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ZooCougar said:
Iowa also just had a pretty good movie that took place in it with Bruce Dern.
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Saw it last night. Can't believe you're both recommending it and telling us we should come out to the Plains every now and then.
 
ZooCougar said:
The are I lived in was quite beautiful. But two winters was enough.
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Yeah Lacrosse is beautiful. I would have guys that worked for me in Sheboygan tell me...."we don't need you transplants here. 80% of people in Sheboygan County were born and raised in Sheboygan County." They didn't like it when I asked if they were married to their cousin. Hell they didn't even get what I was asking.
 
tazclone said:
Iowa is not Nebraska...yikes. Nor is it the crap hole of ann arbor. You see this is what Iowan's talk about. Easterners thinking they can group the whole middle of the country into the same group.
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To be fair, I was responding to Zoo's post about all things midwestern. He listed Minn., Wisky and Indiana.
 
A little more than 25 years ago I briefly dated a girl who was from Minnesota (just outside of St Paul). Evidently there is a standard joke among people from that part of that state:


Q - Why does the Mississippi River flow south?

A - Because Iowa sucks!
 
upstater said:
Saw it last night. Can't believe you're both recommending it and telling us we should come out to the Plains every now and then.
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I would rather spend a weekend in Iraq than spend another in Billings.
 
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sportsart said:
Legally we can.
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Nah, not really. fortunately we legally separate ourselves, heave different views, different standards, different heritages. Golly gee whiz Wallywe even have different senators and representatives. ;)
 
FfldCntyFan said:
A little more than 25 years ago I briefly dated a girl who was from Minnesota (just outside of St Paul). Evidently there is a standard joke among people from that part of that state:


Q - Why does the Mississippi River flow south?

A - Because Iowa sucks!
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You know that Iowa is on the North end of the Mississippi right?

The more appropriate saying is

Q-Why do the trees in Minnesota lean to the South?
A-because Iowa sucks
 
tazclone said:
Yeah Lacrosse is beautiful. I would have guys that worked for me in Sheboygan tell me...."we don't need you transplants here. 80% of people in Sheboygan County were born and raised in Sheboygan County." They didn't like it when I asked if they were married to their cousin. Hell they didn't even get what I was asking.
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LaCrosse has UW-L and a couple other colleges. It brings the local IQ up. But it seems like every morning I hear in the news that some drunk drove his car into the river and drowned. Actually sometimes they would just walk into the river after "getting lost" and fall through the ice.
 
tazclone said:
You know that Iowa is on the North end of the Mississippi right?

The more appropriate saying is

Q-Why do the trees in Minnesota lean to the South?
A-because Iowa sucks
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Why is it so windy in Kansas?

Because Nebraska sucks and Oklahoma blows.
 
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MattMang23 said:
I like the ocean and being within an hour of NYC and Boston. But thank you.
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Personally prefer the ocean in the southern half of the US and the Mountains of Colorado. However, you never really know what you are missing until you visit or live there. I have lived in WI, IL, CO and IA. Will leave Iowa once my kids graduate high school. Just like anyplace it has it's positives and negatives. I would live in Des Moines in a heartbeat. Great small city with plenty to do and yet not too big
 
tazclone said:
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Nah, not really. fortunately we legally separate ourselves, heave different views, different standards, different heritages. Golly gee whiz Wallywe even have different senators and representatives. ;)
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Isn't Iowa one of those States with like one congressional district?
 
tazclone said:
You know that Iowa is on the North end of the Mississippi right?

The more appropriate saying is

Q-Why do the trees in Minnesota lean to the South?
A-because Iowa sucks
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I have a very good understanding of where Iowa, Minnesota and even New Orleans is. My guess is that as the source of the Mississippi is in Minnesota and it flows south with such volume (and for all intents and purposes splits this great nation) that the only thing that could get it to flow with that much force was something that sucked at an incredible rate (Iowa).

At the same time, there was a girl who worked for my company who grew up in Iowa (came east as an Au Pair and ended up with a clerical job in the company I worked for). Evidently she was a champion at a fair for some kind of yell (IIRC it was a husband calling contest). She did it once in the office and the walls shook. She did not last very long in the corporte world.
 
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tazclone said:
Personally prefer the ocean in the southern half of the US and the Mountains of Colorado. However, you never really know what you are missing until you visit or live there. I have lived in WI, IL, CO and IA. Will leave Iowa once my kids graduate high school. Just like anyplace it has it's positives and negatives. I would live in Des Moines in a heartbeat. Great small city with plenty to do and yet not too big
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You just described the Hartford area. Iowa sounds nice, but I'll keep megalopolis. I'd rather not have to rely on Des Moines for entertainment purposes when I can live here, be just as miserable, and drive to NY, Boston, the ocean, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington all within 5.5 hours.

Oh and that doesn't mention Canada. Quebec, Montreal, and Niagara Falls are all within 6-7 hours.
 
Please tell me Ames is nicer than Lawrence. I went to a Kansas football game and couldn't believe how depressing that area was and how their fans were douches. On the other hand, Nebraska fans were amazingly nice.
 
ZooCougar said:
I would rather spend a weekend in Iraq than spend another in Billings.
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Well, they were in Billings for 2 minutes. The rest of the time was Nebraska. Great movie, but the director claims it's a love song to the Plains states. Unbelievable.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I have a very good understanding of where Iowa, Minnesota and even New Orleans is. My guess is that as the source of the Mississippi is in Minnesota and it flows south with such volume (and for all intents and purposes splits this great nation) that the only thing that could get it to flow with that much force was something that sucked at an incredible rate (Iowa).

At the same time, there was a girl who worked for my company who grew up in Iowa (came east as an Au Pair and ended up with a clerical job in the company I worked for). Evidently she was a champion at a fair for some kind of yell (IIRC it was a husband calling contest). She did it once in the office and the walls shook. She did not last very long in the corporte world.
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I know this person. Isn't she that portly blonde on Archer?
 
tazclone said:
Iowa is not Nebraska...yikes. Nor is it the crap hole of ann arbor. You see this is what Iowan's talk about. Easterners thinking they can group the whole middle of the country into the same group.
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Iowa has that baseball field in the corn though, doesn't it? That's pretty good.
 
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sdhusky said:
Wow. Sounds like NYC. You guys won't even know you aren't in Des Moines anymore.
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Des Moines isn't bad, but I have to admit that once when I came to Drake U., I was picked up by a local and everyone was really excited about the opening of Krispy Kreme.
 
upstater said:
Well, they were in Billings for 2 minutes. The rest of the time was Nebraska. Great movie, but the director claims it's a love song to the Plains states. Unbelievable.
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What you don't want to live in a place that has one bar that serves pickled eggs and cheese curds?
 
MattMang23 said:
You just described the Hartford area. Iowa sounds nice, but I'll keep megalopolis. I'd rather not have to rely on Des Moines for entertainment purposes when I can live here, be just as miserable, and drive to NY, Boston, the ocean, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington all within 5.5 hours.

Oh and that doesn't mention Canada. Quebec, Montreal, and Niagara Falls are all within 6-7 hours.
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Des Moines is cooler than Hartford. Heresy, I know, but I'll call a spade a spade. Hartford really, really sucks right now and has for the last decade. New Haven has it all over Hartford right now and this is coming from someone who grew up in the Farmington Valley. It's a shame what Hartford has become.
 
upstater said:
Well, they were in Billings for 2 minutes. The rest of the time was Nebraska. Great movie, but the director claims it's a love song to the Plains states. Unbelievable.
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Once you get east of Livingston, MT the whole plains region is like that until you hit Minneapolis or Kansas City.
 
UConnKev said:
Please tell me Ames is nicer than Lawrence. I went to a Kansas football game and couldn't believe how depressing that area was and how their fans were douches. On the other hand, Nebraska fans were amazingly nice.
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ISU fans hate the hoks and hate the Jayhawks. I don't think you will find anyone in iowa with good things to say about Lawrence.

Ames is a nice small town and has City leaders that want to keep it that way. Shopping and entertainment are in Des Moines which is 20 min away. I would guess people from the East Coast would find Ames boring. Des moines not so much

Nebraska fans are nice hawkeye fans are asses, jayhawk fns are pompous asses.
 
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