We are moving to Indianapolis (or close to) in November of this year. My husband is going to attend IUPUI in the Winter. We currently live in downtown Seattle and are wondering what the comparison is. I am not sure where would be a good place to start looking. We make $150000 a year and we have a three year old. We want to make sure we are in a safe neighborhood with good school, lots of recreation and not sure how much we are looking at. Trying to budget. I really appreciate your help as am blindly looking at an unfamiliar map... LOL Thanks again!
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Note - I'm VERY blunt but truthful. so here we go Downtown Indy and anywhere withing 4 to 5 miles from Monument Circle, with is the geographic center of the city - You get what you pay for. Most of downtown is gentrified and white and therefore expensive. Medium to high crime. Just outside of downtown are some of the worst neighborhoods in the city, Haughville(west - black), Brightwood(north-black), Little Mexico (east-hispanic), Mars-Tucky(south-white) Simply terrible neighborhoods. Avoid at all costs. Just being honest. NW side - Eagle Creek/Pike Township is nice, but expensive. Racially mixed but mainly white. Low to Medium crime. Eagle creek reservoir is perhaps the nice park in the city. Easy access to Northside shopping, witch is best in city. Schools are average to good. Zionsville is nice but very VERY expensive. North side - The meridian street corridor is full of very nice homes. North Side/Carmel is perhaps the nicest rich area in the city to live, but very VERY expensive. Best shopping in the whole city along the 86th street corridor. Schools are excellent, but packed. Very high traffic, the worst in the city. Low to Medium crime. High property taxes. NE side - Lawrence/Pendelton Pike corridor used to be nice, but black people have turned it into a high crime area. Avoid this area. Geist Reservoir and surrounding area is very VERY nice and has perhaps the best schools in the whole county, but its VERY VERY expensive. Easy access to North side shopping. Low crime in Geist, very High in Lawrence. High traffic. East side - Irvington/Warren Park is historic, racially mixed working class area. High crime. Below average schools.The further east you go, the nicer it gets. Washington square mall and area is ok shopping, but the north side is a short interstate hop away. You can do better, in my opinion. SE side - Semi rural area. You will see cornfields.95% white and therefore, very low crime and good schools. Lots of ranch style homes, low traffic, perhaps the least populated area of the city. You want room? Here is the place to live. South Side - My home, so I'm biased. In my opinion, the best place to live for the money in the city. 90% white, so low crime and average to nice homes. Low traffic, can get busy at rush hour, but its not too bad. Easily the best home value for your dollar in the whole city, bar none. Road/interstate system allows easy access to the whole city. Garfield Park is a very nice family park. Average to Good schools. Greenwood Park Mall area has the 2nd best shopping in the whole city. Greenwood is a nice area, middle class working area, most white, crime can be spotty but basically low. SW side - Just like the SE side of town, but its a little more of an industrial area, but pretty much the same as SW side of town. Typically, like the SE side of town, you don't hear much about this area of town. West side - Speedway used to be white, but once again, minorities have pushed in and the area is turning into crap. Like east side the further out you go, the nicer the area. Easily the worst shopping in the whole city, The mall's/area name is Lafayette Scare, and it earns that name for a reason. High crime. Poor schools. Airport is on this side of town, so you will hear planes.Further west you have Avon/Plainfield witch is most white middle class. Like east side, you can do better. Final Note - IUPUI is downtown and you can get downtown from anywhere in the city in 30 minutes or less even during rush hour. Parking sucks big time at IUPUI, just a warning. Welcome to Indy.
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i live in a lovely neighborhood that has alot of nice people from my point of view and alot of people are moving but the neighborhood is nice and quiet. indianapolis, indiana throughbread acres and its right next to a elementry school which is the one i went to. also im in pike township
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Wow, I like the blunt response equating "all white" with "low crime." I live downtown and would not live anywhere else, but I also do not have children so do not know about the schools (all the schools in Indianapolis seem to get complaints). There are parks and fun things to do downtown (such as the canal -- kids love it).
