IS THE LOCATION REALLY THAT BAD

robotrainbow
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 06:29:30 +0000

My daughter was accepted to Grinnell and we visited. Grinnell is a little college town. a little run down but with shops, I was stunned there is actually a video store there, like the old fashioned block busters like a big video store. It has two main streets lined with three story brick buildings. There is a Walmart. the thing is it is this very small town but it is the center of the area. Iowa is endless corn fields with low rolling hills with tiny towns here and there. The city is Des Moines which looks like nothing has happened there since the 1940’s but It is a city and the university of Iowa is there which has like 40000 college aged people so something must happen. Des Moines is an hour car ride. My daughter was not impressed by Iowa but I must say they seem to be the nicest people on earth. BTW my son goes to Vassar which is actually just outside of Poughkeepsie in Arlington which has a nice street with some restaurants. And the Hudson river valley is arguably one of the most beautiful areas on the planet earth and the train goes right into NYC. And around Poughkeepsie there are wonderful attractions like the FDR mansion, hiking. There are a couple of other colleges in Poughkeepsie and the culinary institute of America. Iowa doesn’t hold a candle to Poughkeepsie . But there is a town there around Grinnell. Campus is nice. Spend your time studying. Your not going any where.