Can you tell me about Indiana?

[hithard]

Wife and I are just getting priced out and don't wish to vaccinate our kids, 4 and 6(California mandate). Looking for a few acres. Conservative, community minded.

Thanks

[rancher1913]

first rule of moving out of California is dont tell anybody your from California, ever.

[Nazgul]

Raised in NY, spent 10 yrs in CA (military). Wife was from Indiana, moved here 25 years ago. Best place ever, 2A friendly, people friendly, Loys of work available. Been involved in 2 small town school systems and they are great. While I could want mountains or an ocean beach, wouldn't trade any of the freedoms here for it.

Neighbor cleans his AR on the porch while his kids play in the driveway and no one cares. At a soccer game sitting with the town Marshall and you hear an AK going off across the hollow (valley).No one even looks up.

People are willing to help each other. After a tornado 10 years ago we lost power for a week. Generators/chainsaws/food just showed up. We had cookouts in the street every day.

Really like it here.

Don

[Pipefitter]

I live just across the border in Michigan, but most of my work is in Indiana. CCW permits are lifetime, and reciprocal in MI.

[bakerjw]

You'll find most of what you're looking for in flyover country. Except Illinois. Avoid that state at all costs.
Being from California, you might get viewed with suspicion until they learn your political leaning. Got some people from Oregon across from my son. Bleeding heart liberals.

[Butzbach]

Muncie and Fort Wayne are as rough as it gets. Indy is very liberal but just outside are good subs/small towns (e.g. Noblesville). I lived in Indiana for about 18 months in 2010-2012. Started off in living in Noblesville and moved to Indy just before I got laid off. Company I worked for moved from Carmel to Indy while I was there. Unions are fairly strong if you are into that kind of thing. Brown County is beautiful but pricey and fewer jobs. Good luck with your decision.

[farmbif]

wherever your going, go there and look around first and shop around. I know my last move I found places from vacant land that had just been clear cut logged with no driveway and no electric for almost $10000 acre to old farms with house and buildings, power, well, good driveway and fencing for $2500 acre.
realtors like to put pretty pictures on the ads that when you get there are nothing like what the place really is.

[bedbugbilly]

I'm in southern Michigan all of my life - have cousins in southern Indiana and have been in various places in IN. Good people. I would imagine University towns/cities are more Liberal Left but that is true in most states.

I hate how Michigan has become - but by in large, it's an automotive driven economy so pro-union meaning pro-Left. Detroit - Wayne County has always been corrupt and that was affirmed again in the 2020 election. I may have blinders on, but when I have been in Indiana, I get a positive feeling - especially in the rural areas. More lie it used to be - conservative, people care about their neighbors, active churches and decent schools. If possible, you owe it to yourself and your family to go there and look around and get a feeling for what it is lie as IMHO, it would be what you are looking for.

My wife and I winter in southern Arizona and the real estate prices are skyrocketing due to those escaping Kalifornia - the problem is that the majority are bringing their Liberal Socialist ways with them - you don't sound like you are like that and you wanton where you can work, raise your kids and live a conservative life.

My wife and I are both retired and older, have no children - I'm not in the best of health - but several times we have considered leaving Michigan (our current Governor is a self centered Leftist self-proclaimed dictator idiot) and moving to southern Indiana - solely because the majority of folks seem to be down to earth people with conservative values.

Good luck to you and your family and I hope you can escape the septic tank that Kalifornia has become and find a home to raise those kids the way YOU want to - not the way the government wants you to do.

[popper]

Born there, never been back. Like all states, big/school cities are pretty much the same ***. Largest employer in all the US states is WM or the university system. By # of employees or gross $. OF course the school system IS gov.