Talk:Iowa

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[edit] Comments

I was shocked to see this page. I found several comments that were enforcing the stereotype of farmers in Iowa, and had very little on the urban areas. Urban areas, such as Des Moines, are VERY different from the more rural parts of the state. I also found things that were just outright wrong, which I changed.

- victor2000 16:40, 15 June 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Regions

I'm not sure that Iowa needs to be broken into seven regions. Three is probably a better option. This map breaks it into Western, Central, and Eastern. Any better ideas, suggestions? -- Fastestdogever 20:15, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm actually leaning the opposite direction: toward creating a few more regions, based on the Iowa tourism dept map. Not just because the local tourism people do it that way, but also because it might make it unnecessary to subdivide Iowa's regions. At any level below this, about the only obvious way to divide a region is by county, which creates disambiguation trainwrecks (how many "Jackson County"s are there in the US?) and often makes little sense from a travel perspective. - Todd VerBeek 18:28, 8 May 2007 (EDT)
There needs to be an "Eastern Iowa" region. It's a very common phrase within Iowa. When Iowans think of "Eastern Iowa", they think of Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and the Quad Cities. These three are lacking a region because they rightly belong in "Eastern Iowa". From what I can tell, 2 regions have websites--Central Iowa and Eastern Iowa (www.easterniowatourism.org).
Consider the number of google hits on each of 11 possible regions:
  • "Northwest Iowa" - 253,000
  • "North Central Iowa" - 94,800
  • "Northeast Iowa" - 269,000
  • "Northern Iowa" (-University of) - 481,000
  • "Western Iowa" - 462,000
  • "Central Iowa" - 901,000
  • "Eastern Iowa" - 571,000
  • "Southern Iowa" - 170,000
  • "Southwest Iowa" - 185,000
  • "South Central Iowa" - 46,000
  • "Southeast Iowa" - 143,000
Taking this into account, and drawing from my personal knowledge of the state, I would suggest: Northwest, Western, Southwest, Central, Northeast, Eastern, and Southeast. Tygartl1 23:03, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
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