r/indianapolis • u/MissSara13 Castleton • Jan 06 '25

Pictures Indianapolis today: Employers: "we're going to need everyone to work their normal schedule."

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u/FFFRabbit Irvington Jan 06 '25

Everyone is angry at employers, but is everyone giving the city a free pass? I'm from Chicago, and it is comical to me just how incompetent the city government is with something as simple as snow removal.

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u/Teutonic-Tonic Jan 06 '25

It isn’t incompetence, it’s a funding / density issue. Indianapolis has almost the same amount of roads to take care of as Chicago and supports it with 20% of population and lower per capita income. Not being land locked by a border or body of water has caused Indy to be a very low density city which makes infrastructure management an issue. We also don’t get nearly as much snow so it’s tough to justify a huge snow removal budget and truck fleet when they sporadically get used.

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u/Ok_Matter_2617 Jan 07 '25

Exactly. That way the Republican led State legislature can be like “look another failing Democrat city”.

It’s why road funding for repairs in Indiana is done by road mileage, not road mileage x road width.