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Central City, IA vs Spencer, IN

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This town has recently (meaning past 3 decades) been known as a town of elderly, welfare, and taverns (NOT nightclubs,,,,, taverns). They have tried to revive it and  More

All the schools within this county do the best they can with what little funding is available to them. The high school was not the best in preparing students for  More

Rural, appalacia-like topography, beautiful country, mostly poor but varied, nice people, good services, reasonable cost of living, typical midwest weather -  More