Moving to Cedar Falls (Des Moines, Waterloo: crime, home, university)

[sivhes]

I am planning to move to Cedar falls from wichita KS. Can any body let me know how the city of cedar Falls is in terms of living(like gangs, crime rate).
I would really appreciate if somebody would throw light.
Thanks
Gops

[jackielea]

Cedar Falls is a typical small Midwestern "city." There's new housing development going on... so it's growing. I haven't heard of any gangs there. It's a college town, (University of Northern Iowa).

[mule]

My family has been in Waterloo/Cedar Falls for a couple years. It's a great place. It's home to anyone, but especially a midwesterner. Really, no worries on crime and "junk" in your life. It may seem like a small area (about 160,000 in a 3 county metro), but the quality of life will more than make up for it. Besides, Des Moines is only 2 hours south and Minneapolis is a bit over 3 north. You'll enjoy it.

[metro223]

well this might be a little bit negative, but well, you asked and im not going to lie to u. well i guess our family has been up here for about a couple years now and uhhhh hmm what can i say? i think if you're coming up with a family they'll get bored quickly. and waterloo is actually somewhat notorious for crime. not so much cedar falls, but same town basically rite? i wouldnt recommend it if you wouldnt have to. our family is not happy here considering 3/4ths of it is dumpy anyway. its just a depressed area.