Comments by "A.J. Hart" (@cobbler88) on "From Here to There" channel.

And if 95% of what a person enjoys ISN'T outdoor related? What you got then? People have been vomiting all over this comment board about all of the wonderful outdoor activities. Personally, I enjoy hiking and kayaking and whatnot. But if I didn't, how would you sell me on on Iowa having an abundance of things to do?
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Not from there but I've lived here for 10 years after living throughout the country.
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@Isabella-xr1ik And even the weather he mischaracterized. It's no different than anything else you would get in the Central Plains or Midwest.
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Just popping in quick to say that, having lived here for 10 years after living throughout the country during my career, almost none of the things cited as reasons to not move to Des Moines are true, or are only true if you allow them to be. It IS true that it has typical four-season weather, but it's no more extreme than any comparable city in the region. If you are used to weather like the Midwest and central plains gets, you really only get maybe two weeks worth of really cold days during the winter. And mosquitoes are nowhere remotely close to bad unless you tempt fate by going to areas that are known to have higher incidents of mosquitoes such as large areas of somewhat standing water. The river flows right past Principal (Triple-A baseball) Park and I don't think I've ever gotten a mosquito bite there. I don't think I got a single mosquito bite in town last year and can't remember the last time I did. What would be categorized as "fake nice" is no different than anything you would get almost anywhere else in the country. And given how you ubiquitous strangely colored hair is around here, I'm pretty sure people have made their peace with it. I've been here through two caucus seasons. I have yet to see any higher incidence of pollsters standing on corners than in any other city I've lived at any other time in any other year. There is nothing remotely close to a festival atmosphere when the caucuses come around. It's winter and people not directly involved are spending their time on much more entertaining activities. Even if you are taking part in the caucus, you spend a couple of hours that one evening on it and that is it. For a capital city, I have not noticed it to be any more political around here than anywhere else.
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@GraveyardWarden oh, I'd say that 2/3 of downtown is faking gay until they get some skin in the game and realize that you can't "adult" unless you leave downtown.
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Right. That's OUR job!
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It's a little over the line to say that people in Des Moines would not be accepting of people with weird hair. If you walk into any restaurant or bar in the downtown area, at least 2/3 of the people there aged 30 and under are pretending to be LBGT until they get some skin in the game and actually decide to grow up. And damn near all of them have f*** up hair, tattoos and piercings.
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This kind of gets into dicey territory though. Iowa is not remotely as obviously picturesque as many other states. Saying that it is if you look hard enough isn't really saying anything. It is similar to the part in the video where he says there is nothing to do. If you look hard enough there are things to do. I think people do a disservice by not stating how broad their parameters are when they do these videos.
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We kind of have to though. Especially considering that at least 93% of Americans qualify. 🤣
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Yes. I heard that comment and the first thing I thought of was, well, if a city legalized rape it could claim to be to have the lowest rape rate in the country.
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@timc1604 I wouldn't say those things are as ubiquitous in Des Moines, but it is also true that you can't really go anywhere here where there are a couple dozen people without seeing it.
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@joelthompson4303 Yeah, if you're 18 and under the music scene was pretty busy. :)
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First we'll just have to agree that most other countries don't have states and those that do don't have official state fairs, just to get it off the table. I, personally, hate hassle. As such, I have had no desire to go to the State Fair in the decade that I have lived here. That being said, that doesn't diminish how much fun people can have at a state fair. Just because it's not my personal preference doesn't mean that nobody else's opinions count.
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Until the rest of the country decides on a different candidate, which happens a lot more often than people in Iowa would like to admit.
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@amygreen6056 That seems odd considering that only the incredibly stupid buy into the ridiculous programs Sanders sells. I guess it does make sense that his strongest support comes from college towns where people love to consider themselves smart but can actually easily be led by the nose down pretty much any trail.
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