According to this article, 3 of the 10 worst small US towns are in Indiana..Wow!

[longbow]

Danville Il should be Number one

 

[SMiller]

There is some truth to that list.

What sucks is there are several small towns that are dieinf out in Indiana as the economy simply isn't there and any jobs that are worth having are to far to drive.

I was doing some research and I believe it showed Atlanta IN has died 40% since 2010.

 

[Redtbird]

The writers must come from an entirely different background than me. Being raised in a town of just under 7000 citizens, a place with 50,000 and up is NOT a small town.

 

[ljk]

No Stockton, CA?, Not even one CA city made the list? whatever.

 

[Leonard_Lawrence]

A lot of these types of articles are basically hit pieces written by people living on the east or west coast. Indiana, generally known as flyover country, is a familiar punching bag to those types. Remember the HBO show Thunder Cars?. It put Anderson in the worst possible spotlight. PBS had a program, I forget the name, about a GM plant closing in Anderson and it was not very complimentary to the residents or to the state. The original Teen Mom on MTV had 2 couples that were from Indiana and they were....something else. These are just a few examples.

Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond should be on that list too but they never will.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Why isn't Carmel at the top of the list

Well, for the numerically challenged, we have a tad more than 70,000 people.

 

[Kutnupe14]

The writers must come from an entirely different background than me. Being raised in a town of just under 7000 citizens, a place with 50,000 and up is NOT a small town.

This!
In my hometown the "big" city in our area (Dothan), only had 68,000.

 

[GunSlinger]

clickbait garbage piece.

Hey doc! I'm thrilled to see you back. Kinda makes things right with the world again.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Hey doc! I'm thrilled to see you back. Kinda makes things right with the world again.

Agreed!

Now, back to the regularly scheduled thread, it seems to me that not only is the doc right about it being clickbait garbage, but the criteria are highly subjective. For example, I would have no desire to move to Anderson, but I am amazed at the far worse septic pits which completely evade mention. Same deal with the aforementioned idea of what constitutes a 'small town'. When I think of a small town, it has upper limits of a four-digit population, two filling stations, two stores of any category, and you can count the city/town officials without running out of fingers.

 

[Expat]

Oh pfft. Kokomo and Elkhart? Gimme a break.

 

[cobber]

Under 70,000 is a "small town"?


I'm thinking Waveland, Indiana, is a small town. These are definitely cities.


How about a 'worst clickbait' author/article with the provisio no one actually visits the site? And every click bills the writer .5 cents?

 

[Kurr]

They must never have been to Austin, IN.

 

[Kutnupe14]

No Elwood? Hell, Daleville, AL sucks balls! And I actually love Pine Bluff, AR.

 

[rob63]

No Elwood? Hell, Daleville, AL sucks balls! And I actually love Pine Bluff, AR.

Just a guess, but I would bet that is considered a positive trait with most click-bait authors.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Just a guess, but I would bet that is considered a positive trait with most click-bait authors.

Ha! Very possibility.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Just a guess, but I would bet that is considered a positive trait with most click-bait authors.

Did you notice that this is post 666 for you?

No, I don't give it much concern, but do find amusement in people who get distressed by a number, so I had to point that out just for orneriness.

 

[Expat]

Did you notice that this is post 666 for you?

No, I don't give it much concern, but do find amusement in people who get distressed by a number, so I had to point that out just for orneriness.

WHOOPEEE>... Rob is the antichrist for the day!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

WHOOPEEE>... Rob is the antichrist for the day!

Or at lease until his next post...

 

[IndyDave1776]

WHOOPEEE>... Rob is the antichrist for the day!

I have to work at controlling the urge toward laughter when I am standing in a line and someone ahead of me has a total come up $6.66 and they reach for something off the adjacent candy rack in a panic. The way I see it, either your eternal life is secure or it isn't. If it is, you have no need to fear a number, and if it isn't, you are toast anyway, so the number is irrelevant either way.

That said, I am still not above having a little fun with it!

 

[Expat]

I have to work at controlling the urge toward laughter when I am standing in a line and someone ahead of me has a total come up $6.66 and they reach for something off the adjacent candy rack in a panic. The way I see it, either your eternal life is secure or it isn't. If it is, you have no need to fear a number, and if it isn't, you are toast anyway, so the number is irrelevant either way.

That said, I am still not above having a little fun with it!

I am secure in my faith, but you won't see me breaking out the ouija board.