Worst towns in Iowa

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Many towns in Iowa have been passed by mother time and left by the wayside. These towns may be depressing, run-down, desolate, or flat out boring.r.. maybe all four. Which town do you think is THE worst town in Iowa?
 

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We did this last year and decided on Ottumwa.
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longtimeclone

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Well maybe Ottumwa wasn't the worst town this year. They might have done something to improve or maybe another city did something worse to move up.
 

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Being from eastern iowa I feel there are too many to choose from over there...

Cedar Rapids. everything along HWY 30 East of CR. Every town along the mississippi. there's a lot of trashy crapiness going on over there.

to be honest, I think the Iowa City area (IC, coralville, North liberty) is one of the few okay places to live in eastern Iowa. besides all the haweye people of course.
 

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One of the funniest threads ever started about kids throwing rocks from a bridge onto the interstate somewhere in Des Moines...yet the thread evolved into a very entertaining defense of a small central Iowa town when someone's feelings got hurt. Can't remember the town in that thread though...it was hilarious! Was it Woodward or Granger...anyone remember that thread?
 

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Cedar Rapids. everything along HWY 30 East of CR. Every town along the mississippi. there's a lot of trashy crapiness going on over there.

Well I like Dubuque although there can be some rough parts, but I wasn't too impressed with Burlington when I had to stay there a week.
 

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I grew up in Des Moines and I have lived in Muscatine for the past 7 months. It's pretty bad over here.... Good thing I'm moving today.
 

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Many towns in Iowa have been passed by mother time and left by the wayside. These towns may be depressing, run-down, desolate, or flat out boring.r.. maybe all four. Which town do you think is THE worst town in Iowa?

I must have missed time having a sex change... first I have ever heard of it being referred to as a female. Father time was cool, played baseball, drank beer, real down to earth stuff, I don't see him having that surgery... but weirder things have happened lately I suppose.

In response to the question: If you want a run down town look no further than Clinton, IA.