It’s a 35% raise over my current salary with a pretty healthy bonus plan. If the offer wasn’t so good, I wouldn’t even consider moving.

All yoni is love

Lot's of corn, or was that potatoes? I always get Idaho and Iowa confused

I want to move back to Iowa after I retire. Okoboji.

I’ve only been to Pella once(well twice helped there two days in a row for work). A lot of Dutch and have a yearly tulip festival which is apparently pretty popular. I’d assume the cost of living is a lot lower than where you’re at now, before even factoring in your raise. I commuted from Ankeny Iowa the two days I was there, and it really wasn’t that bad. I probably wouldn’t do it daily, but being that close to Des Moines and it’s suburbs helps make Pella a little more appealing. I personally like Overland Park where I’m at now, but if you’re OK with small town living it would probably be a smart choice.

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There’s definitely a lot worse and a lot smaller towns in Iowa. And even further from from a “major city”

Damn. Man...it'd be hard to pass that up.

Is it heaven? No. It's iowa.

Go ahead and put htismaqe on ignore if you haven't already. He'll talk you into moving even FURTHER south than Wichita by the time he's done. :D

If Nebraska doesn't have enough corn for you, there's always Iowa.

Wrong.

high taxes, good schools, nice roads, good people. Radio will give you grain and hog prices as often as weather. Public Radio has cooking where the women read recipies.

Awesome quality of life

The beach's in St. Pete are much better.

I love Iowa, and the tax climate is only getting better.

Pella is a nice town, but I'd its also a little cliquey. Living closer to Des Moines would be wise, but I'd be a little picky about where I'd land. The east side of Des Moines is a little lacking IMO, but places like Altoona and Pleasant Hill have some great neighborhoods.

I'd find a place in the country if its me. Something close to 163 would be perfect.

WHO 1040

and country 540 KWMT

Jaarsma Bakery - Pella
Ulrich Meat Market - Pella
The Big Steer - Altoona
Beachwood Lounge - Des Moines (Dive bar)
El Bait Shop - Des Moines (Best selection of beer, good food)
Mullets - Des Moines (Great sport for breakfast)
B&B Grocery - Des Moines (Great sandwiches)
Manhatten Deli - Des Moines (Get the Tuesday special any day of the week)
Eatery A - Des Moines (best Happy Hour spot)

Granted it was college but lots of damn fine women

****. This thread reminds me I need to get back to Des Moines and stuff my ****ing face full of Giordano's.

****ers need to advance to KC.

If you have never lived in the midwest... It better be 6 figures...

There's probably 10 better pizza places in Des Moines than Giordano's lmao

If it wasn’t quite a bit over the low six figures, I wouldn’t consider moving. The money is one of the major things making this a tough decision.

does DSM have a decent rock station anymore?

No.

sad. KGGO was the best. I hooked up my home stereo to the tv antenna just so I could get 'ggo at home... NW Iowa.

I got food poisoning from a Giordano's in Chicago once, and had to fly out of Midway at 6:30am the next morning. Worst business trip of my life.

It says "The Good Life" on the sign when you enter.

I work there, live in Nebraska.

Lots of windmills on the way to Des Moines from Omaha. It looks like war of the worlds.

But, Iowa is the Midwest. Relatively conservative, though it feels almost purple. Good people, good economy. Housing shouldn't kill you. I don't know about taxes. Their gas used to be cheaper than Nebraska by a dime, but now it's the opposite, so I don't know what happened there.

For 35%...make the move. It's not like it's some terrible place to live. If you have relatives close by, IMO that's a bonus.

Good luck.

Oh, and their football team is way better than the Huskers...but that ain't sayin much these days...

Is your family polygamists??? :spock:

Great little authentic mexican restaurant in downtown Decorah now.

95 KGGO is still here

guessing it is not what it was.

Try me... I've been all over this State and love me some street tacos or Chillaquilles...

list 'em

With my phone I don't listen much anymore, but I did not too long ago and still classic rock. It was a staple in college.

They have killer lunch specials. 10 buck and I get my fix!

In no particular order

Scornovacca's - East Side
Taste of New York - West Des Moines
Fong's - Crab Rangoon Pizza is the bomb
Gusto Pizza
Trumans - Chiefs Joint, I think Ed Podolak has a piece of this.
The Other Place - Another Chiefs bar chain with decent Pizza.
Rosatti's - Chicago chain, but their thin crust is the bomb
7 Stone Pizzeria
Noah's Arch - Old time Des Moines Italian restaurant.
Franka Pizzaria - East Village

I’ll add Bordenero’s, Paul Revere’s, and Sonny’s.

Also a little more on the snooty side but Centro has good pizza too.

Fongs is good. Leaning Tower of Pizza used to be good, haven't had it forever so I can't vouch for it now. Wig and Pen is pretty good too.

Shit, go up to Ankeny and you have Leaning Tower and Wig and Pen as well.

Lmao beat me by an eyelash.

Dont forget HyVee. So glad we have one here.

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So I used to work in Pella about 20 years ago and I can offer a couple of words of advice.

1. Like someone said before, it's a Dutch Reformed community. Be prepared for it, because as they say "if you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". They pray for people who work on Sundays and still have ordinances on the books that don't allow for things like yard work on the Sabbath.

2. I said I worked in Pella but notice I didn't say I lived there. This may not be an issue for you since it seems you're looking at a D level job but average people that work in Pella can't afford to actually live there. I was a senior engineer and couldn't buy a house there, you had to be at least director level to make enough to buy a house there.

3. There's no direct route from most of Des Moines to Pella. If you're planning to do that commute, you want to live on the east side like Altoona or Pleasant Hill and hit 163 to get down there. Depending on where you live in either of those communities, it might be white trash or it might be suburban sprawl. They're not really like the suburbs on the west side.

4. About that commute, it's excruciatingly boring. I did it for about 6 years and at the end of the day, I just couldn't do it anymore.

There's TONS of Hispanics here. :D

ROFL

Every little town has at least one family Mexican restaurant now. Up here, we're only 30 minutes from JBS. We have as many Mexican restaurants now as there is fast food.

We like it here, but we don't live in Pella.

Des Moines is very cool if you ignore the weather during half the year.

You'd have to go to Okoboji or Sioux City to find anything remotely Mexican.

Both of which are hour long drives from our small towns.

Northwest Iowa is Dutch country (like Pella) and all the packing plants are centered in SXC. It really comes down to the local economy.

Don Jose is the shit!

I can't give you any advice about Iowa having only driven through it to get to River Falls or Minneapolis. But I can give you some advice about your job offer, I would take it back to your current employer to see if they could match it since the job market is hot right now.

When I lived in Story City, I drove to Union every day. 28 miles, and passed the same 6 cars every day. I was at the doctor in Ames talking to the nurse. We passed each other every day.

Being from Iowa, I was used to that. I could not live on the farm any more. I need to be in a city. Altoona to Pella would be ok every day. Especially if remote work is possible.

That's the problem. Living on the "farm" is the only reason to actually live here. There are no "cities" in Iowa.

I'd live on an Iowa farm right now if Nebraska didn't exist.

You know as well as I do, that it's going to be hard to concentrate on that new job if you are worried about the wifey.

Good fortune to you in your decision.

From the farm it is 7 miles for gas, 10 miles for a grocery, restaurant, small hardware store. 28 miles for walmart or big grocery store.

And when the hell is Iowa going to raise the 2 lane speed limit to 60 or 65. The time has come.

Well it's 6 miles for all of those things for me. More importantly, it's 2 miles to the nearest neighbor. That's the reason for living out in the country. I like my privacy.

If it weren't for state taxes and the weather, it wouldn't be so bad here.

Live in Des Moines area for the last 8 years, moving from KC; Pella is close-ish -- like 45 minutes away or so. I've never been to Pella, but Des Moines has more to offer than you might think. Granted it's no where near as big as KC/STL of course, so the traffic is light.

Sports wise there is AAA baseball, G League Basketball, AHL hockey and arena league football as well. So there are things sports wise going pretty much year round.

There is a good trail system in the area as well. So if you like to hike or ride bikes or anything like that you have a lot of trails that you can use.

The tax climate here sucks. I'm fortunate enough to be a top earner compared to the state average. Iowa has the 3rd highest effective tax rate at the top in the US but the lowest effective tax rate at the bottom.

Fayette County.

I can only do that if I am willing to accept the position in Iowa. The company I work for is ran by Italians and if they knew I was entertaining other offers they would end my employment.

As soon as I make up my mind, I plan on taking the offer to them and seeing if they will match it, but my hopes are not high that they will. I would be making more than my boss if they did that.

You almost have to. That's a HUGE pay increase in 2022. And how long before you retire?

Go up there and stack them checks, then come back home.

Loaded.

It sounds like the decision has been made and you're not very successfully trying to talk yourself out of it?

****ing really?

That would make the decision for my ass.

You get much past the bottom end jobs, everybody is at least paying attention. Nobody is blindly loyal in 2021.

Hell I work for myself and periodically I'll run the math on pulling the chute on my operation and working for not Buehler445.

your personality on this board for the last (we won't say) however many years, are unmatched! You have always had a way with words. <3

back when things were better, I was fortunate enough to live a fairly decent life inside the perimeter, here in Atlanta. I had an epic seven year run, I really did.

Not now, I'm way more nerdy than ever before. I haven't dated much and don't crave that city style of life. I'd for certain entertain moving to a town like a Pittsburgh Kansas.

Living here tho, you absolutely DO miss the snow, even though it'll spit from time-to-time here, not enough volume nor time prior to melting away. There have been a handful of exceptions since I've lived here (1992) ...& no I've never been to jail except one time in highschool (uninvolved)
and Iowa would be cool, actually.

I love you too

The legislature is adopting a 4% flat tax. Done deal.

The strip clubs in Iowa are far better than anything Kansas or Missouri has to offer.
or at least they used to be.... I haven't been up that way in a few years so I guess that could have changed. I helped pay many a college girl tuition back in the day.

Yeah, when I started with the company it was US owned and had a real family atmosphere. It was bought by Fiat and has slowly went downhill since. The only reason I've stayed is I have a good job and my direct bosses (yes, I have more than one) pretty much leave me alone to run my plant as long as it performs well. Italians are ****ing weird. Loyalty is really important to them and I've seen too many colleagues end up getting let go after word got out they were looking at other opportunities.

That all being said, I've made up my mind. I'm going to call the company in Pella this afternoon and tell them I will accept the offer with a couple of changes. I want one Friday each month off (I will take conference calls and Teams meetings from my truck) and I'm going to ask for an extra week of PTO per year. If they agree to these changes to their offer, I will be moving to Iowa soon.

Cedar Rapids has Duffy's. It's only 2 hours from Pella.

https://www.duffys.com/home

Man, that just reminds me how much I don't miss corporate life...

If they're all about that life, they're going to have trouble in today's environment. As they're about to find out with you.

Right on. IIRC that was one of my recommendations. Best of luck dude. I hope it works out well for you.

Hmm -- I think those are all 55mph. You may need to slow down, sir.

They're also phasing out the inheritance tax, so LoneWolf's sizeable bequest to Chiefsplanet will be fully realized and Kyle's loanshark will finally be paid off.

I really miss Kyle and am glad to see you're posting more.

So is it Pella Rollscreen or Vermeer? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to say so publicly. ;)

Yeah, until it's actually done, I won't believe it.

Good jazz in DesMoines and Pella has that tulip festival every year that is quite impressive.

The tulip festival is fun exactly once. And if you have to live and work there, it can be a real pain. I mean it's just flowers, they're not THAT cool. ROFL