I don't know if this is necessarily a good thing.
5 cities where people are splurging - Des Moines, Iowa (3) - CNNMoney.com
5 cities where people are splurging - Des Moines, Iowa (3) - CNNMoney.com
Des Moines in the top 5
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Why is it so important to list what our favorite restaurant and retailer is when proving that we have high credit debt?
Columbus, OH - Favorite restaurant: Bucca Di Beppo, closely followed by Hooters.
Nice.
Also, favorite retailer is Saks? Saks and Hooters, that's an interesting combination.
Nice.
Also, favorite retailer is Saks? Saks and Hooters, that's an interesting combination.
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guessing they were able to look at tax reports and see Applebees had the highest collected for the area?
Captain O'Hagan: I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, " Shenanigans."
Mac: Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy **** on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
Farva: You mean Shenanigans?
Mac: OOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Thorny: OOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
[as they hand the Captain their pistols]
My guess is that Mint just looks at Credit card transactions of it's members to pick out the favorite places. Here is why i think Costco would be number 1.
#1 A large percentage of Costco users use their American Express to pay. At least I do.
#2 There is only one Costco in the metro. If you go to places like Wal-mart/Hy-Vee it shows up as a different transaction based on which one you go to. If you did combine sales, places like Wal-Mart would bury Costco.
#1 A large percentage of Costco users use their American Express to pay. At least I do.
#2 There is only one Costco in the metro. If you go to places like Wal-mart/Hy-Vee it shows up as a different transaction based on which one you go to. If you did combine sales, places like Wal-Mart would bury Costco.
Kinda hard to make fun of anyone when you're a Royal's fan. I mean...how do we take you serious knowing that?
Des Moines has plenty of favorable rankings to make it a legit small-to-mid-sized city. I can cut/paste the list if you'd like me to provide it. The Royals, on the other hand, have zero creditability to make them a legit major league baseball team...unless of course, their competition is limited to the Pittsburg Pirates.
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stay strong Des Moines backer!! I am a Royals fan but am not defined as a Royals fan, you obviously have a huge napoleon complex about your Appelbees loving city. Enjoy being the butt of pretty much every joke and living in a city that is worse than Omaha.
I'm guessing the opposite, actually. How else would Applebees be our favorite place to eat?
Gotta be combined locations. Costco does well because a lot of small business shop there for corporate needs. high dollar/volume items.
2011 Rankings
- Des Moines named the best place to live on the Silicon Prairie, and one of 18 “coolest places to live in America.” (March 8, Men's Journal)
- Des Moines Arts Festival #7 on list of Top 10 Fairs and Festivals (February 2011, AmericanStyle Magazine)
- Des Moines metro ranks well on Farmers Insurance “most secure” list (February 11, Farmers Insurance Group)
- Wells Fargo Arena Receives Highest Ranking in Venue History (January 25, Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Arena Venues)
- Des Moines placed No. 35 out of the 200 largest metro areas in the United States in national brainpower rankings (December 23, compiled by Portfolio.com and American City Business Journals Inc.)
- Des Moines fourth in ranking of best business cities (December 20, Marketwatch)
- Des Moines ranks in the top 10 best cities for doing business for the second year in a row (December 20, Market Watch).
- Des Moines metro economy again rated in top tier (December 16, desmoinesregister.com)
- Des Moines among the top 10 American cities best situated for recovery (November 8, newsweek.com)
- Des Moines/West Des Moines rank #6 best cities to move to in America (October 27, Bestplaces.net)
- Iowa ranks 3rd as best run state in the country (October 4, 24/7 Wall St.)
- Des Moines is #14 among most attractive metros (Aug/Sept, Area Development)
- Iowa ranks 5th best state for retirement in 2010 (MoneyRates.com)
- Iowa ranks 6th in survey of healthiest states for kids (July 27, Annie E. Casey Foundation)
- Iowa ranks 6th in the top ten for Top States for Business in 2010 (CNBC Special Report)
- Des Moines is No. 2 on the economic performance list (June, Brookings Institution)
- Des Moines receives its fifth All-America City award (June, National Civic League)
- Iowa ranks 2nd in most volunteered hours in the nation. Des Moines is the 6th most volunteered city in Iowa (June 16, Corporation for National and Community Service)
- Des Moines is #1 place to raise a family (June, Forbes)
- The #7 pick in Kiplinger's Best Cities 2010 is fertile ground for new jobs (July, Kiplinger)
- Des Moines is rated the #1 place for business and careers by Forbes after ranking 7th last year (April 13, Forbes)
- Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area in Top 25 U.S. Cities with the Most Energy Efficient Buildings (March 23, EPA)
- Iowa ranks 5th happiest state (February 16, Yahoo)
- Iowa ranks as a top 10 state for wellness (February 15, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)
- Des Moines #26 on list of happiest, healthiest people (February, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index)
- Oprah included Iowa on her list of “100 Things That are Getting Better.” Iowa was the only state to make the list. (January 27)
- Des Moines: John & Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park listed as one of the 45 Best New Midwest Spots to Play, Eat & Stay (January, Midwest Living)
- Civic Center of Greater Des Moines ranks 17th in ticket sales in the Jan. 11, 2010 edition of Pollstar magazine’s annual list of the top 100 worldwide theater venues - ahead of other Midwestern venues including St. Louis’ Fabulous Fox Theatre (#23), Chicago’s Chicago Theatre (#28) and Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre (#38)! (January)
All this tells me is that people in Des Moines are living beyond their means. They either need better jobs or lower cost of living, or a combination of the two. I read the article on the iastate website that shows that Iowa has one the highest corporate tax rates in the nation. Until the state capitol does something about that, high debt will continue. You need coporate investment to create the well- paying jobs.
I don't think the idea of the article was to point out that Des Moines has a higher credit card debt than anywhere else. It was to show consumer confidence.
As far debt and cost of living, Iowa is never near the top except for college graduates and our cost of living along with disposable income is always better than the average state.
You'll also notice that the average credit score as well as avg debt is lower in Des Moines than Denver.
https://stg1.experian.com/live-credit-smart/state-of-credit-map.html
https://stg1.experian.com/live-credit-smart/state-of-credit-map.html
