3 of 10 Poorest US cities in Indiana

New Castle, Anderson, Connersville (4.00 / 2)

can't be far behind.

This is not news to us in this district.

WAKE UP PEOPLE!  This is real and this is Indiana.  Had Enough Yet?  I know I have.

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by: Barry Welsh @ Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 10:59:44 AM CDT

Well Barry (0.00 / 0)

Who Gives a Damn about Jackie Brown?

Going nowhere and nowhere fast
We shame ourselves to watch people like this live.
But who gives a damn about Jackie Brown?
Just another lazy man who couldn't take what was his.
One helluva life Jackie Brown.
Forevermore, Jackie Brown
Amen and amen - Jackie Brown?

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by: ManfromMiddletown @ Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 11:40:31 AM CDT

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I'm thinking that Terre Haute can't be far off (4.00 / 1)

this list.

But I live in Bloomington and it's been notorious for years for the low wages, thanks in part to the depressive affect of the University, and over the past 15 years we've lost most of the large scale, highpaying union shops.

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by: epppie @ Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 21:55:27 PM CDT

Only having visited there once... (0.00 / 0)

...I and my friends were surprised to see Bloomington on the list.  Your comment gives a little bit of insight into why that might be. 

Strange that a University should have a depressive affect.  It seems like most university towns tend to do better than non-university towns as a whole.

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by: Chad @ Sat Sep 01, 2007 at 18:43:07 PM CDT

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Well, all the Indiana towns on the list are university towns, (0.00 / 0)

so I wonder if that's true.  Indianas are like nonprofits - they are used to paying people peanuts because the people involved love what they are doing.

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by: epppie @ Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 17:58:54 PM CDT

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