[mobilene]

We do the same here in Indianapolis and my read is that it's about cost containment. Our tax base here really doesn't fully support city services. And then more people move to the high-tax-base suburbs for better services, and the cycle repeats and gets worse.

[mystraline]

To be fair, Indiana is now a Northern South state. MAGA governor, doing MAGA things to the state run universities, demolition of decency, acquiescence to federal power when it should fall to the state. And the AG is attacking doctors doing legitimate surgeries (abortion) with criminal harassing charges. Brain drain is also significant around West Lafayette, Marion county, and Bloomington due to anti-immigrant activities. And even small towns like Spencer are getting ICE presence.

Its becoming a place to actively leave, if you haven't already.

[TimorousBestie]

These are all factual things that Indiana state government has actually done over the past 10-15 years.

Not to mention the crippling higher education reforms and the state seizing control over tenure review.

[boredatoms]

This means that the divisions of administration are too small. Perhaps it should just a be county level or even state level concern

[catgirlinspace]

Indianapolis and Marion County are basically the same thing, interestingly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unigov

[outside1234]

Weirdly what I bet you find is that the services move to where the white rich people are and are removed from where they aren't.

[TimorousBestie]

Honestly the roads in Carmel and Fishers are not significantly better. They do have a shit-ton of roundabouts though. More roundabouts than a Yes song.