|
12-17-2006, 02:51 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
77 posts, read 72,329 times
Reputation: 21
|
|
Brain Fart
My normally intelligent, articulate daughter has had an epihany-of sorts. Her long-timelive in boyfriend has been offered a job in Des Moines with pay on par with our C. Florida area (high). Now, I'm not bowled over with the climate here in Florida...but if my daughter complains about the weather here it's over the level of humidity...something I understand is as bad or nearly as bad in Iowa?
On a personal level...she's been offered many teaching positions in Des Moines that average about the same pay as Florida (low nationally). I've read and supplied her with the demographics. I've seen bad demographics and great...Iowa seems to fall in the middle somewhere, depending on the area.
THE QUESTION:
Someone please give me the ammunition that my daughter will think about...
and change her mind!
Thanks
|
|
12-17-2006, 09:33 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Mt. Sterling, IA
52 posts, read 106,507 times
Reputation: 27
|
|
|
Humidity sucks in Iowa year-round. In the summer it makes it feel hotter than it really is, in the winter it feels colder than it really is. And it gets plenty hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
|
|
12-18-2006, 04:14 PM
|
|
If you refuse to use your brain
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Heartland
6,756 posts, read 4,431,518 times
Reputation: 7955
|
|
|
I've been to Florida so I can't help you...
|
|
12-19-2006, 06:00 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
77 posts, read 72,329 times
Reputation: 21
|
|
Thank you?
Thanks Duster...snappy comeback there Tek_Freek...sorta like the PC guy in the new Mac TV ad :O)
|
|
12-20-2006, 03:46 PM
|
|
If you refuse to use your brain
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Heartland
6,756 posts, read 4,431,518 times
Reputation: 7955
|
|
|
Glad you got a chuckle - my weird sense of humor doesn't always come across well in forums.
Yeah it's humid here in the summer. Cold as all get out most winters (not this one so far - it's raining today!!) with an awful lot of snow some years.
The Des Moines area is a good place to live - if you're careful in picking the neighborhood. If she decides to come up even if you don't want her to post here and get some guidance on where to live. She'll find a whole bunch of friendly folk here, even if Catus Sam didn't...
Good luck!
|
|
12-24-2006, 06:15 PM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
6,393 posts, read 5,454,536 times
Reputation: 2013
|
|
|
Actually, high humidity makes it feel WARMER in winter, not colder. I lived in Iowa for a while. I'm from NYC and left because I missed NY, but it wasn't the weather that made me leave.
|
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
|
|
Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 700,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 15,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads. 
Linear Mode
