What I Love About Missouri... (Springfield, Branson: high school, living in, price)

[janssen]

well, it happened at joplin MO. it was weird very very weird it was sunny and me and my sister were in the pool and all of the sudden the tornado alarm went off me and my sister panicked. we ran in to the house changed and we got the radio and me and my family went down to the basement. you know that weird feeling you get when theres a tornado, thats pure adrenaline i had that feeling.it started thundering luoder luoder LOUDER!!! but the weird thing was it was sunny no clouds at allso we listened to the radio and it said the tornado was over so my family went inside i stayed outside. and then it started pouring down rain and it was sunny! very weird. and i lived nervously ever after.

[laladybug]

My husband was in Army training at Ft. Leonard Wood and I can honestly say Missouri is the most beautiful place I've ever seen and the people are outstanding! We want to move there, it seems like the perfect place to raise a family. Heavenly!

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by janssen

well, it happened at joplin MO. it was weird very very weird it was sunny and me and my sister were in the pool and all of the sudden the tornado alarm went off me and my sister panicked. we ran in to the house changed and we got the radio and me and my family went down to the basement. you know that weird feeling you get when theres a tornado, thats pure adrenaline i had that feeling.it started thundering luoder luoder LOUDER!!! but the weird thing was it was sunny no clouds at allso we listened to the radio and it said the tornado was over so my family went inside i stayed outside. and then it started pouring down rain and it was sunny! very weird. and i lived nervously ever after.

Welcome, janssen...I see it's yr first post...WELCOME to our world! ...Your experience sounds very weird, but I'm politely trying to figure out...is this what you LOVE about Missouri?

[Northwoods Voyager]

Thank you laladybug..I agree wholeheartedly with you. I guess we are fortunate, those of us that have lived here most of our lives and those that have recently moved here. You must come back and visit other parts of the state. I think you were already at one of the prettiest regions. The winding roads and hillsides are like eye candy to most. Come back soon.

[Indy4570]

What I love about my Mo... well obviously it is just beautiful! Can't escape that. I like the fact that it will be a lot easier to live within my means. (that means I ain't got that many means...) Can't escape the fact that folks are friendly, love the waves. We have one house on our road, well on the road ours runs into. We use it to go to all parts north, Mountain grove, Norwood, or just to hit 60 to get to a place when we are in a hurry and don't have time to take the scenic routes. oh yeah, the scenic routes... they take a little more time but the things you see! anyway back to this one house, we have seen folks in the yard and we wave as we drive by...they never wave...they stand out because they don't wave. We thought everybody waved down here! lol
I know that the lack of zoning and building codes are a bummer to some who move in from what they feel are more progressive places, they are concerned about the houses they want to buy and I don't blame them. But one thing I love about my Mo is that where I live you are allowed to be less than rich. It is OK to be poor and not have the money to put up that wonderful house on the hill and pay the guys to put in a great looking yard with all the trees just so... Yup, they look great but we don't all have the cabbage for those things. In my county I am allowed to be poor and still allowed to have the dignity of owning my own patch of dirt and building within my own means at my own pace. The state where I come from does not allow that. The state I left before that would not allow a man to live in a camper on his own land in the country while he built his house. He had rented a porta john and kept everything nice and tidy. He built a really nice house eventually but the state told him no to living on his own land. This was in the state of Michigan where it is the norm to have a small cabin "up north" . What I love about Missouri is that I am allowed to be FREE! ( It doesn't hurt that we have views of over ten miles all around our mountain top!) I saw a Bobcat trotting across highway five north of Ava the other day. A first for me. I hear turkeys gobble all around my mountain for months in the spring. We are serenaded by song dogs (coyotes) at night. The whippoorwills sing from dusk to dawn most nights. I love to watch the fence lizards bobbing their heads on the tree trunks. I can't go to town without seeing at least eight to ten views where I can see for miles and miles. I don't just love Missouri , my wife and I plan to die here! My oldest dog is almost fifteen. He has had some bad times and I was worried he might leave us soon. I asked him to hang on long enough to make it to our land in Missouri...I want to bury him here, not on a piece of land I don't love. I just hope that all of us coming to Missouri don't change it to much. It is the slower pace and the so called "backward" folks (rednecks to yall) that I love. I am one of them and I have finally found home. Wild horses couldn't drag me away from here.

But the single most important thing I love about Missouri is the look I see on my sweetie's face when she sits outside in the morning mist drinking her first cup of coffee...as she looks out over the treetops with the misty wisps rising up from the gorges...I see peace...I see contentment...I see love on her face. She is happy there on what we call "Crazy Woman Mountain". It is her mountain and I will build her a castle there and we will live happily ever after... and that is how it should be... and the beat goes on...

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by Indy4570

What I love about my Mo...

But the single most important thing I love about Missouri is the look I see on my sweetie's face when she sits outside in the morning mist drinking her first cup of coffee...as she looks out over the treetops with the misty wisps rising up from the gorges...I see peace...I see contentment...I see love on her face. She is happy there on what we call "Crazy Woman Mountain". It is her mountain and I will build her a castle there and we will live happily ever after... and that is how it should be... and the beat goes on...

Sounds like you're richer than MOST, Indy! I almost "misted up" reading that last paragraph of yours. You and your wife are blessed to have each other and what an adventure you're on! I'm looking forward to hearing more so be sure to keep us in the loop when you can!

[Cali BassMan]

Damn Indy,
That was nice !

[mamagator54]

There is SO MUCH to Love about MO that I can't name just one!
I love the views: I get up every morning and take my cup of coffee outside and sit and just look at the view.
The mist between the ridges of hills. And I can see for miles.
The friendly people
The butterflies...never knew there were so many different kinds.
The wildflowers and cactus ... I even think some of the weeds are beautiful.
The freedom to be yourself.
Driving the back roads just to see what there is to see.
The sounds of the birds singing and coyotes howling.
The sunsets.......awesome.
I could go on and on but will stop there.

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by Indy4570

But the single most important thing I love about Missouri is the look I see on my sweetie's face when she sits outside in the morning mist drinking her first cup of coffee...as she looks out over the treetops with the misty wisps rising up from the gorges...I see peace...I see contentment...I see love on her face. She is happy there on what we call "Crazy Woman Mountain". It is her mountain and I will build her a castle there and we will live happily ever after... and that is how it should be... and the beat goes on...

Ya got us all misting up, Indy...by the way...whas with the name? Ya like Indy racing?....OOPS I feel another thread comin on...

[Maxine3]

The "show me state" doesn't show me anything.
And, as for the people......don't mistake nosey for friendly.