяць тому +11

    Born and raised in NY. Went to college at Indiana State and never left. Loved living there, teaching and raising a family. Great state❤

    • @wildmouse5888
      @wildmouse5888 Місяць тому

      Hi, fellow Sycamore! IN is great EXCEPT for the smell of Terre Haute.

    • @deborahoverton7733
      @deborahoverton7733 Місяць тому

      It's a good thing he didn't try to pronounce your city.

  • @bruce8511
    @bruce8511 Місяць тому +63

    Indiana doesn't necessarily want to emulate Chicago, and Detroit. Many people are fleeing these areas and coming to Indiana for a better quality of life.

    • @aaronsavage4283
      @aaronsavage4283 Місяць тому +11

      And I wish they wouldn’t because they are flooding my city and mostly taking up all the benefits of low income housing to the point those of us that are natives and in need of this assistance on an “occasional” basis can’t get it for a long time due to that very reason. Those that’s are coming in are dominantly from Chicago and stay on this assistance indefinitely. It’s not for better quality of life…it’s for living off benefits and safer life which the benefits part starts making it harder for native citizens to get that help when needed and puts pressure on tax payers to pick up the bill to provide housing for these individuals coming.

    • @renegadepuppy
      @renegadepuppy Місяць тому +2

      @@aaronsavage4283True but that is life. The Native Americans did not appreciate the white settlers coming in. Then the initial settlers did not like the late 19th and early 20th migration period from Europe to Midwest.
      And, also much less people are coming in compared to how many are moving south to the sunbelt states. Also, if high income people come in, it helps the state (if they manage properly) to reduce tolls and reduce overall taxes and improve infrastructure. But, I doubt this is moving from under 7 million to above 8 million anytime soon (in a decade).

    • @slibertas1996
      @slibertas1996 Місяць тому +6

      We like our small government and conservative social/ economic policies. Another way we are not like Chicago or Detroit

    • @coffeehousedialogue
      @coffeehousedialogue Місяць тому +7

      @@slibertas1996 Right? The slow growth compared to our neighbors turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We just need to make it clear that we won't turn into another Chicago by passing more conservative laws.

    • @HouseofCastro
      @HouseofCastro Місяць тому

      EXACTLY!

  • @-Vannah-
    @-Vannah- Місяць тому +24

    I had a physical reaction to the pronunciation of Vincennes it was so off

    • @Dalton906J
      @Dalton906J Місяць тому

      I love Geoff but he just does not know how to say things

  • @kevindominguez6389
    @kevindominguez6389 Місяць тому +1

    It makes me really happy seeing all the Hoosier support💪🏼

  • @Emanuel_carey
    @Emanuel_carey Місяць тому +37

    11:16 except it’s literally the crossroads of America

  • @MuddieRain
    @MuddieRain Місяць тому +53

    Brown County, IN 🙌🏽

    • @timk7073
      @timk7073 Місяць тому +3

      Beautiful part of the state! Much of Southern Indiana is wooded and pretty!

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +1

      It is a gorgeous county. We camped there once.

    • @corydonrose6109
      @corydonrose6109 Місяць тому

      I feel blessed to live in this county, now go away (j/k). I had an out-of-state friend visit one day and I think he was expecting flat corn land.

    • @patriciamurfitt4590
      @patriciamurfitt4590 Місяць тому

      I'm coming down for a look soon 😅 waiting on the trees 😅

  • @beachlife1498
    @beachlife1498 Місяць тому +4

    Northwest Indiana here (The Region). Those of us that live in the area know that we are currently getting overrun by people moving from Illinois. They can keep their jobs in Illinois where they pay higher. But live in Indiana and pay anywhere between seven to sometimes over 10 times less in property tax For larger homes with more property.

    • @tony8570
      @tony8570 27 днів тому

      Illinois is a damn joke. We dont want those weirdos over here

  • @disky01
    @disky01 Місяць тому +20

    It's a state we don't really think about very much, and learning about its regional quirks was quite refreshing! To be honest, it's relative regional calmness feels like something of an asset to me.

    • @Tripps2564
      @Tripps2564 Місяць тому +4

      I think it really depends the mindset of the person. I'm a guy you now is a doctor in Northwest Indiana, but was originally from the Chicago suburbs. If you like Indiana as its own place without much desire to attract attention from others around the world or nation, then Indiana could be a nice and pleasant place for you as I've found it to be for me.
      That said, this is something closed off and peculiar about how the people here rarely travel or seem to wish to be connected to other areas. A very cosmopolitan person would probably be unfulfilled in the way a smaller town person would be overwhelmed in a hustling city environment. Just different preferences.

    • @ninabooker2904
      @ninabooker2904 Місяць тому +5

      @@disky01 I would describe us as the quintessential mid westerners; stable, pragmatic, hardworking, friendly, wholesome, and patriotic Americans. And I’m very proud to be a Hoosier. Stop by anytime for a glass of lemonade. 😁

    • @aaronsavage4283
      @aaronsavage4283 Місяць тому +2

      Exactly, an asset. We in Indiana prefer our smaller population and would rather not have a influx of those from outside the state and if we had a population “boom” we’d rather it be our own Indiana residents creating the boom versus those outside the state mostly coming for the government benefits value we have due to having that lower size of population and not having to utilize those benefits as much as other states…thus the reason why we are also in less debt than the surrounding states.

    • @sunnysidecarebear
      @sunnysidecarebear Місяць тому +1

      @@disky01 def not for everyone. Mostly loners lol. But my privacy and peace is the most important living aspect for me. Ive traveled some. Not the world by any means, but i find myself just wanting to go home quickly. Lol. I dont really believe id want to live anywhere else. Plus, im partial to Indiana laws on certain subjects.

    • @kel5944
      @kel5944 Місяць тому

      @@aaronsavage4283you’ve got a messed up view of how and why cities grow…

  • @user-te3gl1dh3c
    @user-te3gl1dh3c Місяць тому +78

    The credibility of the information presented in UA-cam videos would be very much enhanced if presenters would take the time to look up names and places and find out how they are pronounced. I can't stress this enough. Vincennes, Hoosier, and Potawatomi were mispronounced. It takes a few minutes to check. It's pretty much a requirement if you're trying to teach an audience something. Don't guess. Know for sure.

    • @s.henrlllpoklookout5069
      @s.henrlllpoklookout5069 Місяць тому +7

      And ironically he managed to pronounce Ouiatenon correctly

    • @TheAureliac
      @TheAureliac 24 дні тому +1

      Geoff mispronounces key terms and locations in virtually all his videos. I have no idea why he's so lazy in this respect.

  • @BrotherJudahIsrael60
    @BrotherJudahIsrael60 Місяць тому +4

    As for Midwestern states and the population the video should've spotlighted Minnesota, because Minnesota is a Midwestern state, very big, but has only 5 million plus people. Indiana's population is more than Minnesota's population.

  • @britcat7780
    @britcat7780 Місяць тому +43

    Overall, Indiana is an easy state to live in and raise a family. Low cost of living. Housing less expensive than other states. Abundance of skilled labor. Low taxes. Good transportation. Good schools (20/50). Good state university system. Low crime. Indiana is an exceptionally well-run state with minimal corruption compared to other states. . Fiscally well-managed withg debt as a % of GDP in the lower third of the US states. Roads are deliberately built to be larger than needed so that they can handle future growth - with the result that traffic is rarely congested. Public schools are better than the surrounding states and for that matter, most states (`20/50). Hard hard-working population of generally serious people influenced by many people growing up on farms. Not flashy with brilliant attractions like the coastal states with great museums etc but an excellent place to make a life, earn a living, build wealth, and raise a family.

    • @paperhoosier
      @paperhoosier Місяць тому +5

      An easy state to live in and raise a family??? If my state is easy then god help the other states...

    • @britcat7780
      @britcat7780 Місяць тому +4

      @@paperhoosier My life has placed me in several locales in the US and worldwide. I would reiterate that Indiana is very good for living and family. Per the US - having lived on both coasts, north and south, as well as in some southern cities and overseas, my experience was that each place had its advantages and disadvantages. The comments above reflect my take on the time spent in Indiana. Schools were good, the cost of living was incredibly low compared to both East and West Coast cities, and taxes were among the lowest I have experienced in the US (although obviously Texas, FLA, NV, and some other states are notably better. It was striking to me how nice the people were in general. The quality of help - things like having people to work on your car, lawn, house components, etc - was really outstanding, the best of any US citizen I have experienced. The weather is fairly moderate - typical of the mid-Atlantic region. (I like having four seasons, so this is a matter of personal preference. I thought many people growing up in Indiana were well-parented and oriented to being hard workers and professionals. The culture was very family-oriented compared to the East or West Coast and much less of a hassle than life in the eastern US. There are some locales with notable crime but nothing close to life in eastern, northeastern, or west-coast cities.

    • @paperhoosier
      @paperhoosier Місяць тому +5

      @@britcat7780 Fair enough. Call me greedy, but I wish it could be a little better around here. Maybe less demanding for people with super inhuman power to work the job line; however Indiana is not terrible in fact I love it, even though we don't grow gold out of trees; however it is only human to want the best out of your homeland no?

    • @britcat7780
      @britcat7780 Місяць тому +3

      @@paperhoosier
      That is a fair perspective, well-founded. It could always be better. I supposed I am impressed by how nice people are in IND in general compared to the hassling and anxiety of the NE in particular :-)
      Relative to other states I have lived in, my impression is that corruption is very low and competence of state authorities is very high (although government employees like NGO employees and university employees work at a snail's pace compared to business employees everywhere). But at least in terms of what the state can do, besides minimizing crime & maintaining solid infrastructure (which IND does), the two biggies are having a first-rate educational system, including vocational education (so people can get the training to advance themselves) and taxes & regulations as low as possible in order to attract more investment. Indiana is not as aggressive in this as other states I have been in, and this hurts the people since they have less opportunity. I would say that compared to the unbelievably harshly anti-business atmosphere of California, or the huge taxes I paid in Mass, Indiana is pretty stellar. But other states have done better (especially Texas, FLA, NV, and some others). Educationally, while IND is better than most in the US, when I compare it to the rigorousness and quality of the educational system I saw in Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, Finland, Denmark, and Switzerland (who spend less or the same per pupil but get much better results), we are playing to lose in IND and really across the US. I think we should look at the countries that are the best in education and learn from them and those best in bringing in investment and learn from them.

    • @paperhoosier
      @paperhoosier Місяць тому

      @@britcat7780 I think the two biggest problems involving first-rate educational systems come in a situation that Indiana is mostly a farming state. Farming provides plenty organic goods, and trade revenue; however First-rate education is of little importance in farming, so why even improve the education system? Another problem involving states around us. Since states like Texas, FLA, NV and some others have, attracted most of the entrepreneurs to those states more often, there not really compelled in leaving there prebuilt safety net, to states without the safety net, and might guarantee them a financial waste of time. The rigorousness and quality of the educational systems in Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, Finland, Denmark and Switzerland have outstanding education is, because those said nations are not pure farming nations. Some states within some nations might have farmland, yet they have plenty of lands for them to balance the issue; however Indiana, being a "pure farming nation" lacks land for education centers, proper facilities to improve the education, or even have enough businesses, and work facilities that complements that said education type. We do have education, but why improve, or research what other countries are doing with there education if our steady revenue is simply accomplished by farming? I really want Indiana to succeed, but changing my homes status quo, requires people to make this uncomfortable decision to execute. A process that might sadly not ever happen.

  • @williamford9564
    @williamford9564 Місяць тому +10

    14:25: The reason the state's population is growing faster than its neighbors, especially from Illinois, is its lower taxes and cost of living. Illinois is seeing rapid flight of its citizens to other neighboring states due to high taxes and in Chicago, out of control crime.

  • @noahfranks984
    @noahfranks984 25 днів тому +1

    The best part of Indiana is that there isn't a lot going on. It's generally a pretty low key place. You can lay low and enjoy your low cost of living. There's nothing there for young people though. If you like the outdoors or the big city or anything exciting there just isn't much there. A good place to rebuild your finances

  • @artcollins6968
    @artcollins6968 Місяць тому +16

    Indiana had many early automotive companies. Consolidation moved those industries toward Detroit.

  • @maybethistimeIV
    @maybethistimeIV Місяць тому +50

    I’ve always maintained that if you could only show a foreigner one state to represent the US, it would be Indiana

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +7

      Yea, we do tend to be very murica-like.

    • @ScooterOnHisWay2024
      @ScooterOnHisWay2024 Місяць тому +4

      Nothing to brag about for either Indiana or the US.

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому

      @ScooterOnHisWay2024 I think it's everything you should be bragging about. This state is very patriotic, its very stable and its generally very isolationist except when it's required not to be. Basically if you leave us alone, we'll leave you alone (which is more than I can say for the federal government for the last 50 years who always enjoys fucking with people around the world)

    • @GodOfTheDisturbed
      @GodOfTheDisturbed Місяць тому +9

      ​@@ScooterOnHisWay2024only someone that hates America would say something like that lmao, gtfo

  • @jackottinger399
    @jackottinger399 Місяць тому +8

    Born here, grew up here, lived all my life here. Believe me, we have enough people. Most of us are quite satisfied with status quo.
    People say well you don't have an ocean or a mountain, what in the world do you do? We enjoy life and if we want those things they're not that far away.

  • @andrearc3002
    @andrearc3002 Місяць тому +30

    Hoosier here. I like that were less populated. It's better that way. 😊

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +3

      Yup, this is the state you come to when you want people to get off of your lawn.

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Місяць тому +1

      Just don't go to indianapolis it sucks here because of population.
      I live here and trust me it is growing very fast mainly northside Carmel/Fishers

    • @sherriestone94
      @sherriestone94 Місяць тому +1

      Amen ,Love our state

  • @MaryLMeyer
    @MaryLMeyer Місяць тому +40

    I like that there is not a lot of population here in Indiana. Is there supposed to be something better about having more population? I keep hearing less than , lacking, not as good as. Is urbanization better according to your criteria.

    • @kandiceblu1
      @kandiceblu1 Місяць тому

      Yes and now people are discovering it ...we are going to become overpopulated soon...

    • @ethanfriedersdorf
      @ethanfriedersdorf Місяць тому +7

      Absolutely one of the best things about the state is its not Illinois and indy is not chicago! Lol

    • @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480
      @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480 Місяць тому +3

      ​@ethanfriedersdorf I agree with the both of you. I live in northwest Indiana and it's getting crowded up here and because it's getting crowded it's getting more expensive

    • @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480
      @eventhejunglewantedhimdead480 Місяць тому

      The flip side of the coin is that we do have jobs up here

    • @kel5944
      @kel5944 Місяць тому

      @@eventhejunglewantedhimdead480I have to cross the border into Kentucky for work.

  • @blakerh
    @blakerh 10 днів тому

    I live in southern Indiana, and it is really nice. There are rolling hills and a large lake and state parks.

  • @HelloHi-g2u
    @HelloHi-g2u Місяць тому +10

    Indiana is not that small compared to other neighbors like Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. It’s bigger than all of them. Indiana is not large or small, it’s kinda just normal regionally speaking.

  • @reddixiecrat
    @reddixiecrat Місяць тому +31

    Indiana has strategic locations at Evansville, Gary, and Fort Wayne. It’s called the Crossroads of America, because it has a well-developed transportation network. Geography has nothing to do with it. Indiana’s lack of population can be attributed to a lack of natural resources, neglect from the federal government, and Chicago, in that order.

    • @jimmydee1130
      @jimmydee1130 Місяць тому

      @@reddixiecrat Chicago had the block on the NW and Louisville on the south. Not hard

    • @rickieoakes5267
      @rickieoakes5267 Місяць тому +2

      Indiana limestone and hardwood timber were some of the state's most heavily exported resources. Both the northern 3 rd and the southern 3rd of the state were half swamp when the first settlers made their way here.

    • @BeerDrinker574
      @BeerDrinker574 Місяць тому

      South Bend too, St. Joseph River, very important trade route back then, also have a spot where traders met, Robert De Lasalle, council oak. And Notre Dame university

  • @lindam3333
    @lindam3333 Місяць тому +1

    I am 70 yrs old born raised and still live in central Indiana. We may not have beautiful beaches, majestic mountains, or colorful canyons or lots of fast paced big cities. But its home. And for the most part the people are friendly, down to earth and welcoming with strong morals and many conservative values.

  • @jamiercollyer
    @jamiercollyer Місяць тому +24

    I've been flying in and out of Indy for a Client project over in Central Illinois and just ate at Rick's Cafe on THE MOST BEAUTIFUL lake just outside of the city. After watching this, I am definitely making plans to explore more of the state! Thanks.

    • @surlyogre1476
      @surlyogre1476 Місяць тому +6

      I would hardly describe Geist reservoir at "the most beautiful lake", but maybe you meant Eagle Creek Reservoir.

    • @sammyk702
      @sammyk702 Місяць тому +4

      Not a lake it's a reservoir

    • @francostacy7675
      @francostacy7675 Місяць тому +1

      @@jamiercollyer the prettiest part of Indiana is in the southern third of the state especially right on the Ohio

    • @teresaellis7088
      @teresaellis7088 Місяць тому +2

      There is a utube channel called Adventures with Roger.He travels all over southern Indiana.Its neat channel.

    • @teresaellis7088
      @teresaellis7088 Місяць тому +1

      @@sammyk702Brown county?

  • @A_Realist
    @A_Realist Місяць тому +11

    I could be wrong but I don’t think placing Indianapolis on Lake Michigan would have done anything to create a population boom for Indiana because they wouldn’t have been able to compete with Chicago imho.

    • @digitalnomad9985
      @digitalnomad9985 Місяць тому

      Watch it grow now that folk are fleeing blue states.

  • @mommalion7028
    @mommalion7028 5 днів тому +1

    Like other Hoosiers, I don’t want more people to move here. But I do want to reduce our residential sprawl a bit. Closer housing could protect more of the environment and allow more nature corridors.

  • @thedavidjwschmidt
    @thedavidjwschmidt Місяць тому +54

    How badly could one person mispronounce Indiana vocabulary - Hoosier, Potawatomi, Vincennes, Croydon, Wabash plus more that I probably missed...

    • @anteros__
      @anteros__ Місяць тому +9

      I think whats most incriminating is the Hoosier pronunciation. He stated 'Hoser' which is a derogatory term for someone who is dumb or idiotic. I can't believe he didn't review these more extensively.

    • @MaryLMeyer
      @MaryLMeyer Місяць тому

      @@anteros__ yes indeed!

    • @UserName-ts3sp
      @UserName-ts3sp Місяць тому +5

      Idk how he screwed up hoosier so bad

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +7

      He even screwed up Wabash

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 Місяць тому +4

      @@CortexNewsService These are primarily native American names. Wabash is the anglo term for Wabashaki which literally means "White water"

  • @justj69
    @justj69 Місяць тому +12

    Born & raised in Northern Indiana. It's the most southern Northern state 😉

    • @midwestcatholic6845
      @midwestcatholic6845 Місяць тому

      I’m from northern Indiana we certainly are not southern. Southern Indiana is

    • @justj69
      @justj69 Місяць тому

      @midwestcatholic6845 It wasn't meant to be an insult. After living in Minnesota for a few years then moving to Georgia, I realized a few things.

  • @joshuat5140
    @joshuat5140 Місяць тому +2

    As much as some don't like Indiana. Born and raised here and I love it. I can't imagine living anywhere else honestly.

  • @bluegrasspalms
    @bluegrasspalms Місяць тому +28

    Might want to look at how to pronounce the names of things here. I guess Evansville also doesn't have a big enough population to be mentioned...

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +2

      Considering how badly he mispronounced Vincennes, that might be a good thing

    • @sharonminsuk
      @sharonminsuk Місяць тому +2

      @@CortexNewsService I was gonna say that he left out "Evansville" because there's no real way to mess it up. 😛

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Місяць тому +2

      @@sharonminsuk he managed to mispronounced Wabash, so are you sure he couldn't?

    • @renegadepuppy
      @renegadepuppy Місяць тому +1

      You cannot expect better from someone who messed up why Chicago is called Second City (even a very cursory google or Wikipedia search does better)

  • @mr-vet
    @mr-vet Місяць тому +22

    I joined the Army shortly after my 19th birthday in late 1988 to get out Indiana….spent over 10 years overseas total (deployments and overseas assignments), 3 years in NC, 12 years in the DC area and a couple of stints of lengthy training in CA, TX, and AZ…ended up staying in the DC area (Northern Virginia) after retiring from the military.

    • @77lissaable
      @77lissaable Місяць тому

      Thank you for your service!

    • @mitchellsmith4690
      @mitchellsmith4690 Місяць тому +5

      I joined the Army in '79, and was glad to return to Indiana in 91.

    • @corydonrose6109
      @corydonrose6109 Місяць тому +2

      and... you moved back? No, well, I did :D; stationed in California, Pennsylvania, and Japan then I end up back home.

    • @miniaturefarmer464
      @miniaturefarmer464 Місяць тому +3

      Sorry about your current location.

    • @mr-vet
      @mr-vet Місяць тому

      @@miniaturefarmer464​​⁠where I live is one of the best areas to live in the US; despite the high cost of living. Public schools are in the top 10 in the nation, high wages, close to the coast and the mountains. Lots of recreational and adventure opportunities, national monuments & historic sites. Great mix of people from all over the US and the world. Traffic/long commutes and tourists are the top detractors.

  • @talbotd27
    @talbotd27 Місяць тому

    Living in a small town in Northwest Indiana is actually pretty great. I go to school out in Hammond, and I go to Chicago for events and concerts all the time. And while I love the activity, money, energy, and hustle and bustle of the city, there is such a peaceful feeling that hits you when you finally get back into your small Indiana town. The roads are smooth and emptier. There’s spaces to part. The city of LaPorte is beautiful, and we have one of my favorite lakes right in the middle of the city. The buildings are historic and well kept. The houses are mostly tidy and well cared for. You’re not going to find a world class theater department or high end shopping in LaPorte. But you will find some of the most friendly people you’ll ever meet who know each other very well. Living in a town of 20k people or less is very nice because it allows you to get to know people very fast, and everybody is connected somehow.
    Being in LaPorte on the 4th of July makes you feel like you’re in the center of the universe. The town becomes the capital of Indiana for a day, and the parade is really spectacular. Boats cruise in a huge circle at night on the lake, a few hundred of them. And the fireworks can be seen from the fairgrounds as well as countless houses around the lake. On those days I feel like I’m in some kind of Normal Rockwell painting or Bruce Springsteen song about America, and I absolutely love it.
    I’ve always said you could find whatever life you wanted to live here in LaPorte. We’ve had people go on to become famous and well respected in their industry. We’ve had people go to Ivy League schools. We also have plenty of people that just hang around town and work at the factories forever. There’s really anything you’re looking for here in Indiana. Lake Michigan 10 minutes away, Chicago 1 hour away, the Dunes National Park, and a lot of natural beauty. And all of that with much cheaper housing and taxes then Chicago

  • @Inyourbox-kr5uf
    @Inyourbox-kr5uf Місяць тому +34

    Born and raised in Fort Wayne Indiana

    • @kingmaybus8409
      @kingmaybus8409 Місяць тому +2

      @@Inyourbox-kr5uf 808 proud lol

    • @slibertas1996
      @slibertas1996 Місяць тому +1

      Live in ft Wayne but was born in Kokomo

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Місяць тому

      Born raised Indianapolis. I have a niece lives in Bluffton thats close to Fort Wayne.

    • @Inyourbox-kr5uf
      @Inyourbox-kr5uf Місяць тому

      @@richardr7947 Blufftons not too far!

    • @stormblood2027
      @stormblood2027 Місяць тому

      oof Fort Wayne can be a nightmare at times. Yall are some aggressive ass MFs on the roads lol

  • @daleasberry
    @daleasberry Місяць тому +6

    One MAJOR thing missed was the early automotive industry starting in Indiana but moving to Detroit because it was cheaper to transport the huge amounts of the lighter coal rather than the much heaver and expensive iron ore over land.

    • @daveowens9849
      @daveowens9849 Місяць тому +1

      Fort Wayne Pistons moved to Detroit. Named Pistons because of the piston manufacturing in town.

    • @slibertas1996
      @slibertas1996 Місяць тому

      Kokomo was the birthplace of the automobile not Detroit

    • @leestamm3187
      @leestamm3187 Місяць тому

      ​​@@daveowens9849 Zollner Piston, to be precise. They were first known as the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons. Their early home games were played in the North Side High School gym. Allen County spent a lot of money and effort building the Coliseum for them, shortly after which Fred Zollner moved them to Detroit. Pissed off a lot of people, myself included.

    • @roadgeek123
      @roadgeek123 7 днів тому

      @@daveowens9849 Zollner Pistons.

  • @tabithajadehamilton810
    @tabithajadehamilton810 Місяць тому +1

    Born and raised in Indiana here. I've always felt like Indiana is seemingly mostly ignored. I never understand why. I love Indiana ❤️

  • @CrystalClearWith8BE
    @CrystalClearWith8BE Місяць тому +27

    Indiana is mostly a farming state and most people in Indiana live around Indanapolis. Other population densities include NW Indiana near Chicago and the northern suburbs of Louisville. There's Fort Wayne in the northeast.

    • @bryantint1339
      @bryantint1339 Місяць тому +2

      Indiana is Metropolitan still.

    • @molmer2380
      @molmer2380 Місяць тому +3

      NW IN...."the region"

    • @---rg1gb
      @---rg1gb Місяць тому +5

      Indiana is not mostly a farming state. That accounts for only a few % of occupations

    • @alexasears4875
      @alexasears4875 Місяць тому

      Can confirm, grew up in the northern suburbs/rural areas of Louisville

    • @MaryLMeyer
      @MaryLMeyer Місяць тому +2

      @@---rg1gb, do you have direct experience with what you said? Do or have you lived here? I grew up and lived on a family farm in SE Indiana where parents raised 13 kids on farming and thrived and passed it down to next generations. There’s lots of rural and farming here!!

  • @murphyc15
    @murphyc15 Місяць тому +13

    Chicago took it's lake city role and Louisville took it's river city role

    • @Derby_City_Dasher
      @Derby_City_Dasher Місяць тому +3

      I wouldn't say Louisville took it's river city role, but belong to Louisville from the start, because Kentucky was never a territory, but was part of Virginia one of the original 13 colonies and became a State in 1792 24 years before Indiana. When Kentucky broke off from Virginia the rights to the Ohio River were transferred to Kentucky. So Kentucky owns all of the Ohio river with any State that borders it. Including Indiana,Illinois and Ohio, because Virginia owned both sides of the river.

  • @normafloyd9192
    @normafloyd9192 16 днів тому

    I’m a western girl, born and bred in New Mexico and Texas. But even as a girl, as I read stories of American history, my heart began to hear a call from Indiana. I have had the pleasure of living here in and off for over 40 plus years and now am so happy to call Indiana my home.

  • @julieschoolcraft1503
    @julieschoolcraft1503 Місяць тому +14

    We have PLENTY of people in Indiana. No woods to freely enjoy anymore and enough taxes to pay. Thank you.

    • @billhiggins1882
      @billhiggins1882 Місяць тому +1

      @@julieschoolcraft1503 when I grew up in the late 50's and 60's you could hunt and fish almost anywhere now that big city people are buying land in rural areas everything is posted