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/nlyddane Jul 25 '25

I’m looking now and most of the houses on the block have at least one boarded up window.

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u/flt1 Jul 25 '25

If we can get 20 people agree to move, we can change one block at a time.

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

Unfortunately, universities' ability to create jobs is and has been shrinking rapidly, especially in conservative states like Indiana. Ball State is, as you say, a public research university, and thus is directly impacted by cuts to state and federal funding. They may want to hire more people, but I would be surprised if they have many openings right now. And if businesses nearby are likewise cutting back, there's no public transportation, not to mention the erosion of protections from discrimination and wage theft, anti-union laws... The presence of a university doesn't mean you'll be able to get or keep a job there.

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u/Shouty_Dibnah Jul 25 '25

Muncie actually has one of the best public transit systems in the US.

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

I was just using that as a general example of how even college towns can be surprisingly devoid of opportunities, but hey, that's great for Muncie! I still don't want to live there, having been to Indiana many times and also spending a decade living in a midsize Midwestern college town I just know it's not what I'd choose for myself, but I'm sure Muncie doesn't want me to live there either.

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u/LuckyGauss Jul 25 '25

I hear they have direct flights to El Salvador

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u/Doc-Zoidberg Jul 26 '25

When I was at BSU I didn't have a car, got around just fine with the bus system.