Not a good place! (Springfield, Ozark: cheap house, buy, camp)

[petersonrusserll]

Do not move or buy in the Merriam Woods Village!Located in Missouri. 65740. It is dirty, the roads are bad and the homes that are being built are very cheap made.
Although, some homes are built great. Most are not.
The Village should be turned over to Taney County. All assets should be sold and go to make the roads they should be. With out pot holes that can brake parts on your car or truck.
They have roads blocked to peoples property along Camp Ground Road. These Folks that own this property need to file a complaint.
If you have any questions fell free to ask. Russ

[McGowdog]

My wife loves Branson. We've been there too many times since we got married, about 4 times. Last time we went, we took my parents and they loved it! It was a great trip. I love Springfield's Bass Pro and the Ducks. I could just do that the whole time.

But there are getting to be a few too many of us out there (tourists). What do they have like 6,000 residents there and like 345,000 tourists there?

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by McGowdog

My wife loves Branson. We've been there too many times since we got married, about 4 times. Last time we went, we took my parents and they loved it! It was a great trip. I love Springfield's Bass Pro and the Ducks. I could just do that the whole time.

But there are getting to be a few too many of us out there (tourists). What do they have like 6,000 residents there and like 345,000 tourists there?

Branson city limits is about 6,000 residents. Most of the population that serves the tourism lives outside the city limits...Taney County has about 40,000. Last year tourism was over 6,000,000. 2007 is expected to break the 7,000,000 mark. (Hard to imagine unless you visit the strip...they've done a great job of creating loop roads to get around the worst of the traffic jams.)

I love it too.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Lake Junkie

Branson city limits is about 6,000 residents. Most of the population that serves the tourism lives outside the city limits...Taney County has about 40,000. Last year tourism was over 6,000,000. 2007 is expected to break the 7,000,000 mark. (Hard to imagine unless you visit the strip...they've done a great job of creating loop roads to get around the worst of the traffic jams.)

I love it too.

The amazing thing is that the surrounding areas have stayed rather rural with little population growth. Ozark County still has only around 10,000 residents.

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by petersonrusserll

Do not move or buy in the Merriam Woods Village!Located in Missouri. 65740. It is dirty, the roads are bad and the homes that are being built are very cheap made.
Although, some homes are built great. Most are not.
The Village should be turned over to Taney County. All assets should be sold and go to make the roads they should be. With out pot holes that can brake parts on your car or truck.
They have roads blocked to peoples property along Camp Ground Road. These Folks that own this property need to file a complaint.
If you have any questions fell free to ask. Russ

Unfortunately some developers got a bunch of land over there and decided it would be a great place to build really really cheap houses. When I heard they had brand new houses for $80K...well come on.
And yes, some of the roads are frightening.
Perhaps some of the residents should get together and approach Taney County...good idea!
Hopefully you didn't get stuck there?

[2beamissourian]

Well that answered one of my questions ..... I was looking online and found a bunch of houses ..new just built for 80-100 and I thought to myself how ..well the inside pics some things looked cheap - lights, sink and such ....... ha now I know

Thanks for the post!

[streitm]

Merriam Woods.. I bought and moved here in Dec 2011 and LOVE it. Yes the roads are not the best but it is quiet and the people are really friendly. And Yes if you read the above comments, I live in one of the houses that were built "cheap" They are nice houses, just need a little TLC in the extra departent.. like better lights in the rooms, backsplash for the kitchen, better flooring, but for the money you can afford to do that.. Not a bad place at all. And for the ones that say it is a Drug problem.. check out the stats since they have got there own Police Department. DOWN DOWN and DOWN.. I do not see it at all. Not all the properties here are kept up the best, but the Village is making a REAL effort to get those properties cleaned up. If you want a place that is inexpensive, quiet and people leave you alone.. this is the place.. Mike

[LynnKK]

What was the expectation when the purchase price wa $80k?