Just for all you Ankeny bashers

[MeowingCows]

Johnston. My favorite area I've lived in Des Moines and I've lived in all but the Southside.

I did the south side for you, not worth (unless you're talking, like, Norwalk/Indianola+, I didn't go that far).

 

[CyCrazy]

Ankeny is Ames taint.

 

[MeowingCows]

Ankeny is Ames taint.

How dare you talk about Huxley that way

 

[Freebird]

Still a completely soulless community devoid of any authenticity or identity outside the Yankee Clipper.

 

[Cyrocks]

Nobody could have predicted the explosive growth over the last couple of decades. Any community with that type of crazy growth would be experiencing the same issues.

Make the people who decided that Ankeny was one of the top places to live in the country actually live there for a year.

THEN have them do their list again.

 

[MeowingCows]

Still a completely soulless community devoid of any authenticity or identity outside the Yankee Clipper.

Bull ****. We have 17 different Mexican restaurants also, each with a very similar but slightly different personality.

 

[Cyrocks]

Still a completely soulless community devoid of any authenticity or identity outside the Yankee Clipper.

There is also that strip bar by it

 

[NorthCyd]

Ankeny is Ames taint.

What does that make Huxley and Alleman?

 

[Pope]

Ankeny is Ames taint.

If it weren't for ISU, Ames would be Boone. There's a reason why more people choose to live in Ankeny, even when you include ISU's total enrollment.

 

[3TrueFans]

If it weren't for ISU, Ames would be Boone. There's a reason why more people choose to live in Ankeny, even when you include ISU's total enrollment.

But then what would Boone be?

 

[NorthCyd]

But then what would Boone be?

A dirt track in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Cyched]

But then what would Boone be?

*shudders*

 

[Cyfan1965]

Have the "mamma bears" stop fighting in Ankeny yet?

 

[Pope]

But then what would Boone be?

The town to where the Ames teens go for fun.

 

[MeowingCows]

But then what would Boone be?

Still traveling via horses and trains at this point.

 

[MeowingCows]

Have the "mamma bears" stop fighting in Ankeny yet?

I think they slowly started fighting amongst themselves and all bailed out, but I'm not certain on that.

 

[Clone5]

I think they slowly started fighting amongst themselves and all bailed out, but I'm not certain on that.

The story is more interesting than that. You'll have to do some digging to find the full story. It is crazy but not surprising Kim Reynolds chose to associate with this group of people.

 

[Pope]

The story is more interesting than that. You'll have to do some digging to find the full story. It is crazy but not surprising Kim Reynolds chose to associate with this group of people.

Or you could just share the story...

 

[3TrueFans]

Or you could just share the story...

Then you won't buy his memoir though.

 

[NorthCyd]

Or you could just share the story...

It's political in nature obviously so it would get people worked up who can't handle that outside the cave, plus it's not that hard to Google ankeny mama bears.