Iowa city, Coralville or North Liberty (University Heights: best town, rental, condo)

[tornadoalleylover]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Wow, that was a rant. I must be bored at work!

Yes, it was ... and yes - you must be. But I must be even more bored, I actually read the whole thing.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by tornadoalleylover

Yes, it was ... and yes - you must be. But I must be even more bored, I actually read the whole thing.

Me too! But as a guy who's lived in IC a couple times during my life and still has strong ties there (MIL lives there), I was fascinated by Chi's history lesson, coming directly from a native C'villian and his father.

[oktober69105]

The Westwinds neighborhood near West High is very nice and safe with condos and apartments. Rents are among the lowest in town, around $650-750 for two bedrooms. I've lived there for a few years and it's very quiet. But that also means parties and gatherings, however small, are reported very quickly. It's also close to a drug store and a supermarket.

[LPerkins33]

Originally Posted by tornadoalleylover

I disagree. Most people don't really think about it, they just call Coralville and North Liberty "Iowa City." I think you are looking too far into it.

No, we call the cities by their own names(or nicknames). Coralville is The Ville, North Liberty is NL, University Heights is UHeights. No one calls the whole area "Iowa City". And we Iowa Citians enjoy the Ville and NL...but everyone hates UHeights for obvious reasons.

[LPerkins33]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

I agree here. People in NL and Coralville have always seem to embrace Iowa City, and love that their towns are part of that urban area.

I also don't think the urban-suburban connection is talked about much. Sure Coralville is more suburban, but Iowa City has the downtown and is the core of the area. Go west on Melrose, Rorhet Road, anywhere on the eastern side, southeast, etc. and it's all suburban. Northern Coralville is a little more spread out and suburban because its more forested and has more high-end homes than Iowa City (outside Walnut Ridge).

lol that's where my parents live. We were the first house in that entire development for at least a year. Shame the back part of it is full of pricks, front side is full of good people but once you hit the speed humps (whoever decided these were a good idea is a moron) the people turn into self righteous jerks (and obviously morons since they voted for the speed humps)

[SharpHawkeye]

Originally Posted by LPerkins33

No, we call the cities by their own names(or nicknames). Coralville is The Ville, North Liberty is NL, University Heights is UHeights. No one calls the whole area "Iowa City". And we Iowa Citians enjoy the Ville and NL...but everyone hates UHeights for obvious reasons.

Ha ha ha, yeah. University Heights: Iowa City's weird uncle that nobody really likes but just puts up with.

[Chicago60614]

When I grew up we called it

Iowa-North-Coral-Libertyville City.

[LPerkins33]

Originally Posted by SharpHawkeye

Ha ha ha, yeah. University Heights: Iowa City's weird uncle that nobody really likes but just puts up with.

I used to live there, less than a year ago in fact. Love the area, hate the cops.

Better make sure your car is in perfect working order, you don't have tinted windows even if they came that way from the factory, don't even think about driving over the speed limit (even 1 or 2 mph), and don't even look at the cop as you drive past, that's enough reason for them to pull you over. Oh and don't have your bumper hanging even a half inch over the sidewalk when parked in your own driveway, you'll get a ticket for that as well.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by LPerkins33

I used to live there, less than a year ago in fact. Love the area, hate the cops.

Better make sure your car is in perfect working order, you don't have tinted windows even if they came that way from the factory, don't even think about driving over the speed limit (even 1 or 2 mph), and don't even look at the cop as you drive past, that's enough reason for them to pull you over. Oh and don't have your bumper hanging even a half inch over the sidewalk when parked in your own driveway, you'll get a ticket for that as well.

Ahh yes, Officer Friendly. He's been crusing up and down Melrose for literally DECADES. Since University Heights only has a few hundred people, they literally get all their funding from that one cop who pulls everyone over. I vividly remember the late 90's when I would drive 24mph down Melrose.

It seriously goes along with the Black Angel and Airliner as one of Iowa City's big culture points, haha.

[LPerkins33]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Ahh yes, Officer Friendly. He's been crusing up and down Melrose for literally DECADES. Since University Heights only has a few hundred people, they literally get all their funding from that one cop who pulls everyone over. I vividly remember the late 90's when I would drive 24mph down Melrose.

It seriously goes along with the Black Angel and Airliner as one of Iowa City's big culture points, haha.

I'm pretty sure the original has retired now but the new guys are just as bad. Brad Reinhold (who I went to west high with) is now one of them and he's a complete dick, he'll pull you over if he recognizes that you went to high school with him. Dude's like 5 feet tall and has a giant stick up his butt