Moving from Las Vegas, NV to Iowa

[photobuff42]

I just moved from Vegas to MO. I think you will like the difference. For many reasons, graffiti, crime, traffic, lack of quality services, cost, Vegas was just getting unliveable. I'm glad I made the move. Good luck to all of you who made the move, too!

[Chris19]

My uncle lives in the Vegas area and it is not the worst neighborhood and does not live in the ritzy one niether, just an average Joe neighborhood. He had his vehicles broken into twice, with one being stolen and the other one being an attempt. A person about has to have a couple of German Shepherds guarding the property.

Having been in Las Vegas on four different occasions, with the last time being about two weeks ago, I can understand why one would want to move to Iowa for a better quality of life. I do not mind visiting Las Vegas, but I would never live there for a number of reasons. Las Vegas in my opinion has become too big for its own good and has become rather trashy in some areas. To me, it seems like it is a city of "haves" and "have nots" and the contrasts are much more stark than in many other places, especially the Midwest.

Iowa is a nice state and is strong in education. It rates towards the upper end in test scores and its colleges such as Iowa, Iowa State, and Drake are solid. Iowa is affordable to live in relative to many other areas in the country. Most of the people are levelheaded and nice people. The people often pull together in times of need such as the recent floods and help each other out. I am not sure that you find the level of togetherness, civic-minded, and community spirit common in Iowa in Las Vegas. I have been to Iowa hundreds and even thousands of times, being close to it and having family there. As much as I give a hard time to my Iowa relatives for being from Iowa and being Iowegians, I think that Iowa is a place that has many good qualities and is a hidden gem in the heartland of America.

[neanerbean]

Originally Posted by Go Ne

Iowa rarely gets anything over 1 foot of snow, usually its just a few inches.

As for humidity, yes it is seems worse than desert heat because desert heat is dry heat, which seems cooler when its 100 degrees in the desert, compared to 80 degrees with 50% humidity

Umm.. Go Ne were you here last winter???? It depends on where you live. Where i grew up in Iowa 1-2 feet were not uncommon. Happened usually in Jan but it happened.

[Chris19]

Originally Posted by neanerbean

Umm.. Go Ne were you here last winter???? It depends on where you live. Where i grew up in Iowa 1-2 feet were not uncommon. Happened usually in Jan but it happened.

I would certainly think that the northern part would have more snow and increasinly so as one gets closer to the Minnesota border. It seems like Sioux City, IA is usually a tad warmer than us during the winter and this makes a difference when there is precipitation around freezing point/32 deegrees.

[Dport7476]

Don't forget about good ole Davenport! Check out Davenport!! Although it is pretty far from Harlan...........

[ehenningsen]

Wow, what part of the state did you live in?
Here in the eastern part of Nebraska/SW Iowa we rarely ever get over 8 inches of snow..

[marymoon]

Funny! We are moving to MO from Vegas this Monday. Where did you move photobuff??

[Iagurl]

My husband and I just moved to Tx a month ago, I wish we were moving back to DSM.

[serate]

There are more areas in the Des Moines Metro area that did not flood than did flood. Check out Altoona. 10 miles to downtown Des Moines. No flooding here. Oh and I'm an Iowa Hawkeye fan. Even though we're so close to Ames, I see more Iowa Hawk pride than I do Iowa State.

[Northern Traveler]

I'm sure you'll enjoy Iowa. My brother lives in Cedar Rapids - I have to say I would recommend the Des Moines area over Cedar Rapids. It has a lot better feel to it in my opinion - though there are very pretty areas of Cedar Rapids. Des Moines is going to offer a lot more in the venue of jobs and entertainment as well.

Visit both, get a good feel for the areas apart from what you see on the interstate, and I'm sure one will suit you. Good luck!