Burlington is 23k. Whenever I go back there I’m impressed at what a nice town it is. Certainly has some downtrodden neighborhoods, but overall a good place with decent places to eat and things to do.
You may live in Iowa's top 5 best counties. Here's which ranked highest and why.
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My mom lives In Wapello. What a depressing place, especially because I remember it being a healthy and relatively thriving town in my childhood.
Not a knock on Iowa State, but I have never understood the appeal to Ames. My Grandparents lived just outside Ames so we'd visit a lot as kids, and I spent a few weekends visiting friends in college in the late 90's. It really doesn't impress me much.
It's not a bad town by any means, obviously much better than Sioux City, CBluffs, Loo, etc but it has nowhere near the things to do as DM or even the IC/CR area. Davenport may have more rough areas than Ames, but more upside as well.
It's not a bad town by any means, obviously much better than Sioux City, CBluffs, Loo, etc but it has nowhere near the things to do as DM or even the IC/CR area. Davenport may have more rough areas than Ames, but more upside as well.
I'd like to say that I missed the good parts, but, I probably drove through the best parts. I even drove up and down a few streets just to kill a few minutes before I had to meet someone at the courthouse. Columbus Junction is wretched.
Sounds like someone needs to spend more time in the butterfly house every day. Between that and the spectacular drinking water, it is almost as marvelous as oskaloosa or fort doggy.
Ah. Another crown jewel of Iowa.
One of the oddities of Iowa is the common use of town names for unrelated counties.
