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Old Posted Sep 27, 2019, 3:08 PM
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Originally Posted by IrishIllini View Post
What parts of Indy reminded you of Chicago?
yeah, i'm a bit curious about that too.

at the neighborhood level, chicago and indy feel like very different cities to me.




typical chicago commercial streets:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9412...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9031...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9683...7i13312!8i6656


typical indy commerical streets:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7524...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7877...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7216...7i13312!8i6656







typical chicago residential streets:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9054...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9443...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8531...7i16384!8i8192


typical indy residential streets:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7203...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7561...7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8305...7i13312!8i6656





if anything, high street through short north in columbus is much more reminiscent of an urban chicago commerical arterial street than anything in indy: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9824...7i13312!8i6656
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