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2 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Not sure of your point. You said that the state is not an attractive place to live for pro athletes. I pointed out that there are some who find it a good place to live. Was not trying to compare to anywhere else. 

My point still stands and anecdotal accounts don't disapprove what my point is 

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14 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Bad post.  Indiana is just fine and Bloomington is very nice.

And my point is Bloomington is reasonably accessible, just an easy 50 min drive from a great midsize airport that is close to most of the US population.  Nothing like getting to Lincoln, NE.

Yea, the Nebraska football comparison fails because Indiana the state is a fertile recruiting ground to be in. Nebraska isn’t for football. Osborne had a good pipeline into California that wasn’t maintained or was overtaken by schools like Oregon. Also Osborne was literally bringing in Murderers and rapists. It’s slim pickings over there in a way IU basketball doesn’t have to deal with. We’ve been terrible but still landed the Gordons, Jeffries, Zellers, and TJDs even though we had nothing going for us at the time other than being Indiana. 
 

That is probably less of a selling point in the portal  though unless kids want to move closer to home.

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17 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

I'm not straying into a state comparison here kiddo. Again, I lived in Indiana long enough to know that "Indiana is a fantastic place to live" is nonsense lol

lol Kiddo! Thanks for thinking I’m much younger than I really am. I’ll be sure to tell my wife who wants me to dye my grey hair. lol. Indiana is a great place to live. It provides me with a good standard of living at a low price. Which then allows me to travel the world and have disposable income. I have friends who spent $1.5 mil on a 1200 sq ft home in the Bay Area in last couple years. Add in the crime and homelessness compared to Indiana, it’s not close. You may not like Indiana, but I love it here. People are friendly as well. Say hello to a random person in the Bay Area and they will think you’re trying to scam them. So I kindly say we will never agree on Indiana being a great state if you don’t like generally friendly people, low cost for standard of living. 

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17 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

I'm not straying into a state comparison here kiddo. Again, I lived in Indiana long enough to know that "Indiana is a fantastic place to live" is nonsense lol

Different strokes for different folks, then. Way more people statistically would prefer to live in California, NY, Texas, and Florida. You literally couldn't pay me to live in any of those states.

And having said that, Bloomington is also the only place I'd live in Indiana.

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3 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

lol Kiddo! Thanks for thinking I’m much younger than I really am. I’ll be sure to tell my wife who wants me to dye my grey hair. lol. Indiana is a great place to live. It provides me with a good standard of living at a low price. Which then allows me to travel the world and have disposable income. I have friends who spent $1.5 mil on a 1200 sq ft home in the Bay Area in last couple years. Add in the crime and homelessness compared to Indiana, it’s not close. You may not like Indiana, but I love it here. People are friendly as well. Say hello to a random person in the Bay Area and they will think you’re trying to scam them. So I kindly say we will never agree on Indiana being a great state if you don’t like generally friendly people, low cost to live for standard of living. 

Yeah, again, I'm not doing a state comparison here. I stated my argument that Indiana is not a great selling point to athletes. It isn't and that's factual. You love Indiana, great, but unless you can play guard or the 5 better than anybody on the team I don't really care about your personal feelings towards living there 

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Just now, IU Prof said:

Different strokes for different folks, then. Way more people statistically would prefer to live in California, NY, Texas, and Florida. You literally couldn't pay me to live in any of those states.

Weather. But I can visit weather.

Posted
2 minutes ago, IU Prof said:

Different strokes for different folks, then. Way more people statistically would prefer to live in California, NY, Texas, and Florida. You literally couldn't pay me to live in any of those states.

And having said that, Bloomington is also the only place I'd live in Indiana.

To be fair, I did say that Bloomington was ok lol folks seem to be overlooking that 

Posted
Just now, IndianaSconnie90 said:

Yeah, again, I'm not doing a state comparison here. I stated my argument that Indiana is not a great selling point to athletes. It isn't and that's factual. You love Indiana, great, but unless you can play guard or the 5 better than anybody on the team I don't really care about your personal feelings towards living there 

How is it not a great place to sell a recruit? Hey come get out of the inner city to a place that provides safety and security and we will give you money that will actually go further than if you go to UCLA or St John’s. What you’re saying isn’t fact it’s your opinion that you are calling facts. Notre Dame is also in our state is always kills it in recruiting. And South Bend sucks compared to Bloomington. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

How is it not a great place to sell a recruit? Hey come get out of the inner city to a place that provides safety and security and we will give you money that will actually go further than if you go to UCLA or St John’s. What you’re saying isn’t fact it’s your opinion that you are calling facts. Notre Dame is also in our state is always kills it in recruiting. And South Bend sucks compared to Bloomington. 

No, its a fact

Posted
39 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

That's debatable depending on your thoughts of the state as a whole. Sure, Bloomington is ok but it's a **** hole otherwise 

 

32 minutes ago, IndianaSconnie90 said:

When the day comes when we've got recruits choosing between Indiana and San Fran, this comparison will mean something, as it stands, Indiana the state, is not a strong selling point for most recruits 

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