I had a job where I covered Iowa. Some of the most bizarre employee problems I had occurred there (downstate Illinois too!) I thought perhaps it was for some excitment...a break in the monotony of life in the cornfields....(before anyone blasts me...yes...it is a lovely place! and wonderful people!)

Anyway...do you think Iowa makes their primary process so complex, involved and interactive for the same reason? A good reason to get out of the house and see you neighbors in the deep of winter?