We are close to that here...On the other side of the River in Rock Island, it is completely a Democrat county.

Most of the offices a Rebublican doesn't even bother running. We lovingly refer to it as "Little Chicago" because of the cronieism and the graveyard turnout in key elections...

A lot of poor. Crime is not terrible, but there are neighborhoods I wouldn't want my car to break down in after dark...

They is a real effort to make the community better, but most of the successful ones are not Government funded (Like Habitat for the Humanities, etc...)

Believe it or not, taxes are actually MUCH higher on the Iowa side of the river thanks to Iowa's ridiculously confiscatory State Income tax which tops out quickly at 8.98%.

I guess we got to fund the Hawkeye football program somehow...We should have a National Championship team with the price we pay...