Arkansas and Iowa (house, to live, move)

[601halfdozen0theother]

I'll conclude my comments on this thread with this -

If you read all of the posts on this whole thread you'll get a pretty good idea of what Arkansas is like and can make your own assumptions!

[Chicago60614]

I like living in the city, but I absolutely miss those summer days back in Iowa. The green rolling hills, wide open blue skies, the peacefulness, the happy people. It was so fun, I loved it. The state is CRAZY GREEN during the summer. When I was little a family moved in next to my grandparents from New Mexico and the day they arrived they were freaking out at how green things were. It was August and they admitted that they thought it might be snowing already. Haha, we told them they were in luck and had about 4 months left before the snows started hitting in December.

It has nice cities as well.

[ajsalim123]

I've moved back to arkansas from Atlanta, Memphis, Chicago. I like arkansas even mote seen I've moved back. Iowa is OK but got to much Midwestern vibe. Arkansas has that southern. Feel of Memphis, Dallas, and new orleans. South is better than the Midwest anyday. Chicago is the best thing in the Midwest, but besides that nothing.

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

I like living in the city, but I absolutely miss those summer days back in Iowa. The green rolling hills, wide open blue skies, the peacefulness, the happy people. It was so fun, I loved it. The state is CRAZY GREEN during the summer. When I was little a family moved in next to my grandparents from New Mexico and the day they arrived they were freaking out at how green things were. It was August and they admitted that they thought it might be snowing already. Haha, we told them they were in luck and had about 4 months left before the snows started hitting in December.

It has nice cities as well.

Looks a lot like central Illinois to me, as well!

Iowa appeals to me more than Arkansas.

[GraniteStater]

Most of rural and small town Arkansas is a complete train wreck with next to no jobs so I'm going with Iowa on this one as both its cities and rural areas do fairly well.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

Most of rural and small town Arkansas is a complete train wreck with next to no jobs so I'm going with Iowa on this one as both its cities and rural areas do fairly well.

I'm from Iowa and love the state, but I wouldn't really say the rural areas are doing fine. I go to Michigan and Wisconsin and see how their rural areas are doing and realize that Iowa's are really bleeding away. Most young people are all moving into the cities and much of the rural area, especially in the western part of the state, is getting very old and dying off.

About 60% of the state's population now lives in an arch from Dubuque through Waterloo to Des Moines and over through Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to the Quad Cities. That belt through the central to east central side of the state is growing, while the rest bleeds into it.

The 3 metros of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City have grown by 255,000 people since 1990, and yet the state as a whole has only grown by 270,000.

[kdb05f]

Several of the posts have mentioned proximity to St. Louis and Kansas City as advantages of Iowa over Arkansas. They aren't exactly what I would call close to Iowa and besides Arkansas is about the same or nearly the same distance from those cities, plus proximity to Dallas and Memphis.

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

I'm from Iowa and love the state, but I wouldn't really say the rural areas are doing fine. I go to Michigan and Wisconsin and see how their rural areas are doing and realize that Iowa's are really bleeding away. Most young people are all moving into the cities and much of the rural area, especially in the western part of the state, is getting very old and dying off.

About 60% of the state's population now lives in an arch from Dubuque through Waterloo to Des Moines and over through Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to the Quad Cities. That belt through the central to east central side of the state is growing, while the rest bleeds into it.

The 3 metros of Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City have grown by 255,000 people since 1990, and yet the state as a whole has only grown by 270,000.

Nice pictures, esp the ones involving Iowa's corn farms--they look quite lush..

Admittedly, if I lived in Iowa, I too would live in either Des Moines, Iowa City or Cedar Rapids, maybe Mason City ( since it would be closest to Minneapolis); I would have no interest in western Iowa, extreme southern Iowa..

[CowanStern]

Arkansas and Iowa look just the same, to me. They both look just like Missouri.

[Maintainschaos]

Originally Posted by CowanStern

Arkansas and Iowa look just the same, to me. They both look just like Missouri.

Maybe Arkansas, but most of Iowa doesn't look much like Missouri...