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Why Everyone Is Moving (Back) to Iowa — And You Might Want to Join Them

By Winona Dimeo-Ediger on February 11, 2019
Why Everyone Is Moving Back to Iowa
Raygun

There’s a delightfully irreverent gift shop based in Des Moines called Raygun where you can buy t-shirts emblazoned with slogans like, “Des Moines: French for ‘The Moines’” and “Iowa: 75% Vowels. 100% Awesome.”

(I once asked a friend why Iowans are so funny. “We have to be,” he said. “We live in Iowa.”)

About Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Winona Dimeo-Ediger is the editor in chief of Livability.com. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Country Living, National Geographic and NPR. She lives for weekend road trips and coffee at small town diners.Read Bio

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