Mooresville
Like many of the small towns throughout the United States, Mooresville offers a variety of residents. The groups that were observed during the window survey includes a lot of young and middle-aged families with a mixture of grandparents who seem to be the primary caregivers for their grandchildren (at least they seemed that way). A lot of the individuals seemed to be overweight, and even obese, in their physical stature. Research shows that many of the citizens are employed and the types of jobs that are prevalent in the town are management and professional jobs at 19.5%, service occupations at 11.9% and sales and office workers at 13.9%. Other male prevalent jobs are construction, extraction and maintenance at 27.6%. Female job occupations include management and professional at 28.5% with an additional 40.5% in sales and office work as well as 17.6% in service occupations.
The physical environment of the town shows a thriving community overall with some areas that are blighted (but not a lot). Most of the homes are well-kept, and the construction of the homes trends towards siding with some brick. The lawns (for the most part) are well-maintained, neat and tidy. Such care displays a sense of community and pride. There are relatively few abandoned vehicles that were observed, and no piles of trash, although there were some yards that were overgrown and unkempt in the poorer areas of the town. The window survey found two public parks, both with walking areas, playgrounds, tables and other amenities for the public. The parks also sport a number of baseball diamonds and soccer pitches, as well as bike trails and a swimming pool.
The town's boundaries are twofold; both manmade and natural. The natural boundaries of the town are the east and west forks of the White Lick Creek that provide water for the town. Samuel Moore originally established the town between those forks due to the proximity and value of the water that not only could provide for the town's drinking and other needs, but could also power the mills that he imagined there. White Lick Creek seems to be relatively clean and continues to provide a source of energy today. The other boundaries are manmade and consists of a major highway and the railroad that divides the town. Both north and south of the State Road 67 boasts housing but the more affluent and spacious homes are south of the road, while north of the State Road boasts lots that are much more crowded and run-down. There are also several public housing areas.
Economically speaking, the town seems to be a bedroom community to Indianapolis and as a bedroom community is more affluent than not. Overall the town takes pride in its appearance and most of the homes and businesses there are well maintained. Mooresville could best be described as a thriving community with pockets of low-income housing, although not described as ghetto. The town does contain a couple of public housing areas with the usual problems associated with public housing, but even these are not so rundown as would constitute complete anarchy.
There are limited areas of shopping in Mooresville, but the town does have a Mall and two large chain grocery stores. The grocery stores are full-service and it does appear that they accept all forms of payment including foodstamps. There are a variety of business opportunities as well as a small manufacturing base.
Indianapolis, with its major metropolitan area and business opportunities is only a short 25 minute drive from Mooresville for those residents that are unable to find a job in town. The unemployment rate is relatively low and stable.
As stated before there are plenty of schools and churches of several denominations. The schools all look to be in fairly good shape and the one library that was discovered by the window survey had plenty of cars in the parking lot and looked to be used and useful.
The social question that could be asked is if this town was a healthy community. Based upon the fact that there are plenty of customers for the hospital and surrounding doctor's offices, one might believe that the health of the individuals in the community is of great importance to the town's citizens. Of course, another way to look at it is that the citizens utilize the health care facilities at a greater rate because they are unhealthy. The local hospital does offer a number of conveniences such as classes on eating health and healthy living, as well as courses on such illnesses as hypertension and diabetes. Local health care services also offer chiropractic...
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