Living in Missouri (21 AWESOME Pros + 3 Potential Cons).

#Missouri

[TravelGuy]

Another pro about Missouri is that it isn't a popular state. Not as many transplants are migrating there as Florida, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas, heck even more people are moving to Kansas more than the people are moving to Missouri which makes Missouri rural and peaceful for many more years to come.

[ol_gunnerb]

Missouri is my kind of place. I have lived all over the country and Missouri country living is the only way to live.

[MrDEWaters]

My parents moved directly from Los Angeles to the southern Missouri ozarks in 1980. They were able to buy a 160 acre cattle ranch with the sale of their average suburban house. It was paradise for them. The main hurdle for many people moving to this state is the cultural difference that the rural lifestyle and people might bring. I taught high school for 25 years in the St. Louis area, and I wouldn't have been able to do that and buy a house had I stayed in California. As for weather, it's extremely variable, so it's like they say---If you don't like the weather just wait a day or two.

[RedMoonRising]

Super helpful thanks for the review! And thanks for including the note about those with online business/work at home. That’s me 😊

[purplesprigs]

Pros and Cons of Missouri is like the pros and cons of earth. It is huge and diverse - big (or formerly big and now empty and dystopian) cities (STL went form the 3rd largest to out of the top 50), mid-sized cities, VERY small towns, plains, mountains, lakes, and a good supply of wackos on both the right and left side of the crazy spectrum.

[DorthyMoo]

Thank you. The perspective coming from a local point of view is so helpful to consider during our moving process.

[denniscarver]

Mo. boy says chigger control. Summer no t shirt, no under wear, just blue jean cut offs, no socks. Stay out of milk weed. Chigger heaven. Just saying. Yes we hunt, yes we are armed. Yes we are friendly. Show me state, show me you are good person, than you be one of us.

[samanthaporter]

My husband and I are flying out to Missouri this weekend to look at a small farm!

[davidh]

Good endorsement for living in rural central Missouri. You description of winters there is what I encountered while growing up in Kansas City. I lived in Columbia for a while which is away from the Missouri River and impact of the humidity was noticeably less than in Kansas City. As for bugs, I now live in the bug capital of at least the U.S. which is Florida.

[bradleyswindlehurst]

This is amazing. I’m moving from utah to Missouri this summer. I can’t wait. Buying two properties as well. It was like watching my future.

[OpalFedora]

I'm a native of Missouri and for you to afford 2 properties, you've gotta be making some cash. We're lucky enough to have inherited our current home from my grandparents otherwise we'd probably still be a family of 5 living in a 2 bedroom one bathroom house. For natives things have gotten expensive to the point the lower middle and middle middle class people have trouble affording enough groceries, gas, car upkeep. So seriously people moving in have to be getting paid a lot more than minimum wage to live here easily.

[americanultranationalist]

I’m from the Bootheel. Bugs here are quite bad, especially mosquitos, but I’m used to it now.

[AsadullokhAbdurakhimov]

thank you sir! what about automotive business opportunities in missouri, and how is life in st louis and kansas city?

[SuperLooneyrooney]

Grew up in MN, lived/worked overseas for 35 yrs. (in some of the largest and most populated cities on the planet) and when deciding to retire back in the US and evaluating where to set up camp, Missouri just ticked most of the boxes for me - no places, even outside the US, are perfect. I call it the 'bell curve plus' state - everything is above average in most categories but not extraordinary, but nothing is well below average as well as far as i concerned. I think you touched on all the good things (and a few things that might be a negative). One thing that i found surprising after spending now my 3rd winter here is that there are more sunny/partly sunny days and blue skies in the winter (except when the government decides to hit us w the god awful chemtrails) than i thought there would be. This makes 45 deg. days in January feel a bit more pleasant. Also love the mennonite and amish stores.

[abc]

I bought my house on one acre of land in southern Missouri for a little less than $25, 000 ten years ago. When my son-in-law wanted to remodel their property he went to ask about getting permits and they told him that he didn't need a permit for any of it.

[joshua]

I love it here in MO. I've been here my whole life and I still haven't got used to the ridiculously humid summers...

[SavedbyGrace]

@Lifey guy ..would u happen to know how I would go about financing a small piece of land?

[joeenglert]

Missouri vs Oklahoma is my dillema..I think it comes down to which has the better weather

[gattateo]

Guy in Washington State here--I just watched your videos about fungicides and thought, "Hmm. . . this guy's style and accent are more like someone from Utah. (Meant as a compliment; Utah is where most of my family live). I guessed right:) I love hearing your backstory and seeing the Missouri land and landscape. It's gorgeous and looks ideal for growing things. Thanks for the great videos.

[HawklordLI]

I lived in Missouri from 1960-1978, then moved back in 2005. One thing I've noticed the past few years is the alarming lack of birds and insects during the spring and summer. It's undoubtedly due to human 'progress'. I saw one robin the entire spring/summer of last year and not one starling while in the past they'd be all over the place.