How diverse is the midwest?

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<p>^I thought LA (Pasadena) was perfect. In an hour’s drive you could have beach, dessert or mountains. Every type of cuisine was available and tons of great architecture (Frank Lloyd Wright, Neutra, Greene and Greene to name three) and of course a bunch of nice art museums and at least one natural history museum. Also a fair amount of quirky stuff like the Watts Towers or Hollywood weirdness. And luckily I loved zipping around on freeways. :slight_smile: Honestly if the rest of my family didn’t live on the east coast I’d retire there.</p>

<p>My brother lives in a small town in southern New Hampshire and it’s really pretty nice what they can do there. And if they want the city Boston is less than two hours away.</p>

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<p>mathmom:</p>

<p>You’re right about that location - within a short drive one can go snow skiing, water skiing, surfing, scuba diving, sailing, playing on the beach, 4 wheeling in the desert or major mountains, tons of hiking/biking opportunities, etc. and many of can be done year round (not the snow skiing). There are also some dramatic very scenic areas within close proximity.</p>

<p>There’s also any of the city stuff one may want.</p>

<p>One can even get dessert! ;)</p>

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<p>Coronado. Three years in heaven. Oh, how i’d love to return. (Grew up in small town northern Wisconsin. Winter is just too long, and too dark.)</p>

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<p>All of the above applies to Coronado as well but with a more scenic setting.</p>

<p>Save up your money if you want to live there. Low housing prices aren’t an attribute of Coronado.</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, dessert is stressed spelled backwards - desert isn’t! You’d think I’d remember. :)</p>

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<p>@jaylynn: First you state you love the Midwest, then you say there is bigotry, ignorance, and no diversity, and finally you go back and say you miss the Midwest. I’m not quite sure what your whole point was. </p>

<p>Let me give you my honest answer. As Asian-American who lived in both Iowa and Nebraska for over 20 years, i’ve encountered a few ppl that called me a few racial discriminative names as i was growing up. There is no diversity, unless you include international students from colleges. There are alot of conservative white folks who don’t usually associate themselves with minorities especially Asians like myself even though I was born here in the U.S.</p>

<p>There are only a handful of Asian stores which is probably the only diversity you can get if you live in Nebraska or Iowa -sadly. In college, there is hardly any Asian languages you can choose from. For the longest time I was totally bummed out that UNO didn’t have a Chinese course available. </p>

<p>So far as diversity is concerned, you’ll have better luck in Chicago, which by the way is a very diverse, clean, open, bustlin’ city. I recomend you come to Chicago its probably the MOST diverse city in the Midwest. </p>

<p>Btw. I don’t mean to bash those who live in Nebraska and Iowa but in all honesty it wasn’t exactly a welcoming party for minorities like myself.</p>

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<p>@jaylynn: I’m surprised, you seem to be the only Asian-American i ever came across that actually “love” the Midwest. Most of my friends from Asia (mostly Koreans and Chinese) detest living here. </p>

<p>I don’t want to offend you but what are some aspects of Midwest that makes you so affectionite toward??? Please tell me because i absolutly hated my years living in NE and IA. I absolutly detest the years i lived in Nebraska and Iowa. It was mostly due to the discriminations i had to come across as a kid that still left me with a bitter taste about the heartland.</p>

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<p>janeh114, wow!</p>