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Wouldnt be surprised if mafia was involved

• mikestew 8y ago
  It has nothing to do with the mafia, and everything to do with Carmel's long-time self-esteem problem. The only people that insist on pronouncing the town's name like the one in California are Carmel residents. The rest of the world pronounces it "KAR-mel". Or, more snidely, "CarMEL-by-the-Interstate". It was particularly hilarious that residents like to think of Carmel as where the rich people live (it's really where the upper middle-class live), and then I moved to Redmond and saw how real rich people lived. :-) I haven't lived near Indianapolis in twenty years, but I don't imagine it's changed much. In which case public spending is probably motivated more by keeping up appearances, just like with Carmel's citizens, than it is about corruption.