7 Most Vibrant Towns In Iowa

[joelbc1]

Pella second fiddle to Orange City.

LOL
Maybe in the % of Republican residents…

 

[EagleHawk]

Took my first visit to Pella last weekend, the kid had a Show Choir competition there, once you go south off of 80...holy hell, are straight roads more than one mile against the Dutch Law? Took 40 minutes zig zaging to go about 15 miles SE.

They had a great school and facilities at the HS.

The Linn-Mar buses going to Pella took a wrong turn out of New Sharon and ended up doing 7 miles of gravel road in order to get there. My wife commented that the kids probably thought Pella was in the middle of nowhere.

There was talk 10 years or so ago of building a road from Kilduff/Kellogg exit straight South to Pella, but I don't think it made it very far.

 

[intrepodor]

LOL
Maybe in the % of Republican residents…

That's a good thing

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

I bet Pella has the highest average net worth per capita in Iowa.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

This list is trash without Cedar Rapids. We have good beer and mountains.

And smells of factory.

 

[torbee]

And is there a town in SE Iowa that doesn’t completely suck? Maaaaaybe Mt Pleasant?

Muscatine has a nice downtown and riverfront.

 

[torbee]

My parents still live in a small town in SE Iowa. My father flew down on Monday to stay with me for a week here in Ft Lauderdale. He absolutely hates it. Loves the food but hates everything else.

About every 10 minutes while in the car he will say “ how in the hell can you live in this”

My wife is like this about Florida. Her dad loved it - had a beautiful house on a canal in Marco Island and the minute he died it was sold and she vowed to never set foot in the state again.

I share some of her antipathy for the state (particularly the types of people it draws as part time residents), the strip mall culture and bonkers politics. But I also like to fish and golf and kayak, so I miss our trips down there 🤷‍♂️

 

[Colonoscopy]

As always, the crown jewel of Iowa, Pella, made the list. Sorry @joelbc1

7 Most Vibrant Towns in Iowa

Explore Iowa's seven most vibrant towns, each offering a unique blend of historical landmarks, natural beauty, and commercial vibrance.

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It's pretty much a list of who has the most nothern european blood.

 

[sabula]

I'm well read and well traveled.

All the way to Des Moines... good for you!

 

[EasyHawk]

Don't tell that to the Pella Mafia. They think they've got something going by getting old people to visit once a year to look at the tulips.

For those of you planning your trip - remember it moved from the second weekend in May to the first weekend a few years ago. At this rate it will be in April soon. Much angst as to whether any tulips will be left with this beautiful weather.

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

That's a good thing

Yep

 

[EagleHawk]

For those of you planning your trip - remember it moved from the second weekend in May to the first weekend a few years ago. At this rate it will be in April soon. Much angst as to whether any tulips will be left with this beautiful weather.

That actually works out well for them. They can lure the tourists in to town for several weeks before with the beautiful flowers, then bring them back the first weekend of May for Stem Fest.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

As much as I rip on western Iowa, that list is completely eastern Iowa biased

As someone who is originally from western Iowa, what town would you put in there?

 

[FranklinHawk]

They forgot Ottumwa and Ft. Dodge!

 

[joelbc1]

The Linn-Mar buses going to Pella took a wrong turn out of New Sharon and ended up doing 7 miles of gravel road in order to get there. My wife commented that the kids probably thought Pella was in the middle of nowhere.

There was talk 10 years or so ago of building a road from Kilduff/Kellogg exit straight South to Pella, but I don't think it made it very far.

They were gonna build it when they built that amusement park that Grassley was hawking for Red Rick Kaje about 20 or so years ago……Grassley opposed “pork” except when it was his pork..

 

[Jimmy McGill]

As someone who is originally from western Iowa, what town would you put in there?

Solid point. I'll have to think about that.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Adel is neat town

 

[ihhawk]

My wife is like this about Florida. Her dad loved it - had a beautiful house on a canal in Marco Island and the minute he died it was sold and she vowed to never set foot in the state again.

I share some of her antipathy for the state (particularly the types of people it draws as part time residents), the strip mall culture and bonkers politics. But I also like to fish and golf and kayak, so I miss our trips down there 🤷‍♂️

West coast is nice. East coast is chaos

 

[Jimmy McGill]

@Tenacious E

You can now kayak Death Valley. Lake came back thanks to the rain.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Can’t believe Decorah is not on the list.

Agreed. Several friends of mine from high school went to Luther and I visited them often. Decorah is a beautiful town. One of my favorites in Iowa.

 

[joelbc1]

Adel is neat town

Adel is barely west of I-35!

 

[joelbc1]

I bet Pella has the highest average net worth per capita in Iowa.

Nope……I believe that title goes to Windsor Heights….at least it was at one time.

 

[joelbc1]

That's a good thing

Oh, I’m sure it is……….for someone.

 

[ZachJump]

Muscatine has a nice downtown and riverfront.

Why are all the tourism pictures of Iowa taken during that 3 month stretch in-between snow days?

 

[joelbc1]

You've got to love a country that has Amsterdam.

Yeah because the folks of Amsterdam speak better English than residents of OC or Pella!

 

[ZachJump]

Yeah because the folks of Amsterdam speak better English than residents of OC or Pella!

As a former Amsterdam regular I can confirm this to be true.

 

[joelbc1]

As a former Amsterdam regular I can confirm this to be true.

As a former Pella resident, I know it’s true!

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

And smells of factory.

It does?

 

[DropitlikeitsHawk]

Oh, I’m sure it is……….for someone.

Not your far left dipshit ass. Be gone.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

NorthernHawkeye being from Pella makes so much sense.

Now this is funny no matter where Northern is from.

 

[joelbc1]

Now this is funny no matter where Northern is from.

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He could have said “a union rally in Pella” too……