Comments on Advance Indiana™: Police Shootout At Upscale IUPUI Apartment Complex Leaves Five Injured

If there was ever a reason for removals, this woul...

2016-01-19T00:17:57.900-05:00

If there was ever a reason for removals, this would be it. I can't imagine what it must be like to live in a neighbourhood where a murder or a shooting has happened!

A Donald Trump wannabe? Why "Donald Trump&quo...

2015-07-27T12:24:03.227-05:00

A Donald Trump wannabe? Why "Donald Trump"? Trump hasn't a thing to do with Indiana problems. I would say more of a Simon wannabe, Given the gang violence that has emptied out their malls.

Say what you want about the Tyler (1201) but the b...

2015-07-27T08:44:33.406-05:00

Say what you want about the Tyler (1201) but the bedbugs are pretty happy living there.

Thanks, Ballard! You dropped police to the lowest...

2015-07-27T07:06:00.993-05:00

Thanks, Ballard! You dropped police to the lowest level in history.

Greg Ballard is a fool! His service to the country should be reduced to company grade for his failures...

"It's funny how these cycles run. When I ...

2015-07-26T21:11:39.472-05:00

"It's funny how these cycles run. When I first moved to Indy, younger people preferred living in the apartment complexes out along the I-465 beltway around the City, particularly on the northwest and northeast sides."

They still do. Some of the nicest parts of Indy are out those directions.

"Now those apartment complexes have gone to hell and they're moving into the new apartment buildings being slapped up downtown."

Not quite. Yes, a few of the 60's and 70's built apartments around Castleton aren't as fresh or attractive as they used to be, but that's because newer apartments have been built with much more desirable amenities. Castleton and Clearwater are still far and away nicer places than Downtown. Young people are still moving to the 465 belt, and now into Fishers and Zionsville, because these are the best and easiest place to live in Indy.

Some young people are moving Downtown into the new construction, and that's bad. Downtowns are not residential areas. Residential goes in only when commercial doesn't want the land. Nobody's looking to build a skyscraper or corporate headquarters in Indy, so we need to hide the empty lots, and we get lots of three-floor apartments built with other people's money. The buildings are fresh and new, so the supply creates a bit of its own demand.

Soft schools teaching scam loser concepts like "sustainability," "walkability," "density" and the like will only have limited success in keeping people in downtowns. People moved out of downtowns for reasons that the new kids will painfully relearn because they ignored the lessons of the last four generations and hilariously thought they "discovered" a new way to live.

Downtowns are a hassle that a few young kids will waste five years learning.

So the 1201 (Tyler) was a mess soon after the orig...

2015-07-26T21:08:04.382-05:00

So the 1201 (Tyler) was a mess soon after the original developer opened it, and the Ballard administration is letting that same developer build an even bigger complex right down in the heart of downtown?

Don't they charge sky high rents for these &qu...

2015-07-26T21:07:07.509-05:00

Don't they charge sky high rents for these "glitzy" new complexes? Where is the money coming from that so many high flying millennials can afford to live in these places? I can understand a few parties, but I'd expect more out of someone who can afford 1200 a month for a fancy two bedroom. Certainly not thugs and trash starting fights and firing guns. Or is this just more typical of millennials? I don't remember anyone firing guns at pool parties at riverbend in castleton back in my 20s.

Face it, this country is completely addicted to et...

2015-07-26T20:37:20.648-05:00

Face it, this country is completely addicted to ethanol. The alcohol companies targeted higher education for decades, knowing those were our future "leaders" and productive class. Thus, it is very hard to get people who "like to drink" to pass any laws which restricts or hampers the alcohol companies. The push for an anything goes lifestyle, combined with a make-your-own-morals religious belief system, well we have what we are seeing here. Usually areas and places that were trashed were low income places in urban cities. Now we have frats and sorority parties putting those trashy lower income (note: not all lower income people are trashy) people to shame. Look at what they did to that ski resort in Michigan.

It is getting so bad that higher education is coming down hard on the partying. It is completely out-of-control and it is also causing a huge issue in how the youth interact with each other when it comes to intimacy and relationships. Now we are seeing more and more of the productive class group of men not just pull the trigger and marry some girl just because he gets her pregnant, or it is the "right thing to do." Why settle down when sex is so freely available? Of course this is now a disaster according to some, even though the lower income segments of this society have been doing that for a long time.

Humans will always take the easy way out, and now that Uncle Sam is there to play daddy to all the babies in the country, there is no need to be responsible in that aspect. It really isn't all that shocking that some portion of our college aged kids are living a gutter, ghetto lifestyle. It is much easier to go through life not caring, drinking it up, etc..

The reviews are bad, but it seems to fit a pattern...

2015-07-26T19:44:11.144-05:00

The reviews are bad, but it seems to fit a pattern. Here's a review I found of the Artistry:

"Worst apartment I have every lived in. The management (even though they do try hard) have absolutely no control over the residents and it is like living in a frat house. I can not wait to get out of this place. There are constantly parties that are very loud, trash and bodily fluids in the hallways, and while there are some very friendly people that do live here. It is overall a horrible experience because of those people who are very inconsiderate of their neighbors and it is out of control."

The Cosmopolitan has had very mixed reviews as well with a lot of complaints about constant rate increases. The downtown apartments which once got good reviews change as soon as the newness wears off of them.

"When they arrived, officers heard gunshots c...

2015-07-26T19:23:11.979-05:00

"When they arrived, officers heard gunshots coming from inside of the building."

Likely a lie. Did the Star demand any proof?

"As IMPD officers approached the party, they were met by armed individuals who fired their weapons at them."

Also, likely a lie. Did the Star demand any proof? Did the Star ask for the body camera video?

"The officers fired back, striking the shooters."

Horrible journalism.

"The officers shot the partygoers" is all that can be truthfully said.

Upscale? No, Gary, not even close. Read the Goog...

2015-07-26T19:11:27.649-05:00

Upscale? No, Gary, not even close. Read the Google reviews for both 1201 (former name) and Tyler (current name). I'm guessing the name change was management's way of disassociating with the previous reviews. They even made a lame attempt to act like they cared when the first negative review came through under the new name, then they gave up after ONE attempt. There's a pattern of incompetence here. In a real city, they'd shut these people down or fine them until things improved. Not here. Here it's business as usual. Image is all that matters to the Chubby Marine and the Downtown Cheerleaders. Just a matter of time before it all crumbles. No way in heaven or hell I'd invest a dime in this corrupt cesspool.

Perhaps that new Star Cub Reporter Suzette (Hack) ...

2015-07-26T15:03:42.611-05:00

Perhaps that new Star Cub Reporter Suzette (Hack) Hackney can write up a column on the joys of Millennial Living Downtown.

It's funny how these cycles run. When I first ...

2015-07-26T14:46:58.283-05:00

It's funny how these cycles run. When I first moved to Indy, younger people preferred living in the apartment complexes out along the I-465 beltway around the City, particularly on the northwest and northeast sides. Now those apartment complexes have gone to hell and they're moving into the new apartment buildings being slapped up downtown.

Gary, you got it on every count. These "chea...

2015-07-26T14:38:26.687-05:00

Gary, you got it on every count. These "cheaply-built apartment buildings all over the downtown area" with their hideous and tasteless and shoddy exteriors already look like "projects". In my opinion, Milhaus' Tad Miller (formerly of Kosene & Kosene)- is another Marion County GOP campaign donor extraordinaire- and ranks as Indy's newest Cabrini Green builder.