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

[IndyDave1776]

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

Same here! I limit my fun to laughter at the expense of the silliness of others, not participating myself!

 

[DragonGunner]

Lousy research, and old at that. Guys are saying Elkhart unemployment is 4% and we have guys leaving our factory for better jobs there…LOL. And 3 IN towns but not one from CA……give me a break. Guy who wrote this is a idiot.

 

[Gluemanz28]

Lousy research, and old at that. Guys are saying Elkhart unemployment is 4% and we have guys leaving our factory for better jobs there…LOL. And 3 IN towns but not one from CA……give me a break. Guy who wrote this is a idiot.

The guy is not only an Idiot but probably works for the Hoboken, NJ Chamber Of Commerce.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

populations under 70,000

Huh. I thought they said small towns.

 

[HoughMade]

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

i think there may be a little difference between trying to summon spirits and freaking out over a random number combination.

 

[oldpink]

Seconded on the total lack of the pits in CA and the conspicuous absence of Gary.
Also, I damn sure hope Hoosierdoc can find time and feel so moved to drop in more often.

 

[rob63]

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

Or at lease until his next post...

Ok, now somebody else can be the antichrist. Funny, but after I posted number 666 I suddenly felt the strong urge to move to Daleville, AL.

 

[HoughMade]

...the conspicuous absence of Gary...

With an estimated population of 77,909 in 2014, down almost 25% since 2000, in a couple of years, it could make the cut off.

As for Elkhart, it's sad, but it's kind of a hole. I grew up northwest of Elkhart in rural Cass County, MI and my Dad worked for Miles, a pharmaceutical and biotech company that was founded and headquartered in Elkhart. Bayer bought Miles and a few years after my Dad retired, Bayer moved everything out of Elkhart. Several other companies shut down or moved out since then. I used to drive through Elkhart every day from Edwardsburg to Elkhart Baptist on the south side of town and it wasn't bad in the '80s. There were jobs, stores, busineses of all kinds. Around the mid-'90s, it started to decline and the skid has continued with only occasional bright spots. It's sad to see what it's become.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

i think there may be a little difference between trying to summon spirits and freaking out over a random number combination.

So when I buy a pack of smokes and rolaids and the price comes up to $6.66 it doesn't mean anything ?

 

[HoughMade]

So when I buy a pack of smokes and rolaids and the price comes up to $6.66 it doesn't mean anything ?

It means you're going to have a smoke after some spicy food. That sounds like a decent evening.