Where were YOUR state's NFL teams last Superbowl Sunday?
What world-renowned Indy car race do YOUR state's host?
Do your states even HAVE a racing car name-sake?
And we have a huge NASCAR race, too, coming up.
I can drive to Chicago or Louisville in a couple of hours, I can fly to New York or Mexico in about an hour and a half.
Southern Indiana in the Fall is a huge tourist destination, with rolling hills covered in beautiful, colorful foliage that rivals anything in New England.
And we executed Timothy McVeigh.
I can still get a dbl. cheeseburger, fries, and a drink for $2.00; and buy a nice, big, 4-bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bath house for $100,000. And property taxes (until just recently) are very low.
Thirteen MORE "skyscrapers" than Illinois (including Chicago).
Indiana leads the nation with more nationally recognized school counseling programs.
Indiana leads the nation in terms of biodiesel blending capabilities.
Indiana itself has the nation's highest percentage of workers in manufacturing (20%) and is second in percentage of gross product attributable to manufacturing. It is the number two steel producer with its giant, heavily automated steel mills on the south shore of Lake Michigan and mini-mills scattered across the state.
Indiana leads the nation in making elevators, refrigerators, engines, engine-electrical equipment, recreational vehicles, mobile homes, and truck and bus bodies.
It gave the world canned pork and beans, tomato juice, the Coca-Cola bottle and Alka-Seltzer.
We have art and history museums, amusement parks, symphonies, zoos....
There is much to recommend here!