Help me find an inexpensive, rural MO town

[ozarksboy]

Waynesville is a county seat town. Newburg is a small town nestled on and between two of our Ozarks hills. Waynesville is right next to St. Robert, which has a colorful criminal past. Newburg has a colorful past as a railroad town.

There's little economic activity in Newburg. There's a grocery store, a bar, a liquor store.

Newburg is the home of the Lyric Live Theater, which offers community theater and concerts.

Newburg has a solid school district that offers a good enough education that a friend of mine graduated from there, went on to earn a Ph.D. and worked in information technology. He's now a consultant, working at his huge Nixa home in his pajamas most days. I wanted him to move back to Newburg and build his huge house, but he wouldn't because there's no place to get a latte or do any serious shopping. (He got infected with Califoreigner's disease while he was working in the city for some giant corporation.)

[lakerat66]

There are MANY places all over the US that don't like outsiders- not just in MO. I have been to 47 of the 50 states and it's all over! Small towns in my home state of Kansas are the same way- certain counties too. Good luck to you

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by lakerat66

There are MANY places all over the US that don't like outsiders- not just in MO. I have been to 47 of the 50 states and it's all over! Small towns in my home state of Kansas are the same way- certain counties too. Good luck to you

Most very small towns in KS these days do resemble ghost towns. Outsiders definitely won't come into those places.

[happymama58]

I must sell our 3 bedroom 2 bath home on 42 acres in a rural county about 1 1/2 hours from St. Louis. My husband passed away just over a month ago, and I need to sell. The cost of living in my area is very low.