What are you trying to start a Hickory Park / Hickory House debate? I don't think CF could handle that.
Worst city in Iowa?
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A hail storm can turn a drab town into a good town. Like 2023. New siding, new roofs.
The hailstorm we had in Bloomfield 15 years ago is referred to be many as the Bloomfield recovery storm. We ended up getting a new roof, house resided and a new garage out of the storm. Many here in town did also, lot of new roofs and siding companies rolled into town and made a killing.
So actually your trash talking was just a little more high class?
"Cousin boning hicks" is a pretty good line!
Make a thread about Hickory park condiments and you may crash the site.
I mean, I certainly don't question your memory. I just find it odd given that Fort Dodge is known for being a bit more diverse than most cities it's size in Iowa. Wouldn't dare make the case that there aren't racists here. There are, but generally the racism is aimed AT the Fort Dodge teams, at least in the recent years I've had kids in sports.
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This was about 20 years ago, not sure if the demographics have changed. And racist ******** aren’t exclusive to any one town, we all have them. I just especially remember the black kids on our team being called the n word and the rest of us being called “n word lovers” in Fort Dodge.
It wasn't all that long ago that there were people burning crosses on other's front lawns in Dubuque. Unfortunately, there are horrible people everywhere.
Lifelong Marshalltowner so biased but the city is fine.
Roundhouse just got an $8.5 mil reno in 2016 and built new $6 mil football/soccer/track that opened fall 2023. The YMCA is fantastic and hosts state swimming. The Vets Colliseum just had a $4 million renovation after derecho. All the youth sports leagues are well supported and both Y and Park and Rec host their own leagues in addition to sports complexes having leagues.
Traffic is awesome, if I'm more than 4 cars back at a stop light it must be after the fireworks on the 4th of July. Driving in Ames or Des Moines for me is stressful, had to go into the office in Urbandale a couple days two weeks ago and about died twice.
Big enough to have everything but a Target and lots of food options. Just got the new Menards a decade ago and have new KFC, TB and Caseys, and Kwik Star renovated their 3 locations in last 3 years. Also elite Mexican food which is my favorite, favorite 3 places I've had anywhere in El Portal, La Carretta and Zamora's.
Also the location is tough to beat, right in the middle of the 4 major universities. Hour to Drake, 35 to Ames, hour to UNI, 90 min to IC.
Roundhouse just got an $8.5 mil reno in 2016 and built new $6 mil football/soccer/track that opened fall 2023. The YMCA is fantastic and hosts state swimming. The Vets Colliseum just had a $4 million renovation after derecho. All the youth sports leagues are well supported and both Y and Park and Rec host their own leagues in addition to sports complexes having leagues.
Traffic is awesome, if I'm more than 4 cars back at a stop light it must be after the fireworks on the 4th of July. Driving in Ames or Des Moines for me is stressful, had to go into the office in Urbandale a couple days two weeks ago and about died twice.
Big enough to have everything but a Target and lots of food options. Just got the new Menards a decade ago and have new KFC, TB and Caseys, and Kwik Star renovated their 3 locations in last 3 years. Also elite Mexican food which is my favorite, favorite 3 places I've had anywhere in El Portal, La Carretta and Zamora's.
Also the location is tough to beat, right in the middle of the 4 major universities. Hour to Drake, 35 to Ames, hour to UNI, 90 min to IC.
I lived in Marshall County most of my life (5 years ago moved to Altoona) and could not agree more. Still work out of Marshalltown 2 days a week and remote 3.
I do believe the Coliseum lost its roof in the toranado though not the derecho. Speaking of those two events, the town looks a lot different than a few years ago with many lost trees.
Lastly, Marshalltown has a top shelf bike shop in Black Tire Bike Company on Main St. Matt is great.
My opinion but this isn’t unique to Iowa, small towns everywhere are hurting. I actually think because of the agriculture in Iowa, small towns are doing better here than many parts of the country.
Forgot the brand new Fareway in last year, new store is amazing.
It was before the fish farm, the bodies were coming from one place the batteries another and then assemble them there. I think a couple of demo bodies might have made it to W.C. I don't believe it ever got into the hiring phase.
Did a quick Google all over by 2012 the city was stuck with a $800,000 debt.
This is happening all over America, as we have moved away from the rural communities and into more urban societies, those that still live in the rural areas see less money and struggle to move forward.
It was hoped that high speed internet would allow people to live in the smaller towns and cities and work from home, but so far that is just not happening enough to offset the amount of people leaving. The sorry thing about it is the best the brightest of the rural communities are leaving for a better life, and the rural areas are left with those not as educationally gifted. It's hard-to-get kids to understand the importance of an education when they have parents that have little of it, and continually degrade the importance of an education.
