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

2 жыл бұрын

good point!

@kurokumo8169

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

6 ай бұрын

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😏

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.

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

@janserventi

Ай бұрын

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

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.

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

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.

Great video, thank you!

@LifeyGuy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

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

Жыл бұрын

oh awesome! I'm excited for you!

thanks. good information

@LifeyGuy

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@davehughesfarm7983

7 ай бұрын

45 inches of rain...

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

@Find-Your-Bliss-

11 ай бұрын

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

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

10 ай бұрын

Stop being lazy

@Mrs.Neves3523

7 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

Good to b strong believer in Jesus Christ ✝️

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!!!!!

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

4 ай бұрын

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!

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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

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

8 ай бұрын

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.

@KirschFamilyHomestead

8 ай бұрын

@@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

7 ай бұрын

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

@KirschFamilyHomestead

7 ай бұрын

@@davehughesfarm7983 yes I agree.

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

@LifeyGuy

Жыл бұрын

oh awesome! Nice to meet you!

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@LifeyGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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!

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

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

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.

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

@PerimeterPermaculture

7 ай бұрын

That's bs

@cynthiafortier2540

2 ай бұрын

That law just changed!!

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

7 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

Missouri is a deep red srate thank goodness?!

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@sophiewallace8662

Жыл бұрын

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

@michaelyork7844

Жыл бұрын

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

@sophiewallace8662

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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-

11 ай бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

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

@davehughesfarm7983

7 ай бұрын

Guess you never been to the other 48 states..

@davehughesfarm7983

7 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@markjohnston2675

Жыл бұрын

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.

@KirschFamilyHomestead

Жыл бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

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

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.