Rudest city in Indiana

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Apparently, This is the Rudest City in Indiana

One website recently named the rudest city in each state. When it comes to Indiana, it might come as a shock to you.

wkdq.com

It isn't the biggest city, Indianapolis. It's not Gary, Ft. Wayne, or even Evansville. In fact, they named Bloomington as the rudest city in the state. Here's what Travel A Lot said about Bloomington:

You might expect a rude person or two in Boston...but Bloomington? Indiana? It might not be the biggest cities in size, but it can sure compete with the big dogs when it comes to being rude.

 

[rhamersley]

A city full of college professors and entitled socialist-loving college students rude??? I'm shocked - shocked I say.

 

[two70]

There's a lot of students from the upper east coast and Chicago so not too surprising.

 

[maxipum]

Not surprised. Lots of students from the coasts.

 

[model1994]

one of the reasons I moved to Bloomington & studied at IU was how friendly and hospitable the people were in this area. whether in the city or the surrounding rural areas. hell, pop your hood and you’ll have 3-4 guys around you helping out in no time. even most fishermen are open to chat. people seem happy and concerned about other people here - you see signs simply saying “love thy neighbor” “be kind” and such, but in other areas of the state yard-signs are mostly politically charged, angry messages or flags.

so idk, experiences vary but btown is not overtly rude. it’s probably the most welcoming area in the state

 

[cosermann]

articles like this are click bait for the most part.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Someone confused Evinrude per capita with Everrude per capita, probably.

 

[1nderbeard]

As a Purdue grad, I can say I am not surprised. Nothing good comes from that town.

 

[***Ironhead***]

 

[Cameramonkey]

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And that makes it better/OK?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

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[DoggyDaddy]

And that makes it better/OK?

I took it as a dig at @1nderbeard (and Purdue in general). I'm a Purdue grad, kinda. Associate degree by way of IUPUI. I wasn't offended.

 

[***Ironhead***]

And that makes it better/OK?

Posted as a joke to @1nderbeard. Guess I should have replied directly to his post.

 

[bwframe]

one of the reasons I moved to Bloomington & studied at IU was how friendly and hospitable the people were in this area. whether in the city or the surrounding rural areas. hell, pop your hood and you’ll have 3-4 guys around you helping out in no time. even most fishermen are open to chat. people seem happy and concerned about other people here - you see signs simply saying “love thy neighbor” “be kind” and such, but in other areas of the state yard-signs are mostly politically charged, angry messages or flags.

so idk, experiences vary but btown is not overtly rude. it’s probably the most welcoming area in the state

Btown varies a lot, depending on the crowd you are in. It varies a lot between IU being in and summer.

Even then, it's awful hard to categorize any specific group, be it students or professors.

If any one group is ruder than others in Btown, I'd give it to the large transient population. All you have to do is follow the scanner app to hear the trouble caused by these fine folks, multiple times daily.

Maybe it's the mayor and city/county admin who are arrogantly rude, encouraging the mentally challenged to take root in Mellencamp's small town?

 

[***Ironhead***]

I took it as a dig at @1nderbeard (and Purdue in general). I'm a Purdue grad, kinda. Associate degree by way of IUPUI. I wasn't offended.

That was the way it was intended in reference to “nothing good comes from that town” as a joke. Obviously I missed the mark.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

That was the way it was intended in reference to “nothing good comes from that town” as a joke. Obviously I missed the mark.

That's the way I took it. But then again, I have a degree from Purdue, so I'm probably smarter than some of the others here...

 

[1nderbeard]

Posted as a joke to @1nderbeard. Guess I should have replied directly to his post.

I got the joke

 

[Methane Herder]

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They do have a reputation for furniture abuse.

MH

 

[dieselrealtor]

With exception of current company in this thread & a few others, as a whole I would agree. I have experienced it from many real estate "professionals" in Bloomington, rude (or at least indifferent) behavior from employees at Menards, Lowes, & other places. I typically have a smiling face & friendly conversation which is usually returned in other places.

 

[natdscott]

With exception of current company in this thread & a few others, as a whole I would agree. I have experienced it from many real estate "professionals" in Bloomington, rude (or at least indifferent) behavior from employees at Menards, Lowes, & other places. I typically have a smiling face & friendly conversation which is usually returned in other places.

You can't judge a town by the Realtors.

If you did, well.....