By every measure, Hamilton County is the wealthiest place in Indiana, and not by a little bit. The 2000 Census said that Hamilton County’s median annual household income was about $71,000. In comparison, the median income in neighboring Marion County (Indianapolis) was about $48,750, and across Indiana it was about $47,500.
So Hamilton County has some serious tax revenue, and [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Carmel Indiana’
7 November 2008
Tax dollars at work in Indiana’s wealthiest county
31 October 2008
Carmel four-way stops
I’d been driving for 20 years when I started my current job, which is in Carmel, Indiana. Within days, I was almost involved in three accidents at four-way stop signs.
The Indiana driver’s manual doesn’t tell the rules for four-way stops, but when Dad taught me to drive, here’s how he told me to handle them.
If [...]
2 May 2008
Spring Mill Road photos
A few pictures from my walk along Spring Mill Road turned out all right.
I took this northbound photo at 103rd St., which is just beyond the I-465 overpass. I really like how the road ripples where the two cars are on it. The redbud with its purple-pink flowers is common throughout Indiana. There are tons [...]
1 May 2008
Spring on Spring Mill Road
I feel fortunate to have a really pleasant drive to work for the first time since moving to Indianapolis many years ago. From my Northwestside home I can take any number of routes along surface streets north out of the city. These are the old suburbs, filled with low ranch houses set well back from [...]
14 January 2008
Exploring Old US 31
Driving between South Bend and Indianapolis on US 31 bores me silly, except in Carmel/Westfield and Kokomo, where traffic crawling among endless stoplights always provides an exercise in patience. Today, I avoid US 31 as much as I can.
US 31’s history, however, has interested me for years because I grew up four blocks from it [...]
