Why Indiana Sucks..
1. Indy 500 can’t run in the rain.
2. Peyton Manning
3. Notre Dame
4. Worst traffric laws ever
States have come up with some neat little quips to get people to slow down for work zones on freeways. “Slow for the cone zone” comes to mind. The Hoosier State has shunned the soft sell and gone straight for the I-double-dog-dare-you-to-speed-here school of prevention by serving up a $1,000 ticket. Starting July 1, the Indiana DOT can lower speed limits without previous any study in highway work zones. Then, they can send five-0 to the scene to make sure Joe Q. Driver isn’t trying anything funny, even if there aren’t any workers present. The first time Joe’s foot slips after he passes the 45 mph sign, it’s $300. The second infraction is $500. And if that doesn’t cure his wayward ways, then his gracious donation of $1,000 will gladly be accepted by the good state of Indiana. Oh yeah, and if he fights it and loses it’s another $70. Our favorite provision is the “aggressive driving” misdemeanor. If you drive 46 mph in a highway work zone and perform any aggressive action on a driver in front of you, such as flashing your headlights, and you get caught, you get a $5,000 fine that probably comes with its own Howitzer sound effects. If you do it again, the officer will apply a Rowdy Roddy Piper sleeper hold, then pin you to the mat with a $10,000 ticket, three years in jail, and a felony on your record. Don’t mess with
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I am 28 years old and have lived in several states in different parts of the country. My job requires travel so I get to see alot of places I’ve never seen before (CA, CO, GA, etc). I recently travelled to IN and it was an “interesting” experience. Many of the complaints that people have stated were found to be true based on my experience. Obesity is a huge problem (no pun intended). That is partly attributable to all of the fast food restaurants throughout the state. I drove on a two lane highway that goes from Indianapolis to South Bend and saw nothing but chain restaurant after chain restaurant with fat people emerging from the entrances. I also noticed the pickup trucks….everywhere. Even in Indianapolis, you see them all over the place. As far as the lack of diversity is concerned, I wasn’t surprised by it because I expected it. Indianapolis, South Bend, and maybe Kokomo were the only places were I saw any semblance of diversity, either in the people or the food. Oddly enough, I had some amazing Mexican and Thai food in the state, which I wasn’t expecting. Overall, I enjoyed the experience as it allowed me to see another part of the country but I don’t think I could ever live there. It’s like a cross between the deep South and the Midwest. You get the paranoia and fear of outsiders like the South with the god fearing style of the Midwest. You are technically in the North but you’d probably think you were in the middle of Alabama if you didn’t know any better.
Indiana. Where they call eyetalians Jews.
i live in IN. i have my entire life. i just want to say, yes, most of the people here are fat. yes, most of the people here are stupid. yes, most of the food here is fast food.
but like everything in life, if you dig deep, you can find some good stuff.
we have some awesome thai, indian, greek, irish, and mexican food. there are a handful of museums. there are some art districts.
i don’t really know about the traffic laws. i’ve never driven in my life. but bike rides in indiana? theyre free and theyre BEAUTIFUL, especially in the fall.
it just bums me out that so much stereotypical thinking is going on in most of these comments! not all of us are fat, white, lazy, ignorant, racist slobs… just most of us.
I’m currently residing in Indianapolis, Indiana and I agree completely with samantha, just because the people here aren’t reaching your “high standerds” in intelligence doesnt mean the actual state in general has anything to do with it correct?yeah. So kiss my ass. And ofcourse there are dumb asses in every place you will go so you cannot talk bad about Indiana when There are much worse places in this country, and if you’re too blind to see that then you my friend are what we Hoosiers call a retard
and according to some of these stereotypical posts that much be pretty damn dumb. Yes we have retard people here but what state doesn’t? Exactly. If you would just take the time to see the nice things about this state then you wouldn’t be on the Internet complaining 
Sorry for typos
In my experience living in Indiana, I found the majority of residents to be obese and generally ignorant of things outside of conformist norms. A word of advice to anyone planning on staying there for an extended time, don’t get into any discussions about religion. I have never experienced a more clannish approach by a prevailing sect, in this case Baptists. They will pry and pry, but tell them nothing; certainly don’t tell them you’re an atheist.
I have live in Indiana my entire life, which amounts to 40 years now, and I have to say I am actively looking to get out. Indiana is going downhill fast! They keep raising taxes to the point people cannot afford to pay them, then start drastically cutting the budget in areas like education. The roads are a mess, and the governor is a rude, greedy scam artist. Where exactly is all our hard earned money going? Your guess is a good as mine.
Indiana also has one of the lowest median incomes across the board, they boast some of the highest mercury levels anywhere, and we are the meth capitol of the country – go figure! I have to get my kids out of here before Indiana does irreparable damage to them!
Indiana is terrible and depressing. As a foreigner, it is even worse. And, if you don’t get out soon enough, it traps you, and you’re in your 40s’ looking back at what you could have, would have should have. There is very little personal growth to do here, if you wish to go away and explore non-conformist views. I can’t tell you how sad I get when I see high schoolers who have so much potential and individuality, and get stuck here.
OH, and some of the MOST unprofessional customer service you will ever encounter. Just about anywhere…they cannot even answer the phone properly with manners, courtesy, and, professionalism. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve even been to Brunos, and the counter girls can barely speak! They sound “slow.” My relatives visited from DC and they were to shocked and I was so embarrassed.
there are dumbasses everywhere. most of them seem to be flocking to this thread.
I lived in Indiana for about seven years after moving there from Ontario, Canada. I have since lived in New York, Maryland, DC, and Colorado. I would have to admit that I was not a happy person while living in Indiana, although I didn’t know it because I was young (16-23 years old at the time, currently 28) and had nothing to compare it to. The people are unfriendly, rather mean and difficult to talk to, and can be quite aggressive and angry at times—not to mention, there are lots of fat people. I’m glad I don’t live there anymore. I guess some people manage to like it, so maybe it just depends on what you’re into. There are lots of small towns around the place, but in my experience the people who lived in the small towns were just as unfriendly and nasty as the people who lived in the city.
I’ve lived in Fort Wayne and Huntington Indiana my whole life and now I attend Ball State University in Muncie. To everyone in this thread, I’m not sure where the hell you guys are in Indiana, but the people aren’t nearly as bad as you make them out to be. I know a lot of dumb people, but I’ve been other places and seen just as many, it’s the same everywhere. As for the obese people… there aren’t nearly as many as you people make it out to be, except in certain towns (muncie locals are a fine example, not the people who go to college here).
And again, there are mean, racist people here, but not as many as Carissa seems to think. I’m not sure where all of you people have lived, but I’ve been all over the state and it’s only bad in a select few cities.
Truthfully, the people in Indiana are fine, they aren’t any worse than any other state I’ve been to, everyone has their bad apples. What REALLY sucks about Indiana is the weather, the dumb state laws, and the unfortunate fact that we neighbor Ohio.
But mainly the weather. The weather here is so bad you only really see the sun 4 or 5 months out of the year.
@ mark. dude, i’m sorry but indiana sucks. the people SUCK. and to top it, there is nothing to do here!!! my husband is an indiana native born and bred and i am hoping he will see the light! and we can leave and start our lives.
First off, you’re retarded. I agree entirely that Indiana sucks. Just not for the idiotic generalizing reasons you do.
I’m not sure where you live, but most people don’t suck. And I can tell you haven’t been out of the state much if you are generalizing only people from Indiana. People everywhere suck, it’s no worse in Indiana, so you better get used to it.
And yes it’s true, there is nothing to do here, but everyone knows that so I left it unsaid.
Yeahhhh, but unfortunately they suck more here. and, when i get out? I’ll never look back.
I’m 22 and I’ve lived here all my life. I was fortunate enough to escape this prison on a couple of different occasions, which was great. In fact, it was the time of my life. Let me tell you, I don’t know what Mark up there is smoking, but this place sucks so fucking bad. The ONLY reason that I’m still here to this day is because all my family lives in this godforsaken hellhole. I’m not even going to begin to describe all of the ways that it does suck because it would take all day.
I remember in high school I used to complain to my teachers about how bad this place sucks. They would say, “it’s like this everywhere.” Now that I think about it, the people that say that are the ones who have never been anywhere else like Mark’s delusional ass.
Mark just started his response with the phrase: “First off, you’re retarded.”
This is a perfect example of the aggressive, eager-for-a-fight bullshit you will encounter EVERY DAY in the cesspool of human misery that is Indiana.
Avoid the state at all costs. With all else that the United States has to offer, there is no reason to waste your years in Indiana.
donald and jared!!!!!!! Well said. I don’t know WHY, I cannot meet people like you all everyday. All I meet are narrow minded, non progressive thinkers who insist on saying some really odd crap. I’m in this hellhole, due to family, too!!! and if he doesn’t get his butt out of here, i may just have to leave and wait for him to follow. funny, toooo funny. AND the word “waste ” is so right. i’ve wasted about 3 good years and about to waste some more!!
The reason why you don’t meet people like me and Jared in Indiana is because WE ALL MOVE AWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. That’s what any sane person would do.
Move away and a new world awaits you. Your family will understand.
Yes, Indiana is awful. But on the bright side, “Us Hoosiers” can take comfort in knowing that it’s worse in Iowa than it is here. We may have a higher corn output, but at least we have… uh… well, Michael Jackson was popular in the 1980s, right? Yeah, that’s it.
i’m not a native hoosier but it feels good, so good to know that natives feel as i do. funny comments that make my day!
I’ve lived in several different states, but I’ve lived in Indiana since 1990. As far as the fat comment goes, there are places like LA, MS and WV where obesity is more prevalent, but you do see a lot of that here. I think that’s the problem of the obese person and not mine, but I will say that Indiana culture is very comformist and close minded. I wish I would have left after college, but now I’m 36 and have a child here, so I’m stuck. Really friendly people who are open are rare, I wouldn’t have wasted my life here if it weren’t for my son, my family I love but wouldn’t stay here for.
I agree… regarding fat people and Indiana. Completely and utterly true.
The state is a joke. Fat People. Lazy People. Ignorant People. If you like fast food and people who have given up on their dreams, then you will love it here. BE WARNED!
you guyssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. oh my goodness!! hahaha. i know. i know. i feel the same way and life is moving alone, and i’m rotting to pieces at 25yrs old.
My first experience with Indiana was when my husband got a job there, we were forced to move there with people on the other side of the ohio river (Kentucky) telling us we were making the biggest mistake of our lives.
Well low and behold we lived in Jeffersonville and hubby worked in New Albany. Now to the people who are still hoosiers and unfortunate enough to live in that horrible state, to see you talk about how people should look beneath surface and see the good in Indiana my husband had to put up with countless Kentucky jokes which could of easily been told if you rearranged the joke and added Indiana or Hoosier instead of Kentucky as seen here :
http://www.hoosiergazette.com/archivejoke/page3.asp
Not only that, we were constantly dealing with rude, nasty people that would stare at you for no reason at all. The ignorance was amazing, it was like they would talk and you didn’t know what the hell they were talking about, and they would make these dumb faces that not even the most talented person could make only the hoosiers would make these horrible faces. They claim to hate Kentucky and talk about how horrible Kentucky is and how Kentucky is always polluting the other side of the river but funny Kentucky doesn’t stink like Indiana. When you cross the bridge into Indiana it literally feels as if someone just broke wind into your face. And the most amazing thing to me is that the Hoosiers talk about how they hate Kentucky, how horrible Kentucky is but we can’t seem to keep them out, they are all for this stupid bridge being connected from downtown Louisville to Downtown Jeffersonville, and we Kentuckians are against it because we don’t want there ugly bums crossing the river into our beautiful city it’s a waste of money. It’s just great everytime someone pulls out in front of me on the road or tailgates 90% of the time it’s a Hoosier and I am sick of it. I am for the good people getting out, and it would be nice if we could cut the whole state of Indiana out without warning the dumb ones (95%) of the population and just dropping the entire state into a live volcano. That would help the deficit.
So of course just living in Jeffersonville doesn’t mean the whole state can be terrible right? Wrong! My husband had a boss at work that slept her way to the top so she didnt know jack about the jobs he was suppose to do the company then began to import cheap Costa Ricans and even though he was the best employee they had he was let go. Luckily we only lived in Indiana itself for not even a year before moving back to Kentucky the best decision we ever made, and so he began to search for a job here, couldn’t find one so once again, he was able to get a job in Indianapolis. I would drive him often as a two hour drive morning and night was very difficult. I spent a lot of my time at the White River State Park, because I didn’t want to be around the freaks of nature and oh the bums on every corner. Now don’t get me wrong Indiana is a beautiful state once you get away from the bums and locals it’s not that bad. But driving is like Michigan it was not uncommon to do a good clip up I65 North and then slam your breaks as traffic would come to a dead halt. Many of the outlet malls are shut down and the economy issues has had a bad impact on the state, but it’s up to the people who reside there to make a difference. “Good luck with that, looks like Indiana is going to wind up like Detroit before too long full of impoverished fat asses that are too busy soaking up cholesterol. That job lasted a few months he sought opportunity in Kentucky so that’s where we are now, and where we intend to stay.
hahaha@kentucky girl. people making fun of kentucky…who come from certain parts of IN- is a joke. i’ve met like 30nice people here…in 5yrs! and half aren’t originally from here. it so sucks. i’ve become so bitter. lol.
I have lived in Indiana most of my life, but my family (due to looking for better jobs) moved us to New York, Houston, Chicago, Orlando and several other cities for a few years at a time. Then I moved back to Indiana on my own. Let me say this: they drive WAY worse in NY and Houston, they are WAY more rude in NY, WAY fatter in Texas, way dumber in Florida. You have WAY more stuff stolen in ALL of the above places! Sure, there are a few “dumb-asses” in Indiana, just like everywhere else. I like the lakes here, the scenery, the change of seasons, the quietness and everyone keeping to their own business, and believe it or not, the job opportunities I have found. Overall, I think they are “smarter” in Northern Indiana, but more “down home” in Southern Indiana. They will call you “hon” every chance they get! Is that SO BAD? And yes, the reason they made those tough traffic laws was because too many people speed here! But at LEAST they can drive–unlike Florida! So you all can say what you want because “the grass is always greener on the other side”, but I could live the rest of my life in Indiana and still be happy! Remember…you take YOURSELF whereever you go, and some of you “negitavists” will still be unhappy even if you lived in Hawaii !!!! Pipe down, and get a life and work on you OWN SELF first!!!
Honestly ask yourselves, could Indiana be any worse than North Korea? I have lived in Indiana and it is absolutely the shit-hole of the world. From… ignorant stupid ancient state laws that have no business being laws in the modern age..to…the entire electrical grid going down because one little rain cloud flew over the state…to…horrendous dreadful weather…to absolutely horrendous infrastructure including potholes on every road…did i say every road? Yes! All roads in Indiana suck
Indiana is out of money, the government is corrupt and filled with lies lies and more lies. I’m only living here because my mother is getting old and I want to be near her before she passes on. After that…ADIOS INDIANA!!! I would rather live on the planet Mars than live in this horrible stinking god forsaken state where you cannot buy beer on sunday
Lived in Indiana all my life! From the North, I am liberal, pro-union, pro-choice, pro-divirsity, so I feel like an alien. I hate Indiana. Got stuck here due to my own fears and stupidity. Now I have a family and home here. The prick running the state is a greedy little criminal; I work with criminals, so I know one when I see/hear one.