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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Relocating to Springfield

Posted: 5/9/2016 2:33:59 PM EDT

Looking at possibly relocating to Springfield for work and will need a house/apartment rental for a year or two.
Are there any parts of town to avoid?
Any commute issues if I find a place 30 minutes or so out of town? I've seen nice places near Ozark.

Posted: 5/9/2016 2:56:59 PM EDT

[#1]

Avoid north side and parts of west side.

Yes, ozark, nixa, battlefield, and republic are nice. Willard (NW) is G2G as well. Strafford is fine too as is Rogersville.

Good luck.

Posted: 5/9/2016 8:18:16 PM EDT

[#2]

Good advice given. What part of PA are you coming from?

Edit: 65 headed north in the mornings from Ozark can be a nail biting motherfucker!

Posted: 5/9/2016 10:33:43 PM EDT

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Seconded.

Campbell Avenue between Nixa and Springfield blows as well.

Posted: 5/9/2016 11:47:45 PM EDT

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Seconded.

Campbell Avenue between Nixa and Springfield blows as well.

Pretty much any direction into town in the morning sucks, but 60 East from Republic and 44 East from the 60/360/44 interchange aren't too horrible.

SW side of town can have decent rents, but there still is going to be crime. The majority of it seems to be property crimes, with the victims involved in some way with the perp, usually drugs. Avoid anyplace north of Sunshine street.

Posted: 5/10/2016 7:42:03 AM EDT

[#5]

Thanks folks.
I'd be coming from the rural middle of PA.
I spent a few days at the Springfield plant 2 years ago and didn't see much of the town, only the NRA museum and the Springfield Brewing Company.

Posted: 5/10/2016 8:16:43 PM EDT

[#6]

Do yourself a favor and find a place in Willard, Battlefield or Republic.

Posted: 6/13/2016 2:34:19 PM EDT

[#7]

Looks like this is a definite for later this summer.

I'm looking for a rental, minimum 2 bedrooms, that allows pets. Any leads appreciated. Right now I'm using Zillow but nothing beats boots on the ground.

Thanks,
Sam

Posted: 6/13/2016 7:30:36 PM EDT

[#8]

Avoid the NE side like the plaque. We had to stay at a hotel over by I-44 and Glenstone for over a month during a recent remodel. The area is crawling with homeless people, most looked like huffers or crackheads. You can't go to that Walmart without wading through five or six of them just to get in the door. There was even a shanty built out of pallets and blankets setup behind Culvers near the Walmart Auto Center. Looked like there were five or six people living in it.

Posted: 6/13/2016 7:33:55 PM EDT

[#9]

Make sure you buy a CB so you can listen to all the truckstop entertainment.

Posted: 6/14/2016 12:43:39 PM EDT

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Avoid the NE side like the plaque. We had to stay at a hotel over by I-44 and Glenstone for over a month during a recent remodel. The area is crawling with homeless people, most looked like huffers or crackheads. You can't go to that Walmart without wading through five or six of them just to get in the door. There was even a shanty built out of pallets and blankets setup behind Culvers near the Walmart Auto Center. Looked like there were five or six people living in it.

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It's not quite that bad, but I wouldn't buy a house or rent an apartment pretty much North of Chestnut, and damn certain not north of Division. I expect places North of I-44 will be okay.

I would also choose a location that required as little travel on Glenstone as possible. That street ranks at the top of my "don't drive" list due to the heavy traffic.

I wouldn't live in the City of Springfield, either, there are plenty of better towns near by. Don't get in a fender bender in Springfield, someone is going to get a ticket no matter whose fault or the degree, and don't blow off a parking ticket, the municipal court issues arrest warrants.

My daughter's last two or three apartments were just off Kansas Expressway, between Sunshine and Grand, off W. Bennett on both sides of Kansas. I would rank that area as "not bad", and there are plenty of college gals to decorate the complexes.

Posted: 6/15/2016 9:24:37 AM EDT

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Don't get in a fender bender in Springfield, someone is going to get a ticket no matter whose fault or the degree, and don't blow off a parking ticket, the municipal court issues arrest warrants.

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I'm not so sure about a fender bender and tickets anymore. They won't send an officer unless there is an injury. So, don't get in a fender bender because you'll have to fight insurance companies to determine who is at fault.

Posted: 6/16/2016 7:34:15 PM EDT

[#12]

Newer apartment complexes at Chesterfield Village, Quail Creek off Republic Road, and around Republic Road and Golden. Also Walnut Creek which is off South Campbell and Weaver Rd. Can put you in contact with a friend who has several duplexes off Republic Rd and S Fort area. Central and North Springfield seems to have more drama and crime.

Posted: 6/16/2016 8:28:02 PM EDT

[#13]

Thanks for the tips, this isn't as easy as I expected. Some property managers seem to think it's absurd to want to rent a place without being there in person. Lots of places are weird about dogs, even specifically denying our GSD as a dangerous breed.
Last time I did anything like this was moving to the Seattle area. I found the house I liked, talked to the manager, sent off deposits and picked up keys a month later.
I'm not planning to get there until August but time flies, so I'd like to get locked in soon.

Posted: 7/12/2016 11:48:58 AM EDT

[#14]

Found a house in what looks like a nice little neighborhood (just north of Fairfield Acres, if that description makes sense). I'll be an official SGF resident on August 1.
Now I need to find a shop where I can take my CCW class and a range at which to shoot!

Posted: 7/12/2016 6:00:09 PM EDT

[#15]

You gonna live in the rail yard?

Posted: 7/13/2016 8:21:54 AM EDT

[#16]

Not quite that far north, just on the other side of W Nichols St. Looks like a nice little neighborhood with an elementary school and a park.

Posted: 7/13/2016 8:59:01 PM EDT

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Welcome to MO when you get here. I live about 30 min. Northeast of SGF and if you need a private range for giving instruction hit me up. I don't have a mag dump paradise but my pistol and rifle berms are small but functional.

Posted: 7/23/2016 11:29:33 AM EDT

[#18]

Bumping this - Just learned that my oldest is taking his first Engineering job in Springfield.

Any advise on housing for a recent graduate?

I'm looking forward to visiting him - Rumor has it there are hunting opportunities down there.

Thanks Guys!

Posted: 7/24/2016 4:57:07 PM EDT

[#19]

We found our house via Zillow.com. There are tons of properties in the Springfield area, our issue was just finding a property management company that was willing to work with us remotely.
As for hunting, we own some acreage in the Ozarks (2 hours west) that appears to be infested with whitetail and I look forward to filling the freezer this fall...

Posted: 7/24/2016 8:04:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Two hours West is in the Great Plains of Kansas. Two hours East is close to where I grew up in the Ozarks.

Posted: 7/25/2016 8:01:21 AM EDT

[#21]

Good catch...yeah, the property is 2 hours EAST of Springfield, closest town is Winona.

Posted: 7/29/2016 6:24:27 AM EDT

[#22]

I live in the south end of town

Posted: 8/2/2016 12:25:06 PM EDT

[#23]

Well, we made it...rolled in to town around 9PM on Saturday.
My neighborhood seems nice so far but it'll take a while to get used to this city. More homeless/beggars than I expected!
My wife describes the weather as "being in the clothes dryer with a load of damp towels."
Twenty minute commute (11 miles) to work this morning with no real traffic.

Posted: 8/2/2016 1:27:45 PM EDT

[#24]

I was in western NY and central Pa two weeks ago, and the difference in humidity on returning was noticeable.

Posted: 8/3/2016 10:19:56 AM EDT

[#25]

The panhandler population seems to be on a steady rise. 44 and Kansas Exp. is loaded with them. Campbell and 65 also. The interviews with some leading up to the Ozark Empire Fair were interesting. It's like Christmas in July apparently. Overall though the Springfield area is pretty nice. I live in Ozark and other than the mess of a drive on 65 at times it is really nice.

Posted: 8/3/2016 10:44:11 AM EDT

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Well, we made it...rolled in to town around 9PM on Saturday.

My neighborhood seems nice so far but it'll take a while to get used to this city. More homeless/beggars than I expected!

My wife describes the weather as "being in the clothes dryer with a load of damp towels."

Twenty minute commute (11 miles) to work this morning with no real traffic.

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once school is back in the traffic may get a bit worse.

Posted: 8/3/2016 10:36:10 PM EDT

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Found a house in what looks like a nice little neighborhood (just north of Fairfield Acres, if that description makes sense). I'll be an official SGF resident on August 1.
Now I need to find a shop where I can take my CCW class and a range at which to shoot!

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I think thats really close to me.
Eta: yeah I live in Fairfield acres neighborhood so you arent far from me at all.

Posted: 8/4/2016 3:40:06 AM EDT

[#28]

My daughter just got a 2 bedroom large apartment for $585 a month with water paid..Really nice place

Posted: 8/4/2016 12:08:24 PM EDT

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The panhandler population seems to be on a steady rise. 44 and Kansas Exp. is loaded with them. Campbell and 65 also. The interviews with some leading up to the Ozark Empire Fair were interesting. It's like Christmas in July apparently. Overall though the Springfield area is pretty nice. I live in Ozark and other than the mess of a drive on 65 at times it is really nice.

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I frequented Springfield during college 10 to 15 years ago and it seemed like a pretty clean town. I went back for work a couple years back and was surprised at all the beggar/transient types and the part of town I was staying in had a very "methy" feel to it. I was kind of surprised.

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