No jobs, high rent, loads of traffic with limited
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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.
Bp | Forsyth, MO