Commute from KC to Saint Joseph? (St. Louis, St. Joseph: for sale, homes, neighborhood)

[MoNative34]

Originally Posted by city-man

I have a friend who lives in St. Joe and commutes to KC every day. St. Joe has fallen on hard times in the last couple of years. I would not suggest moving there. It's a shame... :-( You would fare better in Platte county.

Oh, so you wouldn't suggest moving to St. Joe yet you rant and rave about how bad KC is with the taxes, snobbishness, etc.

I'm sooo sorry my and my fellow Missouri drivers just aren't quite up to your standards and of course as you say "kind of stupid" Hopefully, we can all be as smart as you someday.

[city-man]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

Thanks very much for the feedback! Lee's Summit...I'll plan to drive around it when I'm back in western MO next month. You're quite right, I've yet to come across anyone who has had anything negative to say about it. Low crime, excellent schools, attractive. How would you rate the traffic on Interstate 470? A scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the level of traffic as you're driving toward Deadhorse, Alaska, and 10 being the level of traffic on LA's 405Freeway or Highway 101 north of the Golden Gate Bridge at 4:00 pm on a Friday afternoon. What would you rate it? I'll also plan on driving on 470 during a busy commute hour when I'm back there. Thank you again!

The traffic on 470 can be very bad to wide open. It depends. Most of the time during rush-hour it's going to be bad... But, you can't have it all...

[city-man]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

Oh, so you wouldn't suggest moving to St. Joe yet you rant and rave about how bad KC is with the taxes, snobbishness, etc.

I'm sooo sorry my and my fellow Missouri drivers just aren't quite up to your standards and of course as you say "kind of stupid" Hopefully, we can all be as smart as you someday.

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MoNat,

Yes, I do like St. Joe but it's in a decline. Are you from St. Joe? Is it coming back? If so, I'm wrong, and I hope I am. If you drive around St. Joe, you can see how nice it used to be. I think it can make a come back... I'm all for it. The people that live there really deserve it too. They are hard working very nice people.

I guess I did kind of go off on a tantrum there about Missouri didn't I? Bad day I guess. Take to look at what I said and see if you don't agree with at least some of it. Surely you must agree that people in Missouri are terrible drivers? Yes the "stupid" comment was rather unseemly wasn't it? I do apologize if I offended anyone.

Monat, please accept my apologies...

[MoNative34]

No worries city-man... Bad day for me too.

[alexisnicolem]

This is helpful! Thank you very much...I am going to google the are around I-29 and Barry road for info on homes. How far north of the city is that would you say? And how are the schools in that area? We don't have kids yet, but probably soon. thank you!

Originally Posted by kcmo

If you are looking for a suburban home, then simply buy a home in Platte County. There are many very nice areas to choose from. I would look around I-29 and Barry road where you will have everything you can dream of shopping wise and still be able to hop on 29 and be in st joe in a quicky.

[MoNative34]

I-29 and Barry Rd. is only 15 minutes north of downtown. That would be located in the Park Hill School District. Good schools as far as I know. Sorry you had to read through the scuffle between me and city-man.

[alexisnicolem]

Very cool, thanks for the info. And also how would you rate Smithville?

[MoNative34]

Smithville Schools are smaller than Park Hill SD. Smithville is a 25 minute drive to downtown. Population is around 6 to 7000. Nice town. Very diverse in terms of neighborhoods and houses. For some things, you may need to drive to Barry Rd and that is about 15 minutes away. (Target, Walmart, Lowe's, etc.)

[alexisnicolem]

Well, we're all over the place. My husband checked out Smithville and wasn't wowed by it. No offense to anyone.

He took a look at a neighborhood in St Jo west of 29, north of 36...said it was pleasant.

But it St Jo really in decline, or is it just NOT growing at a substantial rate?

[StJoeFanatic]

Originally Posted by alexisnicolem

Well, we're all over the place. My husband checked out Smithville and wasn't wowed by it. No offense to anyone.

He took a look at a neighborhood in St Jo west of 29, north of 36...said it was pleasant.

But it St Jo really in decline, or is it just NOT growing at a substantial rate?

I am not sure what the fellow meant by "in a decline" because, for ALL intents & purposes, it is NOT in a decline!

Where is the proof of this so-called "decline"?

I can (and have) provide all kinds of proof to the contrary!