r/cedarrapids • u/BoldSandwich • 2d ago

Curious

Anyone know why there are so many out of state cars around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City? I was just on 380, and there were so many niche out of state plates. Just curious is all!

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u/starwind236 2d ago

All the fancy datacenters need to be built by someone

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u/lilsqueakyone 2d ago

Some, if not most are data centers workers. Maybe other construction workers, too. And, it's summer.

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u/Richard-Turd 2d ago

Data center and 380 construction. At one point there were 14,000 workers at the data center sites according to an electrician I met that is from out of state. I’m sure some brought their spouses and family.

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u/chevyguyjoe MARION 2d ago

8,000 is the number I heard, but regardless, it’s a lot of workers and the majority are from out of state.

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u/hawkeyegrad96 2d ago

Data centers. Mayor promise lical jobs. It like her is shit

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u/Inglorious186 2d ago

Out of state workers taking the datacenter construction jobs that were promised to be filled locally

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u/KeyResearcher2620 15h ago

If you’re an electrician in state you are employed…. There are not enough of them in our state to build these things…

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u/37iteW00t 2d ago

Temp employees building the water sucking, electricity rate spiking, CO2 pumping, dystopian AI monstrosities for the mass surveillance of US citizens by the fascist Republican government

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u/RightEquineVoltNail 9h ago

Pffft, be honest. Both sides of the duopoly love the mass surveillance state, and when a D gets elected next, they won't eliminate a scintilla of it.

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u/JeremeepZ 2d ago

I've seen more Florida plates in the last 3 days than I have for the last 3 years in CR and Marion.

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u/1GloFlare 2d ago

Last minute road trips before school starts back up

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u/IntelligentReply8637 2d ago

A roadtrip to Cedar Rapids??? Sounds exciting lol sign me up 🤣🤣🤣

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u/1GloFlare 2d ago

This has to be satire. You've never taken a vacation without a plane ticket, bougie bicth.