Lmao 🐽

With strip pits.

FYI they sell the dressing they put on that and the German coleslaw now so it's super easy to make at home.

When I lived there, I remember there was this girl who had a pig that lived in her house. Not a small one, a full size, fat as hell, pig.

Bentonville has good ones. Asian king just makes me sad and ichiban has gone downhill from an already low baseline.

The cost of living isn’t that much lower. Especially housing. I’ve been apartment hunting in Springfield and surrounding areas and the cost of housing is pretty much on par with what I can find in Kansas City Missouri metro areas.

Oof

I certainly don’t want to hear you complaining about “how no one wants to work anymore” or how understaffed you are when you don’t pay people enough to even live on. You can’t live on $13 or $14 an hour in Springfield or anywhere else. Sorry that no one wants to work for free.

Coincidentally enough I’m going through a similar journey. Long live SFMO

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I am. Yes, some of us do work to address adult hunger. There is a coalition of local churches that are providing cold weather shelter and meals to as many as 200 people a night right now. Asbury Methodist, Grace Methodist, Brentwood Christian, National Avenue Christian, Springfield Unitarian Church, Connecting Grounds Church, and a few others. Faith Voices of Southwest Missouri and the Ozarks Council of Churches do legislative work advocating for anti-poverty programs. Please let me know if you have any questions and I can try to answer them.

I have recalibrated my relationship with social media, and I have returned with a new commitment to moderation.

This a burner account Mr. K?

The garlic green beans at Asian King are my favorite. Everyone else will be eating crab legs and chicken and I am chowing on plates of green beans. Seriously, though, Asian King is decent.

I think a lot of businesses aren't going to be able to survive in the near future, honestly. I make plenty of money to live as comfortably as I want, but at the same time I'm cutting back on things I don't really need, especially eating out and services that are mostly for convenience, and I know a lot of people are making the same decision. I think a lot of businesses were cultivated in a time when there was so much spare money all around, from the 1990's until recently, and I feel like there's going to be a shakeout on what people really value and find important.

I've been seeing what happens when I just stop spending money, and my quality of life hasn't dropped one bit. I'm cooking at home, playing my banjo, reading, and hanging out in the woods and parks with my old friends.

I have some friends who own businesses and they're noting that the current crop of high school and college-aged employees are among the best they've ever had. They say they are more punctual than in the recent past, are more appreciative of having a job, work harder, and all-around do a better job than they've ever seen.

It depends.

My income is right below that. I'm working on ways to earn more (I have a lot of untapped talents and I'm not dead yet, so).

But it hasn't been uncomfortable.

Just tighter than I'd like.

springfield, mo 😔

hey i know a ton of these in portland oregon!! where r u located?

Update: yes, very good. Thanks for the recommendation everyone!

Any incorporated townships 25,000 or greater

I wish I could have seen my elementary-age eyes get bigger and bigger with every box of chicken they brought in. It was amazing.

Wow what a treat!!

YES HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT POTATO SALAD! 🤤

The magnet is an old one for sure, I'm not positive but decent chance it's older than me lol

Is this not because of what is determined to be a 'city' instead of a town?

Hickory hills