Wow! Even Iowa has BAD places to live.

Now I've been to some messed up midwest places before, but I don't know if I've seen a place as uniquely rundown as Keokuk, Iowa. Everyone in Iowa said this place is bad so I wanted to see it. For once, Iowa and I agree.

Summer has a way of making places seem happy. But even the bright sunshine can't make Keokuk feel happy. And that makes me sad.

Back in the mid 1800’s Mark Twain wrote that Keokuk would rival the city of Chicago for culture and commerce. He would know. He spent a lot of time here back then, and witnessed how important and exciting this river town was.

The gettin was certainly good. Pockets were definitely lined.

Show RR. There were once dozens of hotels, banks and offices which lined the swollen banks of the mighty Mississippi.. Back then, this was called the Gateway City. Moving things by river was very important. A small town like Keokuk could gain national prominence simply because it was strategically relevant.

Not much travels along the banks of the muddy and polluted Mississippi River these days except for rusty grain barges and an occasional kayaker. It’s filled with trash, beer cans, pollution and whatever else you might find down there.

As this river has changed, so have the aging river towns along its banks. The Mississippi River is commercially irreverent these days. And so is the city of Keokuk.

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