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Even as an unabashed "homer" I will admit the Dirty D is WAY overrated in this . . .

I go more for metro areas/communities.

This is the order I'd choose to live in, but I am extremely biased toward the eastern side of Iowa as I feel it aligns more with Wisconsin/Illinois and other Upper Midwest states, whereas central and west Iowa align more with Nebraska/South Dakota and other plains states. I like the culture and lifestyle of the Upper Midwest better than the Plains States.

1. Iowa City/Coralville
2. Dubuque/Galena
3. Davenport/Quad Cities
4. Des Moines and burbs
5. Cedar Rapids/Marion

1. Des Moines Metro is #1 by far imo
2. Iowa City/Coraville
3. Cedar Rapids/Marion
More and more it is becoming the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City metro area, as the suburbs between the two are the fastest growing in the state, When that happens, it will be #1. Their metro economic alliances already combined, as the population is about to cross the half a million mark:

Even as an unabashed "homer" I will admit the Dirty D is WAY overrated in this . . .

Love San Diego to visit, but having to pay $1.5 million for a 2 bedroom house with a 1.5 hour commute and dodging thousands of homeless people everywhere you go likely wouldn't make even the stellar weather worth it, IMO.

Note: I am NOT at all saying Davenport is "better" than San Diego. Just that it fits my personal lifestyle better.
I have no idea what part of San Diego you're visiting where you have to dodge thousands of homeless people.
Is Davenport homeless free?
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Close friend pleading with me to not vaccinate our baby

The pro-vaccine movement has been exposed. It is nothing more than collusion between the FDA, the pharmaceutical companies and the media. Vaccine science is nothing more than Marketing 101: promote the good, hide the bad.

Try telling a family who’ve had their lives destroyed that their fears are unfounded.

You can honestly say the polio vaccine is not beneficial with a straight face?

In most cases where there is negative outcome the child A. Was likely contraindicated - in the case above already having a disorder in all 3 children. In similar cases children with late onset autism that sets in around 1 1/2 to 2 years old can have the systems become present as an autoimmune response. These one off cases don’t offset the benefits.

Even as an unabashed "homer" I will admit the Dirty D is WAY overrated in this . . .

List seems legit, clearly most people would rather live in Davenport than San Diego.
Love San Diego to visit, but having to pay $1.5 million for a 2 bedroom house with a 1.5 hour commute and dodging thousands of homeless people everywhere you go likely wouldn't make even the stellar weather worth it, IMO.

Note: I am NOT at all saying Davenport is "better" than San Diego. Just that it fits my personal lifestyle better.

Even as an unabashed "homer" I will admit the Dirty D is WAY overrated in this . . .

Oh yeah... I hear a lot of people saying "Man, my dream situation is to find a good job and spend the rest of my life in Davenport Iowa.
We ALMOST moved there for a job transfer when my husband was with Oscar Mayer. I was so anxious to get the heck out of New Jersey I was looking forward to it.
Instead we ended up in Los Angeles. In January. 😛

Fattest states in the country

It doesn't explain Iowa slobs.

It does explain how southern states with disproportionate black populations are all over the top of that list.

If someone tried to suggest the 'MAGA base' was why 6 of the top 8 states producing NFL talent are in the south, I'd think they were off base for the same reason.

Go ahead and think fat, black women are the 'MAGA base' if you want, but that's dumb.

Close friend pleading with me to not vaccinate our baby

I really do not understand the anti vaccine movement, their fears are not legitimate. Their science is whack.
The pro-vaccine movement has been exposed. It is nothing more than collusion between the FDA, the pharmaceutical companies and the media. Vaccine science is nothing more than Marketing 101: promote the good, hide the bad.

Try telling a family who’ve had their lives destroyed that their fears are unfounded.

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Fattest states in the country

It doesn't explain Iowa slobs.

It does explain how southern states with disproportionate black populations are all over the top of that list.

If someone tried to suggest the 'MAGA base' was why 6 of the top 8 states producing NFL talent are in the south, I'd think they were off base for the same reason.

Go ahead and think fat, black women are the 'MAGA base' if you want, but that's dumb.

There are a disproportionate number of fat whites in the South too. I lived in the Carolinas and was always shocked at the stark contrast in the number of fats down there, but in recent years, Iowa certainly has joined the ranks.
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