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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Iowa City. They're fairly progressive up there.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Right there in the name: “City”. A dangerous place where you might be exposed to dreaded opposing viewpoints.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    my brother is scared to death of san francisco. he hates it, says there's poop everywhere and he's accosted by homeless people all the time. i dunno, i've been to his house and they leave dirty diapers on the floor and his children are children so they're needy and don't pay rent. which seems right. maybe he's a little confused? also, i have encountered human poop exactly once in san francisco over decades of visiting at least monthly. i'm just grumpy that the deli i got my char siu pork at (Go Duck Yourself/Hing Lung) moved and i haven't found a new one i like yet. also my brunch place went from five locations to one, and it's not the location i liked in the Castro. At least my beef with the city is real.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I miss Iowa City. It was such a diverse and wonderful island surrounded by by the monotony of white bread America. I'm scared to go back, because I fear it has been swallowed by the mediocrity of conservatism.

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  • I've met a shocking amount of sane people since moving to my close-ish to Des Moines small town. Including family I would have just assumed were conservative by virtue of living in IOWA.

    Then again, it used to be a battleground state, so maybe it shouldn't be so shocking.

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