hey...i live about 2 hours from nixa...nice area...close to the lake of the ozarks and truman lake...alot different climate from calif....alot more humid,, and cold and dreary in winter....but of course...land prices are a lot lower...and taxes....ya do have to worry about natural disasters.
tornado's...and earthquakes...largest earthquake ever recorded and the largest fault in us...new madrid fault...earthquake there in the 1930's caused the mississippi river to run backwards....jeez...but all in all nice area...welcome....to the show me state