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Slaughter yards are the worst. Drive north on I-29 from Omaha to Sioux City and you can smell the city from 30 miles out. Its nickname is Sewer City, and it act
by greedo 13y ago
Slaughter yards are the worst. Drive north on I-29 from Omaha to Sioux City and you can smell the city from 30 miles out. Its nickname is Sewer City, and it actually made it hard for Gateway Computers to attract talent.
- jlgreco 13y agoHmm, finally that cow logo makes sense.. ;)
- haberman 13y agoI think your information might be a little out of date. The Sioux City stockyards have been closed for over 10 years: http://amarillo.com/stories/032802/usn_smelly.shtml http://amarillo.com/stories/032802/usn_smelly.shtml I grew up in Sioux City in the 80s and you could smell a little, but even then the stockyards were significantly scaled back from their 1924 peak. I was there a few months ago and there is no smell any more.
- greedo 13y agoI make that drive at least six times a year. Still stinks to high heaven. It's about the only thing that makes my kids look up from their iPads. With the stockyards closed, perhaps it's a longterm residual smell, or processing plants that are still around? On a side note, I wonder how many head of cattle were slaughtered there over time.