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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”.
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.
Stop posting links with autoplay videos. Just stop it. You may think it's awesome, but it's not. When the autoplay videos start people hit the back button immediately and don't bother to read the article.
Who wouldn’t want to live in the middle of a bunch of corn fields?
2. Post on HN
3. Generate endless controversy as to whether SF, NYC, etc. are worth the cost of living
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…
The growth rate lately has been about .5% per year, and the population actually shrunk in the 1980's. [1]
The weather sucks there. It's cold as fuck in the winter, and hot and humid as fuck in the summer. There's maybe 4 enjoyable weeks the entire year.
The politics suck. Steve King is a US Rep from Iowa. For whatever reason Iowa keeps electing him in, and it's embarrassing.
The jobs there suck. Des Moines is a small town, and other cities are even smaller. There just aren't enough tech jobs to keep ISU and Iowa graduates in the state. The best and brightest leave.
Yes, Google has a data center, but it's in Council Bluffs. Have you ever even heard of Council Bluffs before that?
I moved away from Iowa, as have a lot of people over the years. The growth rate lately has been about .5% per year, and the population actually shrunk in the 1980's. [1] The weather sucks there. It's cold as fuck in the winter, and hot and humid as fuck in the summer. There's maybe 4 enjoyable weeks the entire year. The politics suck. Steve King is a US Rep from Iowa. For whatever reason Iowa keeps electing him in, a…
Also, being able to ride my bike here is worth an awful lot: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8UVHrhwCHybhE2LU2
Not sure how much of that kind of thing you get in Iowa.
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.