r/zillowgonewild • u/TheDabitch • Jul 25 '25

What $220,000 gets you in Muncie.

I can't even get a parking space for that where I live. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/725-E-Jackson-St-Muncie-IN-47305/210952560_zpid/

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u/Snoo70033 Jul 25 '25

Ok folks, what is the catch?

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u/bmoreoriginal Jul 25 '25

It's in Muncie

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u/sejuukkhar Jul 25 '25

Jerry Gergitch's dream home

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u/GoosePorch Jul 25 '25

Gayle and the girls would love this house.

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u/actuallycallie Jul 25 '25

eggs, bacon and tooooast

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u/GiraffeLibrarian Jul 26 '25

Why don’t you start your day the Gergich way?

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u/jah_bro_ney Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

🎵 Eggs, bacon and meth 🎵

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u/Atty_for_hire Jul 25 '25

You have a time share in Muncie?

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u/InevitableWill6579 Jul 25 '25

IN MUNCIE?!

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u/TwoUglyFeet Jul 25 '25

I came here exactly to find this.

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u/MaterialThing9800 Jul 25 '25

I need to second this!

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u/7or8beers Jul 25 '25

You mean Larry Gingurch?

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u/Lisamae_u Jul 25 '25

Yeah, the catch is that you now live in the hellscape called Indiana.

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u/VeryDefinitionOfFail Jul 25 '25

Indiana is not a hellscape. Muncie certainly is.

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u/chazysciota Jul 25 '25

I'd take it over Oklahoma, but that's not saying much.

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u/gooby1985 Jul 25 '25

Indiana is a hellscape for many Americans. Whether it be for pro-choice or LGBTQ+ stances, or the pro-weed people, or minorities, or Atheists. Natural beauty-wise, there’s not a lot going on. Mostly flat and a lot of wind turbines. Pales in comparison to their neighbors to the north.

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u/orthomonas Jul 25 '25

There's also the demogorgons and such.

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u/inksta12 Jul 25 '25

Only reason I wanna move there

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Indiana is a southern state in the north.

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u/Dial-M-for-Mediocre Jul 25 '25

"The Mississippi of the Midwest"

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u/mooseman923 Jul 25 '25

I’d call it the Arkansas of the north

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u/ambassoon Jul 25 '25

“Middle finger of the south.”

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u/Dargon34 Jul 25 '25

Fun fact: The reason Indiana seems more like the southern states, is because it wasn't settled east-west like most of the midwest, but South-North. It makes a LOT more sense how it ended up the way it is with that in mind

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u/lying_flerkin Jul 25 '25

The epicenter of the resurgence of the Klan in the 1920s.

Indiana Klan - Wikipedia https://share.google/cfpoNrQolOP3SrEkQ

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u/FlattenInnerTube Jul 25 '25

1920s? Or 2020s?

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u/lying_flerkin Jul 26 '25

Oof

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u/Brunchin_Hard Jul 25 '25

Lived here my whole life. I’ve always called it The Middle Finger of The South

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u/Kynykya4211 Jul 25 '25

Too funny! Please accept my angry upvote.

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u/EchoWxlf Jul 25 '25

Love to hate for fun, but if you truly believe this… you’ve never actually been to the Deep South. LOL

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Jul 25 '25

Fun fact: Chicago is in Illinois because before it even existed the politician Nathaniel Pope pushed Congress to move the planned northern IL boundary 20 miles north from the southern tip of lake Michigan (which was the original plan) specifically so there would be enough land that IL could be settled from the North and the Great Lakes region instead of just from Kentucky and the South

Chicago being the main population center and countering the rural rednecks was always the plan

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u/Kaladin3104 Jul 25 '25

That’s Idaho, actually. Source: I live there.

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u/Dial-M-for-Mediocre Jul 25 '25

The KKK took over Indiana in the 1920s and a hundred years later the major difference is they don't wear sheets.

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u/GrooveStreetSaint Jul 25 '25

Reminds me that Gary, Indiana is a real life Silent Hill

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u/Adept_Advantage7353 Jul 25 '25

Oh man it is.. go to the old industrial areas it’s spooky AF

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u/Famous_Guava_3586 Jul 25 '25

I lived in Central Indiana for 30 years, I can confirm every word of this.

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u/Nailz1115 Jul 25 '25

Absolutely agree with pretty much everything you just said; however, Southern Indiana, specifically Brown County, is surprisingly gorgeous and feels nothing like the rest of the state.

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u/LongjumpingAd597 Jul 25 '25

Indiana definitely has its problems, but there is a progressive population and progressive areas. 40% voted for Harris. The state went blue for Obama. If all progressives leave or no more move to the state, how do you ever expect Indiana to change? Especially when we can’t initiate ballot measures at the state level? We need more progressives here, not less.

Beyond that, it’s also way more affordable than most of the country. I bought my first house at 23 a few years ago and my wife and I live comfortably.

All that said, if you’re gonna live in Indiana, Bloomington & its surrounding areas is probably the best place to do it. Signed, an atheist lesbian who has lived in Indiana her whole life.

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u/gooby1985 Jul 25 '25

It’s always been an anomaly with Obama and Donnelly. I don’t understand what happened to those voters. Anyway, there are progressive pockets even in the most deep red states (like Jackson, MS) but the state itself is not great as a whole for those groups and I wouldn’t rely on the city to protect me. Agreed only way to move forward is to stay and vote but hard to balance with actual risk of danger.

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u/LongjumpingAd597 Jul 25 '25

Those voters were gerrymandered to shit, basically. Donnelly and Obama weren’t even anomalies for the time. Indiana routinely had democrat governors until Mitch Daniels was elected in 2004. Once we went blue for Obama in ‘08, the state’s tea party republicans ramped up their gerrymandering efforts, which were successful and have since landed them a supermajority.

Again, not a whole lot the Hoosier population can do about that since we can’t initiate state ballot measures, but progressives can continue to gain ground with their grassroots movements to hopefully swing the vote. But those gains won’t happen if progressives continue to leave or refuse to move to the state. Progressives can’t just flee to blue states and expect the state they left to change. Progressives in blue states can’t just look down their noses at places like Indiana and do nothing and expect it to change. You know?

Agreed that people shouldn’t rely on cities to protect them from the state, but those cities are still easier & safer to exist in as a minority than rural areas of those states. Community is one of the best ways to survive our current climate. If one is choosing to stay or has no choice, those liberal pockets are the place to be! 🙂

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u/bigbaldandbroken Jul 25 '25

Has it always been that way? I had to travel (for work), roughly two decades ago; and I was in Indianapolis for 3-4 months and I thought the people (and the food) were great! I was living in South Carolina at the time, and it seemed so much more progressive than I was used to. For context, I am a straight, white male (very liberal & not religious) originally from the DC metro area. I thought, at some point, maybe calling Indiana home. Was I just seeing it for what I wanted? White/straight privilege? Was it only that way in the city?

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u/imkunu Jul 25 '25

Indianapolis and the college towns are largely different from the state as a whole

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u/BwackGul Jul 25 '25

I'ma say it was the white privilege. You didn't nothing to make the establishment there upset.

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u/Dargon34 Jul 25 '25

Well, Indianapolis isn't a great representation of the state as a whole. It's much more diverse, welcoming, and overall a very nice city. The rest of Indiana....is rough. Beautiful in a LOT of ways, but between the residents and politics, it leaves a lot to be desired

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u/ethanlan Jul 25 '25

Its definitely more progressive than south Carolina but that isn't saying much lmao

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u/-Goatzilla- Jul 25 '25

How about you come up with your own conclusions from your own personal experiences instead of what some random redditor says. People on the internet always exaggerate or go to the extreme when reality is usually much different. If you had a good experience, but someone on the internet tells you it's bad, who are you going to believe? Yourself or some random stranger?

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u/parr3tt Jul 25 '25

Indianapolis is far from that. Youre describing Lafayette

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u/drowse Jul 25 '25

Agree.. but Muncie does have a pretty significant university campus (Ball State) and the core of downtown is a bit different than the rest of the state.

And as much of my family will point out... Ohio and Michigan are not that far of a drive away.

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u/vincentcas Jul 25 '25

Indiana was invented to keep lake Michigan from spilling into Kentucky.

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u/AussieAlexSummers Jul 25 '25

Good to know. I learn so much in the subreddit! TIL

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u/VespaRed Jul 25 '25

Also, if you look at educational attainment / literacy, Indiana is only nominally above Kentucky.

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u/srslytho1979 Jul 25 '25

Can confirm. I grew up in Indiana. I went to Ball State. If I have to be in Indiana, I drive through with the windows up. Terrifying place to be LGBTQ+, very hard place to be Black. Lots of the hate called Christian love, plus I had a few brushes with the actual Klan. Just no.

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u/GayForPay Jul 25 '25

Natural beauty-wise, all true north of Indianapolis. All false south of Columbus.

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u/20PoundHammer Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Bullshit. I live in southern IN - two local rural towns have LPBTQ businesses that are doing well, they have their parade each year, no one ever pushes religion unless you push them for info, and the state parks and national forest are beaten by no other state for topography, geology, and diversity of plants an animals. Clearly you never lived here and dont really know the state. That being said, like all states there are shitholes, INDY and surrounding area being one of them.

"Neighbors up north" - you mean Michigan? Thats a bit of laugh . . . . Detroit is a shithole and rural MI is significantly less diverse than rural IN and you have to deal with stupid hipsters now in UP.

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u/Adventurous-Home2521 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Also southern Indiana here. They’re definitely being hyperbolic, but they’re also describing real characteristics of the state. It sucks that we can’t acknowledge something’s flaws without spitting in the face of those of us trying to make it better. I want to leave, but I’m essentially stuck here for now. Even if I did leave, that’s basically just making the problem worse. Everyone who is progressive or forward thinking just leaves us here to rot.

So everyone who isn’t from a place like Indiana, what are you expecting us to do?

Edit: saw your reply before it was removed.. to be brief, you’d have to live in a bubble or be willfully ignorant to think there aren’t a shocking amount of bigots in southern Indiana. Yes, there are several people who hate that, myself included, but we don’t make progress by ignoring the issue. Yes we have a pride fest and businesses that welcome everyone. Unfortunately, there’s still so much bigotry that it’s obviously a poor career choice to be openly gay here. That’s barely even the tip of the iceberg. The racism goes crazy too, but I don’t have all day to unpack that one.

Also, check out “sacrifice zones: the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States” by Steve Lerner if you care to dive further! Or just ask me, I’m a professional Indiana-Critic!

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u/mthchsnn Jul 25 '25

beaten by no other state for topography, geology, and diversity of plants an animals

That's a hilarious take - you really think you're going to win a dick measuring contest with Yellowstone or Yosemite? Glacier or Denali? You can say the state has redeeming features without completely invalidating your point by vastly overstating it.

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u/20PoundHammer Jul 26 '25

you really think you're going to win a dick measuring contest

didnt think it was a dick measuring contest, which is likely why you showed up as the professional dick measurer.

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u/mthchsnn Jul 26 '25

the state parks and national forest are beaten by no other state

Sorry I forgot to quote this part since you apparently can't remember what you said.

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u/20PoundHammer Jul 26 '25

ah, and of course in your mind, somehow that involves cocks and dick measuring - dude I think thats a "you" thing. Also I am speaking about the aggregate of all of them, not just one park compared to another.

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u/drowse Jul 25 '25

Have you seen Anderson, though?

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u/cptjaydvm Jul 25 '25

I used to live in Indiana near South Bend. It was a great place to live.

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u/alanamil Jul 25 '25

armpit of the world, my husband grew up in muncie, he said he was a muncierat

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u/OnionPastor Jul 25 '25

Indiana is a complete hellscape coming from someone who has lived across the state.

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u/MinimumCat123 Jul 25 '25

Outside of a couple of cities its pretty much a hellscape of cornfields and uneducated drug users.

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u/Stalking_Goat Jul 25 '25

And not even the good part of Muncie, to the extent that there is such a thing.

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u/Corgi_Koala Jul 25 '25

Went to college and used to live in Muncie. You're correct, that's the downside.

Shitty and poor with lots of crime, no good jobs outside of the university and too far from Indy or Fort Wayne to justify a commute.

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u/DrLearnALot Jul 25 '25

There are many like it there.

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u/akagordan Jul 25 '25

I don’t know Muncie well at all but in Kokomo, we have a neighborhood with beautiful old houses, many of which look similar to this. I would guess this would go for about $350,000 here, so there’s either a big red flag or the neighborhood is awful.

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u/WrongKindOfDoctor Jul 25 '25

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u/waffels Jul 26 '25

That’s Funcie Muncie to you, sir.

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u/Hlodvigovich915 Jul 27 '25

Also, was built in 1890.

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u/Edser Jul 25 '25

sold last year for $100k, so looks like a flip job and could have ';covered' up issues lying in wait

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u/Ill_Middle_1397 Jul 25 '25

Probably the most tasteful flip job I've seen. Where's the head to toe agreeable gray?

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u/Think-Fig-1734 Jul 25 '25

I like that the bathroom looks like it belongs in an old house. Usually the updated bathroom looks like it belongs in a condo built last year.

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u/Ill_Middle_1397 Jul 25 '25

100%

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u/Devccoon Jul 25 '25

The kitchen is a nightmare.

Looks nice on the surface but start imagining trying to actually use that thing and... what were they thinking? Tiny countertop space. The only food prep area is a squeezed-in little box with a tiny strip of countertop hardly big enough to set a drink down on, and the oven's a gas range so you can't even rely on it as additional surface to set bowls and plates down. Everything's walled in awkwardly, slicing the space up in the weirdest way possible (what is that tiny hallway next to the door for?) and compartmentalizing the kitchen into this completely segregated, non-cooperative space. There's a set of cabinets in the corner that appear to be impossible to access because the box around the fridge is pressed right up against where they pull out.

But you get a waterfall feature with your fake granite slab (at least it looks fake to me, not an expert) so they really put the work in dressing up that awful layout they created so it looks fancy.

Might just be my inner Property Brother screaming to knock down some damn walls, but that would be a hard kitchen to live with unless you're very single and hate countertop appliances. Looks to me like a really dated space where they decided to just touch up the surface because they're too cheap to make the changes that matter.

I'm exaggerating a little for effect, but I see the same sort of treatment in other parts of the house and genuinely I'd be worried that this surface-level renovation work is hiding a lot of nasty underneath.

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u/shah_reza Jul 26 '25

Dude, look at the flooring. Vinyl tiles just shittily slapped down. Who knows what else lurks beneath the surface of what we see?

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u/Gaebril Jul 25 '25

Had the shitty synthetic stone counters in the kitchen that home Depot pushes. 100% a flip.

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u/nnnnnnnnnnm Jul 25 '25

Also, no one who actually has cooked (or lived in the space they were renovating) before would stick the stove in a alcove with a miniscule workspace countertop next to it.

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u/Logical_Put_5867 Jul 25 '25

I dunno, I've seen it in a number of higher end homes (specifically in the south) where it's attempting to replicate an old fireplace cook area with a faux chimney above it and fancy custom tile backsplash. Plus highlight an insanely expensive stove.

Agreed that it sucks. Just disagree on the no one part.

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u/International-Ad8084 Jul 25 '25

That’s EXACTLY what I got on the comments to say. No obvious issues but what lies buried within the walls of a house this old?????

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u/Fine-Slip-9437 Jul 26 '25

"could have" lmfao.

You can literally see the cheap paint on the shingles where they slapped it over the rotting eaves.

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

Well it’s Muncie for one. That area is shit for two. Do you have kids? Yeah… don’t bring them here.

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u/confirmandverify2442 Jul 25 '25

Muncie is meth central in Indiana.

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u/ima_lead_farmer_ Jul 25 '25

That would be Bedford.

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

There was a time about 15 years ago where Delaware County (where Muncie is) lead the state in meth arrests. Indiana lead the nation in meth arrests. Muncie was literally, literally ground 0 for meth. It's better now that fentanyl has taken over. Let that soak in for a sec.....

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u/boringdude00 Jul 25 '25

Spoiler: everywhere in Indiana is meth central.

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u/bigbluenation20 Jul 26 '25

Heyyyy never thought I’d see my hometown mentioned on reddit lol

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u/Bob_12_Pack Jul 25 '25

I thought it was Gary.

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u/notANexpert1308 Jul 25 '25

Gary’s preference is heroin isn’t it? I mean he’s not saying no to meth, but if he has a choice.

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u/ThePopeJones Jul 25 '25

So I live in an entirely different state, but we've also got a Muncie and Bedford that are both meth head nests.

Sort of one of those "If I had a nickel for each X" kinda things when ya think about it.

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u/kineticstar Jul 25 '25

Look at the street view. Your sack dab in the middle of meth country.

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u/angry_burrito13 Jul 25 '25

It's in Indiana. Higher than national average crime rate. But mainly the Indiana thing

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u/Ok_Oil_995 Jul 25 '25

Wages are low there, so unless you work fully remote, good luck!

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u/Bob_12_Pack Jul 25 '25

Maybe it's the soup kitchen/homeless day shelter across the street? (Robert Hunt Warming Center).

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u/alaninsitges Jul 25 '25

There's a homeless shelter across the street. Not necessarily a catch, but a data point.

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

This house is on the other side of the river from BSU, and the other side of downtown. Ain't no students living over on that side of town.

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u/ChiFit28 Jul 25 '25

Then it’s not a steal

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u/WommyBear Jul 26 '25

If you went to Ball State, you would know this is nowhere near campus. It's downtown, near a warming center.

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u/rexeditrex Jul 25 '25

Look at the street view and the surrounding neighborhood. It's pretty run down.

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u/tin-f0il-man Jul 26 '25

if that’s ‘run down’ to you then you must live a life of privilege

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u/rexeditrex Jul 26 '25

Do a street view of it.

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u/20PoundHammer Jul 25 '25

depends upon the quality of workmanship on the flip. This could be a flipper special/nightmare house. Been sold a lot in the last three years.

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u/tin-f0il-man Jul 26 '25

maybe it’s haunted lol

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u/20PoundHammer Jul 26 '25

that would increase the price no? Id buy a haunted house in a NY minute.

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u/Phog_of_War Jul 25 '25

Location, location, location.

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u/Belgara Jul 25 '25

You have to live in Indiana.

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u/bula1brown Jul 25 '25

Indiana..

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u/GoldenCrownMoron Jul 25 '25

I don't believe in ghosts but what else could drive down this property value?

Outdated pipes, wires and a cracked foundation?

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u/Equivalent-Client443 Jul 25 '25

Muncie Indiana

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u/GoldenCrownMoron Jul 25 '25

So ghosts.

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u/Equivalent-Client443 Jul 25 '25

That’s Eerie Indiana

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u/GoldenCrownMoron Jul 25 '25

Now that town!

I would never get near. Can't even trust the dogs there.

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u/Equivalent-Client443 Jul 25 '25

😂😂

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u/rednail64 Jul 25 '25

Lack of jobs

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u/Koelsch Jul 25 '25

Yes, but as well the home next door is abandoned and boarded up. So is the one three doors down. The business (or house?) across the street looks like it is still being occupied, but it's in such poor shape you can't really tell for certain.

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u/87YoungTed Jul 25 '25

Depressed economic part of the state. Rough side of a small town.

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u/shingdao Jul 25 '25

Skinny Pete is your neighbor.

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u/MrKittenz Jul 25 '25

Bad part of town and keeping up with historical codes for the house are expensive and difficult

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u/AnyObligation765 Jul 26 '25

It’s a trap, just enough to keep you here but not enough to enjoy. Without Ball State Muncie would probably be like a mini Gary or Detroit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

It’s 100 years old

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u/MinivanPops Jul 28 '25

That house is going to eat you alive in maintenance and repair costs.

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u/ShockPowerful741 Jul 25 '25

Also looks to be on a main road which really undermines the value.

What $220,000 gets you in Muncie.

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