stokeless said:
might be visiting there soon... i looking to relocate soon and springfield is one of my options. Michigan is not working out well at the moment. looking for a change
my main concerns:
how's the area and surrounding cities?
good place to raise family?
auto emissions?:biglaugh: :biglaugh:
housing cost?
jobs?
weather?
supra owners and meets?:biglaugh: :biglaugh:
if not springfield, what is a better place in MO.
your input would be great!
IMHO, St. Louis burbs would be where to go if you're seriously considering moving to MO. I use to live there and also just south of St. Louis too. However, it does have emissions check but some have gotten around it by registering the car in a emissions free county instead. Also, St. Louis is nice for traveling too if you want to be able to hit Chicago or Indie for the weekend, neither are a far drive are are straight shots from there. Lots of employment opportunity there too although MO unemployment is only slightly better than MI right now.
Cost of living is cheaper than Detroit but not by much. Good "cost of living" there are some nice calculators out there on real estate and moving pages that allow you to put in your current residence and pay and put in where you'd like to move and it'll spit out how much you should make there to be equal.
Weather is decent, short warm winters, very hot/humid summers (surprisingly humid seeing as there isn't large bodies of water around like here). Places close down at the slightest sign of snow/ice. Snow removal sucks down there.
