Anderson, Indiana

When i go home, I have to drive through Anderson. Anderson has suffered majorly from GM's departure and futher this economic downturn. Going back, Anderson used to be a very prominant city in the area. It was active, had a lot to offer in jobs and recreation, and had money. Since the two GM plants have closed down, as well as some other small industies, Anderson has taken a major hit. Anderson today, is falling apart. Infrastructure is starting to be run-down, once nice kept up neighborhoods are starting to be unkept and turned over to those with poor incomes. With jobs leaving town and no real source of a rebound there (even though Nestles has a plant now operational there) much of the wealthy have left town as well as a large part of the ciy's stable tax base. Schools have closed and consolidated, athletic standards are on the decline, and the state of those schools are delcining as well in quality. Anderson's struggles have brought down the county around it. (Madison Co., which i live in) At the beginning of the 1990's, Madison was ranked as third wealthiest in means of income, jobs, etc.. now it is near last. I'm writing this cause it's just something i think about when I'm driving home. I see it, and it's sad that this place that once was such a high quality kind of place to live has crashed and is struggling as a whole to make ends meet.