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>>56373525
if you're serious about it, do it, i did the same move from CA to the midwest in 2021, my best friend out there went left for iowa

zero regrets, i go back out west for work once a year and just laugh at how shit it is. iowa is very friendly, good genetic stock (german), and very affordable, only issue is that it's hard to get into a social circle - people met their friends in grade school and those cliques persist into adulthood

i sold my 2 bedroom condo in an 80% hispanic area in CA and got a 5 bedroom house with a 3 car garage, finished basement, on a half acre in a in a 90% white 5 star school district, for cheaper

groceries are ~25% cheaper, i filled up for 2.99 this week at costco, there was no wait at the checkout, no wait at the food court, and the parking lot was empty - compare this experience to anything out west

golf in the summer is amazing, way cheaper than anything out west and the courses are full of grass that doesn't need watering because it actually rains here

it's not perfect - the weather from december-february fucking sucks, average temp in des moines is 27 degrees, but the cold isn't the problem, it's the constant overcast skies - make sure to budget for vacations so that you can actually enjoy sunlight,

roads also suck, potholes everywhere, roads are always under construction

i'm the only person on my street under the age of 50, there's a lot of fat truck driving gen X fucks who did nothing with their lives, and the biggest thrill they get in their day is being able to hold up traffic. also the women are fat entitled cunts married to their careers who think that they can have healthy kids at 40 and the energy to raise them in their 50s

this is a part of the country that people go to for an easy life, midwest is known for their "brain drain" where all the college grads leave for higher paying jobs elsewhere, the white trash and people with parents that made their path for them are those who stay

>>55026313
Midwestern small cities.

Most southern towns are just intersections of state roads with gas stations.