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Des Moines does have a nice downtown area for a city its size. However, claiming it's the second best in the Midwest is a bit of a stretch as it doesn't offer much. With that said, did you get lucky in Des Moines urbancharlotte? You know I'm messin with you.
My vote goes for MPLS. I have an affinity for the city I developed after living there for a spell at a young age. We found all the "cool" places. Plus they have great shopping > much better than WI...and I always enjoy their airport.
Des Moines does have a nice downtown area for a city its size. However, claiming it's the second best in the Midwest is a bit of a stretch as it doesn't offer much. With that said, did you get lucky in Des Moines urbancharlotte? You know I'm messin with you.
Um, actually I did dude!!! Here is my quote from awhile back that explains why I LOVE Des Moines!!!
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Originally Posted by urbancharlotte
Ok, I do not live in either city, but I have visited both. I will say that St. Louis is larger, but I had TONS of fun in Des Moines!!! When I was in town (2003), I went to a club downtown. That night they had a bar crawl going on that got you into all of the participating clubs in the area and all of the beer you wanted for just $14 (if my memory is correct). After the clubs closed, the "drunk taxi" took you back home FOR FREE!!! HELLO!!! That's what I'm talking about!!! Being that I am happily married now, I will not go into anymore details about that night LOL!!!! Let's just say Des Moines (as I can recall) was and probably still is off the chain!!!
Sorry Drover, I was asking you. I should have quoted your statement. I was just curious as to how high your expectations were.
Well as I said, I wasn't there as a tourist, so it's not like I had some preconceived expectations that were not fulfilled. I went with basically no expectations at all and found no compelling reason to come back in a tourist capacity.
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You know I'm messin with you. 
