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Talisman 02-21-2022 01:24 PM
The good news is that since Mahomes has been lighting it up with the Chiefs, they are always on TV in Des Moines. I used to have to hit up a sports bar or restaurant to watch some of the games, but I think every one was on this year. It helps when they get so many prime time games, though.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Talisman (Post 16156019)
The good news is that since Mahomes has been lighting it up with the Chiefs, they are always on TV in Des Moines. I used to have to hit up a sports bar or restaurant to watch some of the games, but I think every one was on this year. It helps when they get so many prime time games, though.
Yep. We're basically a Chiefs local market now.

Iowanian 02-21-2022 04:10 PM
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I can’t really speak on it too much because we only spent one day there. The company I was interviewing with assigned us a realtor for an entire day. We gave him our parameters on what we’d be looking at in a home (price, size, style, amenities) and he showed us about a dozen homes that day. It seemed “whiter” than Wichita, but it’s probably not fair to make that distinction after one day and to be totally honest that isn’t something we’ve ever talked about before. I think it came up because she would be moving away from all of her friends and family.

Go to the West Des Moines walmart next time you're in town. It's probably the "cool kids walmart". Then get back to me about the population. I think that will address some concerns because that is the Johnson CO of Des Moines.

If you're looking for "less white" areas and communities, message me and I'll give you some suggestions.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 04:20 PM
Honestly, I wouldn't be opposed to living in Pella, if I were you. As a director level employee, you'll be able to afford it and it's a nice community. With 2 major employers and a college, it's not your typical Iowa small town.

I'd much rather drive to the amenities than drive an hour to work every day. I'd also much rather live in Pella than on the east side of Des Moines, which is really your only option unless you want to drive through (or around) the city every day.

I drove from downtown Des Moines to Pella for a year and it was awful.

Grim 02-21-2022 05:22 PM
Pella is a beautiful little town but the real state market is ridiculous.

My mom passed away in Pella's Hospice house a few years ago.
The thing that amazed me the most was when we went to Walmart.... 2 PM on a Tuesday, very few customers, 8 checkout lines open with a cashier at each register.

Jewish Rabbi 02-21-2022 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156287)
Honestly, I wouldn't be opposed to living in Pella, if I were you. As a director level employee, you'll be able to afford it and it's a nice community. With 2 major employers and a college, it's not your typical Iowa small town.

I'd much rather drive to the amenities than drive an hour to work every day. I'd also much rather live in Pella than on the east side of Des Moines, which is really your only option unless you want to drive through (or around) the city every day.

I drove from downtown Des Moines to Pella for a year and it was awful.
East side of Des Moines proper? No, I wouldn’t live there. But Altoona, Carlisle, Bondurant, etc are perfectly fine and have some nice new neighborhoods.

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-21-2022 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16156374)
East side of Des Moines proper? No, I wouldn’t live there. But Altoona, Carlisle, Bondurant, etc are perfectly fine and have some nice new neighborhoods.
Prairie City as well!

htismaqe 02-21-2022 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16156374)
East side of Des Moines proper? No, I wouldn’t live there. But Altoona, Carlisle, Bondurant, etc are perfectly fine and have some nice new neighborhoods.
Altoona isn't great either, use to live there. Outside of the tracks and tracks of duplexes, it's kind of trashy in town.

Carlisle isn't really a straight shot to Pella so logistically it's problematic.

Prairie City is right on 163 and about halfway in between. It's not a bad place to live but it's pretty rural, small town.

Jewish Rabbi 02-21-2022 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156510)
Altoona isn't great either, use to live there. Outside of the tracks and tracks of duplexes, it's kind of trashy in town.

Carlisle isn't really a straight shot to Pella so logistically it's problematic.

Prairie City is right on 163 and about halfway in between. It's not a bad place to live but it's pretty rural, small town.
I feel like you’ve missed the growth in these towns. And Carlisle is just off the bypass which connects you to 163.

Jewish Rabbi 02-21-2022 08:37 PM
And I haven’t been in a single neighborhood in Altoona that I would call trashy

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-21-2022 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16156552)
I feel like you’ve missed the growth in these towns. And Carlisle is just off the bypass which connects you to 163.
Prairie City is growing and is an easy drive to Altoona which has anything you need. Not many bad options listed here. If you like golf, Copper Creek is a really nice neighborhood in Pleasant Hill.

Jewish Rabbi 02-21-2022 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16156565)
Prairie City is growing and is an easy drive to Altoona which has anything you need. Not many bad options listed here. If you like golf, Copper Creek is a really nice neighborhood in Pleasant Hill.
Agreed. Don’t get the hate from htis.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16156552)
I feel like you’ve missed the growth in these towns. And Carlisle is just off the bypass which connects you to 163.
Carlisle is still a good 15 minutes from 163. I'm trying to think about the minimum possible commute.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16156589)
Agreed. Don’t get the hate from htis.
I used to live there. The edge Altoona is nice if you don't mind rows and rows of cookie cutter houses and townhomes. But I used to live in town proper. It's still pretty much a small Iowa meth town.

Katipan 02-22-2022 09:10 AM
There's a bus driver whose family has driven school busses back in Okoboji since my dude was little. He's been arrested and accused of inappropriately touching a 15 year old girl.

Watching the community eat itself over whether they believe him or her is gut wrenching.

I'll stick to CO.


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