11 Life Lessons Everyone Learns Growing Up In Iowa
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Michaela Kendall
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Iowa is a pretty great place to grow up. Most parts of the state are safe enough that kids are free to run around and have adventures without fear. But kids are also busy learning some pretty important lessons. Just about everyone who grew up here can attest to these 11 simple lessons we learned while we were growing up.
Living in Iowa, layering is a skill you will need to hone.
Trying to take the easy route never works out as well as you'd think.
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All you have to do is take that first step.
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Friends don't leave friends stranded in the snow.
But it can buy ice cream, which is kind of the same thing.
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It's just a fact, plain and simple.
Honestly, who doesn't enjoy trash-talking the other team at the Cy-Hawk game?
Don't be fooled, the windchill is the real terror.
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Especially in small towns, your community is like one big, crazy family.
Like this great state we call home!
Iowa may not be the first place on many peoples’ lists of travel destinations. Some say that we are our own best kept secret, but we don't mind - we prefer it that way.
What do you think, Iowa? What other lessons did you learn while growing up in America’s Heartland?
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