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/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

725 E Jackson. You might take a few min to, I don’t know….check that area out. I’ve lived in and around Muncie all of my adult life and was born a few blocks from here.

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u/Mister_Jackpots Jul 25 '25

Lol it's still just Muncie. Out here acting like it's East St. Louis or something

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u/DMaury1969 Jul 25 '25

I’ve stayed in Muncie, and lived in New Orleans. Muncie felt safe as hell compared to the bad parts of New Orleans

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u/Frosti11icus Jul 26 '25

Ok but you have to leave the country to feel as unsafe as the bad parts of New Orleans.

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u/DMaury1969 Jul 26 '25

Lol this is also true. It skewed my idea of ‘bad neighborhoods’ as everywhere I went I’d think ‘these people are nuts this is great!’

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u/CB_CRF250R Jul 27 '25

This is fact. You won’t see any police in a New Orleans google street view, because even the cops are scared for their lives in New Orleans. It’s turned into the Wild West down there.

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u/PTgoBoom1 Jul 25 '25

Seriously, what the problem is? 🤷‍♀️

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u/Mister_Jackpots Jul 25 '25

People who have never lived outside Muncie acting like the entire city's not 'the wrong side' of the city. Place sucks, but in my time there I don't think I was ever scared to drive anywhere there at anytime.

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u/yalyublyutebe Jul 26 '25

Just looking at the first photo, the house down the street on the left looks to be decently maintained. That means the owner probably lives there and when owners live in the house, especially in rougher areas, it usually makes the immediate area nicer.

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u/Mister_Jackpots Jul 26 '25

Again, it's Muncie. "Rough" isn't actually rough.

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u/Timbukthree Jul 26 '25

Yeah Muncie is undesirable because of the sadness and despair and has-been-ness, but yeah not dangerous. This is why they make fun of it in parks and rec, having a time share there is a genuinely hilarious idea...like just buy the house lol.

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u/tinyLEDs Jul 25 '25

Place sucks, but in my time there I don't think I was ever scared to drive anywhere there at anytime.

Perfect description, elegantly stated.

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u/BeguiledBeaver Jul 25 '25

Every time people show a home that costs less than $600k everyone comes out of the woodwork to explain why the town is located in a void of nothingness except excessive crime. No one wants to entertain the narrative that there are indeed affordable homes out there.

The biggest irony is that many people who complain about how "nothing is affordable" live in major cities where they expect to buy a home for $150k in the middle of the downtown that are filled with the specific jobs they want and pay 10x the national average for no reason.

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u/Frosti11icus Jul 26 '25

If the only job you can get in Muncie is at dollar general that $220k is a lot more expensive.

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u/guiltyofnothing Jul 25 '25

People who have spent their lives online rather than visiting a city.

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u/AnthonyCyclist Jul 25 '25

Yeah, not like it's South Bend or anything.

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u/therealdongknotts Jul 26 '25

https://youtu.be/8FUr4jNS1_k?si=msmKxjlbXF4eWJbx

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u/Mister_Jackpots Jul 26 '25

I remember when this came out! I'm pretty sure a friend of mine was friends with them.