Springfield, MO, Missouri

MrFeels77
8mo ago
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Hey!! We moved to Springfield from Homer for the year of 2023. As an Alaskan, I found it to be incredibly underrated. It was amazing, and we think about returning often. We wanted a break from Ak, so we Picked Springfield as a spot to explore the Ozarks while our place here was boarded up. If you like bicycling, then there are amazing paved and off road trails. And from Springfield all the way to Eureka springs Arkansas there are amazing hiking and swimming spots. Table rock lake is Absolutely awesome and so is the Buffalo River and even parts of the James River just outside of Springfield. Andy's custard is a local staple I'm in love with but be wary of ticks and Springfield cashew chicken!!!

WorldFoods
8mo ago
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I moved here 4 years ago with my family and love it. I think that you find what you’re looking for. Springfield is a great sized town where everything is accessible— you can have Thai food or go to community theater and only have to drive 10-15 minutes, tops. People are friendly, and the town skews conservative with so many churches, but like another commenter said, you can find your people if you are more progressive-minded. There is a lot to do with First Friday Art Walk, all the small businesses, farmers markets, Lake Springfield and other outdoor activities. There are also a lot of nonprofits in town that work together to make the city a great place to live. And we have great healthcare with both Mercy and Cox here. We do have a lot of unsheltered people compared to most towns our size but I am hopeful that we will keep making strides to help people with mental health, employment, and affordable housing.

You can find good neighborhoods all over town. A lot of people try to avoid the north side. University Heights and Rountree are two popular, older neighborhoods in central Springfield and the south side has lots of great neighborhoods. Some people like to live in the smaller towns outside of Springfield like Ozark, Nixa, Republic, or Willard.

mysickfix
1y ago
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I moved to Springfield from Texas in 2014 when working for Prime. Its was crazy how much further my dollars went. People talk about crime in Springfield, but I do not believe that’s really an issue here. Nothing on the level of a major city, and they usually solve the few murders that happen.

A lot of the bad takes on Springfield tend to come from people who have never left, or people of a certain political ideology that believes crime rates are at an all time high nationwide(they aren’t).

Most transplants I meet enjoy it.

Edit: state taxes. That wasn’t something I was used to. And paying tax on vehicles and motorized toys like four wheelers every year was pretty odd to me.

00112358132135
1y ago
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Springfield is safe relative to other large cities, but it has its own issues too. Mainly, northeast areas are the lower wealth ones, and there you’ll see more crime and such.

Springfield is a college town and the population ebbs and flows with younger people constantly. There’s always someone new in town who’s still figuring it out.

It’s a cheap place to live, but it’s the most expensive around, because everything nearby is podunk towns with everything you could imagine in the Bible Belt, and you’ll understand why it’s so cheap here eventually. Springfield is kind of somewhere between a cesspool and a renaissance. You have old infrastructure right next to bustling newly developed colleges.

There’s a pretty nice downtown square with some things to do, and when the weather is warm, you’ll see plenty of drifters in the square doing their thing. It’s still fun to go out at night and people do enjoy themselves here.

It’s a baseball town, they really love going to the stadium for the cardinals here.

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