Beech Grove to Carmel?

So, we recently moved from Beech Grove to Carmel, Indiana. If you aren't familiar, Carmel is nice, Beech Grove is... well its Beech Grove. Carmel is known for consistently making various, best places to live lists.  Several magazines and publications have placed it on different lists over the years. I think it was last #1 in 2012 Money Magazines list, but consistently, top ten. Beech Grove on the other hand is famous for fighting. Not like respectable boxing match were people shake hands after, or even UFC, or even illegal underground Mexican chicken fights, no, no. We are definitely less sophisticated than an illegal Mexican underground chicken fight. It more hillbillies fighting in public kind of fights. We were always rednecks but we sort of kept to ourselves. We really got on the map on a national level with the famous Beech Grove Walmart fight summer of 2015. This is the one where two Moms starting fighting in the Walmart shampoo aisle and a little kid was filmed spraying shampoo on one Moms face while she was simultaneously getting punched by another Mom, his Mom. Classy stuff. More recently a Dad punched a referee in the face a few times at a football game because his son got tossed out. As much as we're known for fighting, its pretty obvious, we also make great parents.  With Carmel being on the top places to live, in the best country to live (USA! USA!), this means we are basically living in one of the nicest neighborhoods in the world, and by association can assume most of our new neighbors haven't recently been featured on the nightly news with Brian Williams for punching people in the face in public. When you tell people from Carmel that you just moved here from Beech Grove, the responses are understandably predictable. Some do this little head tilt, like they're saying "I'm so sorry" with the eyes, but also theres a palpable element of fear, because the 6 foot 3' guy with a bunch of tattoos has clearly punched a few people in the face, probably already today.... is that blood on his hand right now?!?! KIDS GET INSIDE!! Sometimes its a different look. Almost a happy teary eyed look. The kind you might give a refugee that just escaped a camp of some sort. Like, "Oh my goodness you are from Beech Grove? AND you got out, AND none of your kids are in court mandated  child protective service custody! You are LITERALLY, SO inspiring! Would you want to come speak at my book club?" Yes, yes I would.  Cheers to Carmel!

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