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Iowa City, IA vs Mendota Heights, MN

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I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

Mendota Heights is a second ring suburb of Minnesota's capital of St. Paul, only 2 miles from the center of the city. Taxes are in the lowest 5 towns in the 9 county  More