Talk:Missouri

Regions

It seems to me that the following region names are rather pedantic.

• Central Region (Missouri)
• Northeast Region (Missouri)
• Northwest Region (Missouri)
• Southeast Region (Missouri)
• Southwest Region (Missouri)

Is the word Region actually used for these areas or would

• Central (Missouri)
• Northeast (Missouri)
• Northwest (Missouri)
• Southeast (Missouri)
• Southwest (Missouri)

be better? Even the Missouri article hints that the region version is not the most common usage for these areas. I am thinking of moving the regions and wondered if anyone else had any comments about these names. -- Huttite 06:43, 9 Jan 2006 (EST)

The shorter the better if you ask me... Jpatokal 08:47, 9 Jan 2006 (EST)

My bad... sorry about that... Xltel 09:10, 9 Jan 2006 (EST)

I have made this change. Xltel 14:24, 10 Jan 2006 (EST)

Comment from Missouri

I have lived in Missouri all my life, and not to make a rude comment or anything, but this article is truly bad. Someone put Bolivar and Bowling Green as major cities. Bolivar's population is about 5-7000. Cape Girardeau, St. Joseph, and Hannibal (home of Mark Twain, one of Missouri's most famous residents) aren't listed. I rewrote the cities.

Also, Jefferson City may be on the edge of the Ozarks technically (so is St. Louis), but I don't know anybody who lives here that would call it "in the Ozarks". I think the whole region thing needs to be scrapped and started over again. I know this is what's on the state's tourism website, but to me:

• Northeast Missouri – includes Hannibal and Kirksville
• Northwest Missouri – includes St. Joseph
• St. Louis Area – St. Louis metro area including St. Charles
• Kansas City Area – Kansas City metro area including Independence
• Central Missouri – includes Jefferson City and Columbia
• Southeast Missouri – Includes Ste. Genevieve and Cape Girardeau
• The Ozarks – includes Springfield, Joplin, Rolla, West Plains, and Poplar Bluff.

This actually leaves a small area south of Kansas City unclassified (it's not part of the Ozarks), maybe all of that could be called "Western Missouri"? If possible, I'll borrow a map from Wikipedia and see if I can do this on a map.Rt66lt 13:36, 12 Jan 2006 (EST)

Hello Rt66it, thank you for helping to add content and make the Missouri article better. I don't see a problem with adding regions for Kansas City and St. Louis. Again thanks Xltel 13:52, 12 Jan 2006 (EST)

I went ahead and changed that section to the areas listed above. When I can get a map done, I'll add that. I thought I would comment on it before I went and made a change like this. Also, since the northwest Missouri, etc. have links, should "St. Louis Area" and "Kansas City Area" have a seperate article from St. Louis and Kansas City?Rt66lt 13:58, 12 Jan 2006 (EST)

I will go ahead and create the new regions and move St. Louis and Kansas City. As far as the Ozarks, there is a Ozarks article that covers four states, so we might want to change that back to Southwest and indicate it is in the Ozarks or as an alternative we could create a new region that is Ozarks (Missouri) which would be unique for Missouri. Xltel 14:08, 12 Jan 2006 (EST)

This discussion looks to have died long ago, but hopefully someone knowledgeable will be able to look over the regions map I have added, especially to make sure the counties were sorted appropriately by region. --Peter ^Talk 09:43, 15 May 2009 (EDT)

Branson Claim

I'd really like to see a citation on this: "Branson - 2nd most visited place in the U.S."; I have a very serious disbelief in this. Thanks! Ray