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Good NYT article about the changing face of Iowa [View all]
and how a community can adjust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/business/economy/storm-lake-iowa-immigrant-workers.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
about Storm Lake.
I know my hometown of Marshalltown would be a ghost town if not for immigrants. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls area has its growing pains, but the resentment is a little more tamped-down, I think.
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