Welcome from another Iowan (somewhat moot since you already found me first, but welcome all the same). Yes, Iowa is quite a paradox. Plenty of open space, nice people, relatively liberty oriented (about in the middle, about where Iowa stands in almost any ranking), but I think at some point we picked up cooties from Illinois or something

. I've had this funny theory: If it can be agreed that Iowa is behind the times, and it can also be agreed that the overall state of the world is in decay, then would that not also mean that Iowa, being in a retarded state of decay, would be one of the nicest places to live

? But then again, that is sort of the point of why I'm planning on Wyoming...even though the state of decay in Iowa is retarded, the effects are well on their way!
