Is Iowa an Eastern state?

[12191987]

Not West.

Then again, maybe west?:

“Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale” — Sade, “Smooth Operator”

 

[Cyched]

I agree Iowa isn't an eastern state. But it isn't western either.

It's purgatory!

 

[2speedy1]

I agree that Decorah and the river towns feel more Eastern. The Driftless Area as a whole is basically Wisconsin. Thing is, as soon as you leave that part of the state you might as well be in eastern South Dakota or Nebraska.

I think part of the problem with the argument is if you are talking geography or culture or biology or climate or any other set of factors. Then you have the map, that adds many different regions, as I noted earlier. Iowa is about as central as you can get, so can be tagged onto many regions, while at the same time can have reasons to disqualify it from just as many.

Certain parts and towns in Iowa have different culture and "feel" much different than others, even within the state, some towns and areas "feel" like other areas in the country, many of which is because of culture, heritage, traditions, and even localized topography.

That being said, if you want to look at Iowa as a whole, you still would need to designate what parameters you are talking about, meaning by geography, culture, tradition, natural resources, biology, topography etc.

There probably is no simple answer to the debate it seems.

 

[ISUTex]

It's purgatory!

It's Heaven.

 

[cal-cyclone]

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Not West.

Then again, maybe west?:

“Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale” — Sade, “Smooth Operator”

I would happy to let Sade Adu decide. Back in the day...yes sir eee.

 

[NWICY]

96% have voted west, Iowa is W. That is probably the highest agreement number in a CF poll ever.

 

[Al_4_State]

96% have voted west, Iowa is W. That is probably the highest agreement number in a CF poll ever.

That was a point I was trying to make in the other forum - a minuscule percentage of Iowans feel it’s an Eastern state.

 

[matclone]

I've gotten drawn into a debate on a geography forum I visit about what parts of the Midwest (if any) constitute the eastern US. Most people agree that anything in Central time can't really be considered eastern, but there's a poster who just stridently asserts that states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri aren't just Eastern, but decidedly Eastern in terms of climate, flora, and fauna, and geography. This seems like an insane take to me, but I'm willing to entertain the idea that I'm the outlier here.

I've always considered Iowa the most wholly Midwestern state, and view the Mississippi as the east/west fulcrum of the United States, but I believe you have to quite a ways in either direction before you're truly in the "west" or the "east".

Where's the CF peanut gallery on this question?

The strident poster's assertion is dumb. Maybe trollish.