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It is a Big Ten college town--hip, urbane, tolerant, genteel, and cosmopolitan. It is not big-once you leave Iowa City you are in the middle of the corn belt. For a town of 63,000 it has a surprising amount of cultural activities. The downtown area has a brick pedestrian walkway lined with shops, restaurants, and coffeeshops. It has a pretty good series of concerts and art events. It has a good number of parks. As a Big Ten school, sports are big, especially football and basketball, but also wrestling.
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