Anamosa (Cedar Rapids, Ely: jobs, home, move)

[teamrn]

Hubby just spoke w/ someone who may like to explore further with a job in Anamosa. Iowa is pretty, we've been there. But what is living there like? We're from Chicago, but not the fast-track "yuppies."

He can very easily slow down, but I don't want to come to a grindng halt. Not extremely active, myself; but i want to know that we'll not be COMPLETELY isolated.

I'm a nurse and don't expect that I'll have difficulty finding gainful employment. Not looking for traditional nursing jobs, but I still feel confident that i'll be able to find work.

Any input is appreciated. Anamosa @ 25 miles outside Cedar Rapids

teamrn

[teamrn]

Actually, we let ourselves get ahead of the game last eve, and decided that if the Anamosa job came to fruition, that we'd probably live in Cedar Rapids. He's been w/o work since March and we've no ties to Chicago, so someone may be telling us it's time to move.

Any thoughts on Cedar Rapids?

teamrn

[jeffs]

The only thing I know about anamosa is one of the states prisons is there. Not too far of a drive to Cedar Rapids and Iowa city, and about an hour away from davenport (quad cities). I live in davenport and its getting more ghetto here by the day. Weve had about 20 shootings in the last month and a half, and downtown is full of hookers, crack dealers, and homeless people. Iowa city is a nice town, has U of I, lots of young people, ive only been to Cedar rapids a few times. It seems pretty nice, although the downtown smells like quaker oats because of the industrial sites. What kind of job are you looking for, I hear CR has lots of high tech computer jobs.