What do you miss/appreciate about Iowa?

[BillBrasky4Cy]

"COPS!"

Ah, there's something special about a drunken sprint/stumble through cornfields at night that makes one feel alive.

Lost a pretty snazzy pair of Doc Martin sandals that way.

 

[RezClone]

"COPS!"

Ah, there's something special about a drunken sprint/stumble through cornfields at night that makes one feel alive.

the corn rash?

 

[BCClone]

Living in Minnesota, I will say that the people in Minnesota are very nice. They aren't quite as welcoming as Iowa but these are probably my two favorite places, people-wise, in the country.


We Viking people don't want to be lumped with you hicks either. It's because we're all arrogant.

That lutefisk has killed too many of you guys’ brain cells.

 

[jcyclonee]

That lutefisk has killed too many of you guys’ brain cells.

At least our lungs are better since our meat raffles are no longer filled with cigarette smoke.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

People are understanding for injured/disabled/kids etc. It's more the people that are just meandering along in groups while taking up most of the sidewalk, or just stopping dead in the middle of the sidewalk to look at something. They always seem surprised to find out there's someone two steps behind them. And someone two steps behind that person. And so on.

If you need to stop, step out of the way. It's kind of like if you were driving down a moderately busy the street and you needed to stop for some reason. Would you just slam on your breaks and stop wherever or would you pull over to get out of the way of traffic? Same concept on a busy city sidewalk.

And in a mall (yes, they still have those) and at the Iowa State Fair. And on campus.

 

[BCClone]

At least our lungs are better since our meat raffles are no longer filled with cigarette smoke.

For those of you not in the know, in Minnesota, a meat raffle is basically a key club. They think they’re being discreet

 

[madguy30]

Have you driven in Chicago, LA, or DC? You're lucky to get 2 feet of clearance.

I will be heading up north next week and am expecting to be rolled up on by the FIB with huge truck, big boat on trailer and like 4 kayaks on the roof.

 

[besserheimerphat]

The biggest thing for me is ISU athletics.

After that, shoreline access to lakes and rivers. Every place has a boat launch, but without a boat most easy-to-get-to places are surrounded by houses or farmland. The high alpine lakes are a couple hour drive on minimum maintenance forest roads. We finally bought some kayaks late last year.

We live in a relatively rural part of western WA so we can still get a lot of the Iowa ag and solitude feeling pretty easily. Life is pretty easy going here.

I traded pork for seafood and am happy with it, but I still buy a slice of Casey's pizza whenever I'm back.

I prefer the temperate WA weather. It's 73° and sunny outside right now. And it rarely gets below freezing in the winter. Green year round.

Frankly I'm not sure there's anywhere else I'd rather live than where I am. We just road tripped home for vacation and I asked myself that very question as we drove through IA, SD, WY, MT, ID and eastern WA.

 

[jcyclonee]

For those of you not in the know, in Minnesota, a meat raffle is basically a key club. They think they’re being discreet

Shhhh. If everybody learns it, the term will losing it's discreetness.

 

[KnappShack]

I've lived in Iowa all my life. You can have my share of those day-old donut tasting things.

May. God. Have. Mercy. On. Your. Soul.

My first heart attack will be dedicated to Sterzings

 

[pourcyne]

Loved my time in the unit but hated working the F-16.

Used to stand out in the parking lot at the Fleur and check the pilots' eye color on final approach to 31.

Were you the one with blue eyes and a mustache?

 

[jcyclonee]

I will be heading up north next week and am expecting to be rolled up on by the FIB with huge truck, big boat on trailer and like 4 kayaks on the roof.

I had to look up FIB. Makes sense.

I don't know if this is the same in Wisconsin but my least favorite thing about driving up north is the big white trucks/SUVs. Not other color of vehicle seems to encourage as much aggressiveness.

 

[jcyclonee]

Used to stand out in the parking lot at the Fleur and check the pilots' eye color on final approach to 31.

Were you the one with blue eyes and a mustache?

That was Tom Skerritt and those were F-14s.

 

[jcyclonee]

I miss Taco Tico, and spring. We have winter, 2 rainy days, and then we have summer.

 

[Ingynow]

Chinese Homestyle Cooking - CHC in Ames
Starbucks Fast Food - Nevada IA
"road tripping' the gravel roads with my friends when I was younger
smell of farmers harvesting crops in the fall
fishing small farm ponds for crappie

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

The education system in Texas is actually really good. However, you need to be in a suburb or nicer rural community. Or private school. So, I guess it's a lot like Iowa's.

Problem everywhere

 

[Bipolarcy]

The seems to be a function of most flat places. I've traveled extensively through backroad of Nebraska, the Dakotas, western Minnesota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and they're all pretty much a grid.

Iowa is still the only state in the union where the roads are laid out in square miles. There's another crossroad every mile in Iowa unless there is some kind of natural impediment, like a river or a gully or a large hill.

 

[12191987]

The heartbreakingly verdant countryside in summertime.

Sweet corn and pork tenderloin.

Massive bonfires and cheap beer.

Thunderstorms.

 

[BCClone]

Iowa is still the only state in the union where the roads are laid out in square miles. There's another crossroad every mile in Iowa unless there is some kind of natural impediment, like a river or a gully or a large hill.

Or the county ran out of money and abandoned roads.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Orlando. I love it here but damn... Its getting packed. My commute is up to an hour from the 15 to 20 minutes it used to be.

Ya if you like Orlando more power to you. I personally didn't like it. The highways there are an abomination. lol