Iowa ranks 4th in "Best Places to Live in".

[progressoid]

According to nine different measures of well-being—health, safety, housing, access to broadband, civic engagement, education, jobs, environment, and income.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/07/why-the-south-is-the-worst-place-to-live-in-the-u-s-in-10-charts/

[valerief]

1. 92.5% white. Makes me think of a Tony Rock joke where

he says something about white people being so white they have "Iowa" stamped on their feet.


http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19000.html

[1Greensix]

2. Drive through it

Iowa sucks. If you don't think so, just drive through it on I-80. Turn on your FM radio. After a hundred miles you'll want to kill yourself. There's NOTHING there! Just corn. For as far as the eye can see. Some "4th best place to live".

[progressoid]

4. Hmmm...did you notice what forum you were posting in?

[cyberswede]

5. LOL. You're funny.

[IADEMO2004]

3. It feels like caucus time here.

The corn next to I 80 is our way of saying " Move along nothing to see here"

Iowa keep is secret keep it safe.

[Bettie]

6. We moved here nearly 13 years ago

From the Chicago 'burbs, Madison, WI before that. Both of us (husband and me) are from Wisconsin.

Iowa is a great place to raise kids. My kids are getting the kind of childhood I had, with the ability to go to the park by themselves, spend the summer at the pool, play in the creek, go to the movie on Friday night, etc. They can do all of this without me hanging onto them every second of every day.

The best part is that if they step out of line, I know it before they get home, since everyone knows which kids belong to which family and will call. I haven't had one of those calls in several years though.

I might find the small town life dull and isolating sometimes, since I wasn't born here, but overall, the quality of our family life is enhanced by living here.

I don't know if the experience is the same in larger cities.

[cyberswede]

7. Speak it, sister!

Our small town is the same way. For example. we know the kids' teachers as friends and fellow parents - very easy to talk to people you can relate to. The kids get to participate in lots of sports & activities, too - and there's always someone to carpool with.

Some advantages for adults, too...we closed one of our home loans at our own house after work, since the banker was someone we know from around town. And it's handy to have the mayor and police chief as neighbors - and be able to text the city council members.

[rurallib]

8. Branstad is working hard to raise that number

Low wages, tax cuts for the rich, if he could Obamacare would be gone tomorrow, screwing up the schools.
Give him a Republican legislature and he will have us in the teens , twenties or even higher in no time.

[47of74]

9. Look for that number to sink like a stone.