I feel bad about the people who gotta stand out in -20 degree cold waiting on the bus meanwhile I drive by in a heated car. Man this winter when it dropped to -40 with the windchill there were still Dr’s and nurses waiting at the bus stop. Seemed like they were barely dressed too. My girlfriend is a nurse at the hospital and we stay at the aspire campus right now, so we kinda lucked out with the bus stop that’s just up the road. I wanna put an ISU sticker on my car but it’ll get stolen😂
I agree with your comment, but it makes me curious as to why its one of the few comments he didn't respond to, or give a like to, maybe he added "leans liberal" because he thinks that's a bad thing
One thing that’s fantastic about Iowa City is how many writers, musicians, artists come through Iowa City for readings, conferences, and shows. It’s pretty incredible living in a town of less than 100,000 people and having access to cultural events that wouldn’t be found in larger cities.
Greetings from n.w. alabama. Thank you for all the great videos on the area. We have been coming to cedar rapids in early summer for last 4 years to visit family. We enjoy the area especially around cedar rapids. Usually when we come we get the gnats around the face. In n.w. alabama fire ants are bad here. It is not uncommon to have 15- 20 mounds in our yard in summer. we also have a few species of biting flies and horse flies in early summer. Alabama in summer is brutal. Dewpoints in ranges from upper 60's to upper 70's at times with temps in low to mid 90's from early june thru early september and lows in mid 70's at night.
Awesome to see you are tuning in down in Alabama. Thanks for the view! We appreciate the kind words. Thanks for sharing your experience with everyone on the area! Yeah those fire ants are not for me ha. I figured they were all over down south. I am not a fan. Biting flies sounds horrible as well. Sounds like you are in a really muggy and hot climate! Stay cool man and thanks again!
You left out the number of communities adjoined to Iowa City? They offer many benefits as well. Together its quite a large metropolitan area and expanding greatly every year.
Still better than the conditions in Texas! And thanks for explaining the deer. I knew they looked bigger than ones I see here in the South! I was so scared of hitting one!
Bugs are bad but nothing like Texas. We went there last summer and man it made us realize our bugs are nothing compared to there. We do get bugs. Mosquitoes, gnats, flies, ticks are my least favorite. Idk if there is a place without them tho
@@LIVINGINIOWA I don't experience bugs where I live, but I'm looking to move to find a lower cost of living. I currently live near Los Angeles. I guess I need to visit wherever I plan to move to just to make sure I will like it.
@@lisadiconti that’s awesome you don’t have bugs. We definitely do but not the worst of all the states. Definitely bad tho honestly. Yes I recommend everyone visit Iowa if they are considering it. Where in Iowa are you considering?
1.43% property taxes in outrageous! 1.43% of $285,000, wow!? Where I live it is only 1% of the sales price. Of course the median sales price for a single family house is $1.4 million dollars and there are a lot of other taxes but you do get 60-70 degrees year round, no bugs and beautiful scenery.
Humidity due to corn? Seriously dude? SMH... I'm originally from Iowa and lived in Iowa city for a few years. The cost of living is much higher in North Carolina and is more humid than. I'd take Iowa city over Raleigh any day for a number of reasons.
Not here to argue but just about every website out there disagrees with you. There are websites that say Iowa is the number 1 most humid state. It’s not a bad thing just the truth
@@LIVINGINIOWA No it's not. Top 10 most humid states Alaska: 74.33% Louisiana: 74.25% Mississippi: 72.5% Michigan: 72.19% Florida: 72.17% Minnesota: 71.90% Iowa: 71.88% Wisconsin: 71.63% Illinois: 71% (tie) Indiana: 71% (tie) Google is NOT your friend. I'm aware that Iowa can get very humid from time to time. The summer of 95, I was back in Iowa visiting, and it was a particularly hot and humid summer here in NC as well as Iowa. But that was also a weird summer with "The Parade of Storms", etc. if you want to beat the "humidity", go to Lake Okoboji. That being said, The Iowa City bus system is 2nd to none. from 4th to 8th grade, I used to take the city bus from the Hawkeye Ct. Apts to Herbert hoover elementary, and then later to southeast jr high. No problems. also, quite pedestrian/ and bike friendly. My only complaint about Iowa city is the liberal factor. The diversity factor of Iowa City it's because it gets people from all over the world because of the university of Iowa. Most of those people, collage students, are quite transitory. Which is why it's mostly renters. Look, when NC State is in session, plus all the other major and minor collages are in session, the population effectively doubles. I'm sure it's safe to assume Iowa City does as well. And no, you shouldn't argue, I was 3 and 4 when I witnessed the killer blizzards of 1976, and 1977. Where were you? Out in the country, on the highway that passes the uni dome, snow deep enough to bury a car. and driving though it was a tunnel/ trench of snow. I remember when the UNI Dome had an air pressurized roof. My grandparent's farmhouse is 5 miles due east of the UNI Dome. I know that state very well, as well as some choice locations, and its humidity compared to other places.
🤩🤩Minnesota and Wisconsin are similar farming states but much better than Iowa I would probably choose Wisconsin since I like huge lakes and more green and would pick a town very close to Lake Michigan not to big not to small :)
Born & raised in NW Iowa. Love my family still living there, but I came to CO for a job and haven't left. My Iowa dislikes: #1 humidity, #2 insects, #3 more days are overcast then not (probably due to humidity). Mom always used to warn someone leaving our farm at dusk to watch for deer. Iowa City has always been known as "liberal" due to the university. Unfortunately the cities in Iowa have become more democrap over the years. Some positives: governor Kim Reynolds, and you can't beat Iowa sweet corn or tomatoes ;)
Thanks for your reply and sharing of your experience. It is very helpful! Agree on your dislikes. It does seem that overcast at least this year is less than years past. Idk what changed. Iowa sweet corn and tomatoes are the best💯
8 years there, escaped. Drove me nuts on nearly every level. Police dept. is useless unless arresting as many undergrads as they can cuff. No jobs except minimum wage unless you work at the main hospital or the U. Bugs you'll never learn names for but that belong in horror flicks. Snakes crossing the road. Overbearing humidity, summers horrific. They can't even differentiate street names. That muppet accent, that odd Midwestern passive-aggressiveness from everyone in yellow & black resembling overgrown bees. Potholes galore. Somehow winters were pretty much the only thing that didn't get on my nerves, & I was on a bike. Be aware of malignant white males in their old age who'll deliberately try to run you off the road. Theft, lots of thieves there, more than any other State I've lived in; even my porcelain garden gnome bunny someone walked off with, $40 at Menards & I am *still* bitter (it's green, stands upright, the size of a gigantic toddler if you see it). The Goodwill is slammin' though, the only store worth buying clothes. It's also fun when tornado alarms go off, which everyone ignores. The river flooded when I was there & we moved books out of the library basement. I never saw even one deer. Overpaid obese admin types who adore red tape so lotsa luch with those dissertation rules. Anyway, the open fields are gorgeous with all that corn & you'll feel, the entire time, like you're stuck on a farm patch out in the middle of nowhere with locals who've never traveled more than 200 miles in any direction. Deliverance, banjos, mosquitoes the size of grasshoppers. And it's like time travel, transported back to the 1970s dealing with anyone not your race, as people stay separated in a very uncanny dynamic. Oh, almost forgot: Hy-Vee. What I wouldn't give to walk in Hy-Vee just one more time before I perish of old age. Now THAT'S customer service. Get their in-house cheesecake with the berries on top. Hmm, what'd you say those housing prices were now? 😂
I was just in Iowa and an old man try to run me off the road for no reason! I thought I was going crazy, so thank you for that validation. But seriously, what is up with that??
Actually I'm thinking of moving to Iowa to work for the Veterans Health Administration Hospital, rent is ridiculously cheap compared to where I live now (New Jersey), the pay for my work experience would be better, and I haven't been to Iowa but I have family in Minnesota and visited Wisconsin. Compared to NJ the Midwest people are just very open and friendly, and it's not as densely crowded. If I move to Iowa City I think it would be a good fit for me.
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Okay, I'm convinced. I will never set foot in Iowa.
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Video about Iowa City…shows B-roll of Des Moines.
I lived in Iowa City for 17 years, and I loved it!
It’s a great place for sure
Iowa City is great!
Guess what? I love Iowa City! Have lived in numerous places, Iowa City is tops!
It is an excellent city in many ways!
I feel bad about the people who gotta stand out in -20 degree cold waiting on the bus meanwhile I drive by in a heated car. Man this winter when it dropped to -40 with the windchill there were still Dr’s and nurses waiting at the bus stop. Seemed like they were barely dressed too.
My girlfriend is a nurse at the hospital and we stay at the aspire campus right now, so we kinda lucked out with the bus stop that’s just up the road.
I wanna put an ISU sticker on my car but it’ll get stolen😂
Thanks for the comment and story! Parking sucks there
If accepting other people’s freedoms is a major thing, it’s got to be a good thing.
I agree with your comment, but it makes me curious as to why its one of the few comments he didn't respond to, or give a like to, maybe he added "leans liberal" because he thinks that's a bad thing
@@Shaun-Vargas Possibly.
One thing that’s fantastic about Iowa City is how many writers, musicians, artists come through Iowa City for readings, conferences, and shows. It’s pretty incredible living in a town of less than 100,000 people and having access to cultural events that wouldn’t be found in larger cities.
Iowa City is such a great option for many and it knows who it is!
Thanks for making this. The humidity is the deal- breaker for me.
You’re welcome!
For me it's the libs
Greetings from n.w. alabama. Thank you for all the great videos on the area. We have been coming to cedar rapids in early summer for last 4 years to visit family. We enjoy the area especially around cedar rapids. Usually when we come we get the gnats around the face. In n.w. alabama fire ants are bad here. It is not uncommon to have 15- 20 mounds in our yard in summer. we also have a few species of biting flies and horse flies in early summer. Alabama in summer is brutal. Dewpoints in ranges from upper 60's to upper 70's at times with temps in low to mid 90's from early june thru early september and lows in mid 70's at night.
Awesome to see you are tuning in down in Alabama. Thanks for the view! We appreciate the kind words. Thanks for sharing your experience with everyone on the area! Yeah those fire ants are not for me ha. I figured they were all over down south. I am not a fan. Biting flies sounds horrible as well. Sounds like you are in a really muggy and hot climate! Stay cool man and thanks again!
Great Video Content! All is very great information!
Thanks a lot!
You left out the number of communities adjoined to Iowa City? They offer many benefits as well.
Together its quite a large metropolitan area and expanding greatly every year.
For sure. I have done a suburbs video
I lived in Iowa city for about 24 hours then moved down to bettendorf and have been here since.
I love this video
Glad you loved it💯
110 in the summer & -40 in the winter- gotta love it
It would be cool if some of your links about Cedar Rapids worked. They all say not available anymore.
Thanks for letting us know. I’ll get right on that
You are right about the deer in the City, I recently hit a deer 💔, and my front car is totally damaged, rn my car at the mechanic shop.
Dang that blows. They run rampant in the late fall and winter
How much are students who live off-campus likely to pay for a month please?
Hard to answer. I am assuming you will have roommates?
Still better than the conditions in Texas! And thanks for explaining the deer. I knew they looked bigger than ones I see here in the South! I was so scared of hitting one!
Gotcha. What are you seeing in Texas? The deer are big here!
$285,000 is cheap as compared to other developed countries believe me.
Not disagreeing at all but in Iowa that is high
Try $600k or more in the Sacramento, CA area where I live.
How bad is the bug problem? Is it constant? I see you're not being attacked by bugs in this video.
Bugs are bad but nothing like Texas. We went there last summer and man it made us realize our bugs are nothing compared to there. We do get bugs. Mosquitoes, gnats, flies, ticks are my least favorite. Idk if there is a place without them tho
@@LIVINGINIOWA I don't experience bugs where I live, but I'm looking to move to find a lower cost of living. I currently live near Los Angeles. I guess I need to visit wherever I plan to move to just to make sure I will like it.
@@lisadiconti that’s awesome you don’t have bugs. We definitely do but not the worst of all the states. Definitely bad tho honestly. Yes I recommend everyone visit Iowa if they are considering it. Where in Iowa are you considering?
@@LIVINGINIOWA I'm thinking Iowa City or at least close to Iowa City.
I'm from Chicago but Iowa does have the Cubbies for a farm team. Iowa Cubs 😊
1.43% property taxes in outrageous! 1.43% of $285,000, wow!? Where I live it is only 1% of the sales price. Of course the median sales price for a single family house is $1.4 million dollars and there are a lot of other taxes but you do get 60-70 degrees year round, no bugs and beautiful scenery.
Yeah Iowa has high property taxes! Definitely higher in Johnson county then the rest of Iowa but even in other parts of the state it is well above 1%
The deer are rampant and undersized compared to rest of State because the woke local culture won’t allow them to be “thinned” out.
It’s showing downtown Des Moines in this video not Iowa City.
Iowa City is so expensive because it’s a college town and its run by democrats.
Iowa City was fun when I went to U of I, but glad I left when I graduated. Come to Denver, there are a lot of us former Iowa grads out here.
Humidity due to corn? Seriously dude? SMH... I'm originally from Iowa and lived in Iowa city for a few years. The cost of living is much higher in North Carolina and is more humid than. I'd take Iowa city over Raleigh any day for a number of reasons.
Not here to argue but just about every website out there disagrees with you. There are websites that say Iowa is the number 1 most humid state. It’s not a bad thing just the truth
@@LIVINGINIOWA No it's not.
Top 10 most humid states
Alaska: 74.33%
Louisiana: 74.25%
Mississippi: 72.5%
Michigan: 72.19%
Florida: 72.17%
Minnesota: 71.90%
Iowa: 71.88%
Wisconsin: 71.63%
Illinois: 71% (tie)
Indiana: 71% (tie)
Google is NOT your friend.
I'm aware that Iowa can get very humid from time to time. The summer of 95, I was back in Iowa visiting, and it was a particularly hot and humid summer here in NC as well as Iowa.
But that was also a weird summer with "The Parade of Storms", etc.
if you want to beat the "humidity", go to Lake Okoboji.
That being said, The Iowa City bus system is 2nd to none. from 4th to 8th grade, I used to take the city bus from the Hawkeye Ct. Apts to Herbert hoover elementary, and then later to southeast jr high. No problems.
also, quite pedestrian/ and bike friendly.
My only complaint about Iowa city is the liberal factor.
The diversity factor of Iowa City it's because it gets people from all over the world because of the university of Iowa.
Most of those people, collage students, are quite transitory. Which is why it's mostly renters.
Look, when NC State is in session, plus all the other major and minor collages are in session, the population effectively doubles.
I'm sure it's safe to assume Iowa City does as well.
And no, you shouldn't argue, I was 3 and 4 when I witnessed the killer blizzards of 1976, and 1977. Where were you?
Out in the country, on the highway that passes the uni dome, snow deep enough to bury a car. and driving though it was a tunnel/ trench of snow.
I remember when the UNI Dome had an air pressurized roof. My grandparent's farmhouse is 5 miles due east of the UNI Dome.
I know that state very well, as well as some choice locations, and its humidity compared to other places.
He should have mentioned rental costs, and violent crime rates.
Thanks for your input. Never got in real estate to be part of any group but thanks for some ideas.
I feel like you've never lived ANYWHERE else in your entire life. I mean damn.
Thanks for your input
You got iowa city right 👍🏼▶️😂
those deer were mule deer and there aren't any mule deer in iowa
@@stevefulscher8531 I recently started editing my own videos again and all edits in the future will accurately represent Iowa
Thanks for letting me know about how left leaning Iowa City is. I will be looking elsewhere in Iowa.
Come to small town Iowa half hour from the city,if you have to go most of our small towns have grocery stores!!
@@bradhuber6059 this is exactly what my wife and I are planning to do. We miss Iowa!
Liberals fund education- if you have children, home school if you want your kids to learn anything relevant in the world.
Why?
Did you put political liberalism as a negative? Seems subjective and negative and devicive And even nasty.
Nobody is unhappy in Iowa
Every thing is perfect in Iowa
No place better then Iowa
Every body is thought full in Iowa, heaven in a cornfield.
🤩🤩Minnesota and Wisconsin are similar farming states but much better than Iowa I would probably choose Wisconsin since I like huge lakes and more green and would pick a town very close to Lake Michigan not to big not to small :)
University towns everywhere suck.
try a hurricane 140 mph winds for hours
I live in sw Cedar Rapids where it was according to the news the heart of the storm and it was crazy for sure but was approx 50-55 mins
I LOVE going to Iowa football games in Iowa City. I have a free place to park. I would NEVER live there.
For sure! I agree
Iowa City sure looks like Des Moines
Born & raised in NW Iowa. Love my family still living there, but I came to CO for a job and haven't left. My Iowa dislikes: #1 humidity, #2 insects, #3 more days are overcast then not (probably due to humidity). Mom always used to warn someone leaving our farm at dusk to watch for deer. Iowa City has always been known as "liberal" due to the university. Unfortunately the cities in Iowa have become more democrap over the years. Some positives: governor Kim Reynolds, and you can't beat Iowa sweet corn or tomatoes ;)
Thanks for your reply and sharing of your experience. It is very helpful! Agree on your dislikes. It does seem that overcast at least this year is less than years past. Idk what changed. Iowa sweet corn and tomatoes are the best💯
Get use to those politics, babe. University keeps that town running.
Fascist Kimmie isn’t something to advertise.
here in texas we have tarantulas scorpions and fireants and triple digit heat all summer yep iowasounds better
8 years there, escaped. Drove me nuts on nearly every level. Police dept. is useless unless arresting as many undergrads as they can cuff. No jobs except minimum wage unless you work at the main hospital or the U. Bugs you'll never learn names for but that belong in horror flicks. Snakes crossing the road. Overbearing humidity, summers horrific. They can't even differentiate street names. That muppet accent, that odd Midwestern passive-aggressiveness from everyone in yellow & black resembling overgrown bees. Potholes galore. Somehow winters were pretty much the only thing that didn't get on my nerves, & I was on a bike. Be aware of malignant white males in their old age who'll deliberately try to run you off the road. Theft, lots of thieves there, more than any other State I've lived in; even my porcelain garden gnome bunny someone walked off with, $40 at Menards & I am *still* bitter (it's green, stands upright, the size of a gigantic toddler if you see it). The Goodwill is slammin' though, the only store worth buying clothes. It's also fun when tornado alarms go off, which everyone ignores. The river flooded when I was there & we moved books out of the library basement. I never saw even one deer. Overpaid obese admin types who adore red tape so lotsa luch with those dissertation rules. Anyway, the open fields are gorgeous with all that corn & you'll feel, the entire time, like you're stuck on a farm patch out in the middle of nowhere with locals who've never traveled more than 200 miles in any direction. Deliverance, banjos, mosquitoes the size of grasshoppers. And it's like time travel, transported back to the 1970s dealing with anyone not your race, as people stay separated in a very uncanny dynamic. Oh, almost forgot: Hy-Vee. What I wouldn't give to walk in Hy-Vee just one more time before I perish of old age. Now THAT'S customer service. Get their in-house cheesecake with the berries on top. Hmm, what'd you say those housing prices were now? 😂
I was just in Iowa and an old man try to run me off the road for no reason! I thought I was going crazy, so thank you for that validation. But seriously, what is up with that??
Where do you live now? Do you enjoy living there?
don't tell her
There's no such thing a a "deracho" it's nothing but a wind storm.
no one should move to Iowa
@user-pf6cu4dp4m was just straight line wind front until the Religion of Climate Change Fear weaponized weather for politics.
Actually I'm thinking of moving to Iowa to work for the Veterans Health Administration Hospital, rent is ridiculously cheap compared to where I live now (New Jersey), the pay for my work experience would be better, and I haven't been to Iowa but I have family in Minnesota and visited Wisconsin. Compared to NJ the Midwest people are just very open and friendly, and it's not as densely crowded. If I move to Iowa City I think it would be a good fit for me.
🤣🤣 with the cost of INFLATION caused by voting for BIDEN. Iowa city can no longer Afford to park, bye groceries or heat your home in winter
Biden has helped inflation tremendously, and created lots of jobs-check it out