Hello from the Quad* Cities!

*A region of more than four cities, which straddles** the Mississippi River

**word choice? see me.

The Inquisitive Quad Citizen is a column written by me, Alison McGaughey, a writer based in Davenport, Iowa. In addition to quizzing fellow Midwesterners whose lives interest me, I write about:

• being a Gen Xer facing the realities of aging while somehow still not feeling fully adult.

• 80s and 90s nostalgia

• current-day rock and roll/pop culture, even though I should probably be more focused on, say, how I’ll live on my “retirement”? (I spent all my money, and my youth, on rock concerts.) 

I posted a fuller bio here.

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