So bizarre to read about my hometown like this. My friends and I growing up there in the '80s used to call it "Dead Minds Iowa". I've noticed some moving back,

So bizarre to read about my hometown like this. My friends and I growing up there in the '80s used to call it "Dead Minds Iowa". I've noticed some moving back, but for the most part a huge portion of my generation left Des Moines as soon as we could.