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quake35 t1_j6k3wij wrote

Reply to comment by mattmaddux in I'm visiting here and I gotta say, this place is awesome. by RaevynneArt

Yeah, I always hate when someone is like "you've got a nice place here" and then people have to reflexively shit on it. Like people think they're not going to notice the long-term cons of a place if you live there every day.

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randomname10131013 t1_j6k61qc wrote

I think it mostly comes from all of the flags hanging from pick up trucks, guys armed at Starbucks, magats, and churches. Us locals have a tendency to want to warn people!

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Saltpork545 t1_j6keajr wrote

Legit question: How many cars to do see in traffic every day that aren't MAGA flag wavers? Hundreds? Thousands?

For every one you see with a big ass trump flag, most people aren't.

> guys armed at Starbucks

You are in Missouri. People carry guns. You are in the place where the south and midwest meet, the two most armed parts of the US. Statistically every other home has a gun in it. You're not getting away from this driving within 500 miles of here except in specific urban areas.

> churches

We are the home to Assemblies of God church, including their missionary and pregnancy care and all of that. I don't like these people much, but Pentecostalism as a movement here is about 130 years old, starting in Iowa. It's not new and it's not going anywhere. It is slowing fading with time as churches become less and less relevant to people.

This is like being upset that trucking is a big industry here or that bass fishermen really like the Ozarks.

There is no utopia and you don't always have to like or agree with everyone who lives in the same place you do. That doesn't make it a 'shithole' or some place to be scared of. Stupid doesn't have a zip code and there's a lot of stuff to like about living here.

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randomname10131013 t1_j6kkjia wrote

  1. Too many.
  2. Too many Cletuses have them & for some reason want to tell everybody body about it. (I have several guns. I don't have a need to whip them out)
  3. Religion poisons everything Aside from that, we have gorgeous rivers between 30 mins to 2 hrs away. We have beautiful hiking in other towns outside of Springfield. Also lakes in other places kind of close. And Bass Pro.
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quake35 t1_j6k7n09 wrote

I'm with you there. I dislike those things too. I think all of that would be pertinent info if someone is seriously planning to move here, but it always seems to come up even in the most superficial circumstances.

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