12-13-2015, 11:18 AM
OT, but to continue Mick and Cornfed's Iowa distinctions/fun facts: Iowa has the most towns/cities of population 2000 or greater of any state in the US.
I was born in Davenport, but lived in Barnes City, population 98 (at that time; it's since ballooned up to 188). However, once my folks left during a -40 degree winter to visit friends in California, it was a no-brainer to move here within a year. Likewise, most of my relatives who have visited California have eventually moved here. "How you gonna keep'em down on the farm once they've been to Paree?" (Paris, for the younger crowd.)
Besides Cornfed, I've noticed over the years LOTS of Iowa-connected CARDboarders. Though there was some regret about our opponent not being OSU, I suspect a good share of the board's populace are pleased to play Iowa, just so (after Stanford's victory) we can have yet another reason to tout California to our relatives who have yet to leave the Midwest (not that they could afford to live here now).
I was born in Davenport, but lived in Barnes City, population 98 (at that time; it's since ballooned up to 188). However, once my folks left during a -40 degree winter to visit friends in California, it was a no-brainer to move here within a year. Likewise, most of my relatives who have visited California have eventually moved here. "How you gonna keep'em down on the farm once they've been to Paree?" (Paris, for the younger crowd.)
Besides Cornfed, I've noticed over the years LOTS of Iowa-connected CARDboarders. Though there was some regret about our opponent not being OSU, I suspect a good share of the board's populace are pleased to play Iowa, just so (after Stanford's victory) we can have yet another reason to tout California to our relatives who have yet to leave the Midwest (not that they could afford to live here now).