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Thinking about moving out of Iowa
Yeah, I was thinking the person I was responding to might consider moving out of Iowa to a higher cost of living state, assuming higher pay, for 10 or more years. Then move back to a cheap state to stretch their dollar. Iowa is pretty cheap as a whole. There are always cheaper places within or... -
Thinking about moving out of Iowa
Just curious what the other region you were considering that your wife is from? Iowa is probably 70% of the national average, with small towns and rural Iowa being well below, and the Des Moines burbs being above that. So, yes, you are definitely going to spend more most other places. One... -
Thinking about moving out of Iowa
When my wife and I moved to CO springs we knew no one there. Made friends through work. Also when we moved in, two houses away people were flying a Hawk flag. Turned out to be great people. And one of those weird coincidences: we had moved back to Ames, they had moved around via the military... -
High School Sports Thread
Um no. Conferences have nothing to do with football districts. -
High School Sports Thread
It's not a football league, so I don't think they'd dominate sports as much as you think. I'm out of the loop on a lot of the sports, but they have been really good in girls basketball, pretty good in boys basketball, and not very good in baseball. It looks like they have been toward the bottom... -
High School Sports Thread
Lost power and missed a chunk of the game. What happened in this situation and what was the call? From what I saw I was impressed with Moravia's hitting vs. CR-B's pitcher. I don't know what he was cruising at last night, but I think he's a guy that can touch 88-90 and can spin it pretty well... -
High School Sports Thread
I think Ames, Indi, and Norwalk should just all try to get in the CIML along with DCG. Then split it up into two divisions with smaller and larger schools: Large: Valley, Johnston, SEP, Waukee NW, Waukee, Centennial, Ankeny Small: Norwalk, Indianola, DCG, Urbandale, Ames, Dowling If they... -
Who wrote the marital rights laws in Iowa?
Uh no. The laws like this make complete sense, and exist in every state in some regard. In many marriages, whether it's to decide on where to live or relocate, to run a household, have kids, etc. one spouse or the other sacrifices career progress to varying extents. In many marriages with... -
High School Sports Thread
For the millionth time, this is all nonsense. The state associations need to get together on this and create some conferences that get good competitive scheduling and reasonable travel. -
High School Sports Thread
Was going to share this too. So it's good that they are not juicing hitting, but it seems like a dumb thing to add, at least for varsity. Let them swing them in JV, but if you can't swing a 32" -3, or even a 31" -3, how on earth are you playing varsity? The -3 bats are going to be hotter, so the... -
Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?
Well, if you can’t recruit legit front 6 dudes like ISU didn’t, couldn’t, and probably never will consistently, then playing the defense that requires 6 instead of 7 makes sense. The whole point was recruiting safety and hybrid types at a place like ISU is a hell of a lot easier than true edge...- AuH2O
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- Forum: General College Sports
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Thinking about moving out of Iowa
This was our justification for moving back to Iowa from CO. At the time we were heading back all the time for weddings, holidays, etc and not spending much time on fun stuff. Plus having grandparents be able to go to activities and sporting events is worth a lot. I still have regrets about not... -
Thinking about moving out of Iowa
Colorado Springs winters are awesome. Way milder than Iowa. Lived there for three winters and there was maybe one week where it was really cold and snow stayed on the ground. Usually it would snow a lot of days, but typically melted the same day with highs reaching 40-50. Basically summer was... -
Thinking about moving out of Iowa
State taxes need to be part of the evaluation of a place, but yeah, I don't get people putting this at the top of the list. In the most extreme cases state income taxes go from 0 to what, maybe 9%? That's obviously important, but by the time you weigh in things like housing, insurance, other... -
Thinking about moving out of Iowa
I think that's a pretty good call, but I tend to prefer some of the NC towns vs. Virginia. Maybe I didn't have a good impression because driving by Richmond a couple years ago on the way to OBX I saw the biggest flag of any kind in my life, and it was not an American Flag. I still have my top...