The Great Divide: " It’s way too ghetto in Indiana.”

I contend that historical memories are short but their consequences are long. As a cultural demarcation, the Ohio River represented the Mason Dixon Line. Slavery was south of it, and not north. Kentucky was "neutral" in the Civil War, but southern leaning. Indiana was northern, part from its Copperheads ... and Southern Indiana's more like Alabama than Michigan ...

Never mind.

The Great Divide: Why aren’t we crossing the bridge?, by Kevin Gibson (LEO Weekly)

 ... To wit, several responses I received via social media about why people won’t cross the bridge play right into these stereotypes. One Louisville native who now lives in Indiana called Louisville “to [sic] ghetto.” Another said of Southern Indiana, “Not much over there. Except great restaurants, brewery’s [sic] and cool views of Louisville. Otherwise, it’s way too ghetto in Indiana.”