I understand from reading ‘A View from the Porch’ that Tamara Keel thinks that Broad Ripple IN is rather a nice town. They have the problems with the IMPD (either Indianapolis Metro Police or ‘I must patrol drunk’...) but aside from that, the food scene is satisfying.
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Broad Ripple is nice but lots of libs from the university. Rural IN is pretty nice, many Patriots.
I grew up in Broad Ripple, it used to be a nice village. has restaurants and local pubs. Walked all over the place as a teen because I went to High School there.
Sorry to say it, but folks are moving out of there now. The thugs have taken over and some of the business people are pulling up stakes.
People are getting mugged all the time on the Monon Trail.
Kind of sad.