Zero culture and economy, brutal weather, poverty
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8/24/2021
Moved to Nixa from CA during the poandemic and moved back home again. At first it was beautiful in the fall climate. Then came the brutal midwest winter and -20F. Our pipes froze, our house flooded, we had no sewer for 2 weeks. The town is very small with little to no culture apart from a BBQ joint and a strip mall or two. Gas stations and Walmart are the only places to visit where people will chat to you. People are very standoffish. Locals are suspicious of outsiders and if you are not a fundamentalist christian it is hard to make friends.
The main street is not really a main street. Very few business. However as its a town in the middle of nowhere it is somewhat safe but we felt safer in our homes in LA or San Diego having never been burgled there.
The villians from Springfield close by travel to Nixa for home invasions and larceny quite often. The law enforcement do their best but are underfunded with the whole unfunded the police thing creeping in. A lot of very low income left wing voters are moving to Nixa from other states.
The drug problems in Nixa are increasing with the Pot shops opening now and the meth capital of the midwest in Springfield is 6 miles away. That was mainly why we left Nixa and moved to Montana. We did not want our kids exposed to drugs, brutal cold and summer heat / humidity and overall nothing to do and zero economy. The schools are good but your kids will be exposed to meth, pot and no economic future.
Steve | Beverly Hills, CA