Why The Ozark?

[MrGiggles]

I'm a transplant. Moved here in 2006 when I was 13 from Minnesota.

I'm kind of indifferent about Missouri, but I think a lot of it is a grass is always greener scenario. 

Weather wise we get the worst of everything. Heat like the south, cold like the north. Ice storms, tornadoes, snow fall, and heat waves. 

We got occasional 90+ heat waves in Minnesota, but not like here. And it actually cooled off at night. Of course that is offset by the 5-6 solid months of winter. 

The low cost of living here was nice, but seems to be going away rapidly with the influx of new residents. Land is insane right now, 10k an acre is not out of the question if you're in a good location. 110 acre farm down the road sold last week for just under a million. No way that farm could ever pay for itself in a lifetime.

If I was going to move anywhere, I'd buy a lake house back in Minnesota. 

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11 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

I'm a transplant. Moved here in 2006 when I was 13 from Minnesota.

I'm kind of indifferent about Missouri, but I think a lot of it is a grass is always greener scenario. 

Weather wise we get the worst of everything. Heat like the south, cold like the north. Ice storms, tornadoes, snow fall, and heat waves. 

We got occasional 90+ heat waves in Minnesota, but not like here. And it actually cooled off at night. Of course that is offset by the 5-6 solid months of winter. 

The low cost of living here was nice, but seems to be going away rapidly with the influx of new residents. Land is insane right now, 10k an acre is not out of the question if you're in a good location. 110 acre farm down the road sold last week for just under a million. No way that farm could ever pay for itself in a lifetime.

If I was going to move anywhere, I'd buy a lake house back in Minnesota. 

With Minnesota was mosquitoes. I know we have them here but where I was there was swarms.

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