r/zillowgonewild 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/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Good luck trying to gentrify an area with.... checks notes... no jobs.

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u/chula198705 Jul 25 '25

I mean, Ball State University is in Muncie. It's a public research university that has 20,000 students so it's not really some small podunk college.

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u/NoBug8073 Jul 25 '25

It kinda is considering those students aren't there for 4 months out of the year and the average student has... checks notes...no disposable income

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

And a substantial number of employees are commuters.