Things that make Iowa, Iowa.

[Broodwich]

It's RAGBRAI week and it got me thinking. What things here in Iowa make living in and being an Iowan culturally distinctive?

I'm going to kick this off with the Fareway meat counter.

 

[waynemorgan]

T-shirts that say "don't meth with Iowa"

 

[agcy68]

County Fairs.

 

[Cyched]

The friendliest people in the country

 

[Farnsworth]

casey's pizza

 

[Farnsworth]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeY0hWU28I]‪Interstate 80 Iowa‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[dmclone]

The people. There are not many things in Iowa that make it more interesting than other states but the people in the midwest are on a different level than anywhere else in the country.

 

[ThatllDoCy]

Walking Tacos

 

[cloneluke80]

sweet corn pickups on every corner

 

[CyBer]

Butter Cow.

 

[dmclone]

Small towns where you know everyone.

 

[cy4prez7]

sweet corn pickups on every corner

My favorite!! Had some "sweet corn" when I was in Vermont last summer. I'd rather have cheap generic canned corn. Nothing better than Iowa sweet corn!!

 

[cyclone101]

Hogs
Corn Fields

 

[Agclone91]

Cold as **** in the winter and hotter than **** in the summer.

 

[cyclone101]

And huge Whitetails

 

[baller21]

Baconfest!

 

[Al_4_State]

Templeton Rye.

 

[harty83]

Iowa State University

 

[Al_4_State]

RAGBRAI

 

[mcblogerson]

Cookies bbq sauce, caseys, kum'n'go, thundersnow, tractor pulls, figure 8 dirt tracks, sliced bread with crushed potato chips and chip dip inside, meth, likes to fight guys b/c you looked at their woman.