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>>If you take a map of the city that you live in, and block out all areas that are within 2000 feet of a school or daycare, what per cent of the city is not blocked out?<<<

I dont live in a small town but given your stated parameters, there are still lots of residential areas left. The problem is that "I" would not want to live within 2000 feet of a sex offender either. I dont believe that repeat sex offenders should be allowed in the general society anyway.

I dont live in a small town but given your stated parameters, there are still lots of residential areas left. The problem is that "I" would not want to live within 2000 feet of a sex offender either. I dont believe that repeat sex offenders should be allowed in the general society anyway.

I'd agree about repeat sex offenders, if that term is tightly defined. They should be imprisoned or executed.

But the Iowa law does not do that. Instead it singles out a few neighborhoods for the concentration of sex offenders. Suppose a family with several young children lives in such an area. Not only are their property values likely to drop radically, but the danger to their kids is raised by the concentration of sex offenders in their neighborhood. Will Iowa reimburse such a family for the damage that it has caused them?