5 BIGGEST Things to Know About Moving to St Louis, MO in 2024

I didn’t see a ring… what’s the dating scene like?

Nobody seems to Talk about North County And South County...I know why Exactly, this video tells a one sided story, people will honestly think that west county and south city are the only areas in Saint Louis...I guess that's why he starts a house at $400,000 when the average income isn't close to that

Hey Hii myself Jayesh I’m moving to St Louis Missouri please if you could drop you email or phone number that will be soo helpful

There is only one thing. DONT

KC outshines STL which is sad. Imagine going from being #4 in America to #2 in Missouri. Lol

I'm on the verge of getting a job offer there. Having travelled/lived in the Caribbean over the last 8 years, I wonder if I will fit in with people who never go anywhere? I grew up in Connecticut.

Expect cops to be monumentally ignorant stopping you, harassing you just coming out of a restaurant or simply walking down the street. Unreal.

Jacob, since you said you're not all that familiar with Southern Illinois, I'll share something with you about Illinois. Housing may be cheaper but the price of gas is way more expensive than in St. Louis. My dad was from Belleville, IL and moved to St. Louis as a working adult and he said even back in the 1950s, the gas prices were always more expensive across the river. Guess they have a higher gas tax. I too have lived in other states and I agree about the traffic. St. Louis traffic is manageable.

So…What High School DID you go to?

Real estate taxes…. If you live in Ladue, your RATE is actually lower, than if you live in South County. In Soco, our annual taxes are about $4,000 on a $375,000 house. In Ladue, you might pay $12,000 on a $2,000,000 home.

Where is a good place to invest in real estate in good neighborhoods?

I am not from St. Louis and I am not American either. I lived in Maryland for 9 years and have been here for 1.5 now. I must say you were of great help in my research in 2023 when I moved here. Thank you for that. I live and work in central west end so it is pretty much the center of the city, but I have pretty much sampled the whole city.
Saint Louis is a mixed bag just as a bag of apples has mix of bad apples and fresh ones. It is imperative to be decisive otherwise the entire bag is a no go before one realizes. I hope the rot in the cities of this great nation of yours is fixed with the required decisiveness. I am incredibly grateful to you Americans for the incredible hospitality and unparalleled opportunity. I wish nothing but the best for Saint Louis.

A car is a must have because you don't want to get the Metro 🚇🚉🚇🚉🚇🚉🚇🚉🚇 🚍🚌 subway or the bus you can get on them if you want to go to the hospital. I am a South side boy as a kid but now I am a man in Creve Coeur 🤠 Dexter Lombardo . If you are moving here DON'T believe the St Louis news TV stations especially KMOV CBS affiliate and KSDK NBC affiliate they lie if they are talking they are lying. If you are moving don't have children in the city or don't have kids at all because the schools here are horrible. Your kid might end up in a cemetery. Do your research before moving here.

Any one from New York City moved to st Louis in the comments ?

What's it like ?

I love in the Arnold area. I like it here. Higher taxes but bigger police presence so if you need police they're there pretty quick. Same for paramedics etc. They're pretty quick. I personally like knowing the police are "present". STL is known for crime but Arnold is known more for not putting up with it. Very nice family place to live. You'll find this out when you realize there's not many places to buy. If a place does come up for sale, it's gone quickly. But if you can move here I recommend it.
Personally I don't go into the city. Too much crime.
The whole high school thing is very real. When I moved here I thought is was just them being nice but yeah, they're totally sizing you up. I thought that was odd. But every area has their "thing". People thought I was odd when I moved here because I lived right near Arkansas so had the whole southern accent. So much so that I had to work on my language skills lol. Down there people knew what I was saying. Up here... No idea. We had an accent, slang terms etc. And people weren't necessarily nice or understanding either. But I'm still glad I moved here. I wouldn't change a thing. We have a lot more opportunities and best thing is our children do too. The town we came from was dying and still is. Best move we ever made.

My wife and i moved here from Montana. We got tired of not having more to do and not to mention Montana is getting expensive. I come from a small town and if you wanted any decent prices for shopping you had to drive an hour for a Walmart or 2 hours for Home Depot or Lowes etc. Its nice to have choices around here

I grew up in central Missouri and have lived all over the US from my military career and I went right back to Missouri when I got out. I love it here honestly

I live in Kansas City, same. Really put it better, than I've been able to get it in my head. Thanks. Your a good communicator.

Fucking don't should be number one. Lmfao

STL in a nutshell - "If you are from here, you are one of us and you are welcome. If you are NOT from here, you will NEVER be one of us. Get out!" When I moved to STL in 1990, it was known for having the most corp. headquarters per capita of any U.S. city. Those days are long gone. Southwestern Bell moved to Texas because the executives (even the CEO) were made to feel so unwelcome in STL. Yes, you are still judged by what private Catholic high school you attended. Not Catholic? Get out!

If you plan on living in stl get a ccw and always carry. ALWAYS. This is coming from an stl resident

Everything you need to know about moving to St Louis? You needed a 17 minute video to say "Don't "? That's just inefficient.

Yo! What's up Timberland High School!

I live car free in the city and I’m doing fine. Suburban folk are just soft

Im from Saint Louis. It sucks.

STL sucks

I wouldn't recommend anyone moving here, St Louis is a great place to live if you love being homeless in the street. There's no jobs here, you will not find any meaningful work here. The city used to be a really vibrant place with some of the best night clubs in the country. Now its a dilapidated, crime ridden dump. St Louis county aint much better. I hope and pray it changes for the better, but the economy here is totally dead, crime is a serious problem, and the lack of work opportunities just exacerbates things. Its not safe to live here, I wont even walk the streets in many parts of St Louis today. Its sad too, this was the greatest place to live when I first moved here in the 90's. I lived the American dream here long ago, that dream is long gone.

Stay out of the city of St. Louis. Stay off of the Metrolink. Don't park at ANY of the downtown parking garages. Stay out of the Tower Grove neighborhood. Stay away from any Metrolink stop. The town is a murder waiting to happen.

Warren County FTW!

The most insane cultural thing these people do....."they will ask you where you went to high school.😂😂😂No I am serious these Neanderthals find that's a way to determine if you are a moral person or not. All you can say to this type of group think is "who the hell raised you"!!!

It’s wild hearing people attempt to polish a turd that battles for the top murder capital every year. I wouldn’t even describe Frontenac or Ladue as awesome. The wealthiest stlouis area would be considered the slums of every other major city.

Ok I’m from stl and and I’m a 19 yr old male and stl is a ghost town it’s nowhere to meet anymore nowhere to meet women and stl just boring and not fun💯💯💯

I’m an LA transplant here for 20 years. A few things. Provel is gross and not cheese, don’t look up what hot salami is actually made from, learn what church has the best fish fry, accept that the Cards will be bad for another 5-10 years, car dealers are closed on Sundays, don’t go downtown at sundown, crown candy is great, and yes you’ll have to take your visiting family to the arch…again

Being here 37 years I totally agree with all this.

live 2 hours from there,,, wont go there,, to many undesirables running loose

I was born and raised in the area born in Creve Coeur Lived in St. Charles 90% of my life. My Grandpa was Raised in Berkely and my mom in North St. louis they move to St. Charles in the early 70s. I move to IL for a few yrs. hated it and Moved Back home to MO.

Stop lying we don’t have good sides

If traffic is completely stopped in stl for more than few seconds it means a bridge fell over across a 6 lane highway with 2 trains on the track

If you live in any city other than St. Louis take whatever you think your house was worth 12 years ago that’s what a house a little bit bigger here cost if I want 3000 ft.² in the nicest area possible I’m talking 600 700,000 if I want it in the cheapest area possible 130,000

Someone from say parkway West is basically from California compared to someone from lemay if I grew up 3 miles from you I might mistake you for being an illegal immigrant we are so different

People from stl judge you based on your income there is no racism here no matter how far south you go race is completely mixed

Tip number one, don’t. It is a distopian, post apocalyptic war zone. 🤣

I have heaed in similer videos that asking about tou hugh schoolis notunique to t. Louis. I also think it doesn’t mean as much as it used to. In the 1930s -1940s most people lived within the city limits the question would not only point out younr neighorhiod, but could also tell whether or not you were likely to be Catholic, st the city had an extensive catholic school sytem

West County, south county, and Saint Charles County all very good places to live. The city has some very nice spots, but one street over can be a nightmare.

this dude is so genuine and also informative and transparent. you're cool man

dont go down the wrong streets here. dont stop at stop signs in certain places around here, for some reason that will get a gun pulled on you. some places are fine but most of the nothern and outer downtown places is pretty damn bad

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.

I've been here my whole 67 years and my advice is make sure you pack especially if you're living in the city itself. What this kind gentleman failed to mention was we're usually number one for murders as well as being listed in the top three cities for violence in the entire country based on FBI statistics. Good luck and be careful.😢😊

From a resident - DO NOT MOVE TO RURAL AREAS. The people in those regions are incredibly uneducated, gun waving, meth smoking tools. Unless you think the Trump mentality is good because that's who they are.

Too comfortable out there. The state is trash and the traffic is bad. Most people out there drive like they’re drunk lol nah but beyond that, people are so rude out there and there’s no diversity so they know what they only see. 😂