Missouri...Southern or Midwestern? (St. Louis, Hannibal: apartments, housing, summers)

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by GetmeoutofAR

well i honestly think you can have rednecks almost anywhere to some extent, but yeah north of I-70 many less

Interstate 70 is a damn road....how can you justify dividing the midwest from the lower midwest based on a simple road. The lower midwest is still the midwest, just as the midwest is the upper midwest.

[Northwoods Voyager]

Having 'lived' in Chicago and St. Louis, I find that St. Louis and Chicago have less in common than some would believe. Over the years, St. Louis has lost population, has lost it's once great place in the grand scheme of things. Chicago has advanced. Chicago gives the appearance and is exciting, progressive, and booming. Our St. Louis has stagnated in many ways.

The St. Louis that I knew as a younger person does not exist. Too many politicians and greedy people have seen fit to stifle the growth that should have occurred. I still love my hometown, but for different reasons now. It's like an old flame that I knew as a 20 something now turned into a 70 something that has just sat on the sidelines and drank a few too many beers and tossed down a few too many fast food burgers. Has not got up and checked out what is going on down the street. A couch potato, but a lovable couch potato. Full of memories but living in the past.

My St. Louis needs a double dose of forward thinking and hope. Maybe a blood transfusion??? Now, before some of you get all bent out of shape, I am not putting down your St. Louis. Just wishing that MY St. Louis still existed and maybe pushed up from the couch and did some exploring. Now before you wonder how can you keep the past and advance?

Easy, keep what was once good and advance from there. Somewhere along the line, a link has been missing.

[northbayeric]

Credit to MoNative34 for at least trying to inject a little sorely-needed humor into this absolutely interminable forum thread!

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by ajf131

Interstate 70 is a damn road....how can you justify dividing the midwest from the lower midwest based on a simple road. The lower midwest is still the midwest, just as the midwest is the upper midwest.

As far as Interstate 70 is concerned, I'm in favor of removing all those disgusting "Passions Adult Superstores" billboards from the upper midwest, the lower midwest, and the midwestern midwest!

[ajf131]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

As far as Interstate 70 is concerned, I'm in favor of removing all those disgusting "Passions Adult Superstores" billboards from the upper midwest, the lower midwest, and the midwestern midwest!

hehehehehe thanks for that comment you made me laugh northbayeric you are right there are way too many billboards in the midwest and especially in missouri.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by northbayeric

Credit to MoNative34 for at least trying to inject a little sorely-needed humor into this absolutely interminable forum thread!

Humor, eh

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by ajf131

hehehehehe thanks for that comment you made me laugh northbayeric you are right there are way too many billboards in the midwest and especially in missouri.

I don't want to brag but New Hampshire has no bilboards on its Interstate Highways. It has been this way for over 40 years, and has helped the tourism and recreational industries in the state.

[Nomadicus]

How about 11 more posts of campaigning and for post number 500 we have a vote on this? How about it OP.

[joebaldknobber]

St. Louis is a river city like Memphis.

[GraniteStater]

Cincinnati is also an old river town that has fallen on hard times. I read a book saying that the median house price for Cincinnati in the 1940s was around $65,000. Today the average is below $120,000. This horrible appreciation tells you how far the economic fortunes of this city have fallen in the past several decades. The loss of manufacturing jobs and industrial jobs has hurt the city as well. Most river towns have been stagnant or declining, but Pittsburgh continues to head slowly upward in the right direction in my opinion.