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        "title" : "Carmel, Indiana",
        "date_published" : "2014-03-06T23:11:04-05:00",
        "date_modified" : "2014-10-21T02:11:53-04:00",
        "id" : "https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/",
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        "content_html" : "\u003cp\u003eOn our trip out west we meandered from Sandusky Ohio over to Carmel, Indiana. Rather than being a tourist type place, Carmel is on our list of potential places to relocate. It is a smaller city that is 20 minutes north of Indianapolis. We stayed at a very affordable campground called White River campgrond which is a private campground that was taken over by Hamilton County. It\u0026rsquo;s actually located in Cicero, IN rather than Carmel but it\u0026rsquo;s pretty close. We liked Cicero and Carmel is even nicer. \n\n\u003cfigure class=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3378_hue0d81f66f30577a4e1463d10aa9537f9_2068607_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3378_hue0d81f66f30577a4e1463d10aa9537f9_2068607_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Arts and Design District\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eArts and Design District\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  Carmel was CNN Money\u0026rsquo;s winner for best place to live in the United States in 2012. In 2013 another close by town won. Really the entire northern Indianapolis area is nice.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_1684_huae0809f6c2ff36b87b09ba37817e5c07_916909_1280x0_resize_q75_box.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_1684_huae0809f6c2ff36b87b09ba37817e5c07_916909_300x0_resize_q75_box.jpg\" alt=\"Our First Windmill Sighting\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eOur First Windmill Sighting\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  When we look at what makes a place \u0026ldquo;great to live\u0026rdquo; for us, we look at things that have an effect on our core daily life. Those things are space, proximity to civilization, places to work and a lack of traffic. Obviously business don\u0026rsquo;t like to locate strip malls in the middle of nowhere. Traffic is a problem in prosperous areas with many places to work. These demands are counter to each other and thus this list is a very tall order. Amazingly though, the general northern Indiana suburbs delivers. For starters Carmel itself has a huge business district so you wouldn\u0026rsquo;t necessarily have to commute into Indianapolis proper. In terms of space and proximity to civilization this place seemed very special. \n\n\u003cfigure class=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0394_hu31746d038dc22185c4e57c5ea6a9dd28_2683209_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0394_hu31746d038dc22185c4e57c5ea6a9dd28_2683209_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Beautiful Meadows\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eBeautiful Meadows\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  It truly seemed like rural cornfields and huge spread out properties were speckled by shopping centers with Meijer, Chick Fil-A, sushi joints and other deliciously bad ways to spend money. We did our best to hit traffic and we could find none - the roads are wide. Almost all 2 lane roads are a giant passing zone. The properties people had seemed to be quite large - 1-2 acres minimum and generally had RV\u0026rsquo;s outbuildings and other features. When it comes to the things that make us happy in our daily life - this seems to be it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3376_hu61d3e48a6d35e5ddb2b9011bb9996a22_2745058_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3376_hu61d3e48a6d35e5ddb2b9011bb9996a22_2745058_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"It\u0026#39;s a Building\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eIt\u0026#39;s a Building\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  Where we were at in Cicero was on the absolute fringe of the more populous area. Down the street was a ridiculous golf course called Purgatory golf club. The entire golf course looked like a trap designed to bewilder the average golfer. The very idea of it made me laugh but alas I\u0026rsquo;m not a golfer so I didn\u0026rsquo;t try out the course. Across the street was a network of hard packed gravel horseback riding trails. We rode our bikes over them and enjoyed every minute. Beautiful fields of wildflowers separate the trails.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0390_hue1a2414756f5168db9fd663c7f6eb122_2305244_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0390_hue1a2414756f5168db9fd663c7f6eb122_2305244_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Zest Meatloaf Sandwich - OMG\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eZest Meatloaf Sandwich - OMG\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  While we were here we decided to start trolling the Flavortown USA website where the list of Diner\u0026rsquo;s Drive-Ins and Dives restaurants are posted. Indianapolis featured a couple. The first place we ate was an absolute hit called \u0026ldquo;Zest-Exciting Food Creations\u0026rdquo;.  \n\n\u003cfigure class=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3359_hu6965c3bb761f5933b891f7caddba6ec3_1905691_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_3359_hu6965c3bb761f5933b891f7caddba6ec3_1905691_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Zest Sandwich Board\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eZest Sandwich Board\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  I had a very typical for me terrible selection - a meatloaf sandwich with home made mac and cheese. Doesn\u0026rsquo;t sound like much right? Holy bejeebus check out the picture. It was as good as it looks. Wow. Marina had some kind of rib sandwich with a bleu cheese mousse! It also was amazing. The other place we ate at was called Jersey Cafe. \n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0454_hu4e57e856d433bc345fcd00617aeea655_2663276_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0454_hu4e57e856d433bc345fcd00617aeea655_2663276_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Jersey Cafe Signature Board\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eJersey Cafe Signature Board\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n  It was good, but not mind blowing like Zest was. While there we also visited Indianapolis briefly and partook in the LINKIndianapolis Motor Speedway MuseumLINK. It was meticulously clean and well curated but surprisingly small. The street to get there piqued our spidey sense as being not the safest place. We didn\u0026rsquo;t explore the surrounding area much in light of that.\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-right\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0455_huf983454a6cf2a0fb8e8a603a3b970d6d_1904937_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0455_huf983454a6cf2a0fb8e8a603a3b970d6d_1904937_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Jersey Meatball Parm\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eJersey Meatball Parm\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0391_hua9d0967a36b2c18e58e8060bdb0ded38_4004194_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0391_hua9d0967a36b2c18e58e8060bdb0ded38_4004194_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\"Wooded Trail\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003eWooded Trail\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0395_hu286cbc0a79641e585df42ab21e39bb96_2753498_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0395_hu286cbc0a79641e585df42ab21e39bb96_2753498_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\" \"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption caption-left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caption-inner\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" href=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0423_hu3435bdf4d65f3a4868a8fa586ad27a86_3289646_1280x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"image-medium\" src=\"https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/carmel-indiana/images/IMG_0423_hu3435bdf4d65f3a4868a8fa586ad27a86_3289646_300x0_resize_q75_box.JPG\" alt=\" \"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"caption-text\"\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure 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    },
    {
        "title" : "Horsham, Pennsylvania",
        "date_published" : "2013-05-10T23:02:45-04:00",
        "date_modified" : "2014-04-22T21:28:19-04:00",
        "id" : "https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/horsham-pennsylvania/",
        "url" : "https://www.geekynomads.com/place-to-live-reviews/horsham-pennsylvania/",
        "author" : {
          "name" : "mark"
        },
        "content_html" : "\u003cp\u003eHorsham, Pennsylvania happens to be on a lot of \u0026ldquo;best places to live\u0026rdquo; lists while simultaneously being the place we have lived for many years before starting out this trip.  We didn\u0026rsquo;t live in Horsham proper but in the surrounding Montgomery County area.  Really there is nothing we see that is particularly awesome about Horsham that isn\u0026rsquo;t available in Willow Grove, Hatfield, Lansdale, etc.  Though we would generally recommend locating yourself North of the turnpike and west/north of Bensalem, the entire region is pretty nice but in our opinion slowly degrading.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe basic problem that we see is one of population growth and runoff.  As ex-residents of University City, Philadelphia we saw over 10 years or so this area turn bad and now we are starting to see some of the same kind of runoff in these areas.  Some areas, like Hatfield, still really don\u0026rsquo;t have any true crime problems.   A true crime issue in our perspective is random crime where the victim doesn\u0026rsquo;t know the perpetrator.  The rest of the crime where the perp and victim know each other we consider something that can and will happen pretty much anywhere.  Additionally over the last 10 years traffic has grown a lot and projects to handle this growth are far and few between.  Since I\u0026rsquo;ve spent nearly 2 hours of my day each way commuting and because I enjoy driving a bit faster than the flow of traffic - this matters to me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMontgomery County seems to have an epidemic of bad and slow drivers in general.  It is literally filled with people who will happily travel 30mph in a 45mph zone.  These same people will advocate that their major thoroughfare is actually a quaint residential neighborhood and succeed in getting a 25mph speed limits and walking in the middle of the road while the sun is setting during commuting hours - literally begging to get run over.  If you travel just 30-45 minutes north or west, people suddenly have a place to be and understand how to operate a motor vehicle.  It\u0026rsquo;s the weirdest thing, you\u0026rsquo;d never believe it until you saw it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt isn\u0026rsquo;t all bad though - the simple fact is the area is full of large high paying companies to work for.  All of these companies are aware that jobs are easy to come by and for the most part take good care of their employees.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs for activities, you really have to drive pretty far to do things, especially geeky things.  There is a race track 2 hours away.  Old city Philadelphia 1 hour away, an indoor electric gokart track that is excellent, many excellent movie theaters and plenty of diverse weekend activity.  There is also Lehigh Valley hackerspace which is 1 hour north.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe area is high on the list when it comes to tech.   Several Apple stores in the area, FIOS is rampant, LTE came here very shortly after being introduced by all of the carriers.  People who love chain stores should locate near Montgomeryville, Willow Grove or Bensalem/Fairless HIlls areas.\u003c/p\u003e\n"
    }
    ]
}