I actually have something nice to say about Des Moines! (Ankeny: housing, condo)

[LPerkins33]

I have nothing nice to say about Des Moines and its disgusting surrounding urban sprawl so I just won't say anything...other than that.

[metro223]

Well, I don't think I'm going to take the time to name everything I like about Des Moines, but I can pitch in a few things of my own.

I love the downtown first of all. It is the perfect size for me, though I don't mind that it continues to grow.
Downtown Des Moines - Home <-- this website does an awesome job describing why I like Downtown Des Moines ... maybe check it out if you aren't busy.

I also like the layout of the Des Moines metro as a whole - as well as the feel of the city and the fact that it is in Iowa. Personally - I'm partial to traditional Iowa culture so this place fits me well. I like the people - and I like that it's somewhat of a large area but still very laid back.

It's also very very clean as a whole. Which is one of the main reasons I would live here over Omaha.

Another poster mentioned somewhere the scenery doesn't help out the city in creating an identity - but I feel it has a traditional Iowan scenery, which I love. I love the timber near the river valleys in the middle of the city - as well as the fields/plains all around us. DM works for me I guess.

[DSMGuy]

Originally Posted by LPerkins33

I have nothing nice to say about Des Moines and its disgusting surrounding urban sprawl so I just won't say anything...other than that.

Pretty disgusting sprawl, yeah. Kind of like North Liberty or West Liberty or whatever that town is called over there???

[DSMGuy]

Originally Posted by Deselminator

For whatever reason it seems that because I haven't adopted the "Des Moines is the center of the universe" mentality that many of you seem to have, I'm going to be continually belittled and accused of being uniformed, as well as having my posts taken completely out of context. Frankly it's already beginning to get a bit tiresome. Why is it such an issue that I don't think Des Moines is the greatest place in the state of Iowa? Isn't the point of these forums so that people can express differing opinions? I asked for people to give me reasons why Des Moines is as great as many of you are saying, and only 2 people thus far have made a genuine effort to do that. The rest of you seem to only be interested in attacking my viewpoints expressed in other threads. In any case, here are my original posts on Des Moines that seemed to cause all of this ruckus in the first place:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/3143955-post4.html
http://www.city-data.com/forum/3145274-post8.html

I think we have the return of jonez/style515 here.

[LPerkins33]

Originally Posted by DSMGuy

Pretty disgusting sprawl, yeah. Kind of like North Liberty or West Liberty or whatever that town is called over there???

no, not even remotely close.

[Luke9686]

Suburban sprawl is just a normal symptom of growth. So obviously Des Moines has something to offer if it is growing fast enough for sprawl to occur. Most cities have it by the way...

[Deselminator]

Originally Posted by DSMGuy

I think we have the return of jonez/style515 here.

Who or what is jonez/style515 and what does this have to do with me?

[Stevie]

There has been some talk about urban development on the south side where the IA 5 corridor runs. This would be for the city proper and not more suburban sprawl. Hopefully it will make Des Moines (city proper) get around that 200,000.

[Stevie]

Originally Posted by DSMGuy

I think we have the return of jonez/style515 here.

Jonez doesn't usually create new accounts unless he's been banned.

[Deselminator]

Originally Posted by Stevie

Jonez doesn't usually create new accounts unless he's been banned.

So who the heck is this Jonez person and why am I being likened to him?