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Originally Posted by cheryl000 okay. I have lived my whole life in a town in Illinois 2 hours away from Missouri and so I've been there countless times. I've been living in San Diego for the past 4 years because of the Navy. In a nutshell her is Cali vs Missouri.
Missouri has less traffic, a better school system, bigger yards and houses for less money. San Diego is crowded and for the most part houses and yards are small for the money you're putting into it. In San Diego a 2 bedroom Condo runs around $400,000. My friend just bought a 3 year old, 3 bedroom house with a huge yard in Missouri for only $100,000.
The cost of living is much lower. But also for the most part you make less money working in Missouri than California. So it would be better to work in Cali and then retire to the midwest. The people in the midwest are nicer in that they aren't as busy or stressed out I guess? It's like if you walk down a hall, past someone in the midwest, most likely they will say, "Hi" to you if they look at you. In Cali it doesn't happen nearly as much.
It is BORING in Missouri compared to Cali. In Cali there is always something big you can do, in Missouri you have to drive a while if you don't live in the city. Of course Cali has big and better entertainment venues.
The weather is much colder in Missouri. They have something called "seasons" there. But I am from Socal so it is always hot. If you are from N.Cali then the weather would be just about the same. In Cali I worry about earthquakes. In Missouri you worry about tornados.
Basically I'm going through the same decision. My husband gets out of the navy next year. We've decided to move back to the midwest so that we can get our own house. So tired of renting! Good luck! |
THanks for this info. It's good to have someone who has lived both places give me the comparison. The first line of your description is exactly why we want to move. Financially, the schools and property. At this point we would probably be able to sell our house and use the equity to buy with cash, a house in missouri on some property. Sounds so good when we've been struggling with bills for so long. But my husband still needs to be able to find a job. So at this point that is our main worry.