When I left central Iowa in 2003 after living here for 22 years, there was no Jordan Creek Mall. There was no Wells Fargo Arena. There was no Django, Central, Gateway Market, and the East Village was but a nascent urban renewal project with dim chances of success.
But then something happened. Des Moines woke up from its developmental slumber and found a bit of life along the way. While companies across the rest of the state shuttered and laid off staff, employers around the Des Moines area added to their ranks; not only in the western suburbs, but back dowtown.
With this in mind, I agreed to take a job back here after 7 years of getting used to living in a metropolis and all that comes with it (good and bad). And I figured, I might as well blog about it.
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