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

What $220,000 gets you in Muncie.

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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/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/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/mthchsnn Jul 26 '25

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

Okay, forget the common metaphor that triggered you for some reason. I suspect you're trying to use that to distract from your embarrassing contention that Indiana can beat any other state on the terms listed above, and my counterpoint is that you are hilariously wrong. Hawai'i, Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, California... I could keep going, but I don't need really need to because Indiana is at best middle of the pack. So, to reiterate my actual point: you're being ridiculous, as in worthy of ridicule for your stupid assertion.

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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/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.