I recently was accepted to the physics PhD program at Iowa State University and was curious to know more about Ames, IA. I hear its a small town that mainly exists because of the school but I wanted more specifics about the feel of the town and if there are fun things to do. I went to school in Boston and now live in Los Alamos, NM so I've had quite the range from big college city to very small, boring town. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.