Talk:Waterloo, Iowa

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Waterloo was once a thriving industrial town until the Great Depression and the 1980s Recession turned it into a ghetto <---(This is not true!).

I'll take the word of this anonymous reader over Lir any day. Deleted. -- Tim Starling 04:44 Jan 30, 2003 (UTC)

While Waterloo might not ever have thrived, it sure is currently a ghetto. 129.15.127.253 17:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

To be fair, it is not ALL ghetto... there are a few gated communites on the cedar falls side.

[edit] School merging

I merged in the info on one of the high schools. Please do not separate it back out unless there is enough verifiable information about it for a full article. Much better than to complain about only having one of the schools mentioned, would be to mention and expand the rest. Thanks - Taxman ^Talk July 7, 2005 23:53 (UTC)

The town is currently named after Waterloo, Belgium. <-- Are there plans to pick a different Waterloo that it is named after, or to change the name? Is the "currently" qualifier necessary? Bjsiders 18:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bitterness

The bulk of this page is obviously written by someone who grew up in Waterloo in the 60s and 70s. I recognize the undercurrent of bitterness because I grew up in Waterloo in the 60s and 70s. I can't fix it because I'm still bitter. It's too bad someone can't land here that has a more positive outlook. There are some things taking place in downtown to revive the place - although it's a corpse that will take a lot of new flesh.

Regarding Central's location - it would have been on either the East or West side of town no matter what. Where should it have been placed? In the middle of the Cedar River? 74.136.9.70 16:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Central High is no longer a high school. It was the newest high school and very well equipped. There was a fully equipped wood shop, automotive shop, metal and welding shop, electronics and drafting labs, home economics kitchens, a drivers ed course with retired city vehicles, and an olympic sized swimmimg pool. It was also equipped with central air so there were very few windows. But its location on the western edge of town made it the logical choice to close when the school system suffered declining enrollment and budget issues.

[edit] waterloo -

I also was raised in W'loo during the 60's and 70's......I especially remember the East/West football games. I moved South 18 years ago but we miss Iowa and are relocating back. As far as ghetto, it was "ghetto" 20 years ago......there's ghetto in every city....we're living in a small town in Florida, 35,000 in off season and 50+ in the winter......we have a ghetto here. You either love or hate Iowa.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/10/01/features/lifestyles/cbeacdb60b16f1ce862571f800431c66.txt

http://www.paco-rosic.com/

Surely, worth a mention? Perhaps a new section? 206.156.242.36 15:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)