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displacedinMN 02-21-2022 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16155879)
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
Leave and rent out your house for the week!!!!!

LoneWolf 02-21-2022 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16155868)
So is it Pella Rollscreen or Vermeer? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to say so publicly. ;)
PM sent.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 16155882)
Leave and rent out your house for the week!!!!!
Oh for sure, if I still was around there, that's what I would do. We actually couldn't afford to live in Pella at the time so we lived in Knoxville. We made a lot of money letting people camp in our sizable yard during Sprint Car Nationals.

displacedinMN 02-21-2022 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16155894)
Oh for sure, if I still was around there, that's what I would do. We actually couldn't afford to live in Pella at the time so we lived in Knoxville. We made a lot of money letting people camp in our sizable yard during Sprint Car Nationals.
respect. that is what you have to do.

htismaqe 02-21-2022 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneWolf (Post 16155892)
PM sent.
If I can be of any further service, let me know. If you're moving here, I want to make sure you enjoy it to the best of your abilities.

It's really not a bad place to live, I just have "winter" problems that are never going to be fixed until I move south. It's not Iowa so much as it's just too far north. FWIW, I wouldn't move to KC because it's still too cold there.

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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Originally Posted by LoneWolf (Post 16154625)
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.

htismaqe 02-22-2022 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16156977)
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.
That's not unique to Iowa. Most small towns are like that, especially in the midwest.

There's nothing to do but gossip and fight.

Katipan 02-22-2022 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156981)
That's not unique to Iowa. Most small towns are like that, especially in the midwest.

There's nothing to do but gossip and fight.
My only hope for happiness is some weird CP commune.

htismaqe 02-22-2022 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16156985)
My only hope for happiness is some weird CP commune.
We'd need to locate in a place we could grow our own weed. That's definitely NOT Iowa.

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-22-2022 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 16154656)
White people running taco trucks.

Yes!!!!!
farthest thing from it... Authentic as it gets with our large ag and meat packing industries, some of the best authentic Mexican food is right here in Iowa.

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-22-2022 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16156985)
My only hope for happiness is some weird CP commune.

Because we never gossip and fight...ROFL

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=342640

htismaqe 02-22-2022 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16156992)
farthest thing from it... Authentic as it gets with our large ag and meat packing industries, some of the best authentic Mexican food is right here in Iowa.
Yep. People that don't live here don't understand how many hispanic communities there are here. I live 25 minutes from Marshalltown and it's not uncommon to hear nothing but Spanish when you're there.

scho63 02-22-2022 11:04 AM
Iowa, a Midwestern U.S. state, sits between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It’s known for its landscape of rolling plains and cornfields. Landmarks in the capital, Des Moines, include the gold-domed, 19th-century State Capitol Building, Pappajohn Sculpture Park and the Des Moines Art Center, noted for its contemporary collections. The city of Cedar Rapids' Museum of Art has paintings by native Iowan Grant Wood.

BWillie 02-22-2022 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16155596)
Northwest Iowa is Dutch country (like Pella) and all the packing plants are centered in SXC. It really comes down to the local economy.
I had a junior golf tournament in Orange City and I was mind blown. I got there at 7am and everyone was outside walking around. Having sex on top of tulips making babies with their one significant other in their wooden ****ing shoes, named Van something or some shit.

But it was really strange, they were early risers.

ptlyon 02-22-2022 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156996)
Yep. People that don't live here don't understand how many hispanic communities there are here. I live 25 minutes from Marshalltown and it's not uncommon to hear nothing but Spanish when you're there.
Zeno's

BWillie 02-22-2022 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156996)
Yep. People that don't live here don't understand how many hispanic communities there are here. I live 25 minutes from Marshalltown and it's not uncommon to hear nothing but Spanish when you're there.
I grew up in Sioux City from 11 to 18 years old and can attest to this. South Sioux City - while in Nebraska - is quite a hispanic hub.

ptlyon 02-22-2022 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16157276)
I grew up in Sioux City from 11 to 18 years old and can attest to this. South Sioux City - while in Nebraska - is quite a hispanic hub.
No shit?

BTW - local weather right now is 5 degrees & -18 wind chill.

Simply Red 02-22-2022 11:33 AM
hello, tipping cap: how's the corn crop?

displacedinMN 02-22-2022 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156996)
Yep. People that don't live here don't understand how many hispanic communities there are here. I live 25 minutes from Marshalltown and it's not uncommon to hear nothing but Spanish when you're there.
Marshalltown has been that way for some time. Was 20 years ago when I taught in Union.

warpaint* 02-22-2022 03:08 PM
If you like small town life, cold weather, and expensive windows you’ll love it.

Titty Meat 02-22-2022 03:52 PM
Only good thing about Iowa is htismaqe

htismaqe 02-22-2022 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16157893)
Only good thing about Iowa is htismaqe
Thanks man!

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-22-2022 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16157893)
Only good thing about Iowa is htismaqe
Tru Dat!

htismaqe 02-22-2022 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16158224)
Tru Dat!
You're awesome too!

tredadda 02-22-2022 06:44 PM
I do know former KC Chiefs MLB Anthony Hitchens played college football in that state.

tredadda 02-22-2022 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16156977)
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.
While I agree with you on sticking to Colorado, this state has it’s issues as well.

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-22-2022 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tredadda (Post 16158248)
I do know former KC Chiefs MLB Anthony Hitchens played college football in that state.
... and Ben Niemann...

Zhawk 02-22-2022 06:47 PM
Iowa has a fairly famous legit/authentic Mexican restaurant. Written up in esquire mag even. La Juanita’s in Sioux City. Lots or fantastic Mexican food in iowa.

tredadda 02-22-2022 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16158254)
... and Ben Niemann...
Ughhhhh, I try to forget about him.

BWillie 02-22-2022 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Zhawk (Post 16158259)
Iowa has a fairly famous legit/authentic Mexican restaurant. Written up in esquire mag even. La Juanita’s in Sioux City. Lots or fantastic Mexican food in iowa.
I used to be a supervisor at Sams Club during my college years and they bought all of their shit from us.

Jewish Rabbi 02-22-2022 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16158281)
I used to be a supervisor at Sams Club during my college years and they bought all of their shit from us.
Authentic my ****ing ass!!!

displacedinMN 02-22-2022 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16158254)
... and Ben Niemann...
and his brother Nick

Zhawk 02-22-2022 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16158310)
Authentic my ****ing ass!!!
What…they have to buy their meat from Mexico?

Their food was fresh and on point. Rivaled Mexican food from south Texas.

lewdog 02-22-2022 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16156987)
We'd need to locate in a place we could grow our own weed. That's definitely NOT Iowa.
That’s Arizona.

See you soon!

BWillie 02-22-2022 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Zhawk (Post 16158331)
What…they have to buy their meat from Mexico?

Their food was fresh and on point. Rivaled Mexican food from south Texas.
Yeah I love the place. Taste good and anytime I went there and the owner was present he would give me my food for free. It was bad ass.

Katipan 02-22-2022 08:59 PM
I love how we're considering Sioux City to be all that Iowa.

BWillie 02-22-2022 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16158477)
I love how we're considering Sioux City to be all that Iowa.
People from Eastern Iowa barely know Sioux City exists yet its the 4th largest city in the state. Now the place does suck but put some respect on that city's name!

Jewish Rabbi 02-22-2022 10:26 PM
Sioux City smells worse than Cedar Rapids so it’s got that title at least.

Katipan 02-22-2022 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16158620)
People from Eastern Iowa barely know Sioux City exists yet its the 4th largest city in the state. Now the place does suck but put some respect on that city's name!
Is a thing to go to Sioux City. We ask go en masse, half of us go to Golden Corral half of us go to Applebee's.

BryanBusby 02-23-2022 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zhawk (Post 16158331)
What…they have to buy their meat from Mexico?

Their food was fresh and on point. Rivaled Mexican food from south Texas.
If you're not picking your own Carne Asada from Mexico City I wouldn't feed it to my dog!!!!@1

ptlyon 02-23-2022 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16158620)
People from Eastern Iowa barely know Sioux City exists yet its the 4th largest city in the state. Now the place does suck but put some respect on that city's name!
Like we like to say, yeah, it's a shithole, but it's our shithole.

ChiefaRoo 02-23-2022 09:02 AM
https://youtu.be/BZvBnE6p9LQ

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-23-2022 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 16158827)
If you're not picking your own Carne Asada from Mexico City I wouldn't feed it to my dog!!!!@1
Carne Asada from Mexico City may be Dog...

Titty Meat 02-23-2022 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16158624)
Sioux City smells worse than Cedar Rapids so it’s got that title at least.
So does your asshole

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-23-2022 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo (Post 16159014)
LMAO I hadn't seen that before...

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-23-2022 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16158882)
Like we like to say, yeah, it's a shithole, but it's our shithole.
It's funny that people talk shit about Iowa, the worst cities in Iowa for crime and dirtiness, would be considered safe and clean in many areas of or country.

The only thing I hate about Sioux City is there god awful traffic cameras.

Hammock Parties 02-23-2022 09:25 AM
smells like cow shit most everywhere

ptlyon 02-23-2022 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16159062)
.

The only thing I hate about Sioux City is there god awful traffic cameras.
Well hate us no more (unless you come into town)

https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local...d-cameras-went

IowaHawkeyeChief 02-23-2022 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16159083)
Well hate is no more (unless you come into town)

https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local...d-cameras-went
WOW, $22 million later...

Katipan 02-23-2022 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 16159066)
smells like cow shit most everywhere
Cow shit is way better than pig shit and they all trump chicken shit.

Hahaha Trump chicken shit.
Lolll

Buehler445 02-23-2022 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 16159066)
smells like cow shit most everywhere
No it doesn't.

Where I live smells like cow shit.

And Katipan is right. Cow is the nicest smelling of all the shit.

Katipan 02-23-2022 10:15 AM
I know shit.

Buehler445 02-23-2022 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Katipan (Post 16159133)
I know shit.
ROFL

I've missed you... Definitely post more.

htismaqe 02-23-2022 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16159062)
It's funny that people talk shit about Iowa, the worst cities in Iowa for crime and dirtiness, would be considered safe and clean in many areas of or country.

The only thing I hate about Sioux City is there god awful traffic cameras.
No, it definitely stinks to high heaven. So does CR for that matter. Dog food factories suck.

Iowanian 02-23-2022 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 16158624)
Sioux City smells worse than Cedar Rapids so it’s got that title at least.
Hey now. If you only visited CR on crunchberry day you’d love it.

ptlyon 02-23-2022 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16159417)
No, it definitely stinks to high heaven. So does CR for that matter. Dog food factories suck.
Well, it has gotten better since we've moved the sewer treatment plant away from the interstate and John Morrell closed.

Jewish Rabbi 02-23-2022 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16159052)
So does your asshole
Why don’t you lick it clean then

BWillie 02-23-2022 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 16159062)
It's funny that people talk shit about Iowa, the worst cities in Iowa for crime and dirtiness, would be considered safe and clean in many areas of or country.

The only thing I hate about Sioux City is there god awful traffic cameras.
I didn't pay the last one. Still alive. Still no warrant out for my arrest.

htismaqe 02-23-2022 12:11 PM
How is Sioux City still using cameras? They violate state law...

BWillie 02-23-2022 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16159486)
Well, it has gotten better since we've moved the sewer treatment plant away from the interstate and John Morrell closed.
Yeah they did away with that. Less of an eye sore driving in too. I got so immune to it when I was a kid though. People would visit and say why does it smell so bad, and I'd be like I don't know what you are talking about but I remember it used to smell really bad when I first moved here. LMAO

ptlyon 02-23-2022 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16159550)
How is Sioux City still using cameras? They violate state law...
I'm not sure about it violating state law, otherwise obviously they wouldn't have been able to do it.

But one in particular that I know of out by the mall is a red light camera. You are allowed to do a right turn on red, but it will snap a picture if you don't come to a complete stop during the red. Haven't been out there for quite some time, but assuming it's still there and operational.

htismaqe 02-23-2022 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16159598)
I'm not sure about it violating state law, otherwise obviously they wouldn't have been able to do it.

But one in particular that I know of out by the mall is a red light camera. You are allowed to do a right turn on red, but it will snap a picture if you don't come to a complete stop during the red. Haven't been out there for quite some time, but assuming it's still there and operational.
Clive had that as did the Quad Cities and they discontinued their use because of state law. It was passed a couple of years ago.

htismaqe 02-23-2022 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16159486)
Well, it has gotten better since we've moved the sewer treatment plant away from the interstate and John Morrell closed.
Speaking of John Morrell...

Who knew making bacon of all things smelled so ****ing bad? Bacon is practically sacred - the taste, the smell, all of it - but goddamn if bacon factories don't smell AWFUL.

ptlyon 02-23-2022 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16159551)
Yeah they did away with that. Less of an eye sore driving in too. I got so immune to it when I was a kid though. People would visit and say why does it smell so bad, and I'd be like I don't know what you are talking about but I remember it used to smell really bad when I first moved here. LMAO
Also depended on which direction the wind is from. Could get a good whiff of IBP/Tyson from Dakota city.

Wednesday was blood day at IBP. Come in on a hot steamy morning hungover and you'd likely lose breakfast.

ptlyon 02-23-2022 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 16159599)
Clive had that as did the Quad Cities and they discontinued their use because of state law. It was passed a couple of years ago.
Maybe they did :shrug:

htismaqe 02-23-2022 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 16159604)
Maybe they did :shrug:
I just looked it up and apparently it never got signed into law. So maybe municipalities still have the option. It seems most of them are giving up on it though...


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