Living in Missouri (21 AWESOME Pros + 3 Potential Cons).

Living in Missouri (21 AWESOME Pros + 3 Potential Cons). Missouri Souvenirs: amzn.to/3uBES7A (affiliate link) . Life in Missouri is awesome. I especially love living in rural Missouri
#Missouri

[@ol_gunner13b40]

Missouri is my kind of place. I have lived all over the country and Missouri country living is the only way to live.

[@TravelGuy9834]

Another pro about Missouri is that it isn't a popular state. Not as many transplants are migrating there as Florida, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas, heck even more people are moving to Kansas more than the people are moving to Missouri which makes Missouri rural and peaceful for many more years to come.

[@LifeyGuy]

good point!

[@kurokumo8169]

I am from Texas I move to Missouri because too many people were moving into Houston. I’m gonna put a royal spot to roll I wanna move closer to Springfield or maybe Cape Girardeau. Lotta places still don’t have very good Internet around here.

[@KS5040]

Missouri isn't a popular state because it is run by a bunch of morons at the state government level. Anyone with half a brain leaves the state for far better job opportunities out in the real world. The shift toward far right wing politics turns of most younger and educated people. #Facts

[@carlitot5388]

@@TravelGuy9834 right on✊🏾I’m leaving Michigan and moving to Missouri 🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@713davidh42]

All the money in the Kansas City area is now in Johnson County, Kansas.

[@MrDEWaters]

My parents moved directly from Los Angeles to the southern Missouri ozarks in 1980. They were able to buy a 160 acre cattle ranch with the sale of their average suburban house. It was paradise for them. The main hurdle for many people moving to this state is the cultural difference that the rural lifestyle and people might bring. I taught high school for 25 years in the St. Louis area, and I wouldn't have been able to do that and buy a house had I stayed in California. As for weather, it's extremely variable, so it's like they say---If you don't like the weather just wait a day or two.

[@joeenglert]

If you would have taught in California 25 years you would have had several nervous breakdowns, taken up smoking and drinking and probably would not have still been alive now😏

[@purplesprigs]

Pros and Cons of Missouri is like the pros and cons of earth. It is huge and diverse - big (or formerly big and now empty and dystopian) cities (STL went form the 3rd largest to out of the top 50), mid-sized cities, VERY small towns, plains, mountains, lakes, and a good supply of wackos on both the right and left side of the crazy spectrum.

[@DorthyMoo]

Thank you. The perspective coming from a local point of view is so helpful to consider during our moving process.

[@713davidh42]

Good endorsement for living in rural central Missouri. You description of winters there is what I encountered while growing up in Kansas City. I lived in Columbia for a while which is away from the Missouri River and impact of the humidity was noticeably less than in Kansas City. As for bugs, I now live in the bug capital of at least the U.S. which is Florida.

[@RedMoonRising24]

Super helpful thanks for the review! And thanks for including the note about those with online business/work at home. That’s me 😊

[@lannahuxel98]

I'm a native of Missouri and for you to afford 2 properties, you've gotta be making some cash. We're lucky enough to have inherited our current home from my grandparents otherwise we'd probably still be a family of 5 living in a 2 bedroom one bathroom house. For natives things have gotten expensive to the point the lower middle and middle middle class people have trouble affording enough groceries, gas, car upkeep. So seriously people moving in have to be getting paid a lot more than minimum wage to live here easily.

[@stevenfranklin7060]

Stop being lazy

[@Mrs.Neves3523]

I don’t think you realize the cost of living elsewhere. I’d be coming from MA where I pay over 5k in bills every month. Nevermind groceries and other necessities. Cost of living has risen across the entire country

[@sarahbranstetter157]

Good to b strong believer in Jesus Christ ✝️

[@denniscarver7681]

Mo. boy says chigger control. Summer no t shirt, no under wear, just blue jean cut offs, no socks. Stay out of milk weed. Chigger heaven. Just saying. Yes we hunt, yes we are armed. Yes we are friendly. Show me state, show me you are good person, than you be one of us.

[@americanultranationalist8581]

I’m from the Bootheel. Bugs here are quite bad, especially mosquitos, but I’m used to it now.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Horrible mosquitoes! And the chiggers and ticks were of epidemic proportions in SEMO.

[@samanthaporter6662]

My husband and I are flying out to Missouri this weekend to look at a small farm!

[@janserventi]

Check out Jonesberg Mo. It's between Wentzville and Columbia. 😊

[@mrsks5399]

Great video, thank you!

[@LifeyGuy]

Glad you liked it!

[@bradleyswindlehurst8999]

This is amazing. I’m moving from utah to Missouri this summer. I can’t wait. Buying two properties as well. It was like watching my future.

[@LifeyGuy]

oh awesome! I'm excited for you!

[@HawklordLI]

I lived in Missouri from 1960-1978, then moved back in 2005. One thing I've noticed the past few years is the alarming lack of birds and insects during the spring and summer. It's undoubtedly due to human 'progress'. I saw one robin the entire spring/summer of last year and not one starling while in the past they'd be all over the place.

[@equiryder]

That is happening everywhere. My property is eerily quiet. 25 yrs ago it was teeming with birds and bugs and had a fresh woodsy smell, now thats gone too.

[@chelletoste488]

Wondering what part? We are in northeastern and have birds everywhere..it's like an aviary! 😂

[@KS5040]

Mega farms spraying pesticides and garbage everywhere impacts wildlife.

[@SuperLooneyrooney]

Grew up in MN, lived/worked overseas for 35 yrs. (in some of the largest and most populated cities on the planet) and when deciding to retire back in the US and evaluating where to set up camp, Missouri just ticked most of the boxes for me - no places, even outside the US, are perfect. I call it the 'bell curve plus' state - everything is above average in most categories but not extraordinary, but nothing is well below average as well as far as i concerned. I think you touched on all the good things (and a few things that might be a negative). One thing that i found surprising after spending now my 3rd winter here is that there are more sunny/partly sunny days and blue skies in the winter (except when the government decides to hit us w the god awful chemtrails) than i thought there would be. This makes 45 deg. days in January feel a bit more pleasant. Also love the mennonite and amish stores.

[@KS5040]

Missouri is one of the worst states in the country. The absolute worst aspects of the North and South with none of the advantages of either region. Horrific heat and humidity in the summer.

[@SuperLooneyrooney]

@@KS5040 As I said, it's not perfect but is above avg. in my opinion for what is important for me. Heat and humidity ? Sure, it has those but what states east of the Mississippi river doesn't have it.

[@KS5040]

@@SuperLooneyrooney The heat and humidity is much worse in Missouri for a far greater amount of time than states further to the north obviously. Last year, the Kansas City region had heat index readings in excess of 120F for days at a time, with areas reaching beyond 130F. Geography lesson of the day- all of Missouri is along and west of the Mississippi River...

[@redneckrepairs7628]

Bugs: I've lived here most of my life. Ticks, Chiggers, and Spiders are the worst of it..unless you live in an area where stagnant water can gather, and then you have mosquitos. People who live in rural or wooded areas, have far more spiders, ticks, and chiggers...especially if they're hunters or fishermen in the spring/summer. After the first freeze it's only spiders. Internet: Don't live in the woods, or you'll pay far too much for internet, especially if it's by cell phone router, or satellite. If you can't get a cable to your house, expect to pay way way too much, and keep that in mind when buying.

[@janserventi]

Living rural in Mo., I have indoor cats. No spiders or mice. Never seen a tick in my yard. Neighbors have chickens. Everyone has inside dogs so no barking at night.it rains a little every week, keeps everything green and thriving. We have tall oak trees lots of lakes, and a great police dept. Grocery stores within 5 mins of my house. Farms just outside of town. Tomatoes, apples, grapes and corn, peaches, strawberries grown fresh. Yes, there are hunters and fisherman everywhere, if you like that sorta thing. I like my local grocer. Go Mo !!!

[@SavedbyGrace182]

​@@janserventihello, looking to buy a piece of land in Missouri. What towns do you recommend or what cities do you recommend and I will be coming from Chicago

[@janserventi]

@SavedbyGrace182 Hello! from Mo. Best property values = Troy, Moscow Mills, Wright City, Warrenton, Washington, Jonesburg, to Columbia. Plenty of land. New Subdivisions all over rurally, too.

[@SavedbyGrace182]

@@janserventi Awesome thanks. One more question. Do you know I would go about financing land?

[@janserventi]

@@SavedbyGrace182 local banks

[@joshua511]

I love it here in MO. I've been here my whole life and I still haven't got used to the ridiculously humid summers...

[@vindictivetiger]

you really should get out more and experience other areas of the country.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

45 inches of rain...

[@showmemojo4784]

Houses are cheaper but that don't explain why Joplin most the Houses that got rebuilt after the tornado are sitting empty

[@janserventi]

@@showmemojo4784 because it's Joplin

[@joeenglert]

Missouri vs Oklahoma is my dillema..I think it comes down to which has the better weather

[@gattateo]

Guy in Washington State here--I just watched your videos about fungicides and thought, "Hmm. . . this guy's style and accent are more like someone from Utah. (Meant as a compliment; Utah is where most of my family live). I guessed right:) I love hearing your backstory and seeing the Missouri land and landscape. It's gorgeous and looks ideal for growing things. Thanks for the great videos.

[@KS5040]

No, Missouri is terrible for growing things compared to the Midwest along and north of I-80 that have flatter terrain and rich soils due to prior glaciation periods in time.

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

They tax Social Security income. Can't retire in that state. What were they thinking?

[@PerimeterPermaculture]

That's bs

[@cynthiafortier2540]

That law just changed!!

[@SavedbyGrace182]

@Lifey guy ..would u happen to know how I would go about financing a small piece of land?

[@KirschFamilyAdventures]

I left rural alaska and relocated to rural sw mo Ozarks in February 2022. I love this state but my biggest complaint is the heat and it's bad enough that I'm considering leaving despite all of the pros. I don't have electricity or running water and it is a death wish being here.

[@dennisking4589]

Just bought mountain acreage in wright county. If you do not like heat then the entire southern, from california to WV is off limits to you....curious, what do you do for water though? Get some from a conservation area and use gravity, basically my plan.

[@KirschFamilyAdventures]

@@dennisking4589 i like heat just not humidity. I think room temp should be closer to 80 in fact because I'm too cold in the upper 60s and low 70s. I don't like over 90. My husband calls me temperature sensitive lol. I think I'd be happy just a bit higher in elevation. Mountains of west Virginia, TN , or KY I think would be a good fit for me. We use a pump at the creek and our ibcs totes. Fill one tote and gravity feed into the other tote using the terrain of our land. And rain catchment

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Well its good to get 45 inches of rain per year like Missouri.......It feeds you/us.@@KirschFamilyAdventures

[@KirschFamilyAdventures]

@@davehughesfarm7983 yes I agree.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

What types of challenges do you face while growing your garden? Is there a constant fight to keep wild animals away from the plants for instance? I'm relocating out there this year. Southern MO. Just wondering.... Great video btw.

[@LifeyGuy]

I think deer can be an issue for some gardeners- I've had corn knocked over by deer I think. Raccoons could also be an issue, depending on your location. More than anything though the main struggle I have with gardening is controlling the grass/weeds. Either using some sort of weed barrier, or tilling between rows, or pulling weeds (if your garden lot isn't enormous). Welcome to MO!

[@KS5040]

Way too hot and humid in the summer with rainfall being highly inconsistent and variable. Extreme temperature changes in other times of the year, and prone to drought with average temperatures being warmer across the board compared to the past.

[@KieraCameron514]

Er, southwest Missouri is very hilly. It's not mountainous, but it's hilly.

[@cri-brown-sec-channel5578]

Interesting, How is the internet? the only thing I really worry about LOL. I have got to have cable here in MD we have 5-g and it's great no waiting and uploads very fast. I will never have another dish LOL It is so slow and drives me crazy I have had Wild blue the worst ever and I have had Direct-TV and also Verizon which was OK. But I will never have another dish unless I am taken prisoner

[@LifeyGuy]

internet with como connect is amazing in central Missouri :) You can see areas they service here: join.co-mo.net/front_end/zones

[@LifeyGuy]

Alternatively you can get Starlink internet set up. We have some friends who live in a rural place but enjoy that internet service. I think it's about $100/mo

[@cri-brown-sec-channel5578]

@@LifeyGuy, I pay for indoor laptop internet now it is 95 dollars Now that is just the internet, not TV. I don't want the TV I watch what I need on the internet ! So why waste the money Just me!

[@candaceorr7517]

I moved to Missouri October of 2023. There is only one thing I have found that I don't like and that is the cost of utilities. When talking to Missourians and from my own experience, the average cost of electricity is 500 to 600 dollars a month in the winter.

[@LifeyGuy]

wow that's intense, I typically have paid about 100-300/mo for electric- usually higher in the summers with AC running a lot.

[@KS5040]

You must have a poorly insulated house, common across most of Missouri, or a very outdated and inefficient heat pump. Modern heat pumps are far more efficient than relics from 20-30+ years ago.

[@candaceorr7517]

@@KS5040 It's a brand new house with a brand new heat pump.

[@KS5040]

@@candaceorr7517 I would have someone do an energy audit on your house then, to see where cost savings can be improved or have extra insulation added.

[@stephendoing2253]

i have lived in the show me state for my entire life(65 years)

[@kareestosich8523]

Do you have a way to contact you? I'd like to ask you some questions about moving there? Are there some rural areas you want to stay away from?

[@LifeyGuy]

I think there are some areas that have poorer reputations than others. I think it really varies city by city. Rural places are usually pretty peaceful, since people often only have 1-2 neighbors and multiple acres in the more rural areas. I'd recommend avoiding living in the big cities

[@kareestosich8523]

@@LifeyGuy That's kinda what we were thinking. Thank you. What about up around Gallatin or around the LDS Church History sites? or outside of Independence?

[@chelletoste488]

Moved from Portland OR area to rural NE Mo..loving the peacefulness!!.. no more gunshots! Kidding (sorta)😮 ..We do have to drive a lot further for groceries etc..but overall MUCH to be thankful for!

[@leonmiller7711]

I live in mid Missouri also. Maybe we can meet sometime

[@LifeyGuy]

oh awesome! Nice to meet you!

[@cm-fp7vd]

thanks. good information

[@LifeyGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carolynb4267]

You must have never been to KC or Jeff city they are nothing but hills!

[@vindictivetiger]

State taxes are onerous and one gets basically nothing for the obscene amount of state tax one has to pay. Jeff City keeps their hands in your pocket. And while you can find affordable property out in the sticks--there are no high paying industries out there except farming--who wants to be bothered with that? Many well paying companies offering remote won't work with Missouri residents.

[@stephendoing2253]

too many taxes and car safety/emmisions inspections 1. 7% state income taxes 2. personal property tax

[@showmemojo4784]

A place is what you make of it but if you gotta stretch pennies talk to me your going to get a different perspective from lifer and I will be prone and cons

[@carlitot5388]

Man I’m praying about moving to Missouri from Michigan! Transfer my job to Carthage! So much cheaper then Michigan! Winters here suck ! I need a change 🙏🏾nice video ! Brand new homes are going for cheap I see!!!!!

[@KS5040]

Of course Missouri is cheaper than Michigan, wages are amongst the absolute lowest around, education is terrible, healthcare is terrible, and poverty/drugs are all over the place in the cities and rural areas- far worse than many areas of the country.

[@carlitot5388]

@@KS5040 we not talking Kansas City or St. Louis! Heck no 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KS5040]

@@carlitot5388 Kansas City and St. Louis are both horrible cities for good paying jobs, other than some in-demand career fields. Crime and poverty are both much higher than many cities in the rest of the country.

[@carlitot5388]

@@KS5040 moving to Missouri 😂🙌🏾😂😂🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@markusgarnett7277]

Missouri is a deep red srate thank goodness?!

[@KS5040]

It's a deep red cesspool of a state and will become a bottom feeder place as the brain drain of talent continues to leave Missouri in droves for better opportunities elsewhere.

[@showmemojo4784]

Welll when it comes to humility to be fare how many outside jobs have you had to do when it feels like 118 degrees or factories that ain't climate controlled

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Missouri humidity aint no joke...45 inches of rain per year...But you cany beat SEP OCT NOV in Missoui...So So nice..

[@showmemojo4784]

Just don't ask those people for a hand up you would think your asking for someone's baby with the mentality at least in the Joplin Springfield area

[@JosephDeAngelis318]

👍👍👍🇺🇸🦅 MAGA for life and ✝️ God bless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🦅🦅🦅America The Great people Of The State of Missouri.💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️‍🔥🦅🦅🦅✝️🙏💪💪💪

[@micahwatz1148]

Im a Conservative Christian in IL. This state is too crazy. Planning on moving to MO and help to keep it red with my votes.

[@KS5040]

Don't re-elect turncoats like Josh Hawley the representative from Missouri who is a giant fraud. He doesn't live in Missouri, but actually lives in Virginia. He pumped his fist at the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th, and then ran for his life inside the Capitol like the scared boy that he is. He also loves to play up being a hayseed/pandering to the "culture war" issues to the poorly educated voters when he has an IVY LEAGUE EDUCATION. He would never get elected in a million years to any office in a wealthy educated state. Missouri is neither of those.

[@panitan007]

Cheap gas..Allergy (pollen) capital of the World. Ha ha

[@sophiewallace8662]

Most miserable state to live in. They tax you to death. Food prices at Hy-Vee grocery store is double of what you pay in California! Too many weird people - California people have an excuse- drugs - Missouri they are just creepy weird.

[@LifeyGuy]

I really like ALDIs in Missouri and the surplus grocery stores. They seem to both be a lot cheaper than Walmart. They do have sales tax and an annual personal property tax but overall the property taxes seem a lot lower than many states, in my view

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

Absolutely. The more rural the area, the lack of education and Christian Nationalism (fascism), are a huge reality you have to cope with if you are not part of the red hat crüe. The attitude toward liberal outsiders is pretty scary.

[@sophiewallace8662]

@@Find-Your-Bliss- Christianity and patriots keep prices down. There is a lack of that in Missouri. That is the problem.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Guess you never been to the other 48 states..

[@davehughesfarm7983]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL>>.stay out@@Find-Your-Bliss-

[@sophiewallace8662]

Hate living in Missouri. Forced Taxes and registration for everything. Cars this state charges a $1000.00 each vehicle regardless of year, age or condition plus regular yearly tags , cats have a mandatory registration fee each year or owner faces fines or arrest, dogs too plus your limited to a certain amount of animals.

[@LifeyGuy]

interesting for me at least the taxes and registration fees have seemed comparably low. That said our vehicle is old. I think we pay less than $100/year for registration/tax

[@sophiewallace8662]

@@LifeyGuy the tags are taxes, I don't like paying double tax.

[@sophiewallace8662]

@@LifeyGuy utilities are also higher. Haircut might be cheaper..

[@michaelyork7844]

Are you serious? You gotta register a damn dog/cat and what's this about play time I suppose?

[@sophiewallace8662]

@@michaelyork7844 yes all dogs have to be registered or a $500 fine! I see why people are moving out..

[@nick8243]

Unfortunately, Missouri now has some of the most oppressive abortion laws in the country, including a proposal to punish women who travel out of state for an abortion. Talk about restrictions.

[@erikriza7165]

they just dont want to kill little babies. nothing wrong with that.

[@markjohnston2675]

Well all you have to do is move to Missouri's well managed (ha ha) Communist neighbor Illinois...In Illinois you can kill as many babies as want.

[@KirschFamilyAdventures]

More of a reason to be here. I love that the state is advocating and providing safety for human protection of our most sensitive and vulnerable members.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

OMG......you one of those???....just stay away...

[@FartingtoExtinction-gx8sm]

The summer is hot and humid.. humid enough to create cloth rot, fungal infections and so on. The soil is too rocky in the Ozarks= no garden topsoil unless you buy it or do beds. Homeschool community is a bit crazy= nationalist christian views which is not horrible except the extremists. Top 3 problems Fourth is if you are in rural missouri, jobs are in bigger cities, need to travel and commute. But thats everywhere.

[@KS5040]

Missouri weather is completely disgusting. The worst of the South and North with none of the advantages of either region. Horrific levels of heat and humidity in the summer.