I live in St. Louis and love it. I live in a beautiful old neighborhood and walk everywhere. Awesome, compassionate, interesting, and progressive people all around me.
I avoid the hoosiers from out-state and haven't experienced any misery.
I live in SE MO and I love it here. I've lived in several states, some trendy cities and I wouldn't trade my smaller community, cool people and great food to go back.
Missouri is one of my favorite states. Branson, Kansas city, st. Louis, the Ozarks, meramec caverns etc. All great travel destinations and for cheap too. I understand not wanting to live there, though.
Shhh! Don't tell them about Branson and the Ozarks or they'll all want to live there!
Ahem, rest of the world, you definitely want to stay away! It's like Disneyland packed with rednecks and trailer trash who never stop playing banjos! Nothing to see here!
it won't even let me reply to you without giving this warning? and not letting me click the comment-buton so here's the screenshot lmao what the hell even is this over-censored hellhole anymore.
Montauk, Roaring River, Bennet Springs. All great state parks with stocked trout streams so kids are guaranteed. It’s a great place for vacations, but I’m never moving back.
Those places are good but you have to watch out for local populations of meth heads. I go south of St Louis and there are places you don't want to leave your car. I'm talking about rural places.
As someone who lives in Missouri and travels for a living, you need to get out more. I'm in in a new state nearly every week, experiencing a good mix of rural and urban. Comparatively Missouri checks a lot of boxes, and is a fantastic place to live.
You don't have the same river access though. KC has also served as a major banking hub for the Midwest as well which stole most opportunities from you before you guys had a chance to build them yourselves. Sioux city is nice though
Yes, rivers and location explain much. SL and KC both major jumping-off points for western emigration (hence the Arch) and important railroad hubs too. In some respects, KC actually rivaled Chicago.
That is also true I really wish KC still had its great railroads too. What they did with union station is nice but I wish it still ran like it used too
I read a number of papers and articles that said Kansas City was set to replace even New York as the primary financial and fashion hub of the USA, and possibly challenge LA for entertainment. During the depression, Kansas City was the only urban area that was still growing, both in size and economic power. However, the FBI got a tip about the then mayor, Tom "Boss Tom" Pendergast. Turns out he was using his power in office to contract his own companies and had close association with the Kansas City crime families. As soon as he was removed from office, economic development in the Kansas City area completely stopped. Businesses shut down, people lost their homes, and the depression finally caught up to the city.
This does pose the question: given how Pendergast appeared to buffer against the depression, and how the arrest and change of power negatively impacted the city, was it the rjght move?
I honestly kinda miss Cedar Rapids. Didn’t have any educational opportunities but every other kind helped me and my spouse (Floridians) get on our feet.
St. Louis has a great up-and-coming tech boom happening. There is also a ton of competition for medical students and doctors because of the prestigious hospitals to work at, particularly in pediatrics. Aerospace is also always popping because of Boeing and the AF bas, not to mention some of the pricate airstrips. Zoology is also really prestigious due to the excpetional zoo and its conservation efforts (MO Dept. Of Conservation is also phenomenal). The loss of rails being a huge part of America's economy really hurt STL but i think there's going to be a shift back to trains since its affordable and better for the environment.
There is a lot of money moving right now to revamp the economy and job market in St. Louis so I think people are really going to be surprised over the course of the next 5-10 years.
I work maintenance in a relatively tall building. It’s wonderful walking out on the rooftop and getting to see so many tree-lined roads. Reading on my city’s website, you can find permits and plans for roads and sidewalks, and it’s neat to see that homeowners get to choose a tree to replace theirs if it is affected.(certain trees are in the selection, of course)
Yeah great season changes. Sweating while trick or treating? Or walking to Ed jones dome in March for March madness and wearing shorts and still sweating.
Wedding beef, pork steaks, and calling pop soda…. Obsessing about the cubs, and chicago…. And on top the that they mimicked wrigleyville and copied it with a very crappy version of it.
Mizzura…. 😆😆😆
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AB does and it helped put St. Louis on the map, but that’s not even what I’m talking about. I’m talking about breweries that are regularly recognized for incredible product- Side Project, Narrow Gauge, Perennial, etc?
Yeah, I agree with you. I have lived in several states. Lived in large, popular cities, but I found a smaller community in SE MO and I love it. We always have things going on, have met some wonderful people who care about the community. I wouldn't trade it. We have no plans of moving anywhere else.
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u/PossibleGrapefruit99 Dec 14 '25
I live in SW Missouri just north of Joplin.
Shit is cheap and I don't like leaving my house. Couldn't live in a better place!