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Originally Posted by mbfirey
"Show me your region" just doesn't sound right....
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ROFL!!!
That's awesome!
Iowa Travel Information and Travel Guide - USA - Lonely Planet
Wow...this website makes Iowa sound so boring! I'll be honest, there really are only a few touristy things to see/do in Iowa (although our State Fair is the best in the nation)....but the people are nice and our crops help feed the world.
I find it humerous that Des Moines is the only thing in 'places in Iowa' and the only real thing they have to say about it is 'The town really is rather dull, but has a few good attractions.'
Des Moines does kinda suck...I won't lie...we call it 'Dead Moines' sometimes LOL. Eastern Iowa (Cedar Rapids and Iowa City) are much more fun!
I like the history section the best:
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After the 1832 Black Hawk War pushed local Native Americans westward, immigrants flooded into Iowa from all parts of the world and hit the ground farming. Some established experimental communities such as the Germans of the Amana Colonies. Others spread out and kept coaxing the soil (95% of the land is fertile) until Iowa attained its current status as ‘Food Capital of the World’ and US leader in hogs and corn. Iowa is also the state that makes or breaks presidents: ever since the early 1970s, the Iowa Caucus has opened the national election battle.
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Last year Iowa grew over 8.5% of the worlds corn! True story! Our soil is excellent for bananas too!