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Old 10-02-2012, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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^It's gorgeous. And while it's almost impossible to time and even tougher to get to, if you can ever see the town during a snowfall I couldn't recommend it more. I think we were the only tourists in town and damn near everything was closed, but it was one of the loveliest things I've ever seen.
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Old 10-02-2012, 08:17 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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If I am headed to this area, it would be specifically FOR the terrain and topography, rather than the human-altered hokum. In fact, my primary destination will be beyond Branson, right into Eureka Springs. It must be absolutely stunning there in a few weeks during peak fall foliage.
Obviously you've never been to either place. But don't let that stop you from being insulting, and very wrong!
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Old 10-02-2012, 08:38 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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Yea, the Ozarks has great topography, it just seems like Branson is sort of away from those areas a bit and doesn't really capitalize much on being in the ozarks and more on the theaters and outlet malls.

But I have only been there a few times, so I will admit, I'm no expert on Branson. I guess I always headed to Colorado when I wanted outdoors stuff. The ozarks is better than much of MO and clearly better than KS, NE, IA etc, but I would rather drive to CO. More to do that interest me.
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:03 PM
 
Location: Branson, Missouri
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Yea, the Ozarks has great topography, it just seems like Branson is sort of away from those areas a bit and doesn't really capitalize much on being in the ozarks and more on the theaters and outlet malls.

But I have only been there a few times, so I will admit, I'm no expert on Branson. I guess I always headed to Colorado when I wanted outdoors stuff. The ozarks is better than much of MO and clearly better than KS, NE, IA etc, but I would rather drive to CO. More to do that interest me.
Branson is actually in the HEART of the Ozarks. Bransons whole existence is because of the Ozarks. The Ozarks are Branson, Branson is the Ozarks. I know many people in Branson consider themselves to be Ozarkian over a Missourian, as we have more in common with the surrounding regions of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:22 PM
 
Location: Boilermaker Territory
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The Ozarks have good topography regionaly and good fall foliage but the Northwoods has much more vibrant fall foliage due to the mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees and soil types being different.
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Old 10-03-2012, 12:21 PM
 
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As already said, everything in Branson is marketed towards old people. Old people are dying off or on fixed incomes so higher gas prices and everything else going on means they aren't getting around much anymore. For the younger crowd you have Silver Dollar city which is extremely overrated in my opinion, and a massive amount of go-karts which get old quickly.

Branson might be in gorgeous country, but if you want outdoors there are a lot better (and cheaper) options, like anything at Lake of the Ozarks, or any southern MO river. A lot funner times for younger people too because of the (lack of) liquor laws.

Branson needs to change their image and their direction if they want to get back on the map.
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Old 10-03-2012, 04:07 PM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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Obviously you've never been to either place. But don't let that stop you from being insulting, and very wrong!
No, you are right, Curmudgeon, I haven't been to either place, although I've read a lot about both, and my mom visited Branson for a week, and told me much about it. However, this was a bad post on my behalf, and I apologize to you if I offended you. I should visit both places before I comment further. For the record, the closest I've gotten to the area is the Jacks Fork/Current River confluence, and I am not sure if there are comparables when it comes to land cover. But I can't wait to find out!
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Old 10-03-2012, 04:07 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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The Ozarks have good topography regionaly and good fall foliage but the Northwoods has much more vibrant fall foliage due to the mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees and soil types being different.
That's helpful; especially as the topic is "Branson."
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Old 10-03-2012, 04:08 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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Branson is actually in the HEART of the Ozarks. Bransons whole existence is because of the Ozarks. The Ozarks are Branson, Branson is the Ozarks. I know many people in Branson consider themselves to be Ozarkian over a Missourian, as we have more in common with the surrounding regions of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
Yes we do, don't we!
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Old 10-03-2012, 06:08 PM
 
Location: CasaMo
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For the record, the closest I've gotten to the area is the Jacks Fork/Current River confluence, and I am not sure if there are comparables when it comes to land cover. But I can't wait to find out!
It's similar, but different land cover. Both areas are rugged with high relief, but the Branson area has a lot of cedar "glade" type forested landscape and the Current River area has thicker woods with lots of shortleaf pine mixed in.
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