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.
- Always be prepared.
samwebster/Flickr Living in Iowa, layering is a skill you will need to hone.
- There is no substitute for hard work.
TumblingRun/FLickr Trying to take the easy route never works out as well as you’d think.
- In Iowa, there are fields of opportunities.
Don Graham/Flickr All you have to do is take that first step.
- Treat others the way you’d like to be treated.
Lens Envy/Flickr Friends don’t leave friends stranded in the snow.
- Money can’t buy happiness.
Jereme Rauckman/Flickr But it can buy ice cream, which is kind of the same thing.
- There is no pork like Iowa pork.
Patrick Kuhl/Flickr It’s just a fact, plain and simple.
- Rivalries can be fun.
GoIowaState.com/Flickr Honestly, who doesn’t enjoy trash-talking the other team at the Cy-Hawk game?
- It’s not the cold, it’s the windchill.
Sharon Mollerus/Flickr Don’t be fooled, the windchill is the real terror.
- Community is important.
H. Michael Miley/Flickr Especially in small towns, your community is like one big, crazy family.
- Be grateful for what you have.
William Klos/Flickr Like this great state we call home!
- Keep the best things secret.
SD Dirk/Flickr 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?
samwebster/Flickr
Living in Iowa, layering is a skill you will need to hone.
TumblingRun/FLickr
Trying to take the easy route never works out as well as you’d think.
Don Graham/Flickr
All you have to do is take that first step.
Lens Envy/Flickr
Friends don’t leave friends stranded in the snow.
Jereme Rauckman/Flickr
But it can buy ice cream, which is kind of the same thing.
Patrick Kuhl/Flickr
It’s just a fact, plain and simple.
GoIowaState.com/Flickr
Honestly, who doesn’t enjoy trash-talking the other team at the Cy-Hawk game?
Sharon Mollerus/Flickr
Don’t be fooled, the windchill is the real terror.
H. Michael Miley/Flickr
Especially in small towns, your community is like one big, crazy family.
William Klos/Flickr
Like this great state we call home!
SD Dirk/Flickr
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.
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