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Le Mars living?

Grew up about 10 miles away and spent plenty of time there. About as good as a midsized town is in Iowa. Short drive from Omaha, Sioux Falls and Sioux City right next door.

Too each their own, make sure that is both what your looking for before you agree to it as its not for everyone. I certainly miss a lot of the community aspect that don't get in big metro and would love chance to raise kids there vs city.
 
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Jeremy said:
Save your marriage and pick Omaha. Having grown up in small town Iowa and moving to the metro in 2004 (age 22), it would be hard to imagine young marriage, raising kids and whatnot in such a small town nowadays. It was great when I was a kid, but times have changed so much.
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just moved out into the country from the metro.

love it. no neighbors. no one to piss you off. i can walk outside and take a pee if i want.

turning 30 this month.

I should add, lemars is 10K ppl. i moved just outside of a town that has 1500. the one thing i have going is im 25/30 from the metro though. i don't have any worries about my marriage working or raising my kid thats coming in jan.
 
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CheapClone1202 said:
Hey folks, girlfriend lives in Le Mars, I live in Omaha, eventually one of us is gonna have to move to the other. She’s just finishing college in December, I graduated in May, nothing is really keeping us in either place but I’m looking in to moving to Le Mars just in case. Anyone here live there ever or currently? One of my bigger concerns is moving to a small town and knowing no one other than my girlfriends family and friends. Also, how hard is it going to be for me to pursue a white collar career in a small town? I feel like I have a lot of assumptions about living in a smaller area that are very skewed by living my entire life in Omaha.
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LeMars is a nice town. Not much to do though. Not far from Souix City. Guess you could work there somewhere, or try to get in with Wells Blue Bunny in Lemars.
 
cyIclSoneU said:
I'm sure people dunk on Polk City, but putting that aside, the DSM metro is really not the same thing as Sioux City either.
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I agree. But SC has a decent amount of "things to do". People are very territorial about where they live and love to look down on those who live elsewhere.. It's human behavior. I LOVE DSM but know it's not heaven.

People I work with in Chicago and New York come to town and think that DSM is full of farmers and cow tipping. It's all about perspective.

I'm in the baby making and raising portion of my life. We are looking to leave the western suburbs for a smaller school district so our kids have more opportunity than in a 2K person school. So a place the size of Le Mars, Polk City, Bondy and Huxley sounds great
 
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cyfan92 said:
I agree. But SC has a decent amount of "things to do". People are very territorial about where they live and love to look down on those who live elsewhere.. It's human behavior. I LOVE DSM but know it's not heaven.

People I work with in Chicago and New York come to town and think that DSM is full of farmers and cow tipping. It's all about perspective.

I'm in the baby making and raising portion of my life. We are looking to leave the western suburbs for a smaller school district so our kids have more opportunity than in a 2K person school. So a place the size of Le Mars, Polk City, Bondy and Huxley sounds great
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What opportunities are at a smaller school that isn't at a bigger school?
 
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cyfan92 said:
I agree. But SC has a decent amount of "things to do". People are very territorial about where they live and love to look down on those who live elsewhere.. It's human behavior. I LOVE DSM but know it's not heaven.

People I work with in Chicago and New York come to town and think that DSM is full of farmers and cow tipping. It's all about perspective.

I'm in the baby making and raising portion of my life. We are looking to leave the western suburbs for a smaller school district so our kids have more opportunity than in a 2K person school. So a place the size of Le Mars, Polk City, Bondy and Huxley sounds great
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We left WDM for a smaller school where our kids could participate in anything they wanted to try. Also the smaller district was more flexible on academic subject acceleration
 
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Rabbuk said:
What opportunities are at a smaller school that isn't at a bigger school?
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Allows kids to participate in multiple activities without the need to specialize. Smaller class sizes with more frequent interaction from teachers. Less pressure from Instagram culture that is harming young girls. Less people to deal with.

Smaller cities are far from perfect. But for some.. It is a better life. I personally love the idea of getting a small acreage to mess around on over having to keep up with the Jones' in suburbia.
 
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cyfan92 said:
I agree. But SC has a decent amount of "things to do". People are very territorial about where they live and love to look down on those who live elsewhere.. It's human behavior. I LOVE DSM but know it's not heaven.

People I work with in Chicago and New York come to town and think that DSM is full of farmers and cow tipping. It's all about perspective.

I'm in the baby making and raising portion of my life. We are looking to leave the western suburbs for a smaller school district so our kids have more opportunity than in a 2K person school. So a place the size of Le Mars, Polk City, Bondy and Huxley sounds great
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I’ve never understood this. How is there MORE opportunity at a small school? This makes no sense to me. Larger schools are always going to have more and broader opportunities than a small school aren’t they?
 
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CoachHines3 said:
just moved out into the country from the metro.

love it. no neighbors. no one to piss you off. i can walk outside and take a pee if i want.

turning 30 this month.

I should add, lemars is 10K ppl. i moved just outside of a town that has 1500. the one thing i have going is im 25/30 from the metro though. i don't have any worries about my marriage working or raising my kid thats coming in jan.
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Great points. I grew up in town of 2,000 and now there are more kids than that in my kids elementary school. All pros and cons.

Being within 30 mins of a city etc would be a must for me nowadays, though it’s more for convenience as we don’t have friends or do much.
 
cyclonespiker33 said:
They (larger schools) will almost always have better education as well.
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Most of the kids in my kids’ classes and friends’ kids spend most of their senior year attending community college classes. Do the larger towns send the students to ISU or Iowa since it’s better?
 
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