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.
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.
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.
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Joplin born and retired to here ^_^.
It's a official Census Metropolitan Statistical 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.
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.
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.
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.