Iowa ranks as the best state to live in America, U.S. News says

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Post by nafizh » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

Iowa ranks as the best state to live in America, U.S. News says
desmoinesregister.com

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Post by danso » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:24 AM UTC

Iowa is a great state. The college towns and Des Moines (the capital) are as fun and forward-thinking as any other state's college towns I've been to, and cost of living is hard to beat. Ironically, in the Related links for this article, there's a story titled, "Des Moines was just named the nation's unhappiest city for workers" [0]. When I was in Iowa, DM wasn't much fun despite being the biggest city in Iowa, but I had heard it had in the past years become much more fun for young folks.

[0] https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2018/...

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Post by Yhippa » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:25 AM UTC

Can Iowans confirm Iowa Is Great? Also interesting that the bottom 10 states are ones that voted Trump in the last election. Perhaps they figured he would help bring more prosperity to them.

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Post by Dangeranger » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:26 AM UTC

Here's how Iowa ranked in each category:

- Infrastructure: 1st

- Health care: 3rd

- Opportunity: 4th

- Education: 5th

- Quality of life: 9th

- Crime: 15th

- Economy: 17th

- Fiscal stability: 21st

My gut feeling is that this report seriously undervalues Economy and Fiscal Stability categories.

After all “It’s the economy stupid”.

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Post by city41 » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:27 AM UTC

danso wrote: post #2

Iowa is a great state. The college towns and Des Moines (the capital) are as fun and forward-thinking as any other state's college towns I've been to, and cost of living is hard to beat. Ironically, in the Related links for this article, there's a story titled, "Des Moines was just named the nation's unhappiest city for workers" [0]. When I was in Iowa, DM wasn't much fun despite being the biggest city in Iowa, but I…

I got my CS degree from the University of Iowa. Iowa City is a nice town. My parents have lived in Cedar Rapids for the past 20 years, so I've visited Iowa often.

I wouldn't be opposed to moving there, but I also have no desire to make it a target destination.

The tech landscape seems to largely be older, more conservative companies: Rockwell Collins, NCS Pearson, GoDaddy, John Deere, etc.

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Post by anthonyleecook » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:27 AM UTC

I would need my European/Asian food.....(especially great sushi and some Michelin caliber restaurants), easy beach access, good weather most of the year, and some tech meetups to go to.

Probably not for me.