Worst Places to Live In Iowa (article)

[kcdc4isu]

The article is just an opinion using factors that the writer used. I have lived in SC,C,NC,NE,EC (110 different towns/cities) Iowa and you can find good and bad in every town/city in this and every state. People who take an article like this and make a choice of where to live without visiting a town are idiots.

 

[khardbored]

aka rusted out lawnmowers and plastic tubing storage in most of these towns.

Ottumwa passed an ordinance earlier this year to prevent residents from parking cars on their front lawns for long periods of time -- and it wasn't too popular with some!

http://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/...cle_5983caa2-ac1e-11e4-a90e-373f2ce0f874.html

 

[CyBobby]

The river towns have seen better days. No doubt about it, Pete

I agree mr knapp............U could put every "River" town in this state on the list and it wouldn't hurt my feeling One Bit.

Go Cyclones "Bury" thee Purple Hawks....

 

[MeowingCows]

Huh, says YOU...one time, someone cut in front of me in line at K-Mart. :no:

Not gonna lie, that's actually a punishable crime in Algona. If it wasn't, the weekly newspaper police report would be empty every week with the exception of people hitting deer and reporting cows standing in the road.

 

[Al_4_State]

I think The lack of tillable land in Southern Iowa is a big factor. They have a lot of CRP down there, which has money spent on it in the first year of establishment, a mid-contract management year, and that is it. If that land were tillable the farmer would be paying the seed guy, fertilizer guy, chemical, crop insurance, trucker, banker, etc money every singles year that would circulate in the economy. With CRP that money circulation is gone. Northeast Iowa has some rougher ground but seems to have more livestock than Southern Iowa. The livestock guys spend a lot of money too on equipment, feed, buildings, supplies, etc that are all good for the local economy.

Northeast Iowa also has a solid tourism industry and significant manufacturing in most of the county seat type towns to keep the economy in the rougher agricultural areas from getting too far down/ag dependent.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Ottumwa passed an ordinance earlier this year to prevent residents from parking cars on their front lawns for long periods of time -- and it wasn't too popular with some!

http://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/...cle_5983caa2-ac1e-11e4-a90e-373f2ce0f874.html

as a non-iowa native i'll never understand why people even think parking on your lawn is okay. even for "special events". so what if you have to park further down the street. it just screams trashy.

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

Just go visit Cairo, Illinois and every place you have ever been in Iowa will look like San Diego.

This made my day. I've hated on Cairo for ages (I have in laws from there). In their mind it still looks like this

The rot in small town Iowa (or even in small town West Texas) is nothing compared to what is going on in Cairo though...

It is logical though that a city built off River economy would suffer when steam boat went out of fashion... it is shocking that it still exists at all.

 

[roundball]

You got a lot of hate in you to work thru, it seems. I suppose you're right, though, a 9/11 thruther is definitely the less crazy one.

Careful now...you guys are walkin' on the wrong side of roundball, now...betta watch yo-sef.

Huh? I was just sayin' roundball don't like no one denying the awesomeness of Minnesota, so you better watch how you steppin'.

Somebody's #obsessed

 

[DFWClone]

I grew up in NW IA and while the towns are typically nicer than those in other regions, scenically it is pretty bland, especially now that every inch is tilled.

I don't know my directions

 

[Bamacyclone]

http://www.eater.com/2015/8/4/9096331/iowa-taco-bell-meth-lab

 

[IAStubborn]

In summary, southern Iowa or Waterloo.

Webster City, Clinton and Maquoketa along with Waterloo are not in the southern part of the State all north of Des Moines. 6/10.
8 out of 10 are east of Des Moines. Why does nobody think they are picking on Eastern Iowa?

 

[hoiballin33]

Easy to pick on eastern iowa for 2 reasons:

Hok country
There is literally nothing west of Des Moines

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Easy to pick on eastern iowa for 2 reasons:

Hok country
There is literally nothing west of Des Moines

At least until Omaha decides it'd be better off saying it's in Iowa than it is saying it's in Nebraska.