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Article: WEST SIDE STORIES ARE WE MORE THAN BOUNDARIES?
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2009
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There was a time, decades ago, when a city was broken into
smaller communities. These communities and neighborhoods each had
their own schools, churches and stores, and everyone knew everyone
else.
Those days are gone with the fast pace of the 21st century and
more convenient transportation to get around.
But west of Fulton Avenue, a community reminiscent of those
little neighborhoods still exists... the West Side.
"Most of what makes the West Side the West Side is the people,"
said West Side Nut Club (WSNC) member Mike Fetscher. "It's the thick
German heritage and blue-collar philosophy."
Fetscher has been a West Sider for 36 years - his whole life. He
said the West Side is different from ...