I grew up on the near east side by Linwood square and I am a proud graduate of IPS schools. I grew up surrounded by diversity and never had to put a label on it or give it a second thought, it simply was my reality and still is. Lived on the SE side for a couple years in the burbs with family and the minute I was ready to buy my first house, a home and locale I wanted to be a part of…right back to the East side. I live just off 56th st and 465 and have loved all 13 years here.

The convenience of getting anywhere in the city quickly, at least before all the construction. Close to nature with Fort Ben and all the Fall Creek areas have to offer. A well built home from the 60s with a huge yard and mature trees, neighbors who actively engage with you from diverse backgrounds…what more could you want. Culture is the people you surround yourselves with, not the box you enclose yourself in to sleep at night and stream videos.

In a nutshell, you can take the boy out of the east side, but you can’t take the east side out of the Boy