I need help from you locals

[SC-Coltsfan]

I am coming up from SC for the Pitt game and reserved a Villa on 215 North Summit Street. My buddy just sent me a text saying he thought this wasn't the best part of town. Should I keep it or look elsewhere? Thanks in advance.

[crazycolt1]

Yes it is in a pretty rough part of town. There is some rebuilding in that neighborhood and it might be a nice place. It is real close to downtown and Lucas Oil Stadium.

There is a picture of the house on Redfin. Just punch in the address and you can look at it.

It has been a while since I have been up in that neighborhood and it may have gotten a lot better than in the past. It's one of the oldest parts of the city.

As far as it being a 'villa' I am not too sure of that house being considered that. I could be wrong but IMO I wouldn't exactly call it a villa.

[PrincetonTiger]

14 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

Yes it is in a pretty rough part of town. There is some rebuilding in that neighborhood and it might be a nice place. It is real close to downtown and Lucas Oil Stadium.

There is a picture of the house on Redfin. Just punch in the address and you can look at it.

It has been a while since I have been up in that neighborhood and it may have gotten a lot better than in the past. It's one of the oldest parts of the city.

As far as it being a 'villa' I am not too sure of that house being considered that. I could be wrong but IMO I wouldn't exactly call it a villa.

Not sure I have ever been in that part of town but I have only been to Indy for school or sports activities 

[crazycolt1]

21 minutes ago, PrincetonTiger said:

Not sure I have ever been in that part of town but I have only been to Indy for school or sports activities 

Yeah, it's right off E Washington St. right where Southeastern Ave comes to an end from the south. It's west of State St right off the I-65 - I-70 spaghetti bowl.

[Jason_]

37 minutes ago, crazycolt1 said:

Yes it is in a pretty rough part of town. There is some rebuilding in that neighborhood and it might be a nice place. It is real close to downtown and Lucas Oil Stadium.

There is a picture of the house on Redfin. Just punch in the address and you can look at it.

It has been a while since I have been up in that neighborhood and it may have gotten a lot better than in the past. It's one of the oldest parts of the city.

As far as it being a 'villa' I am not too sure of that house being considered that. I could be wrong but IMO I wouldn't exactly call it a villa.

 

Agreed. That's not a part of town that if be clamoring to stay in,  but there are worse areas. Those worse areas aren't all that far away though. 

[PrincetonTiger]

1 hour ago, SC-Coltsfan said:

I am coming up from SC for the Pitt game and reserved a Villa on 215 North Summit Street. My buddy just sent me a text saying he thought this wasn't the best part of town. Should I keep it or look elsewhere? Thanks in advance.

I think it would be best to look elsewhere

[coltsfan77]

Not sure about the neighborhood  but you can swing by and pick me up in NC if ya got an extra ticket! Lol

[AZColt11]

Just pack some heat.

[BlueShoe]

6 hours ago, SC-Coltsfan said:

I am coming up from SC for the Pitt game and reserved a Villa on 215 North Summit Street. My buddy just sent me a text saying he thought this wasn't the best part of town. Should I keep it or look elsewhere? Thanks in advance.

 

[HarryTheCat]

I certainly wouldn't want to stay in that neighborhood. Indy has a fairly safe downtown area, but once you're just a few blocks out of the high rent zone you're getting into some very sketchy parts of town that contribute to Indy being on a lot of lists of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. If you don't want to pay for a night or two at one of the big expensive downtown hotels near LOS, your best bet is to stay in the suburbs, then drive in for the game and pay for parking. You'll save a bunch of money, and you'll still have your wallet and iPhone for the drive home. 

 

Here's a link to a site that lists Indy as the 13th most dangerous city in the U.S. 

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/09/27/25-most-dangerous-cities-in-america/4/

It's still not up there with Detroit or St. Louis, but it's getting there. 

[pgt_rob]

Man that whole outter ring just outside of Downtown can be a little sketchy. That place is near Fountain Square and Bates-Hendricks areas. Pretty old area that attracts all kinds. You would probably be okay, though.

[indyagent17]

It a high crime district at night. Prostitutes, drug sales and more. Its not a place to walk around at night. Be safe buddy

[BlueShoe]

20 hours ago, HarryTheCat said:

I certainly wouldn't want to stay in that neighborhood. Indy has a fairly safe downtown area, but once you're just a few blocks out of the high rent zone you're getting into some very sketchy parts of town that contribute to Indy being on a lot of lists of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. If you don't want to pay for a night or two at one of the big expensive downtown hotels near LOS, your best bet is to stay in the suburbs, then drive in for the game and pay for parking. You'll save a bunch of money, and you'll still have your wallet and iPhone for the drive home. 

 

Here's a link to a site that lists Indy as the 13th most dangerous city in the U.S. 

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/09/27/25-most-dangerous-cities-in-america/4/

It's still not up there with Detroit or St. Louis, but it's getting there. 

 

Agreed. 

 

If I were traveling (driving) far enough to need a hotel then I would find something in the Greenwood/Southport area. I used to live there and was only 15-20 minutes from the stadium. 

[HOZER]

Is this one of the neighborhoods that the hipsters are trying to "gentrify?" Or that still exclusive to North/NE of downtown?  

[HarryTheCat]

2 hours ago, GOZER said:

Is this one of the neighborhoods that the hipsters are trying to "gentrify?" Or that still exclusive to North/NE of downtown?  

I think it will be a long time before they gentrify that neighborhood, although you can find some that people have renovated here and there. Realtors like to call it "an up-and-coming, near-downtown" area, but it's not anything like Broad Ripple or even Fountain Square. Maybe in another twenty years or so they'll call it "trendy". Most of the houses in that area were built in the 1930s, and some of them boarded up and in pretty bad shape. You can pick one up for under $100K or so, but it would need a lot of work -- and it would still be surrounded by some bad neighborhoods. Lots of Section 8 housing in that area. I participated in some of those corporate "lets-go-fix-up-some-houses-for-poor-old people" work days in that area, and it wasn't scary in broad daylight with twenty of my coworkers around, but I wouldn't want to hang out there alone and unarmed after dark. 

[Bravo]

Agree with everyone else, if downtown is to expensive for you then I suggest looking for hotels in the Fishers and Noblesville Indiana areas. A lot of really nice stuff to do there and plenty of places to eat/drink. Only about a 20-35 minutes drive to stadium depending on traffic.