@mac63 ...Well..you've come to the right place! I'm sure there are TONS of ECF folks here from the Indy area.
I lived and worked in the Indy area for around 5 years...I still have friends there ..and as it's only about 3 hours from my Ma's house in Ohio. I was last there this past July for a few days on business...And I passed a Vape Shop on my way to the movie theater...didn't get a chance to stop in. If you have any particular questions feel free to PM me. I can tell you that many folks, including me when I lived there...commuted in to work in Indy proper from the surrounding residential suburbs (Greenwood/Whiteland/New Whiteland/Franklin is a College Town ..good schools) that have sprung up out of the corn fields and farm land. Where I lived didn't really have a "downtown"..it was mainly a residential area ..complete with strip malls and gas stations,etc...and everybody there worked in Indy, mostly. It was only about a half hour commute into the City. Indianapolis itself is fairly liberal politically...but just like here in Nevada...the bigger cities are more liberal but the majority of rural, smaller outlying areas are still very conservative.
Oki it is not...and I am sorry you are being forced to move...That is actually how I ended up in Oki for several months..and the same way I was then transferred to Mainland from Oki...Military routinely fills it's needs that way...And I am glad you got to stay for as long as you did. And I hope you get to return soon...Hopefully it will not be an "unaccompanied tour of duty"
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