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Bro coming from the south the jobs pay way nicer for the cost of living compared to where I’m from.

Iowa is a pathetic place to live.

Historically a conservative state. Pro gun, one of the higher ranked guns per person state but yet one of lowest in gun crime. Wierd how that works.

Man, the worlds largest Hyvee?? I had to google it to fin out what that is.

Guttenberg, Iowa seems like a nice little community along the river.

nice

I live in Iowa, and the snow here can be bad if you're not used to it. The weather here is Bipolar. Plus, I'm not sure about other states, but people here can't drive here they are always close to you when you drive and idiotic drivers. This video is so accurate.

Booo! dumb video full of opinions and no facts. Its like saying dont live on earth because of the weather. Thumbs down on the video.

You didn't mention the summertime heat and humidity.

Iowa .. HAS 4 SEASONS.. But if you can handle the COLD weather and there will be a place to raise the Families. Family with 2 childrens can littleraly live on $4k amonth with renting.

Right, don't move Iowa in 2024.I mean where would you even move it to?

my rant, summarized and why Des Moines, like many USA cities, suck Urban vs. Suburban Living: Social Perceptions and Realities Perceptions of Urban Areas: Criticism: Suburbanites often describe cities as "ugly" and the people as "mean." Reality: In urban areas, the perceived "coldness" or "rudeness" is often just people minding their own business, going about their daily tasks efficiently. The density and diversity of urban areas necessitate a more pragmatic approach to social interactions. Suburban Advocacy for Car-Centric Lifestyle: Belief: Suburban residents might argue that car-focused cities foster happier, better communities. Counterpoint: This viewpoint overlooks the fact that car dependency leads to numerous issues, including environmental damage, increased accidents, and social isolation. The suburban ideal often equates freedom with car ownership, ignoring the broader consequences. The Risks of Car Dependency Increased Danger and Lack of Accountability: Punitive Power: Cars, referred to as "2-ton death machines," give drivers significant power, which can lead to dangerous situations with little accountability. Road rage, accidents, and fatalities are more common in car-dependent areas. Social Impact: The ability to cause harm with a vehicle turns the notion of "minding your own business" into a potentially deadly activity, contrasting with the lower risk of pedestrian-oriented urban environments. Forced Car Dependency: Limited Choices: Suburban living often means that the car is the only viable mode of transportation. This lack of alternatives imposes a one-size-fits-all solution, which isn't suitable for everyone. Irony: The suburban model imposes itself on society, despite its dangers and inefficiencies, while simultaneously criticizing the urban lifestyle that offers more sustainable and safer transportation options. The Imposition of Suburban Values Contradictory Nature: Close Proximity: While suburbanites might cherish space and privacy, the necessity of a car in suburban areas paradoxically reduces true freedom and increases dependence. Community Impact: Suburban sprawl spreads this car-dependent mindset, often influencing urban planning and policies to favor cars over people, leading to further entrenchment of these issues. Environmental and Social Costs: Deadly Mistakes: The stakes of minor errors become much higher in a car-centric world, where small mistakes can lead to serious injuries or deaths. Broader Implications: The push for car-focused cities ignores the environmental degradation, social fragmentation, and health risks associated with such a lifestyle. Conclusion Your argument underscores the inherent contradictions and dangers of a car-dependent suburban lifestyle. While suburbanites might view cities as unappealing and the people as unfriendly, this perception fails to recognize the practical and efficient social interactions typical of urban environments. Moreover, the imposition of car-centric values leads to significant environmental, social, and personal risks, undermining the notion that suburban living is inherently better or happier. Promoting walkable, people-focused urban development could address these issues, offering safer, more inclusive, and environmentally friendly alternatives.

You need a car to do everything. If you don't have one, you're screwed. Basically in american terms, iowa is the most average, boring place. But we have a unique opportunity in the next 25-30 years, to build places for people, and not 2 ton death machines as climate change and over pricing of the coast brings more people here. Hopefully we can build those communities starting yesterday, otherwise iowa is just another boring american city. Drive everywhere, complain about traffic and pretend to enjoy the outside.

Anything near the Des Moines or Raccoon Rivers is prone to flooding. Valley Junction is right off the Raccoon and floods regularly as does the area around Gray's Lake. Any land south of Saylorville Lake along the river floods also. You're not likely to find any homes under $120k that are decent. The main problem you run into are basement walls being cracked from hydrostatic pressure and previous flooding issues. Avoid the Drake neighborhood, East Village and University neighborhood near the Iowa State Fairgrounds. These are high crime areas that always have radio chatter on the police scanner.

How does it compare to Davenport/Moline? Politics of the state?

Hi there from here in Croydon/ England ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿I really enjoy your videos as I’ve been to Iowa , quite a few times , and stayed twice with a great friend in Indianola , which is a charming small town , and a very good Simpson college . Would love it to see an update on how Indianola is doing ? * great balloon museum there too !!

is there any houses under 50,000 next to a city that has jobs ? and a home depot to fix it up?

I live in Bettendorf which is an hour from Iowa City. It’s a great community and the people are so friendly. The universities in Iowa are fantastic! They have a high graduation rate . The majority of graduates find high paying jobs in their field.

Lack of opportunities low wages Des Moines getting to big for its breeches

They out priced every one out of there

Hopefully all you liberals remember that the reason our state is great. It's because we have a Republican Governor. We elected 2 Republican senators to the USA. We elected 5 Republicans to the US House of Representatives. Our State capitol is Republican.

If you vote democrat, move into the city. You'll feel right at home. If you have common sense, and common courtesy, move anywhere else in Iowa.

The most radon levels is in iowa,, lung cancer,,,

Life long Central Iowa resident who attended DMACC Ankeny. Ankeny struggles with not being able to keep up with amount of growth it has seen. I35 on/off ramps are clogged as well as all the streets connected to the ramps. Delaware Ave is clogged nearly every hour of the day. Outside of a few developed areas (like Jethros Lake area) the city is pretty boring with little in the way of landmarks/culture/events. You go to the towns around Ankeny for that. Also property taxes have gone up so much during the last 10 years that many people are being squeezed out if they don't work a 6 figure job. It's defiantly a commuter/suburb.

It’s not just that most people won’t move there, but most young people already there move away. Brain drain has been a big issue for decades. College grads are attracted to places with work opportunities, culture, mass transit, top-tier medical facilities and large international airports, among other things. The weather doesn’t help either. ☹️

I moved here from Oregon five years ago. There are plenty of job opportunities here, compared to the coasts, because competition is almost non-existent, so if you look half decent, you will get hired into jobs that would have been way out of your grasp anywhere else. Where I am from, even the grocery store clerks and service industry employees are likely to have masters degrees and just be trying to survive. Vegetables are painfully expensive here, which I found surprising for an agricultural state... Except it isn't. The midwest is a massive food desert that grows almost only corn, mainly for ethanol. Many of the slaughterhouses here mainly export. Everything is toxic. You need to filter or buy your water. People burn trash and yard debris constantly here (plus the forest fire smoke pools here from the US and Canada) so you may find you stay inside all spring and summer to just be able to breathe. Ticks. Ticks everywhere. Ticks on children when it doesn't even make sense. Like, they will just blow down from trees onto you, even in the middle of the city. That said, because of the friendliness and huge opportunities it is a good place to raise kids cheaply with the benefits of a large city... But not in Des Moines. Look to Iowa City.

You should really give a percent range for the home taxes. By that I mean like 1.2-1.8% or whatever the total tax burden is for the area. In California it takes 5-20 years to do anything. You do a nice job man.

You're out in the middle of nowhere, not many liberals there so I hope you're OK with trumpers and Iowa gets a bunch of bad weather in summer and a lot of storms in winter.

You can always port your mortgage, can’t you? Porting a mortgage means you keep the mortgage rate and the mortgage terms but you take that with you to a new house. Is that correct??

Speaking on the “Iowa nice” - Cali people suck. They’re fake nice, at best. Some great people but the majority are just self absorbed, pretentious douchebags. My experience- maybe others disagree but having lived in Texas and now in Cali, it’s awful.

There are alot of community activities to do! Do you like sewing? There is a group for that! Do you like pottery? There is a group for that! The list goes on! Honestly...you will never be boared! You will be on the couch tired from all the fun you just had during the week!

I feel spoiled with everything being so close in terms of shopping. I have made some wonderful friendships as well.

Is that Matt Dillon's grandkid?

America is boring,

Another Con…. Gov Kim Reynolds and her attacks on schools! 😢

i have been to iowa many times. i like iowa city.

I moved to Iowa a few years ago. Very very happy to live in Iowa as opposed to Minnesota or Illinois, which have really gone downhill just like the coastal states over the past several years. Granted, I moved from Minnesota, so maybe that's why weather and bugs don't bother me one bit.

Here, I don't want to make it look like I hate Iowa, I was found by one of the major employers here, where I lived in Chicago and they moved me here for work. Iowa, if you who live here didn't know it, is a major hub on the fiber optic highway that runs through the corridor of this country and so there are all the enterprise data centers for all the major players here. Meta is building the first super AI cluster here in Altoona . I also really appreciate the 2nd amendment support you have here in Iowa, in fact a year after I moved here Governor Pritzker pulled his underhanded move in illinois basically making every gun I own illegal in Illinois, so I can't move back. Enjoy your gun rights here, because they are under attack everywhere else in this country.

Here are a few smaller ones too! Outside of any town there is no pavement, so your carwash budget needs to be put in place because everytime you drive on gravel roads your caked with white gravel dust. It also drives up vehicle maintenance as it clogs your air cleaners and erodes your undercarriage and paint etc. I enjoy good gravel travel on my adventure motorcycle but it gets old quick in your car. You need to have good water purification in your house or buy bottled water. There is pervasive problem with contaminated water supply from farm fertilizer runoff. Des Moines gets its water from a river called of all things The Skunk river and its constantly getting contaminated. The first thing you will notice moving here is all the land is dominated by farmland, no forests here, no wild prairie , only corn crop after corn crop. Every square inch of the land has been turned into some crop or another and it makes scenic drive rather boring. To get away from the children of the corn here you need to drive to South Dakota black hills or back along the mississippi. The goddamn airport here sucks, its says international but it might as well say connecting airport. It has but one luggage carousel and it's very hard to get direct flights out of here. Forget Southwest, you have 2 maybe 3 choices, Denver, StLouis, Atlanta. You can't use one way to get out of the country like buying a one way to O'hare so you can get a direct to Paris because the only carriers that sell those charge 150$ checked bag fees so your better off just buying the round trip and that will 100% include a connecting flight to one of the aforementioned airports. Des Moines is just a weigh station for the airlines, a place the pilots can stop and stretch their legs or use a regular toilet.

You missed some big ones, perhaps because you haven't been around enough but moving here from Chicago, the damn grocery costs are big, bigger than Chicago. I struggled to understand why and the only reason I can think of is lack of competition. Your grocery chains are dominated by Hy Vee and all the other big chain stores only have one in town so they charge by benchmarking against the Hy Vee and its high. A bag of Pistachios cost 12 to 14$ and in Chicago from say Woodmans its 7$. The cops, the traffic enforcement is insane here. When I first moved here I was like why is everyone driving so damn slow? I was weaving in and out of cars because I'm used to Chicago where the speed limits are 45 65 and 80 mph effectively, then I got the first photo enforced ticket, after the first year I felt like I needed to get enrolled in automatic payments to the photo enforced traffic payment center. I had to get a high end crowd sourced radar detector and drive with highway radar app to navigate all the photo enforcement. Not only do they have cops that perform "traffic enforcement days" almost like DUI checkpoints they have airplanes swooping all the major highways in and out of the state and photo enforcement on top of all that. You can't survive here unless you have cruise control and a serious radar detector with long range sensor capabilities. Lastly the conservative drug policies, Iowa is surrounded by legal marijuana states, and everyone I know partakes here , and the state actually has dispensaries that sell THC hemp, the word HEMP seems to make it legal but regular dispensaries are not legal, recreational is not legal, making it a pain in the ass to drive 2 or 3 hours to one of the other states to get your gear. It's like a huge migration of money out of the state, you would think they would want to keep that, its so stupid. Please for the love of GOD, legalize it already and take the money, and then stop the predatory traffic enforcement!

Duuuuude Matt, I have no idea how I got your videos in my recommended, but here i am! Keep up the videos my guy!

Have you done any videos on the Quad Cities area?

Very nice video. I'm not in the market now but am interested. I lived in the Des Moines area in the 1970's -- downtown, and the Drake area -- also Ames for a bit. I remember Saylorville Lake becoming fully operational in 1977. I wonder if there are any towns or neighborhoods that tend to attract retirees. I'm guessing Valley Junction or the West Des Moines area but I don't know.

I’m moving to Iowa next month!!!

I think Des Moines is far better than Omaha, because Omaha has a lot of industrial zones right next to residential or commercial, and it looks kind of...not so nice in some areas due to the eclectic layout.

Do u live here yourself

My husband and I are planning to move to the area next summer 2025. Thank you for these videos. We are from California and have never been to Iowa so these are wonderful!

I learned how to drive truck at Hawkeye community college in Waterloo.

My brother stays there.. Meet him.. Make him more comfortable there please

My brother stays there.. Meet him..