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

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

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Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 9:20 AM UTC

MagnumOpus wrote: post #70

dragonwriter wrote: post #62

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> It's weird how people don't realize that the flyover states also have big, metropolitan cities. Name one “big, metropolitan city” in something commonly portrayed as a “flyover state”.

Chicago

At least used in a political context, I've never seen “flyovee state” (which is mostly, in that context, a conservative stereotype of a liberal pejorative) used to refer to Illinois or the Midwest states to its east, only those to its west and the Western States not on the Pacific Coast.

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

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:24 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #71

MagnumOpus wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chicago

At least used in a political context, I've never seen “flyovee state” (which is mostly, in that context, a conservative stereotype of a liberal pejorative) used to refer to Illinois or the Midwest states to its east, only those to its west and the Western States not on the Pacific Coast.

Flyover states are what you fly over on the way from Boston/New York/DC to Seattle/LA/SF. It's anything not near the Atlantic or Pacific coast, where the stereotypical maps say "HERE BE REDNECKS."

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

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 10:26 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #62

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #14

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It's weird how people don't realize that the flyover states also have big, metropolitan cities. When I moved to Kentucky a friend of mine honestly asked me if people wore shoes there.

> It's weird how people don't realize that the flyover states also have big, metropolitan cities. Name one “big, metropolitan city” in something commonly portrayed as a “flyover state”.

Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, Dallas.

Or my own Louisville, which is smaller than those but still plenty big at 780,000 people.

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

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Post by hakayova » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

Depends on what one is looking for. Iowa is a small rural state with a few medium size urban locations, some of which are college towns. People are genuine, education is highly valued and the community in general is strong. Good beer is readily available :). Some winters are milder than others, and the worst of the summer typically doesn't last more than a couple of weeks. Ragbrai is a unique experience that should not go unrecognized in my humble opinion.

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

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Post by SixOhEight » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

I moved to Iowa During the recession, from California. The people were so nice it was incredible. There's a lot to be said for Iowa. Low cost of living, 4 seasons. Enough snow to make you hate it, but not loathe it. Great tech community. And some of the sharpest people I have ever met.

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

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 9:40 PM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #66

arreyder wrote: post #53

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Not sure your data source on this, but according to the latest census the Des Moines metro is more than three times that number and the most rapid growing metro in the US. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/03/23/des-...

A 600,000 metro area population is not a big metropolitan city.

You're just nitpicking now.