Welcome to Postcards from an Iowa Transplant

…Because Iowa is not what you think it is

If you’re not from here, you may not think about Iowa much, and if you do, it’s probably “flyover” or “white” or “farms.”

Live in Iowa? You’ve probably only seen it from either the city side or the rural side. As an Iowa transplant from Upstate New York who’s lived in Iowa’s poorest neighborhoods and now on a swe…