Worst city in Iowa?

[Al_4_State]

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.

They are. The small towns in the western corn belt (IA, MN, Dakotas, NE, IL) are better than the rest of the country by a noticeable margin.

And by "better" I mean that they tend to be doing better economically. The towns are maintained, and people have a comfortable existence/relatively high quality of life.

Outside of tourist areas, most of rural America is struggling a lot more, and the strong ag economy here is a big buffer against that struggle.