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Originally Posted by MOviaCA
Greetings,
My wife and I will be visiting the fine state of Missouri this summer. We reside in Northern California and want to see if Missouri will be a great place for us to retire. We will be taking 2 weeks and plan on starting up in Columbia then working our way down to the Branson area. Do you folks feel 2 weeks would give us enough time to get a general feel for the different areas? The areas we have in mind are Columbia,Springfield,Branson area and possibly Joplin and a few other small towns.
I am from the Midwest rural Ohio to be exact. I suspect from the research Ive done I would enjoy Missouri. We are really excited to start exploring the state.
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Are you looking more at larger cities or smaller towns?
If you are also looking for towns that are more Midwestern I would suggest Kirksville, Chillicothe, and St. Joseph if you plan on visiting northern MO. That area is often overlooked, but has friendly people and pleasant scenery. Even the winters in northern MO are slightly milder than nearly any area of OH.
For southern MO some interesting towns to explore include: Rolla, Poplar Bluff, Springfield, and the Lake of the Ozarks area. The last location is a popular retirement destination for people from many areas of the US.
Have a fun trip to MO this summer
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