Missouri- a truly great state (Rolla, Ozark: university, to live, shop)

[Nomadicus]

I was in Livingston county MO and loved it. Something about the black dirt and the fantastic crops it will grow. Very good people too.

[Marie'sBees]

Originally Posted by mjb62676

I'm gonna go on a limb and assume we're talking about Central and SW MO here...

Moved away from St. Joe, and was happy to do so.

Northern Missouri is the only place I've ever regretted moving away from. My family is thrilled to be back. To each his own, I guess.

[mjb62676]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

I'm glad you moved away too!!!

Take care

See what I mean? That's St. Joe for you. Always welcoming (sarcasm). The transplants were fine, but many of the natives were like this.

It's the only place in the midwest I feel this way about. I miss KC, the Ozarks, etc...badly.

[MoNative34]

I happen to be a transplant to this part of the state... People around here have been welcoming to me.

Missouri is a great state.

[mjb62676]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

I happen to be a transplant to this part of the state... People around here have been welcoming to me.

Missouri is a great state.

My experiences everywhere but IN St. Joe were fairly good, and there were some that were welcoming. The whole place just wasn't my taste due to the bitterness and union mentality.

[ozarksboy]

It's great to have new people move into our state--IF they really like it the way it is. If not, why not just stay where you are or go somewhere else. Yes, I get a little cranky sometimes with newcomers who move here and then gripe that we don't have this, that or the other. For instance, I was in a store and a woman, wife of a professor who had just moved to our state university campus in Rolla, I think, was complaining to the store owner that Rolla NEEDS a mall, a Target, an Olive Garden, blah, blah, blah, blather. In other words, Rolla NEEDS to be like all the other towns she has lived in or visited. Of course, you'll hear natives say the same thing. Just about everybody around here, it seems, wants to homogenize this area with everywhere else--and now I am on a rant, and I apologize. If you have moved to Missouri and love its rich history and heritage, I'm glad you're here. Otherwiee ... well, enough said. I'm gong to shut up.

[Nomadicus]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

It's great to have new people move into our state--IF they really like it the way it is. If not, why not just stay where you are or go somewhere else. Yes, I get a little cranky sometimes with newcomers who move here and then gripe that we don't have this, that or the other. For instance, I was in a store and a woman, wife of a professor who had just moved to our state university campus in Rolla, I think, was complaining to the store owner that Rolla NEEDS a mall, a Target, an Olive Garden, blah, blah, blah, blather. In other words, Rolla NEEDS to be like all the other towns she has lived in or visited. Of course, you'll hear natives say the same thing. Just about everybody around here, it seems, wants to homogenize this area with everywhere else--and now I am on a rant, and I apologize. If you have moved to Missouri and love its rich history and heritage, I'm glad you're here. Otherwiee ... well, enough said. I'm gong to shut up.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. You just hit the nail on the head. This is a universal problem. Let MO be MO and AR be AR. Take a lesson from FL. FL is no more. Yes it is on the map but the old FL is no more. I'm ready to move back to MO or maybe AR or OK. MO is great the way it is without any homogenization. I'll hush to but you can believe my mind is still going like a freight train.....

[mrsgenealogy]

I "get" that, Ozarksboy! We feel that way about people coming to America, as well.

I admit that everything hasn't been rosy for us since coming to MO but not once
have we wished to go back to the madness that is California. I admit,
we've missed some of the great restaurants and food but if bringing them here
would make this place like CA, forget it! We'll do without!

[Valerie C]

Just had to pop in to say that the nearly 5 years I lived in Missouri were (in hindsight) actually pretty wonderful Of course, I didn't appreciate it at the time, and spent most of the time wishing to go back home to New England! (When DH's employer moved operations from Massachusetts to STL, there was an offer he couldn't refuse, and our family relocated to St. Charles County for the opportunity that it gave him. Of course I was always looking at the half-empty glass--no family, friends or ocean!) Have to say that we met some of the greatest people ever, they made us part of their circle of friends, we did the float trips, the wineries, the parades... Learned that you take cover when the sky turn yellow/green (had neighbors come outside to tell us we were under tornado warning and to git to the basement!) A lesson to those lucky enough to spend time in Missouri--enjoy it while it lasts! We got home to New England, and had to buy a house 40 years older (and 40,000 higher priced!) than our beautiful home in St. Charles County! No free science museum, no St. Louis City Museum, no St. Peters Rec Plex, no Tumble Drum... No Katy Trail, no airshows at the Chesterfield Airport, no wineries to visit on Sunday afternoons... Like I said, enjoy it!

[mrsgenealogy]

Great post, Valerie! I really appreciate your honesty, too!
You've shown another side of the coin and that's almost always a good thing.
Ohhh, the many things we learn with our 20/20 hindsight, huh?

Hugs!

MrsG