Worst towns in Iowa

**sunnysideup** · 12-19-2012, 08:00 AM

This thread has already been done before and it ends exactly the same. People throw out names of supposed crappy towns, somebody gets butt hurt because their town was mentioned, and an argument ensues. Wash, rinse, repeat.

**Bret44** · 12-19-2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by sunnysideup

This thread has already been done before and it ends exactly the same. People throw out names of supposed crappy towns, somebody gets butt hurt because their town was mentioned, and an argument ensues. Wash, rinse, repeat.

I hear "The Metro" is a pretty crappy place to live.

**00clone** · 12-19-2012, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by MeanDean

Negative rep all around. Sister lives in IC and she and her neighbors get crap taken all the time. Little stuff like flower pots and lawn ornaments. River towns have CHARACTER, okay? And I chose to live in one of those little towns E. of CR on US 30.

Does your sister live downtown IC? I can see that near the ped mall with the drunks coming home from the bars. If you have to interact with the drunk kids, it sucks, but I gotta say, otherwise it's not too bad, and it certainly has gotten better as an ISU fan the last few years as the biggest jackarses have had their mouth shut for them....thanks Paul, Fred, and the teams.

**cyfanatic** · 12-19-2012, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by 00clone

Does your sister live downtown IC? I can see that near the ped mall with the drunks coming home from the bars. If you have to interact with the drunk kids, it sucks, but I gotta say, otherwise it's not too bad, and it certainly has gotten better as an ISU fan the last few years as the biggest jackarses have had their mouth shut for them....thanks Paul, Fred, and the teams.

SE IC has a lot of problems that have nothing to do with the college population!

**benjay** · 12-19-2012, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by sunnysideup

This thread has already been done before and it ends exactly the same. People throw out names of supposed crappy towns, somebody gets butt hurt because their town was mentioned, and an argument ensues. Wash, rinse, repeat.

People from one small town telling people from another how much better they are. Too much irony.

**mtowncyclone13** · 12-19-2012, 08:16 AM

It depends what you are looking for. Using an example, some people hate crowds and thus Manhattan. Other people love activity so they would love it. Some people like bland bug box stores like Jordan Creek area, other love old historical buildings found in the eastern river towns.

Coming into Marshalltown looks like crap but not because it is dirty. It looks like crap because the roads and parking lots are so wide, etc. It's not friendly. If we trying to find the least educated those stats are out there. Someone mentioned Keokuk but I challenge any other city to have a great row of fabulous old houses like they have along the river.

**redrocker** · 12-19-2012, 08:23 AM

Apparantly nobody on here has ever been to Storm Lake. I remember that town being pretty good back in the 80's. But is has gone down hill in high gear. It is sad to go back to that town and see what it has become. Infact, I remember there being a story on the news about how bad it has become. So sad

**nfrine** · 12-19-2012, 08:27 AM

Pella or Orange City have to be considered.

**ISUAgronomist** · 12-19-2012, 08:27 AM

Every town with or in the vicinity of a meat packing plant is on the top of the list.

**twistedredbird** · 12-19-2012, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by is09span

I grew up in Des Moines and I have lived in Muscatine for the past 7 months. It's pretty bad over here.... Good thing I'm moving today.

I grew up in Muscatine. I didn't really realize how much it stunk until I had lived somewhere else. My family that still live there are oblivious to it. Though, it has gotten a lot better in the last few years. for a town of 25000, it is sad when the best restaurant was a golden coral. Then it was Applebees. But now they do have a couple really nice places thanks to the rich Californians that moved there when Hon merged with a california tech company. It definitely is a town of the haves, and the have nots. Nightlife/entertainment/shopping are non existent there.