The good ones do…working for hybrid companies, as engineers for farm implements, and related industries. Skilled tradesmen (welder for example) find better wages. And opportunities elsewhere, too.
You're insufferable, worse than @Here_4_a_Day because you actually believe your tripe...
Nothing drags this state down like drunks like you who abuse their wives and won’t take care of their children!
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What a stupid and boring take, per usual. If I didn't care I wouldn't chime in. Stop wasting my time.
‘I’m not going to teach in Iowa’: UNI students explain why they’re not sticking around
She grew up in Ames and went to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls to become a teacher. But Lydia plans to leave Iowa as soon as she graduates. "Here at UNI, there's so much emphasis in our classes on social-emotional learning and inclusion and talking about issues of...
So then why have colleges and universities at all? Is it Iowa's mission to educate the rest of the country's workforce?
Somebody has to do it.
Just out of curiosity, when did you last live in Iowa? It's been 30+ years, right? Manufacturing has been on the decline since the 1980s in Iowa. Farms are consolidating. What job growth do you think is happening in Iowa. 9 out of 10 counties are stagnant or losing population.
This is better than I thought it would be
Decent paying jobs for educators and college support staff. Not a lot of business moving too or growing in Iowa.
At least Iowa is consistent, both foreigners and Americans don’t want to stay around after graduation.
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I’m well aware that a lot of manufacturing in Iowa (and across the country) has moved to Mexico or China or other countries and traditional family farms in Iowa (and across the country) have largely been replaced by corporations over the past 30 years. That doesn’t change the fact that most jobs in manufacturing and farming don’t require a bachelor’s degree and never have.
Iowa’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. You can’t get much lower than that.
Has that ever not been the case? Since 1900, Iowa has the lowest population increase by percentage of any state in America.
Just talking to my son’s friends, never once did cost of living come up when looking for a place to live and work. He and his friends were looking for things to do, like concerts, bars/restaurants, sporting events.
I gotta say, even a struggling city like Baltimore is a night and day difference compared to Iowa City as far as restaurants and activities.
Different people have different priorities. I asked Club215 about cost of living because he specifically cited a 25% pay increase as being a motivating factor in moving to Maryland.
The pay was not the motivating factor, but a welcome benefit.
Financially, mathematically, $100K in Iowa goes just as far as $125K in Maryland.
Where in Maryland do you live? Lived in VA for 10 plus years and the further north you go, the more expensive it is to live on the coast.
We educate them and then send them out into the world to preach the gospel of Iowa.
Good point, I'm mixing things. I don't consider 100k in Iowa to match 125k in MD because that cost of living increase is not in a vacuum. There's much more available here regarding access to places (3 major airports and Amtrak), healthcare, entertainment, food.
