For those LONG GONE from Iowa... what do you miss?

[SpokaneCY]

Been gone nearly 25 years (Spokane over 20 years) and here's what I miss:

Thunderstorms.
Cicadias.
Fall colors.
ISU football in person.
Milly's tenderloins.
Mustards BBQ.
Tavern Pizza - the original.
Corso's pizza.
El Compadres.
Tasty Tacos.
Accurate weather forecasts.
Kitten noses and puppy dog kisses.

What else do the out-of-towners miss?

 

[GTO]

Dog-friendly Hy-Vees.

 

[CoKane]

I really want to poke the bear right now.......



But I wont.



I still live in Iowa, so if I left I would guess I would miss corn the most.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I'm going to exclude anything ISU because that seems obvious.

-sweet corn
-Casey's
-lack of traffic
-genuinely friendly strangers

 

[CarlHungus]

I'm going to exclude anything ISU because that seems obvious.

-sweet corn
-Casey's
-lack of traffic
-genuinely friendly strangers

Is the traffic in Honolulu that bad? I've been there once, and didn't think it was too bad. Is it really worse than places like Atlanta and LA?

 

[BoxsterCy]

Honestly, nothing.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Is the traffic in Honolulu that bad? I've been there once, and didn't think it was too bad. Is it really worse than places like Atlanta and LA?

I believe it was just rated the worst in the country.

The construction of The Rail, which has shut down some lanes on H1 westbound certain doesn't help.

 

[Clone9]

Nice people.

 

[CarlHungus]

I believe it was just rated the worst in the country.

The construction of The Rail, which has shut down some lanes on H1 westbound certain doesn't help.

Wow, that surprises me. I guess I went in the right time of the year. Either way, I'd trade your traffic for our winters

 

[KnappShack]

Respectable corn in the cob and Sterzings chips.

That and "Dr Love" Ed Wilson on channel 13.

Otherwise....ehhh

 

[ISUcyclones11]

I've lived in Central Iowa my entire life but I always hear people talking about how they miss real people.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

Obviously the grocery stores. Piggly-wiggly ain't no HyVee!

 

[Erik4Cy]

"The winters." - said no one ever

 

[GTO]

The winters.

 

[CarlHungus]

The winters.

I love winter up until Christmas. A 40 degree Christmas with no snow on the ground really bums me out. After Christmas, I ******* hate winter

 

[Doc]

I miss my family and ISU sports. And thunderstorms.

 

[ExCyment]

When I was out of state I missed everything being green in the summer, and yes H1 is the worst.

 

[LindenCy]

Good friends and Ames in the fall.

 

[carvers4math]

Son misses seasons, pork tenderloins, the Butter Cow, Iowa sweetcorn, walking tacos, friends, dog, family, absence of traffic.

 

[ZJohnson]

Real tailgating, Casey's Pizza and Leinie's Original