Why Your Town Sucks #3: Waukee
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What is “My house is soon to be an out of trend eyesore” in Algonquin?
As i remember from my waukee history class in like 5th grade, the railroad made them change it from Shirley to Waukee, and (iirc) they just wanted an indian sounding name for whatever reason.
I love the discussions these posts create! One of my favorite reads on this site long ago involved people ripping Woodward or Granger...I think it started from a post about kids throwing rocks off of bridges on the interstate in Des Moines...and it exploded! So many laughs that day...good read!
A guy I knew from college was from Waukee and he was super proud of that 5-way stop.
Sushi in Alabama is called live bait.
Dubuque put a round-a-bout in here...but this used to throw me off every time I drove to Dubuque Senior:
Easy, dude. City hall IS a strip mall. It started as one portion of a multi-tennant building and swallowed up the rest over time. There's nothing worth defending there though.
There is a dentist off on the one end still. But to be fair, they are planning on building and moving to an actual municipal campus.
Enjoyed this one.
I need to submit a request for Postville, IA. Not very big, but very ethnically diverse. I think it would be a hit.
I need to submit a request for Postville, IA. Not very big, but very ethnically diverse. I think it would be a hit.
I know some people from Oelwein...from listening to their stories about Oelwein...I think it would be outstandingly funny! Although it might be too easy!?!
I am familiar with Oelwein, and you're right I wonder if maybe mtown is looking to avoid the super easy targets. Oelwein and Postville would certainly qualify as easy targets LOL
Good on the OP for not picking on as low-hanging fruit as the prior two.
I'm curious though, which cities make "the good list" or is that not the point? I'm a fairly pessimistic fellow, I can get on board with crapping on about anything.
I'm curious though, which cities make "the good list" or is that not the point? I'm a fairly pessimistic fellow, I can get on board with crapping on about anything.
It's great because it has a combination of old resturants, new chain stuff, new family owned stuff like Nicks Steak house, Kue'd and a few others. It also has some hold in the wall type bars like Kennys', Norms, the Kee. Also has some new sports bars type stuff. Has D1 training facility for indoor training for kids. Has Hiit workout joints and the Y. Car dealerships. The schools are great in Waukee. IT's close to Adel that has a few solid restaurant choices. They are going to build a massive entertainment complex. Business like Holms Murphy are starting to move out that way. There is a lot of good in Waukee. I live in Norwalk which is more small town than Waukee and probably why I hate the traffic out there.
I don't know how you're going to find enough time to do fort dodge. The bar is going to have to be extremely low for things deemed not-sucky enough that you can leave out. In a strange way, I love fd for that reason. At least it maintains plenty of distinct "character".