I have lived east coast, west coast, down south and no matter where I lived you will see the same if u even remotely look for it. California is a shit show, New York City was amazing until it was taken over by whiny Libs and those rhat think they deserve everything without working for it ( That is slowly destroying every town) Drugs are everywhere. Cost of living is out of hand everywhere. That said Springfield isn’t bad besides the politics within the city GOOD OLE BOY THING ( if you want it just pay up) and Mega Churches

Barely a blue state…Would be red if it weren’t for Chicagoland

Consider becoming a Missouri Master Naturalist. You have to complete a multi-week training and maintain 40 hours a year but the volunteer opportunities are endless, especially if you’re passionate about conservation.

WOW is nonprofit.

and right wingers call anyone left of Reagan NPC's... smh

Walgreens. My wife works at Walgreens and when we moved she brought home a ton of boxes

If you want alcohol I’d suggest the barn house. They have bingo and a bar on Wednesday.

Ozarks Literacy Council

Looks like Springfield is no longer in the top 100, so that’s an improvement https://www.innerbody.com/std-testing/std-statistics

Springfield style cashew chicken originated here, and hard af to find elsewhere.

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This dish is Springfield specific. You won’t find it outside of the SW Missouri, specifically Springfield food bubble.

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https://www.givepulse.com/search/Springfield--MO-65802--USA is a good place to look

This is the third comment I’ve seen in this sub mentioning cashew chicken - what’s that about? I’m new here, I don’t know the lore.

The dream center!

Yeah, came here to say this. If you’re not buying meth I doubt you will have a serious problem with crime

Thank you I will definitely check that out!!

The one thing I would add a large majority of the crime is not random acts. Almost all of it is drug or money related fights

You people are so fucking unoriginal.

This said it all.

TVC

Good enough. You do you!

Try using justserve.org They have a lot of service opportunities listed with different organizations.

I have my reasons.