With the exception of rent, which is slightly high given how inexpensive houses are, the cost of living in Indianapolis is well below the national average.
Indianapolis is one of the biggest sports cities in the United States, with a special emphasis on college and amateur sports.
We still spend *literally* every weekend downtown, and since there's very little traffic in our fair city, our home up near 49th Street is less than 20 minutes from downtown.
Unfortunately, Indianapolis, like many cities in the United States, suffers from a serious violence problem that is confined to certain areas of the city, generally at specific times.
As with DC, Indianapolis features a simple grid system, with both named and numbered streets and a few random diagonal streets to mix things up.
For a relatively small town, we have an active and creative food scene, with new restaurants popping up constantly. We even export some of our finest throughout the country.