Moving back was a good decision
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2/28/2007
I was born in Davenport thirty-six years ago, moved away from Iowa-- to NY-- about ten years ago and recently made the move back to Davenport. I made this decision because I needed a taste of home again, want to start my family in a place where I am confortable doing so-- in a place where the quality of formal education far surpasses what the rest of the nation has to offer-- and I simply could not stand NY. NYC is a fabulous place to visit and is, in fact, a whole different world to itself; very romantic in every aspect of that notion, but the rest of the state is a rural wasteland populated by poorly educated, unworldly, narrow-minded, generally belligerent people who are the worst drivers in the US. I had to get out. I hesitated considering moving back to Iowa for the same reasons I left this place; there really is a lot to do-- if you compare available activity options to places like NYC, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, L.A., Portland, etc., but one really is as happy as one makes oneself. If you are bored, you are probably just boring. There is an art(s) and cultural scene here-- although the ebb and flow of its development can be dramatically erratic. Music is great, theatre is pretty good, the bar scene is rather cute, the gay scene is growing/ becoming more acceptable-- this is happening at about the same rate as is so throughout the rest of the nation in cities the size of Davenport, so nothing out-of-the-ordinary. Housing is relatively inexpensive and property values are actually increasing at a slightly higher rate than sites such as this one tend to publish, the towns are clean (some more so than others) and people are generally VERY nice-- this is so compared to what I had grown used to in NY. There is trust, faith, good-nature/ generosity and care/ appreciation here. The education system is tops and I recommend it to every family. People know better how to drive here! After living through the hell of driving in Upstate NY, my god, I am in driving heaven out here! I now feel like a NY driver when I am on the road in Iowa and it's rather embarrassing.
Aaron | Davenport, IA