Yes, MO. has the cheapest cost of living in the U.S. I've looked that up before. I've wanted to move there since I'm originally from Ill. anyway. I'd only be about 6 hours from home if I were in the St. Louis area. Joplin was cool though. I believe that's where Jesse James hideout was, Merimac Caverns & Onondaga Cave.SW Missouri my friend I live in the sticks just south of Joplin, MO. Everything's cheap here my friend they want you to move here I spent just under 200k for my 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house on 10 acres with a private lake and gated entrance, can't get that anywhere but MO. no body but my wife and 2 dogs...
And BTW I don't run humidifiers, heaters or any AC units in my tents, just some fans and lights, my intake fans pull fresh cold air from outside through a hepa filter in fall and winter, they hook to my house AC ducts in summer, and my extraction fans discharges it into my attic after running through a charcoal filter...as far as heat, my tents get to 80F sometimes, but usually stay right between 72F and 78F year round
Anyway, I think our electric company is robbing us blind here. They are constantly raising the rates knowing we have to have AC in the summer here or die. That's not a joke. People here have died when their AC went out & they couldn't afford to fix it.
All you'll get for $200 K here is a 1200 Sq. ft. house with neighbors next door ... lol.