<p>Yay for Johnson County kids! Just to give a sense of the racial composition here, the Blue Valley school district (which is in southern Johnson County) is 92.5% white, 3.8% asian, 2% black and 2% hispanic.</p>
<p>Cool dude. That was very insightful.</p>
<p>Woah didn’t expect this many Johnson County kids. I have a few friends from real life on here from JC/BV too so there are probably at least a dozen total.</p>
<p>Oh? I hadn’t been aware of so many. KK2010 and I are both jags (maybe that’s why…).</p>
<p>^BVW? Haha huskies ftw!</p>
<p>horrible.</p>
<p>(10char)</p>
<p>I live in Iowa, kinda the middle of the Midwest.
They were all pretty right about it being spread out. I live in one of the biggest towns (about 6000 people) within 30 miles, but about 45 min away is Iowa City or Cedar Rapids. It’s nice that there is a lot of country though, it is generally where most people spend their time. My friends and I all ride 4 wheelers or snow mobiles and have huge bonfires. Its a lot different then in cities, everyone is more relaxed. Not very many people farm, even those who do live in the country.
The seasons are defintily noticable. I remember going to florida last year and a store clerk was asking us about if snow was soft or hard, and we just laughed at the question. The weather if definitly different everyday. Two days ago it was snowing (yes in October) and today it is 60 degrees. Last winter it was so cold boiling water froze while thrown in the air, but in the summer it was near 90 degrees. Very different seasons.
I generally like Iowa and the midwest. The people are generally nice and help each other out, but it’s not overwelming. Sports are very dominating in every area (U of I undefeated so far :)). High school sports are community events, well at least in my area.
Some claim its really boring, but its just what you make of your free time.</p>
<p>I looked up Johnson County and apparently it is the 19th richest county in the nation, and 3 of the cities got ranked in the top 100 best cities to live in. You guys weren’t kidding!</p>
<p>I live in a Minneapolis suburb so it doesn’t exactly fit your discription of “midwest” but honestly, Indiana? That’s not midwest at all. Chicago is pretty much the hard border down to the Mason-Dixon line imo, and even Chicago is getting pretty mid-atlantic. Living in Minnesota is sick though. You don’t realize how so ***ing awseome hockey is until you live here. My school won the state high school hockey championship last year and it was the sickest thing ever. The enitre Xcel Energy Center (where the Wild plays) was sold out for every game of the tournament. And it gets really cold but i don’t mind so i’m happy up here. What do you mean “Is it really as bad as it seems???” What does it seem like to you OP?</p>
<p>I live in Indiana. It isn’t too bad except for the fact that there’s nothing really interesting in my town to do. I live in a town of about 25,000 people, which is apprently the biggest town in my area of Indiana population wise. Crazy, right? Anyways, I’m a suburb of Chicago, so that’s pretty sweet. Not hardcore midwest though. But the midwest as a whole is known for erratic weather. So… be prepared for anything.</p>
<p>Chicago suburbs…is normal? I dunno, its not like I have something to compare it to.</p>
<p>Weather is in the extremes- extreme heat or extreme cold, except for now when its just weird and erratic. There aren’t any farmers or cows. Some people own horses but they board them at stables.</p>
<p>My cousins, on the other hand, all live in the absolute middle of no where Illinois. They don’t have neighbors, unless you count the coyotes and mountain lions.
They drive around their lake/pond thing in their golfcart and hit golf balls off the patio and have huge bonfires…its fun haha</p>
<p>Chicago suburbs. The rich ones. Cook County. I don’t think it’s really a Midwest experience, which in many areas is a semi-rural one. No, I live in the land of 12-year-olds girls walking around the mall like they own the place with iPhones, Uggs, Juicy sweatsuits, and Big Ten/Ivy aspirations. Moneymoneymoney.</p>
<p>Flat.</p>
<p>I used to live in St. Louis, and it was not pleasant.</p>
<p>^There are few things more boring than western ks highways.</p>
<p>0% chance boiling water froze when thrown into the air. Not possible.</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Watch boiling water turn to snow!](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3CKgZEitw]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3CKgZEitw)</p>
<p>There are several videos of this being done.</p>
<p>yea it was done, and multiple times by different people.
It was uncommonly cold last year but this year isnt suppose to be much better (Farmers Alamanac says worst winter in 100 years)</p>
<p>Was wondering how many of you 12 JoCo kids are planning on attending University of Kansas?</p>
<p>I live in Missouri</p>
<p>it is very relaxing, and you don’t have to worry about anything</p>
<p>people are very kind here. Once my gas ran out on the way to the gas station, and like 20+ ppl from the town just got up from their cars/street and helped me up a steep hill</p>
<p>bad thing is that the overall quality of everything is low due to not much money</p>
<p>I use to live in Columbus, Ohio and moved to San Diego. Although Columbus was a fun sports town most of the ordinary life was boring, and i’m not the funnest guy around but I can tell you SoCal is 100 times more exiting. But Columbus was cheaper to live in.</p>