I've lived in Indiana for four years now because I am going to Ball State. It is the worse place I've ever lived and I have lived in five other states. I am from Virginia and I am from the ACTUAL hills. The people who call themselves hillbillies around here are dull, stupid rednecks, and nothing like the real hillbillies I grew up around. Plus they really do make pathetic attempts to speak in a southern accent. They are desperate to claim a culture and have an identity but don't want to put effort or thought into creating their own. MOST of the state is flat and the little bit that is not contains mostly really old people, who are actually kind of cool. The town here (especially Muncie) have all the bad qualities of a big city and none of the good, as well as all the bad qualities of a small town and none of the good. There are a lot of losers here with no asperations or goals. There is also a small communiity of people who like to think they are living in a white-bread norman rockwell painting, but the reality is much worse. Also there is a huge meth problem in the state and the town of Muncie is still segregated (whites from blacks. The college kids around here, and at least sixty percent are from other Indiana towns, are in general very sheltered, stupid and oblivious. The area is polluted and people around here don't take any pride in their community or work. Many of the locals whine and complain about how "Their factory jobs got taken from them" So instead of joining the big club and getting a life and learning a new trade, they sit on their lazy white butts and wait for others to take care of them. The college has a lot of good oppertunities which has kept me grounded here, but still I can't wait to leave. Stay away from this state unless you want to develop an unhealthy amount of apathy to get through it without losing faith in humanity. If you don't believe me, check out the suicide rates in Indiana compared to other states, particularly Delaware County's suicide rate (Where Muncie is located)