As one who knows the state quite well, it is kind of a sad case.
As one who knows the state quite well, I find this perplexing.
Why?What, exactly, is "sad" about Iowa? It has one of the lower poverty rates in the United States (10.9%), one of the lowest unemployement rates in the country (3.5%), the best high school graduation rate (90.8%) in the nation, one of the lower violent crime rates (273.5 per 100k people), places like Iowa City and Des Moines constantly rank highly on best places to live lists and CNBC ranked it the 9th best quality of living of all 50 states last summer.
But we grow CORN (who doesn't ing love corn, seriously, what's wrong with you?!), so it's boring. Anyone who says Iowa is boring needs to go to Jazz Fest in Iowa City or a Hawkeyes football game or Hinterland Music Festival in Des Moines or the Jones County Fair in Monticello. If those types of things aren't your cup of tea, fine ... hardly "sad," though. Iowa is a great place to live, and at the very least know this: no one in Iowa is looking west or east at either coast and longing to be there, as many see them as cool areas to visit that have a WHOLE lot of problems, too.
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