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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bryan898" data-source="post: 2341932" data-attributes="member: 9085">I can help you with some insight into Iowa.  It's a mix of rural and urban areas, but mostly farmland.  The land is often flat with gently rolling hills, as a result of the glaciers that once covered it, however it's often a nice green.  We sport a deep rich black soil that's perfect for growing crops.  The NE area of Iowa has quite a few hills, a result from streams and rivers.  One of the more beautiful towns is Dubuque, with plenty of large hills covered in trees, and built along the river.  It also sports the most millionaires per captia in the US (IIRC), the most beer per capita (IIRC), lots of Irish, plenty of catholics, and at one time the most one way streets in the US.  So, you have a bunch of drunk catholic irish millionaires driving on one way streets, fun image isn't it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />The agriculture used to be mainly corn, up until about 1990.  We produce plenty of corn and soybeans, but have also moved into the meat market, namely pork.  You can buy some delicious top quality beef from a local butcher for cheap, a luxury I definetely enjoy.You have the same cliches here as anywhere else.  Where I went to high school they had kids that dressed as cowboys that would drive down gravels in their ford trucks and ride bulls in rodeo's for fun.  The kids there were often racist, red necks, and deeply religious.  I've also lived in an area that was densely inhabited, where the people tended towards the current fads, whether it's dressing up like Britney Spears or acting like Eminem.  The state is predominately white (90% I believe), and the largest religion is Roman Catholic.  Recreation usually takes place in the form of hunting, fishing, camping, and boating.  I would have to say the biggest sport is football, though we don't have any professional teams in any sport.  The thing about Iowa is that most places tend to have a small town feel to them.  You have you're party towns too, like Ames for example.  Iowa State University was named one of the top ten party colleges not too long ago, and the reputation is well deserved in my experience.People often think of Iowan's as ignorant, however we're one of the most educated workforces in the US.  We pride ourselves with excellent school systems, including the University of Northern Iowa, which is rather reknown as one of premier teaching preperation schools in the US.  Though you occasionally find those red necks here, it doesn't seem to be more than anywhere else in my opinion.Hope that's enough.</blockquote>

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