Well, I leave "the numbers" up to you....but I know where Iowa seems to be doing fine and it i limited greatly to the areas I mentioned....most of (rural) Iowa struggles mightily and is a comparative shitbox. I would doubt that "area-wise" the ares I mention make up 10% of Iowa's land.
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What areas are you referring too? Yes, small towns across Iowa are dying out and being turned back into farmland while other small towns are doing well, investing in their schools and healthcare by building new or adding onto existing facilities. I don’t think it’s as bad as you think it is.
Really?
Exactly...Pella is part (outer reaches) of the DSM Metroplex.... that was the thinking when they(the state) made #163 4 lanes 20some years ago....it’s an easy commute....you ought to read the article in the WSJ from a couple of months ago referencing this. Lots of Pella, Newton and Marshalltown folks working in DSM, too.
Holy shit, you actually got something correct. You're right I don't know it, I've never been emotionally fragile and I don't have what it takes to be a coward.
Interesting deduction. Struggling with reading comprehension?
probably still no ok since GA will likely be in a runoff between Warnock and Walker.
Jeebus, Joel. So in your world Newton and Knoxville are part of the "Des Moines metroplex", too, as they're both closer to DM than Pella. LOL...It's a small city, not Chicago.
Lol the loser who has been caught at least three times and admitting to having alt handles continues to spread baseless lies about others.
I spread baseless lies? Are you really going to do this?
I don't have anyone blocked outside of ciggy because of his previous volume. I have zero problem having conversations with people that want them. Some of the posters on here can't control their emotions.
According to his definition about 90% of Iowa's population lives in a "metro" area. There is an area Northwest of Fort Dodge and between Shenandoah and Mt. Ayr that can be excluded from "metro" Iowa. So now we know where the poors live in Iowa.
Technically Pella is part of the Des Moines micropolitan area, not the Des Moines metro area.
"You're lucky you got the 2%." - Kim Reynolds to a small town superintendent when he told her that they weren't receiving enough funding. I love the small town communities but she isn't doing nearly enough to help keep some of those schools in small towns up and running. It's really sad when they close schools.
It’s not about me- yet you lead with nothing but false claims about me. We were simply discussing your spreadsheet of handles, and somehow my name gets drug through the mud.
Nope. None of those claims are false. And it is absolutely about you. You have attacked my character over and over and never, upon my challenging your attacks, are you able to defend your attacks with actual evidence. Not one single time.
As a job magnet, it is. There are a lot of folks who need the DSM wage/job to afford their small town cost of living. But, we digress. In DSM it is fIr to include towns w/in 30-40 miles as part of it...These folks work in DSM, shop in DSM, entertain in DSM and live in smaller towns in the area.
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Illinois sets new record high population of over 13 million residents
After a review of 2020 data, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that Illinois’ population was under-counted by nearly 2-percent.www.kwqc.com
New census figures show Illinois’ population change was actually a modest gain, but experts say warning signs remain
Illinois’ population actually grew by about 250,000 between 2010 and 2020, according to updated census figures.www.chicagotribune.com
www.census.gov
There isn't much that he understands other than back up the lies of the maga scum.
Lots of people from Des Moines come to the Twin Cities to shop, and I know two who worked here. Plus there's a 4- lane road between them So by those metrics I guess Des Moines is part of the Twin Cities metro. The population ratio is roughly the same as Des Moines to Pella, too.
Do you really think a 40-45 commute is super long? In many areas of the country, that is quite low, especially given the relative lack of traffic (as noted, there's a whole lot of nothing in the 40 miles between Pella and Des Moines).
No, but that doesn't make Knoxville part of the Des Moines metro. I'm in the very outer ring of the Twin Cities metro, and my town is less than 20 miles from St. Paul.
Agreed.
Pella is economically robust due to Pella windows and Vermeer manufacturing.
Absolutely, and being relatively close to major shipping and an airport helps support those industries as well.
