Reviews & Comments
Cedar Rapids, IA
Unless you own a farm..... -
6/8/2009The Midwest in general and specifically Cedar Rapids is not a place to live, unless you own a farm. Unless you own a farm, one city is a good as the next and due to the horrible weather here, this is no place to live. The winters are very similar to weather you would find in Russia with severe cold and lots of snow. We had -29F this past January for a couple of nights. The summers are very humid and you sweat just standing outside doing nothing. I can see if you own a farm and you HAVE to be here to make your living running it, but if you don't own a farm, you have no business living here. We are also now paying higher taxes for a major flood that destroyed the downtown area. The electric company Alliant Energy decided to jack up their rates another 18% just for good measure even though our rates were already 45% higher than the average city in the US. Oh, and they own a nuclear power plant about 8 miles away from CR in which they ship off all the energy to other states (at our expense). Anyway, this is no place to live if you don't have to be here. I guess if you like punishing yourself, then live here, but like I said, unless you own a farm, you don't belong here. One city is as good as the next and Cedar Rapids or any city in the Midwest should be avoided if you can. Stay away from the snow belt, rust belt, flood belt, cold belt, humid belt, tornado belt, etc.