why is Indiana known for being a terrible state?

Answer 1

It isn't known as being a terrible state--- sometimes it is known for being satisfied with the satus quo a little much. It has a lot to offer- art, culture and fantastic nightspots and shopping. It is a great place to raise a family-- low cost of living and if you can get past the sometime ignorant rednecks that occassionally pop up (usually they come from south of US 40 or a separate state altogether--- *smile*- don't wham on me-- I live in Indiana so I can joke!).

Every state has pockets of bad places, backwards thinking and economic difficulties- Indiana is no different.

Remember--there is FAR MORE than CORN in Indiana!

Answer 2

Honestly, like everyone else said Indiana is no different from any other state. It has it's good and bad points. It depends on how you want to see it. If you come with a bad attitude and give off an attitude that your better then everyone else and look for things to bad. Then Indiana will be bad. But the opposite is also so true.

Answer 3

Indiana is the worst state that ever existed. Many people believe that Indiana, Eugenics and Fascism were to blame. Not much has changed in the state since then
http://thepoliticus.com/content/indiana-eugenics-and-fascism

Even thought I'm not sure just how much that it really matters or not, Indiana has always proudly held the record from start until now (except for one year; Kentucky won) as the lowest ISTEP scores in the United States of America...
1715 - Sieur de Vincennes,IN built Fort Miami at Kekionga. It didn't become a successful fort until he moved it to South Florida in 1980.
1775 - During the American Revolutionary War, military officer George Rogers Clark defeated the British in Vincennes,IN and Fort Sackville. Incidentally, Fort Sackville was what they called The first know cop in Indiana's house when he lived there.
1787 - Present-day Indiana became part of the Northwest Territory. The Northwest Territory killed itself a year later.
1813 - Corydon,IN becomes the second capital of the Indiana Territory. No one cared.
1816 - Indiana is admitted into the United States as the 19th state. To this day, 19, not 13 or 666, is considered the unluckiest number in the world.
1816 - The state's first constitution was drawn up. It was mostly just a collection of William Henry Harrison's incoherent ramblings on the proper way to wash one's self after visiting a brothel. Also, it was written on a prostitute's back.
1820 - Indiana University is founded as "State Seminary." Tired of young people snickering as they read the name out front, the name was later changed.
1825 - The state capital was moved from Corydon,IN. to Indianapolis,IN. Again, no one cared.
Early 1800's - The largest immigrant group to settle in Indiana were Germans of the then National Socialist party (old world nazi's) and corrupt outcasted english politicians.
1830's - The first instance of "Hoosiers" showed up in Indiana. The term was said to be derivation of "hoozer," a term for woodsmen or rough hill people. Sounds about right.
(Or maybe "Who's Your daddy?")
1861 - After being rejected to join the confederacy twice, Indiana was assigned a quota of 7,500 men to join the Union Army during the Civil War. The state was able to raise over 200,000 soldiers but the Union Army told them, "Seriously, no more than 7,500. We cannot stand any more of you than that. For real."
1865 - Indiana State is founded as the Indiana State Normal School. Educators felt the name was misleading given how abnormal the local populous was and changed it accordingly.
1925 - Haynes-Apperson is the nation's first commercially successful auto company, operated in Kokomo, IN. Were they any good? Well, have you ever heard of them before? No? Well, there you go.
1930s - Indiana, like the rest of the nation, was affected by the Great Depression. Though in their case, it was due to the realization that they all lived in Indiana.
1901 - Indiana University begins playing basketball. I don't follow sports but I hear that they suck..
Well i am too tired to remember it all but that a few of Indiana's many,many,many failures as a state.....zzzzzzzz

I am not sure why Indiana is even part of the United States of America considering it's a state that values status quo and fascism over freedom and liberty.

Answer 4

Uh-oh. Sounds like you're profiling (what used to be called "stereotyping"). Who says Indiana has a bad reputation? Is it the fact that it's a so-called red state? (Again, got to watch the pigeon-holing.) Are you alluding to crime in the cities and a depressed economy state-wide? If so, that's true of the 49 other States; enter the political angle of this discussion.

Or is your question the set-up for a punchline? If so, I hope others will have the pay-off.

Answer 5

i live in Indiana and i don't think terrible state to live in ... there is alot thing s you can do and see in Indiana yeah it may have it parts ... the prices of living is low there alot places to shop or go see or or do hey we may have redneck's but every state does you need to try life in Indian

Answer 6

gee...I've lived here 31.5 of my 33 years and I don't think its terrible at all...the only thing I find "terrible" is Indiana can have some pretty "terrible" winters, but thats part of being in the midwest

Answer 7

Its home to me.. I like it here and live in Indy. Ive never thought of it as a terrible state at all. Like every where, it has its good and bad parts.

Answer 8

I live in Bloomington (an hour south of Indy), and we have culture, sports, music and diverse people. There are still people here who conduct business with a handshake, love still means something, and children are still taught respect. We have beautiful geography, a fantastic learning institution and John Mellencamp.

And that's just my city...

Now, you were saying???

Answer 9

You have obvious never driven on I-80 past Gary. Go do it then come back and re-state your question.

Answer 10

i live in Indianapolis a really not so bad