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I'd hardly call Branson or Joplin "metropolitan." ;)

• hga 12y ago
  Joplin born and retired to here ^_^. It's a official Census Metropolitan Statistical Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri_metropolitan_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri_metropolitan_... Joplin itself isn't that big (~55K residents, although population doubles during the day), but the 3 county metro area is estimated at 207,488 for 2013, more than half of that in Jasper Country, which most of Joplin is in. And commuting isn't exactly a tough proposition in this area.
  • kendallpark 12y ago
    > And commuting isn't exactly a tough proposition in this area. I can see that having a certain appeal. One of the things I love about St. Louis is the relatively low amount of traffic relative to the metro's size.
    • mikerichards 12y ago
      I guess you're not going 270 north in the morning and south in the evening. I hear 40 and 70 coming out of and going into St. Charles is no picnic either. 44 always seems to flow though.
      • kendallpark 12y ago
        44 and 55 all day, baby. 40 is only rough around Forest Park and 270 during rush hour. And when I say rough, I mean 5-10 minute delay. Which isn't much compared to other cities. I went to college in Chicago. There's a magnitude order of difference between traffic here and traffic there. St. Louis businesses are pretty distributed between the city and county so there isn't a huge downtown rush in the mornings and evenings. The most traffic you'll see downtown is when the Cards are playing.