Watched a TV show whose detectives went to Iowa for an episode. Yeah, sterotypical Iowa to a T. They had the cornfields while showing Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, IA as a small country town. Cameras missed the 8 lane freeway through Omaha after crossing the Missouri River in a 4-6 lane interstate. Yeah, there is a large river that separates Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.
Des Moines portrayal was amusing to me as a series of ranch houses on quiet surburbia streets. The Des Moines Police Station was a ranch house in the middle of nowhere. Actually the Polk County (Des Moines and surrounding cornfields) Police Station is in the center of downtown surrounded by skyscapers and a huge courthouse next door. I guess the Newton small town part was fairly accurate though we don't have many ranch houses in any Iowa town, most are old 2 story houses with a few newer ranch style. I was surpised the actor who played the Des Moines cop pronounced the city name they way we do instead of the non-native way. And Des Moines cops wear navy blue uniforms not gray. And they don't wear gray cowboy hats. In fact the cops I've seen don't wear hats at all. The white SUV's were correct, I've give them that.
But you can't expect people in Hollywood to know much about the places they film about.
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