St. Louis, MO Reviews

Ready for consolidation - 1/22/2013
The St. Louis area is made up of the city then dozens of municipalities around the city. Many of these municipalities are so small they can only afford to maintain services from tickets. There's some but little cooperation between the municipalities and it's holding the St. Louis area back from thriving. If this problem can be solved the area would grow tremendously because the cooperation would lead to improvements in infrastructure and attraction of new companies to the Read More

Class spelled with a kapital "K" - 11/13/2012
This entire region is the middle step child of American cities.

It isn't large enough in any positive category and it only has the worst qualities of midwestern living.

Lousy real estate values, terrible salaries, only IT jobs are well paying since the midwest is a top choice for data centers since it is easy to avoid disasters here.

The entire state of Missouri is a cultural toilet and St. Louis is the permanent brown ring that everyone refuses to scrub. The iconic St. Louis Arch is old and usually closed for maintenance to prevent the hapless from making the tourist climb to the top.

The Mississippi river creates a stench and the night life is either frightened or fleeing. Drivers are clog the passing lane and hate anyone with out of state plates, most people that visit Missouri are only doing so because their plane made an emergency landing and the pilot can't wait for the replacement parts to arrive.

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St. Louis is only good for the well-off. - 10/2/2012
I attended Webster Groves and Parkway North in high school. I was in the foster care system so I always attended schools in the county. I was always cut off from the city, Other than the arch for field trips. But once out of state custody, I was left to fend for myself. With a minimum wage job, no car, and no roommate, I was forced into the city. Even with a roommate I would not be able to afford a car, so getting a management job or a 10/hour job clerk job was nearly impossible because it takes a while to get from the city to the county. The county is were the half-way decent jobs are. I was stuck in poverty. The problem with St. Louis is if you are not well-off, you are pretty much doomed to live in poverty. You're only aquatainces or friends are thugs, drug dealers, section 8 government dependent people. They all are happy to see you stuck in poverty with them. So much fighting for street credit and popularity. If you get thrown into the chaos from the well-off county, you will Read More

Show me state - 9/12/2012
I have live here my whole life and it is affordable city but the crime rate is risky, its small city, great baseball town, not alot of opportunites but its not hard to find work if you stay on Read More

Outsiders review of St. Louis - 4/17/2012
Each city has 'pros' and 'cons' and St. Louis is one who has variances in each direction, but in different areas I have never experienced before.

About me, I have lived and worked throughout the world. I have lived and worked in countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. I carry professional certifications for my industry as well as advanced level degrees from a variety of international institutions.

Pros:
a) Conservative - very "educated middle class" and and somewhat 'Right Wing'

b) Safe - Everyone watches out for each other. The best example is the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Championship parade; no violence, no burned cars; I am a Cardinals fan just because of the Cardinals fans.

c) Clean - the people here even pick up their own trash after concerts and even put their shopping carts up after they finish shopping, etc. I am originally from Atlanta, and the city is going to the dogs - filth everywhere. The Read More

Block by Block - 3/11/2012
We live in South City. St. Louis City is ten times better than most of St. Louis Read More

Horrible quality of life - 3/7/2012
I've lived in many places throughout the US and the St Louis area is definately towards the bottom of the list. Horrible hot and humid summers, gloomy chilly wet winters, constant winds, tornados, very high crime, and no where to escape. The lack of recreational opportunities may account for the high drug and alcoholism rates. Read More

Beautiful Parks - 2/13/2012
St. Louis has many beautiful parks located right in the center of the city. Forest park is my Read More

Been here 11 months - 12/25/2011
Came for job that didn't pan out. Now feeling displaced. Even if we could afford to move... where do we Read More

Living in STL - 9/22/2011
We've been living in St. Louis for 4 years now. My husband attends Logan College of Chiropractic. This is a beautiful place to live. The sun shines most of the year. When it rains, it really pours, but then its over and the sun comes right back out. The summers are unbearably humid, and in the winter that moisture in the air turns to ice and nips at your bones. Tornado season is pretty scary, esp this last one. Entire houses were taken out just down the street from us and there was damage to our house as well. This is a great place for hiking and camping, if you don't mind pulling out ticks. There are A LOT of bugs in Missouri! There is a very high crime rate in certain areas, so check your area online before deciding where to move to. We are in Maryland Heights and its been a nice place to live. On a more personal note, I don't like living here. It is hard to make friends, people aren't too friendly, and I feel like the whole area just has a negitive energy to it. Some Read More