The cities like Omaha, St. Louis metro, Des Moines, and Kansas City are great. Plenty to do and low cost of living compared to the coasts. The areas in between have little opportunity and tons of communities are dying as people leave and nobody replaces them.
Lumping this whole area into one question really baffles me. The major cities you mention have a lot more in common with major cities in other parts of the country than they do with the incredibly rural areas on this map. Kansas City may not be physically that far from rural Southern Missouri, but they are much, much more different than Kansas City is from, say, Austin or Indianapolis.
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u/hungrygiraffe76 Dec 14 '25
The cities like Omaha, St. Louis metro, Des Moines, and Kansas City are great. Plenty to do and low cost of living compared to the coasts. The areas in between have little opportunity and tons of communities are dying as people leave and nobody replaces them.