Are you sure you miss this part of the country?
I sure miss the countryside and the people up there in the 'heartland'. Those small rural towns are the last remaining holdouts of what America is supposed to be like. I do not however miss the weather. Like you, when I was in Iowa, we were in tornado alley, so if it wasn't the snow and ice, it was the thunderstorms and tornados. Maybe good for growing corn and soy beans, but not for me
I won't even tell you what the weather is like today down here, it would just make you depressed
Cheers,
Brad
