R.I.P. Scout26
Nope. I grew up in a rural area about 40 miles from Saint Louis. It's not a bad place to live at all. Far enough out that we had livestock for neighbors (and got fresh eggs), but close enough that we could visit a museum or have access to various specialty shops, or whatever. A number of good radio stations was the main, day-to-day benefit (one of my Dad's main forms of entertainment; it's as important to him as high-speed internet is to many people today). Franklin County is supposed to be some hive of meth operations these days. I've never come across it, myself. [shrug] Dad still leaves an ignition key in the floorboard of his vehicles.
