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| Branson is great place to live - 1/15/2013
Branson is a great place to live for so many reasons. The people are warm and friendly. They now how to celebrate Christmas. From the adoration parade downtown and lighting the nativity scene on Mt. Branson, to Silver Dollar City and its great music, parades, and lights, they understand the true meaning of Christmas. Clean air and water. Beautiful mountains and lakes. World class bass fishing on Tablerock Lake, and world class trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo. 100 shows, attractions, great dining. All the big city ammenities with a small town feeling. Great hospitals. Cost of living is low and housing is reasonable, renting or buying. Climate is moderate. No mosquitoes,as the man made lakes water levels fluctuates, with no stagnant water, and rain water run off from the mountains, water does not sit still. We have lived here two years now and love it. [read more...]
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| Friendliest Schools - 5/31/2010
What are the best schools. My 12 year old son has a very hard time making friends..so upscale and a little snubby would put him out to dry. Can you help? Reeds, Branson...??[read more...]
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| Couldn't live in a better city - 1/21/2010
There's a very Christian atmosphere here, so the people are extremely friendly. It's very peaceful.[read more...]
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| climate - 5/10/2009
fine place to live,just to humid for me.[read more...]
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| No jobs, high rent, loads of traffic with limited - 10/26/2008
Lived in the Branson area for over 2 years now. If you want various ways to get somewhere: good luck. Even when it's NOT the tourist season (April to September) you will end up behind someone that likes to to drive 40 miles an hour in a 60 mph. Plus there is only 2 ways to get anywhere in town, hence the red, blue, yellow, green "named" roads. There are limited jobs, once I was laid off it took me 3 months to find another job that paid OK. Most people laugh if you want to make over $12 an hour. Jobs are limited to retail, tourism, food and beverage (for $7 an hour), or entertainment (if you are lucky). The plus side is everyone knows everyone (which could be a bad thing). High cost of living in the area makes it hard to understand how anyone could live on $7 an hour and own a house in the area, which is why most locals do no live in Branson. People think they can move to Branson and make it big, they are sadly mistaken. There is no homeless shelter, so you see the repercussions of people moving here on a dream. Also there is no public transportation, hardly sidewalks anywhere, tourists busy looking at the "attractions" that drive into your lane of traffic, the locals are aggressive drivers that have literally tried to run me and my husband off the road, but there is plent of entertainment if you have the money. Good to visit, not to live.[read more...]
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| Branson has been good to me !!! - 2/15/2008
BRANSON: Great family (fastgrowing town) place to live and raise a family. Branson is my home town for 75 yrs. Great churches, great schools, great entertainment,Great water sports (3 lakes). 400 plus resturants,40 plus theaters, how could anybody ask for mone? Jerry[read more...]
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| More needed - 2/10/2008
Branson has long been a retirement community. There are roughly 7000 people who live here. Branson is growing an more and more families are moving here. Homes with 3+ bedrooms at affordable prices are hard to find. Just 45 minutes down the HWY you find Springfield. Springfield has affordable housing. For example, a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house could cost $120-200K. In Branson the same house would cost $250K+. Not only is the housing expensive incomes are low. There are not many jobs aailable and most are in sales, retail, or resteraunt. From Feb.- Mar. there are many layoffs, business closings, and incomes drop.[read more...]
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