What do you just across the river? (Des Moines, Cedar Rapids: university, casino)

[MR.JEFFY]

I've lived in Omaha my whole life and have only ever crossed into Iowa for the Mid-America Center, Adventureland, and I once went a casino buffet. How do you keep yourselves entertained besides the Hawkeyes? Honestly I don't know and I'm interested. Or at least I might be interested.

[Luke9686]

Des Moines has almost, if not all, the amenities Omaha has. Pretty much the same stuff, different town.

[SharpHawkeye]

How do you keep yourself entertained besides the Huskers, troll?

[Northern Traveler]

I don't know about other families ... I'd imagine they're about the same as mine. We churn a lot of butter ... make a bit of spare change making horse shoes or new wagon wheels. Sometimes we go to town every couple months with our nickels we saved up and pa lets us get a strawberry soda.

It's a mighty fine place to live, don't imagine there's anywhere else quite like this Jeffy!

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by Northern Traveler

I don't know about other families ... I'd imagine they're about the same as mine. We churn a lot of butter ... make a bit of spare change making horse shoes or new wagon wheels. Sometimes we go to town every couple months with our nickels we saved up and pa lets us get a strawberry soda.

It's a mighty fine place to live, don't imagine there's anywhere else quite like this Jeffy!

Tell Laura Ingles I said hey!!

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by SharpHawkeye

How do you keep yourself entertained besides the Huskers, troll?

The Huskers arent very entertaining these days. Unless you enjoy watching a team give up 28pts in the first 4 minutes of a game(Oklahoma Game)

[MR.JEFFY]

How come you all assume I think you churn butter for fun and for a living? I do wonder if theres anything you would reccomend, and seriously, the Hawkeyes are the only thing I can associate with Iowans enjoying themselves, I don't even know of a restaurant to go to. Personally I could care less about the Huskers, and there must be people who feel the same about Hawkeyes. Ok now can I get a good answer.

[UDAirman71]

Well I'm on the "East Coast" of Iowa myself but Iowa's all pretty much the same. As far as I can tell we do the same things every other American does to entertain themselves.It's not a foreign country its a mid-western state. We do the same things as everyone else, especially those living in more or less rural parts of the country. We watch TV, go to local sporting events, maybe go for a drive now that gas prices are lower, hit up a state park, some people enjoy hunting. In the bigger cities (Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Iowa City, Waterloo, Dubuque, etc.) there are many things to do that people might consider "cultural." For instance plays, festivals in the summer, concerts year round.

There actually is more to Iowa than corn and the Hawkeyes.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by MR.JEFFY

How come you all assume I think you churn butter for fun and for a living? I do wonder if theres anything you would reccomend, and seriously, the Hawkeyes are the only thing I can associate with Iowans enjoying themselves, I don't even know of a restaurant to go to. Personally I could care less about the Huskers, and there must be people who feel the same about Hawkeyes. Ok now can I get a good answer.

I would pose this question to Nebraska more than Iowa.

Omaha and Des Moines are for all intents and purposes fairly similar places. Nebraska has Lincoln with 250,000 people and the University, but I don't really know of anything outside there.

Every time I've driven through it's been miles of endless nothing.

Des Moines is in the center of the state, and then you at least have rolling hills, lots of green in the summer, and Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Iowa City, Dubuque, etc.

I'd imagine Iowans do pretty much the same for fun as Nebraskans, or Kansans, or Ohioans, or Georgians.

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Every time I've driven through it's been miles of endless nothing.

Des Moines is in the center of the state, and then you at least have rolling hills, lots of green in the summer, and Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Iowa City, Dubuque, etc.

Most of Iowa is not rolling green hills. Most of it is very similar to eastern Nebraska.

Many people also like the landscape of the Sandhills. It's just about preference.

Yes, anything you can do in Nebraska you can do in Iowa and vise versa.