No. Warsaw is actually a nice town. You wouldn’t think it. I mean…it’s not quite half way between Fort Wayne and Chicago, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. But it just so happens that Warsaw is considered the orthopedic capital of the world. The first ever orthopedic company, DePuy, began operations there back in 1895 making mesh and wooden splints. Justin Zimmer, who was the sales person, split off in 1905 and formed his own company (Zimmer Manufacturing) doing the same. Since then a number of other competitive and support type companies have sprung up nearby. Most of these are now huge corporations and drive the economy of the area, though there are now a number of other industries around town that take advantage of some of the infrastructure that sprang up from the orthopedics. Needless to say there are employees at nearly all salary ranges, though given the nature of what they’re doing there certainly are more than a few highly paid professionals. Consequently it’s a pretty nice town with some very nice areas.
Warsaw Court House
As much as we may like Warsaw, moving there doesn’t make sense because it would just put me an hour away from my job at Sweetwater. So we’re now embarking on this process of finding a place in between Warsaw and Fort Wayne, where we can both have reasonable drives to and from work.
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