Buy/always carry some pepper spray and avoid the downtown area late at night especially if you are walking (awesome during the day, gets dicey at night especially on weekends). Probably also avoid going to the north side of town when possible. There are pockets that are great but overall the northern part of town is much lower income/has higher random crime.

I have lived here my whole life (30) and I haven’t ever really had any big issues aside from a recent burglary/arson at my house and random meth heads being annoying. Being in an apartment and staying close to campus you should be fine/in no more danger than any other city.

**Edit to add I am not being classist against the north side, that is where i live so totally basing on personal experience lol

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I'd pick elsewhere unless you have a reason to be tied to springfield

Across from the chinese food place

agreed. never had a good experience at mercy personally.

they have ones that pop results within 30 seconds. watched one when i got a job in the past.

and lots of antique/vintage and secondhand stores!! 💗

always called it the teen titans tower when i was a kid! honestly i still do

I just made a post saying this exact thing, yeah Stay away from the drug scene and you’ll be ok, our bus system is kind of junk! If you live near msu it will be ok though. There are a lot of Indian students that live in the apartments around the Panera bread on national street, which I frequent. They all seem really nice and do their thing.

Something I would recommend if you can stomach it is joining the church crowd even if you aren’t interested in Christianity because they will accept you and help you out.

There's a reason why 417 is a nickname for meth.

Also, the north side of Springfield is considered the poor sector and is also where all the homeless people travel (they actually sleep and hang around city hall) they aren’t horrible and mostly still have their ozarks hospitality and you will do them no wrong if you carry cigs. They do like to chitchat. South Springfield is “cleaner” but has a bunch of stupid shopping centers and roads that people drive too fast on and wreck their cars. There are pockets of unique neighborhoods that are old and well kept, we also have some colleges and the downtown is ok, and I believe we still have at least two (?) dedicated hobby stores, there are also stores in our mall that sell high quality toys and figurines

Welcome! Missouri State is a great school, and there's a huge group of international students there. You'll find a home.

Violence in Springfield is limited geographically. The Missouri State campus is very safe, and the surrounding area, though prone to property crime, does not experience much violent crime. Lock up your stuff and you'll be good.

I always tell people, don't do drugs, and don't stand between others and the drugs they want, and you're unlikely to find yourself in a violent situation.

Hope that helps.

We definitely have both a homeless and a drug problem, but they are probably much less severe than Seattle. Supposedly Springfield has bad crime statistics and violence, but I guarantee you won’t notice if you aren’t in the habit of smoking meth. It’s a good cheap place to live, I would recommend getting involved in our local politics which are devolving steadily into a clown show. All in all, would recommend, can’t guarantee it won’t get worse though

I love cheddars, but it has gone downhill since Darden bought it

Branson. There are literally like 2 to 3 jerky places there and Silver Dollar City, seriously.

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My trans daughter sees Dr Kate Kilgo at Cox Steeplechase and she is amazing and incredibly inclusive.

Sorry you are going through this, I hope you can get some temporary shelter soon and get back on your feet.

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I would suggest stay away from anything mercy. As they are a fairly religious hospital. So they can deny you anything that's against their religion. Now there are probably a few doctors in mercy that are cool but I don't trust it.

Happy Cake Day you sexy ass

Not a fan of Burrell, personally. Ginger Holczer is a good therapist in the area that helps with trans people if you need an in person therapist. Strongly recommend Small Victories Wellness if you're alright with online support. They are a really good for online sessions.
For PCP check out Adam Bolyard.