growing up in joplin and seeing it all
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8/1/2011
i have grown up in joplin my entire life. i have been reading some of the previous comments on here about joplin and i am highly amazed over how many people actually have something nasty to say. when i was young i lived out in the country. i never really grew up around problems of any sort. yea, sure in school there might have been drugs around but that didnt mean everyone did them. but i still to this day have never been around meth. there have been meth labs around our area but it does not come out of joplin. it comes out of the baxter springs, galena, and riverton area. and all the remarks i see about crime and theft, since when is there a city were there isnt theft? yeah maybe cars get "broke into" if you leave them unlocked, or something may get stolen off your lawn thats up by the road, but seriously why would you put something out by the road like that or leave your car unlocked. i have never known anyone whos house has been broken into. and out version of fun is not going to casinos. and as far as smoking, there are designated smoking areas and places. you can only smoke in some restaraunts and they have smoking sections. there bars you can smoke at and the bowling alley and thats it. there is one club, where you can smoke after a certain time. and not everybody smokes. this really is a great town to live in. we do have a strong bond to each other even though we dont know each other. how i know this is from the EF-5 tornado. ive seen it all. cost of living is very reasonable to.finding a job, very simple to do. if you have the education to be somebody you can. going to college here is very great. its is a fantastic school (missouri southern state university). i hope you guys really take this into consideration. i have lived here my whole life so i see what new comers see and what people see who have lived here their whole life. when you move here, you cant have the idea of hillbilly town. or else you will look for problems
mercedes | Joplin, MO