[Indiana surprises me. St. Louis or Memphis would be another story. Hopefully they survive.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis#Demographics
My guess is they chose the cheapest digs, which also happened to be in the blackest part of town. Political correctness means the Dutch are probably unfamiliar with the fact that most stranger crime is committed by blacks. They have blacks, too, but theirs are way higher quality than ours, with far lower African admixture. And their blacks don’t have guns.
It’s downtown Indy. Not a dump
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/inddthx-hampton-indianapolis-downtown-across-from-circle-centre/