Indiana living is my kind of heaven.. (Indianapolis, South Bend: houses, school)

[PatrioticSuperman]

I like the nice stone building in Vego County.. Terre Haute. City hall? State building? It is on Rt 41.

Most of the state is cornfields and/or flat windfalls. Not all. But a decent amount. Also forest. But it is beautiful.

I used to live there. Thought about going back.

It is beholden to major corporations.

[midwest1]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I've never been there, so what about this?

https://www.google.com/search?q=indi...DtRmfexOPy-6yM

Try this..


https://www.google.com/search?client...ih=815&dpr=2.5

[Shawn Ford]

I prefer Indiana, vanilla pudding, 3.2 beer and margarine.

--- Todd Anderson

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Seguinite

I grew up in Clark county, and drove into Louisville on I-64 through Georgetown just a bit before Thanksgiving... first time I've seen that part of the state. I expect that area is nothing less than stunning in full color.

It is absolutely fantastic in the Fall, one of the only true nice seasons in the area. Great color usually from the maple, poplar, oak, hickory, etc.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

I remember it as being a deep shade of green, kinda hilly and woodsy - south of Winchester, south and east of Muncie, east of New Castle, and north of Richmond. It makes kind of an arc. The highest point in Indiana is in that region. That section of East Central Indiana has some of the most beautiful scenery in all of Indiana outside of Southern Indiana. North and west of Muncie, it's much flatter and fewer trees.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by midwest1

Try this..


https://www.google.com/search?client...ih=815&dpr=2.5

I've seen many beautiful photos, but wondered about that one. Has that been cleaned up?

[midwest1]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I've seen many beautiful photos, but wondered about that one. Has that been cleaned up?

If you mean the steel mills....they are still there. However, they are cleaner than they have ever been. There have sadly though, been a few chemical spills over the last ten years, very small though.

The mills are environmentally friendly actually. Their location at the Southern tip of the lakes allows the Iron Ore from Minnesota to float by barge into the heart of the nation. If all that ore had to be trucked it would be incredibly polluting.

And it's kind of ironic. The mills were what lead to the modern ecological movement...the Save the Dunes movement..which led to the preservation of both the state and national parks. If the mills hadn't been there...the entire stretch would likely have become high-end residential...like Ogden Dunes/Beverly Shores/Michigan City

[skeddy]

As long as you think it's the most beautiful state, that's all that matters. Whether it is or not, is another matter.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by midwest1

If you mean the steel mills....they are still there. However, they are cleaner than they have ever been. There have sadly though, been a few chemical spills over the last ten years, very small though.

The mills are environmentally friendly actually. Their location at the Southern tip of the lakes allows the Iron Ore from Minnesota to float by barge into the heart of the nation. If all that ore had to be trucked it would be incredibly polluting.

And it's kind of ironic. The mills were what lead to the modern ecological movement...the Save the Dunes movement..which led to the preservation of both the state and national parks. If the mills hadn't been there...the entire stretch would likely have become high-end residential...like Ogden Dunes/Beverly Shores/Michigan City

Thanks midwest.

[ischyros]

I will agree with the post that the steel mills by the dunes have cleaned up a bit. I remember as a kid going to Chicago and that stretch of I-90 by the steel mills always smelled horrible. I don't really notice that smell anymore or at least I haven't the last few times I've gone by there when I think back on it.