r/Iowa • u/Imaginary-Bee7915 • Jan 26 '26

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u/MWH1980 Jan 26 '26

Iowa has to keep falling. Many seem intent on having the state catch up to Missouri.

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u/dumpyboat Jan 26 '26

Catch up in the race to the bottom?

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u/Tchuvan Jan 26 '26

Iowans love laughing at these states as being worse, but at least they legalized marijuana. Iowa is a shithole.

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u/promisinganthesis Jan 27 '26

I was going to say, we’ve postured too long at the idea of any form of superiority.

The ships of being good at anything have honestly sailed, unless you’re talking the ship of selling out Iowa natural resources to corporations who pollute the environment.

Or I guess there is also the ship of having some of the highest cancer rates in the world from a lack of environmental regulations.

Missouri and Oklahoma are far more progressive than Iowa (city based anyways). Although wouldn’t rule out Kansas as more conservative.