That's just over the line in Oklahoma. We go to machine gun shoots in Oklahoma every year.
This. Thank you for the compliments!!
Republic has become seriously overgrown in the last ten years. Nice town but too many people.
Mount Vernon is where I lived. 30 minutes to Joplin, 30 minutes to Springfield, but it's on the interstate so, tornadoes. Consider also, Monett which is off interstate but about equidistant.