Ƙungiyar koleji mai zaman kanta wanda ke da karuwa sosai a lokacin hutawa na mako-mako, Birnin Iowa kuma shi ne mafi yawan al'ummomi masu ci gaba a cikin wani matsakaici zuwa matsayi na ra'ayin mazan jiya. Duk da haka, Iowa ya mamakin yawancin masu kallo a lokacin da ya zama na farko na yankin da ya halatta auren auren mata (duk da haka ta hanyar hukunci mai cin gashin kansa).
Leafy da kuma sauƙi hilly Iowa City yana da yawa yalwace shi a cikin wani zamani lokacin da masu yawa matafiya nemi birane da al'adu amma so su kauce wa babban farashi, rashin amfani da rashin lafiya, da kuma lura da hatsari barazana daga wasu manyan gari.
Wannan birnin kusan 72,000 yana da daraja mai sauƙi, sauƙi don gudanarwa, da kuma amintacce. Yana cikin cikin gogewar rana ta Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, da St. Louis, kuma yana da ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da aka fi sani da gayuwa na kowane birni da girmanta.
Yayin da Jami'ar Jami'ar Iowa (U na) ta zama babbar mahimmanci a cikin bangare na zane-zane na birnin da kuma yanke shawara a hankali. Ƙungiyar ta zama mai ban mamaki sosai a cikin gari, amma ba kamar wasu al'ummomin da wasu manyan makarantun ilimi suka kafa, Birnin Iowa ba fiye da koleji.
Da yawa daga cikin gays da 'yan lebians sun koma nan don amfani da kyakkyawar rayuwa na gari da kuma ci gaba da ruhu na gari - birni ya nuna bambanci game da gay da' yan mata a tsakiyar shekarun 1970, kuma kowace shekara dubban suna halarci bikin Yakin Yakin Iowa a Yuni da a cikin watan Nuwamba na watan Yuni. Jami'ar Iowa Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, da kuma Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwanci na Queer, da kuma GLBTAU da suka kafa a shekarar 1970, suna maraba da abokantaka da baƙi daga dukkanin shekaru, ba tare da la'akari da jima'i ba, zuwa tarurruka masu yawa, daga fina-finai don rawa a cikin taron siyasa .
Bugu da ƙari, bisa ga ƙididdigar da aka yi a yanzu, birnin Iowa yana da matsayi na 13 a cikin ƙasa a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Tattalin Arziki (MSAs) a cikin "yawan mazajen gida guda biyu waɗanda suka kasance mazauna mata da maza."
Ko kai dalibi ko fararen farar hula, baƙo ko na gida, ayyukan zamantakewa a garin Iowa suna da zurfi a kusa da Jami'ar Iowa da ɗakin karatu, ɗakin karatu na ɗakin karatu wanda ke da kyawawan ɗakunan majalisa da kuma gine-gine na zamani.
Ƙungiyar U na sanannun sanannun wuraren likita da kuma Aikin Jarida na Iowa, inda irin waɗannan wallafe-wallafe kamar John Irving, John Cheever, Rita Dove, Jane Smiley, Flannery O'Connor, da kuma Robert Penn Warren sun koya ko an koya. Yarinya Tennessee Williams kuma ya yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a nan.
Don samun jin dadin zama a ɗakin makarantar, kuma mai yiwuwa ya kama wani abincin da za a ci, dakatar da tarihin jami'a na rayuwar ɗan alibi, Kungiyar ta tunawa da Iowa mai rai, wanda ke budewa ga jama'a. Ya ƙunshi gidajen cin abinci da shaguna da dama da kuma otel din. Tabbatar ka duba abin da kake wasa a Bijou Cinema na ƙungiyar, gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gidan fasaha da ke nuna fuska da fina-finai da yawa. Tawon shakatawa sun hada da U of I Museum of Natural History - tsohuwar kayan gargajiya a yammacin kogin Mississippi - wanda ke dauke da nuni ga dabbobi masu rarrafe da tsuntsaye da kuma nuna nisan shekaru 500 na tarihi na tarihi a Iowa.
Wani shahararren tasha shi ne U na Museum of Art, wanda tashoshinsa sunyi nazarin shekaru da yawa na Afirka, Amurka ta Kudu maso yammacin Amirka, Pre-Columbian, Turai, da kuma Amirka. Zaka iya ganin ayyukan da Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, da masanin zamani mai suna Marsden Hartley ya yi. Koyi game da lokaci na Iowa City a matsayin babban birnin jihar (1840-1857) a Old Capitol Museum, wanda ke zaune a cikin gidan da ba a san ba ne wanda ya kafa majalisar dokokin Iowa.
Jami'ar jami'o'i tana da wuraren da za su yi amfani da talauci na gida da na kasa da kasa, wanda aka fi sani da Hancher Auditorium, wanda ke da littattafai masu girma da kuma wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayo. U na gidan wasan kwaikwayon na Mainstage ya gabatar da kayan wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiyar gargajiyar gargajiya da na gaba-garde, kamar guda uku masu wasan kwaikwayo na farko a cikin gari: gidan wasan kwaikwayon na Dreamwell ya gabatar da wasu ayyukan da suka fi kwarewa a yankin, Riverside Theater ya samar da wasan kwaikwayo da yawa a tsawon shekaru, Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta birnin Iowa City wani wuri ne mai ban sha'awa.
Fiye da 'yan baƙi suka zo a nan tare da cin kasuwa a kan hankalinsu - Birnin Iowa yana da fasahar fasaha da yawa, funky boutiques, da kuma gidajen kade-kade masu kyau da kuma littattafai. Fans na zane-zane ya kamata su tabbatar da duba Iowa Artisans Gallery, wanda ke ɗauke da ayyukan masu fasaha na yanki na yanki fiye da shekaru 25.
Babban littattafai mai zaman kanta mafi girma na birnin, Prairie Lights, yana da sassan layi da gay da yawa da wadata jaridu da albarkatun al'umma. Kofi na bene a bene na biyu shine babban wuri ne na cin abincin gishiri.
Har ila yau, birni yana cike da gado mai dadi, gidajen cin abinci, da cafés - duba Birnin Iowa City Gay Bars da Restaurants Guide for shawarwarin.