Tell me about Missouri!!
 

Ha ha. Sorry guys, I just couldn't help it. I knew that this would never in a million years appear as a heading! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Seriously though, there's a lot of good in the Midwest. Maybe some of us from the less noticed but still super special states should tell a little about our respective areas!

But then again, if you don't live in CA, FL, NY, or TX no one seems to care much! (And please don't anyone be offended. I'm from MO, and I'm really just teasing about all of this!)

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Missouri is OK. I've lived here for almost 6 years, and I kind of like it. St. Louis is big enough that there's plenty to do, yet small enough that you don't feel like you're totally lost.

I visited MO last year and went to Osage Beach/Lake of the Ozarks! I am COMPLETELY in LOVE with that area and cannot wait to summer there when I get $$$ for a house!!! I was blown away by its beauty and serenity! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Hey, imagine West Virginia! I'd die if I ever saw that heading! What am I supposed to say? West Virginia--no jobs, poor state, coal dust . . .but we've got beautiful mountains!

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GO IOWA!

Iowa is awesome ... we have a lot of corn fields and barns ... and tornadoes! and snow! and floods!
(although I'm not from Iowa .. just 4 years experience in this Cyclone States)

West Virginia .. seems really nice state. Never been there, but been in New England States ... WV reminds me of New Hampshire!

For a second there I thought you were talking about Louisiana(no jobs,poor state) then you started talking about coal dust and mountains,so I knew you could be talking about Louisiana http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I hate to say this, but ST.Louis looks like a good place for a hangover. Don't take that the wrong way. I mean it nicely. Its big enough to find tomato juice and advil with relative ease, and small enough to find three hours of complete silence. It reminds me a lot of Richmond.

I like STL enough, and KC. I was just there about 3 weeks ago. I realized how fast-paced my lifestyle is being here in the Northeast, and it was nice just to go somewhere and chill...

That area is beautiful, especially in the fall.

uhh . . . yeah . . . just a quick reminder: still the Hawkeye state . . . go Hawks! ; )

(Being from Des Moines, half my boys are at iowa, half at iowa state . . . good times, even though I'm gone I still bleed black and gold)

Anyway - Missour-ah (required pronunciation) isn't too bad at all - used to play hockey down there all the time . . . although the old Iowa joke goes "If you take the bottom two tiers of counties from Iowa and cede them to Missouri, you raise the average IQ of both states . . ." ; ) j/k, of course, Minnesota says the same thing about us - maybe it goes south?

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Go Cyclones http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

KSigRC, nice to hear the blending you have for your sons ... What house is your son (Iowa State)? I might know him ...

Ok I know this is an old thread and all but still.....I felt the need to reply..... :D

I absolutely love Missouri!! We have trees here, it's so cool, because at home, we have none!!! I am from Nebraska, I have lived there for the last 18 years, up until I came to MO for college. I love both states a lot, but in Nebraska it is kind of boring. No trees, but I have corn right by me, and I live in Omaha, in a very well developed part, NOT on a farm hehe, but oh well!!! The way I see it though, you can't go wrong with either place!!! They are both pretty laid back and easy going....I live in Columbia, MO though, so I can't really comment on STL and KC. I do love how people here call it Missourah, (including my sociology prof), that just kills me, it's too cute! :p

The part of Missouri I'm from it is a BIG no-no to say MissourAH! It's MissourEEEEEEEEE! :p

the st. louis airport is the spawn of the devil..i have had more than my fair share of bad experiences at this place..

What happened there? If you don't mind me asking.

oh man..entirely too much to post here..i'll pm you :)

For a fun day trip, check out the vineyards in Herman. It was a blast and nice surpise to see in the midwest.

What I like about St. Louis ... and Missourri
 

The Cards, running in Forest Park, Central West End - a cute strip of shops and bars and big, historic houses, Clayton and Ladue, Union Station, Sundeckers, canoeing on the rivers, the loft district, the Chocolate Bar, Harrys and JBucks, the Hill, McGurks and Soulard, Mardi Gras celebration ... I could go on ...

St. Louis is no Chicago or LA, but it is a great blend of city life tucked into the heart of the Midwest. Its downfall ... there's no beach.

First half is Missoury, the second half is Kansas TOTO!

Last Great President Harry S Truman my HomeBoy!

Lambert Airport St Loie, shitty, Ambassordor Bar Great, new me as flew in out every other week!

St. Louis, lot to see, the GaS Light Square died, similar to Atlanta Underground but above Ground!

Bud Brewery, Grants Farm.

The Cape The Land of Cotton! The Ozarks, bigger Mountains than the Smokeys!

Begining of the Poney Express, Jesse James supposedly Killed by Bob Ford. St. Joseph.

First Day Light Bank Robbery, Jessie James, Liberty, Mo.

Lamar Mo. Harry Truman Was Born There, played in the house, Uncle Everett Owned it. Wyatt Earp, first Peace Officer Job. 4 Admirials of WW II.

Independence, Mo. HST White House, jump off point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails.

Columbia Mo. Splits the State, East is Cosmopolitan and Northern, West is Country and Southern!

Kansas City, The Gettysburg of the West! Cival War. The Plaza, First Shopping Center in the USA! ArrowHead and Royal Stadium, the Models for all of the Rest!

KCI Airport the model of the future for travel.

Kansas, The Home of the Gorillas and JayHawks, no other School mascots like them! Largest Ball of Twine! OOEEY!

Home of Kansas Speedway the newest NASCAR Tack! Neweset Cabelas, Nebraska Furniture Market, the Plave you drive through at nights to go skiing in COLO! you will miss the largest Prarier Dog Colony that way!

Well YADA YADA so much for a history lesson!

Doo not argue History with me!

Best Whiskey in America, Tenn. and Not Jack off Danials, George Dickel!

Oh Whiskey, the Oldest Distillery West of the Miss. Mc Cromick and Tobacco Weston Mo.

The Largest Holding of wine second to France, Herman Mo., Stone Hill Winery, pre-prohibition! Did Mushrooms and then back to wine!

Won More Fine Wine Competition all over the World, HollyField Winery, Basor, Ks.

Home at present of The Most Noted Person, Me!:D KS.!:cool:

While for some of YOU East Coast Snobs, we werent the oldest, but Louis and Clark came to our country plus a line on the UnderGround RR!

We anit all bad out here in the so called hinter land!:cool:

I can't believe this thread came back up! Sigh... I miss MO. I absolutely love Hermann, and I definately need to stock up on my wine when I go visit my sisters. (I used to drive right past Stone Hill's outlet store on the way from my town to my parents'.)

And alphachiohmy, thanks for reminding me of McGurks! It's been forever since I've been there, I'll have to make sure I go the next next time I'm in the neighborhood!

Herman
 

One of my sisters is from Herman, MO.....that's random that y'all know about it! I didn't think people actually "lived" there lol or have heard of it. :D

Missouri is alright I guess... Out of all the places I've lived... It's not the worst... but I really would like to move back to TX.

go square states!
 

I'd just like to cheer on all my girls rooting for the Midwest!

I grew up in KC and always have a good time going back. I've lived on both coasts but will always have a soft spot in my heart for home, the Chiefs, and the Jayhawks. Go KU!!

I always got so angry when people refer to the Midwest as "fly over country." So disrespectful and ignorant.