Sioux City??? Can You Tell Me About It?

[jack7y]

I realize a year has passed since this post was published, but I found it so helpful that I hope you can shed a bit more light on a question related to my specific circumstances. There is a possibility of moving to SC with an assistant professorship at Briar Cliff U. I am married but will certainly make well below the $75,000 you mention (I mean well below, at least $30,000 less). My spouse is a school teacher, and as I understand it, school teachers are not exactly privileged in the job market there. We are also not at all conservative, not in the political sense, and lean rather on the liberal side of the bar (without tilting it much, if that makes sense). That is, we are by no means activists, but also do not fit in one bit with the conservative circle. I suppose my question has to do with your personal take on it. That is, would you recommend SC to someone like me, based solely on what I've shared (which may sum it up sufficiently anyway). I'll get to the point: are there any places/cities/towns around SC that would offer, perhaps, a bit more hope with relation to housing/living/more "open-minded" cultural areas and to job opportunities for middle- and high-school teachers, and for a married couple (no children) who are "progessive" in an ideological sense? This all may sound a bit odd, but I really would love your opinion. Thanks so much.

I have spent some time in Sioux City and I think that you could be happy there. There are progressive people and people that could be described as liberal in the American political sense of the word. I've met some art students at Briar Cliff that could be described as progressive creative types. I've seen some edgy left-leaning community theater in downtown. On the other hand I've struck up conversations with people I suspected as progressives and found out they dress like, act like and listen to music that you'd expect progressives to listen to, but had a somewhat more right-leaning mind. You can personal message me if you want to hear more.

[iowatater]

Sioux City could be a nice place to live...As long as the winds are out of the west or north.

[jack7y]

An area of Sioux City smells but I don't remember it being everywhere. Better city planning would ideally have made this smell non-existent.