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>The major problem with Democratic strongholds like Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, DC, Portland, LA, and San Francisco is the leadership of radical progressives who have failed spectacularly. Their disastrous social justice and criminal justice reform policies have only fueled crime and chaos. It seems "law and order" is not part of their woke vocabulary.

It's odd really, it's almost as if half of America actually loves living in a third world failed state full of crime, poverty, high taxation and regulatory entanglement??

>>390428

>>390429

Imagine being intelligent

are you even smart enough to imagine yourself being intelligent?

>>390428

Missouri is listed as one of THE most crime-riddled states in America, you stupid uneducated alcoholic idiot

>>390428

Missouri is a SHITHOLE !!

You Live in a Nasty SHITHOLE

Missouri is literallyGARBAGE

MISSOURI :

It may be helpful to know about the potential downsides of living in Missouri, so you can avoid the problems and be better prepared to move there. Some people love small-town USA communities for the friendly people and the slower pace. Others hate it for the same reasons. Friendly people can also be nosy people trying to find out your vulnerabilities, so they can gossip about them to others. A slow pace may also be interpreted as a town with nothing to do. The point is that some characteristics are interpreted differently by people with diverse opinions. All of these generalities may not represent everyone's direct experience and unique circumstances.

1. Low Wages

The low cost of living in Missouri generates economic conditions that depress wages, so what you may earn for the same job in this state is lower when compared to other states. The difference between somewhat lower wages and the benefits of having a low cost of living needs to be analyzed together to create a full financial picture of what you may experience while living in the state.

2. High Crime Rates

There are parts of the state and bad neighborhoods in the big cities where the crime rate is very high. It is best to search for the crime rate on a system like Areavibes to determine how dangerous it may be where you are thinking about living.

3. Gangs

Gangs are active in the big cities of St. Louis and Kansas City. Illegal drug labs are a problem in the rural areas. Because of its centralized location, it is a criminal hub for the transport of illegal drugs and the unlawful export of American-made guns sent to the drug cartels in Mexico.

4. Rural Poverty

Another reason for the crime in the rural areas is the poverty. The poverty rate in the state is 13.2%, which is a bit higher than the national average. Some counties in the southcentral and southeastern parts of the state have poverty rates higher than 20%. Three counties in the Bootheel area have poverty rates greater than 25%. For comparison, the big city of St. Louis has a poverty rate of 22.8%.

5. Natural Disasters

Missouri has floods, tornadoes, and, surprisingly, earthquakes. From December 1811 to April 1812, more than two thousand earthquakes hit the Mississippi River Valley, which were some of the strongest in American history, reaching up to 8.8 on today’s Richter scale. They were so strong they caused a fluvial tsunami on the river that made the river current temporarily flow backward. There are still earthquakes in contemporary times; however, they are mostly little ones that cause no harm.

6. Bad Weather

Missouri has the change of the four seasons, which some find delightful. Others dread when spring turns to summer because that means it is going to get humid and hot. It seems like it rains all the time, and thunderstorms frequently turn into tornadoes. If you hear the tornado warning siren, take it seriously and find the nearest underground storm shelter. Don’t think that your car will protect you because you may be taken up by a tornado and thrown back down miles away. Winters in Missouri are thought by some to be a beautiful winter wonderland. Others hate the below-freezing temperatures that are so cold your car won’t start, and the roads may close when the snow and ice hit.

7. Worst States List

A 2018 survey by CNBC ranked Missouri as one of the worst states in America. CNBC gives a ranking score by measuring crime, environmental quality, health care, worker protections, anti-discrimination laws, voting rights, childcare, and reproductive rights. The state was 4th on the list of the worst states that year, which is better than 2016 when it ranked as the 2nd worst state after Texas. The 2023 report lists Missouri as the 6th worst state in America, so it is still bad but improving. Missouri scored poorly because of the high crime rate, the lack of reproductive rights, and the lack of equality.

8. Bugs and Pests

The hot, humid summers, along with abundant wetlands and woodlands, are the perfect breeding grounds for biting insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and horseflies. They are disease transmission vectors. Mosquitoes spread the West Nile virus. Ticks cause the spread of Lyme disease. Using insect repellant, wearing protective clothing, and checking for ticks after walking outside in the woods is important. Spiders are abundant also, including poisonous ones like the brown recluse or black widow. If you live in a rural area and have chickens or livestock, you will find yourself in a constant battle with mice, rats, shrews, snakes, squirrels, foxes, raccoons, and even armadillos.

9. Lack of Professional Sports Teams

If you love professional sports, you will be disappointed about Missouri because many of the professional teams left the state for better deals elsewhere. Four football teams left, including the Rams, who went to Los Angeles. Three basketball teams, two hockey teams, and two baseball teams also left. The former Missouri teams that moved include the Braves, Cardinals, Scouts, Hawks, Pistons, Barons, Colts, and the A’s. Sports fans in Missouri mostly must make do with expressing their team spirit for the few remaining professional teams, minor teams, and college sports.

10. Poor Health Care System

Missouri’s public health care system ranks poorly. Healthcare is better and more available in the big cities. Access to healthcare is terrible in rural communities. Many of the rural hospitals and clinics have closed. Prenatal and postpartum care for pregnant women is lacking, especially in low-income areas with sparse populations. More than 11% of the state’s residents do not have any health insurance coverage.

11. Unhealthy Obese People

People who live in Missouri are more likely to have health problems than residents of other states. Nearly 20% of adults in Missouri are smokers, resulting in many excessive deaths from cancer. This problem with cancer, along with the rates of heart disease and stroke, are all higher than the national average. The lack of access to quality healthcare exacerbates these problems. There are many who live in the state with no treatment for their chronic diseases. Diabetes, high blood pressure, and morbid obesity are common. Missouri ranks 12th in the nation for the number of these life-threatening conditions.

12. Allergies

The high amount of seasonal allergies experienced by people living in Missouri is not as bad as other chronic conditions, yet it is still annoying. Missouri is the 15th worst state for those with allergies. During spring, the pollen count can go sky-high. You can see the profusion of pollen in the air that covers everything with a yellow cloud of dust. People have allergic reactions to pollen from trees such as oak, ash, and hickory. When outside, eyes will water along with the sneezing and congestion that comes from reactions to grasses and weeds. The high humidity levels in Missouri encourage mold growth, which negatively impacts indoor air quality, also contributing to allergy symptoms.

13. Property Taxes

Housing costs are reasonable and good value; however, property taxes are 1% of the tax assessor’s value, which can be a big annual payment or add considerably to your monthly mortgage payment.

14. Low Median Household Income

Missouri’s median household income is $65,982, which is approximately 11% less than the national median of $74,606.

15. Conservative Politics

Missouri is a red state, which means it is heavily in favor of Republicans. Republican voters make up the majority of around 57% of the registered voters. Although the people are friendly, if you bring up politics in casual conversation and you are not a Republican, you will probably quickly feel unwelcome. It is best to keep your political opinions to yourself unless you are amongst your “kind.”

16. Higher Income Taxes

Missouri has a progressive income tax system. The more money you earn, the more taxes you will pay. State taxes are low for low-income filers but rapidly increase to 4.8% for higher-earning filers. The top state tax rate of 4.8% applies to anyone earning a decent wage. It also applies to retirees. Any withdrawal from any retirement account is fully taxed. Earnings from a public pension are partially taxed, and earnings from a private pension are fully taxed.

17. High Sales Tax

The Missouri sales tax rate is more than 4%. You must add to this rate the average local tax rate, which is another 4%. This means you pay more than 8% of sales tax on purchases. While the cost of living is lower than the national average, you still pay more sales tax than many other states.

18. Poor Road Conditions

Missouri has an active transportation system, with lots of big trucks hauling stuff on the highways because of its centralized location. However, the road conditions are poor, and the infrastructure lacks adequate maintenance. It is on the “needs repair” list as the 10th worst state in America for bad roads. Around one-quarter of the roads are in terrible condition.

19. Limited Public Transportation

Missouri has very little public transportation in rural areas. The larger cities have bus systems and ridesharing. Some have light-rail trains. However, the rural communities have nothing in terms of public transportation. You need to have a car to get around in rural Missouri.

20. Landlocked

Missouri is landlocked and surrounded by eight other states. It has no access to any ocean. The state’s geography is made up of lackluster landscapes. People who enjoy outdoor water-based activities like swimming or boating are restricted to using the lakes and rivers.

21. Weird Laws

Missouri has some strange laws on its books. It is illegal for someone under the age of 21 to throw out the trash if it contains an open, empty alcohol container. They can be charged with alcohol possession for an open container. Four or more unrelated women cannot share the same rental apartment because of the anti-brothel laws. It is illegal to honk your horn because you might scare horses. Dancing is illegal in Purdy, Missouri. Do you remember the movie Footloose? This is the real-life version.

22. Farms Have a Stench

There are many farms in Missouri, easily more than 100,000. They spread across more than 28 million acres. Livestock and poultry account for more than half of the agricultural output. Driving through Missouri farm areas with the windows down is not recommended, especially on hot days. The stench from the animal manure can be overwhelming.

23. Hillbilly Mentality

Having a down-to-earth, kind nature can be short-circuited by those stereotyped hillbillies from the Missouri Ozarks who may also have small-mindedness and a lack of acceptance of diversity. Nearly 85% of the state’s residents are white people. Sometimes the richer “city” white people may look down upon the poorer, rural, hillbilly white people. Missourians don’t take the hillbilly mentality too seriously and like to make fun of it sometimes, as in this joke. Two hillbillies were sitting on the front porch sipping homemade moonshine when a flatbed truck passed by loaded up with grass sod. One hillbilly saw the truck carrying the grass and exclaimed, “There’s what I’d do if I win the dern lottery.” “Do wut?” asked the other hillbilly. “Well, if I was rich, I’d send my lawn out to git mowed.”

24. Boring Small Towns

Young people can be bored when living in a small Missouri town because there is nothing for them to do that they might consider exciting. Over 90% of the farms in Missouri are family-owned and operated. Youngsters do not necessarily want to grow up to be farmhands. Many can hardly wait for the time they are adults so that they can get away from a small town and the “everybody knows your business” attitude. There are interesting things to do in Kansas City and St. Louis, so that is often where they first move to escape the boredom of small-town life.

25. Flyover State

Show an average high school student a map of the United States. If they never visited Missouri, they may have a difficult time picking the state out on the map. Did you know the capital of Missouri is not Kansas City or St. Louis? It is Jefferson City, with a population of only 43,228 (2020 U.S. Census). A flyover state is slang used to describe the states in the middle of the country that are overlooked and may be disregarded by the people on both the eastern and western coasts. However, anyone who takes the time to get to know Missouri and the people who live there will probably discover many wonderful things.

MISSOURI IS ONE OF THE WORST STATES IN AMERICA!!

ITS FOR NIGGERS & TRAILERPARK WHITE TRASH

>>390428

but YOU fit in perfectly in Missouri

because you never amounted to anything

just an old drunk, that nobody listens to

>>390428

just a BROKE OLD DRUNK

who drank all his meager savings away

who did nothing

who became nothing

who has nothing

You're perfect for shithole missouri

>>390428

Dude I can't even begin to tell you HOW NICE it is here in California!! San Diego is awesome!! We love it here!!! It's got the BEST of everything!!

our only complaint in the past year has the flooding when those bad storms rolled through, but it didn't effect us where we live, and you can't really blame a state for nature's weather patterns.

All in all, Wendy and I have never been happier, and we fucking LOVE IT HERE!!

we both already individually loved California before we even met, so this was a natural decision for us.

By the way, it's SO NICE here, that your eastern 1/3 of America seems like a fucking joke!!

The east coast is ugly

>>390428

But its GORGEOUS here

>>390461

You constantly lie, I am not posting anything illegal here!

Why Are Vast Numbers Of People Relocating To Small Towns All Over The Country?

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/why-are-vast-numbers-people-relocating-small-towns-all-over-country

MY COMMENT: Obviously having lower taxes, lower crime rates and more freedom is going to bring higher demand and growth. Why would anyone want to live in a Democrat-controlled city today? There is literally ZERO incentive to do so! Too expensive, too many criminal scumbags, too crowded and the regulatory burden as far as zoning laws would be horrible keeping up with. Not to mention most of the third world illegal "migrants" are traveling to big cities and taking all the jobs. America is facing balkanization because we have horrible political leadership in all the major populated areas so it's best not to live in those areas. Americans are migrating to safer havens, greener pastures where leadership is not so dirty and corrupt.

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6eyi

Makes sense.

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