Neighbors from hell, I had a friend that had to deal with that and believe me, you don't want that at all, we prayed for good neighbors when property was being sold on either side of us and God certainly provided and we have a great community that looks out for one another. We have friends that moved to the S.W. corner of Missouri on some good farm land, they seem to be very happy, this is in the Anderson area, I don't know how this area is for tornadoes but I would certainly check out how the weather conditions are for the area you may be thinking of going to, that's why we ended up here in S.W. Oregon, mild weather pretty much year around, no tornadoes and very good gun laws, but even that may change, the left coast is called the left coast for a very good reason, look at the politics for California, Washington and northern Oregon and then read about people wanting to make northern California and southern Oregon the State of Jefferson, there's even people looking into making this same area part of Greater Idaho, I'd prefer to be in the State of Jefferson. Make sure you check out whatever area you are thinking of going to as you don't want any bad surprises after paying for the property. We had considered Idaho, however in doing the research on that state we saw that the area we were thinking about had pretty much the same weather we had living in Colorado, snow and cold weather and we had about enough of that, that's the good thing we found about where we are now, anyway I wish you the best in finding a good place to land.
There are meth heads everywhere in Missouri.I'm in Iowa, I can only tell you about Missouri. It has decent laws for the most part but at least in the north central part, where I do a lot of work, the environment sucks. Humid as sin, full of bugs, rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, plants that will make you itchy, and meth heads. The hunting and fishing is solid though. Southeastern Mo. has some good traits if you like the woods. It has clear streams, low population, wildlife, and fish. To my understanding, it still has a lot of meth heads though.
TBH I don't think you can narrow your search by state most of the time. I wouldn't live in Cali or Illinois because of the politics, but even those states have areas that would be good. It's all about the local areas you're looking at.
(If you can stand the winters and the endless miles of cornfields, Iowa has a lot going for it. Just sayin'...)
Doesn't get much better than that. Like I said, I'm blessed!
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No, I think they are pretty much everywhere.Are there places where meth heads aren't? I'm told a person doesn't have to look too hard to find them though I wouldn't really have any experience at all. I'm thankful to live away from them, at least as far as I know. There is definitely something to be said for having good neighbors, and I am very blessed. Most of the land surrounding me for a couple of square miles is a dairy farm, a cattle farm, a few big chicken houses and a sheep farm. My wife and I are nearly the only people here that aren't related to someone else right here in the neighborhood. But they've accepted us, and we've accepted them almost like extended family. We visit a little on occasion, we share some homegrown veggies, and we all respect each other and look out for each other. Religion and politics ain't bad if you're a conservative and a Christian, which I'm both, so we kinda blend in.
Yes, but some places much more than others. North central Missouri and southeastern Iowa are pretty bad, for example. The I-80 corridor in Cali from the East side of the bay to Sacramento is really bad. But going from Sacramento to Bakersfield and down to Palmdale/Lancaster is horrible, or it was 5 years ago, anyway. I've never seen anything anywhere like the Mojave/Palmdale/Lancaster area...
I know.
The general lack of such characters is why I like where I'm at now. Not that they don't exist, but they're generally few and far between, and the County Mounties keep pretty good tabs on things...
I'm really surprised that they haven't just opened up and legalized mary jane. Compared to the other stuff out there, I have to wonder if it's any more of a problem than alcohol. People abuse that, too. I don't smoke, never did, don't plan to start. Don't drink either save a glass of wine a few times a year. But I think about stuff like this sometimes...
