4 definitions by frommuncieyo95
A neighbor hood in Muncie Indiana, also known as Thomas Park/ Avondale , is known by most local residence as shed town, alluding that historically most of the houses in the neighborhood were small and shack-like. The neighbor hood was home to the Muncie General Motors transmission plant until it closed in 2006 and was subsequently demolished leaving a roughly 60 acre fenced off concrete slab and can be used a symbol of the death of the manufacturing industry in Muncie and a symbol of urban decay and unemployment that has lead to the meth pandemic in Muncie and the rust belt in general.
Also, a public park in the Thomas Park/ Avondale Neighbor hood.
Also, a public park in the Thomas Park/ Avondale Neighbor hood.
You: I live in Thomas Park
Friend: You live in the Park?
You : No, I live in the Thomas Park Neighborhood on 15th Street off of Port.
Friend: Oh you mean shed town.
Friend: You live in the Park?
You : No, I live in the Thomas Park Neighborhood on 15th Street off of Port.
Friend: Oh you mean shed town.
by frommuncieyo95 October 17, 2016
1. A term used to refer to a neighborhood that has many small houses and shacks.
2. In Muncie}, Indiana the term is used to describe the Thomas Park/Avondale Neighborhood which was during the time of the Indiana Gas Boom was occupied by the poorest of Muncie's working class who could only afford to build small shacks to live in , compared to the Muncie's East End where Gas boom baron's built fabulous Victorian mansions, or even Muncie's West End which for the most part housed Muncie's Middle class who built smaller but ornate folk Victorian houses and moderately sized cottages, given its small shack-like houses those that lived in other parts of Muncie began to refer to the newly developed Avondale neighborhood the name shed town which to this day has stuck with locals as a the name for the Thomas Park/Avondale neighborhood.
2. In Muncie}, Indiana the term is used to describe the Thomas Park/Avondale Neighborhood which was during the time of the Indiana Gas Boom was occupied by the poorest of Muncie's working class who could only afford to build small shacks to live in , compared to the Muncie's East End where Gas boom baron's built fabulous Victorian mansions, or even Muncie's West End which for the most part housed Muncie's Middle class who built smaller but ornate folk Victorian houses and moderately sized cottages, given its small shack-like houses those that lived in other parts of Muncie began to refer to the newly developed Avondale neighborhood the name shed town which to this day has stuck with locals as a the name for the Thomas Park/Avondale neighborhood.
Shed town has became very run down in recent years since the closure of GM, Warner Gear, and many smaller factories around the area.
by frommuncieyo95 October 17, 2016
Did you hear that the Delaware County Sheriff's Department buster over 200 meth labs in Muncie last year, In other news the city council has decided to change the name of the city from Muncie to Methcie, with our new tourist slogan being "Methcie, we're having a bowl"
by frommuncieyo95 October 17, 2016
A neighbor hood in Muncie Indiana, also known as Thomas Park/ Avondale , is known by most local residence as shed town, alluding that historically most of the houses in the neighborhood were small and shack-like. The neighbor hood was home to the Muncie General Motors transmission plant until it closed in 2006 and was subsequently demolished leaving a roughly 60 acre fenced off concrete slab and can be used a symbol of the death of the manufacturing industry in Muncie and a symbol of urban decay and unemployment that has lead to the meth pandemic in Muncie and the rust belt in general.
Friend: You live in Avondale, where is that?
You : Around 10th and Hoyt
Friend: Oh you mean shed town.
You : Around 10th and Hoyt
Friend: Oh you mean shed town.
by frommuncieyo95 October 17, 2016