Moving to St. Louis Area

Welcome:

Don't overlook Eureka. 

Living in St Chuck and working in Chesterfield you'll have traffic both ways.  No easy way from New Town to the Chesterfield Valley. Hwy 94 can be a real mess at times.  If you can afford it. Living in, and commuting out to Chesterfield would have you going against traffic. BTW 3" of snow in StL will shut the area down.  

OWS in StL is hard to find. Big Shark has OWS’s at New Town starting in May.  Babbler SP, and Wild Horse Creek Rd offer some good training hills for the bike. Rockwood Resv. has some great trails to run. Both are close to Chesterfield & Eureka.

That’s my .02

Thanks everyone! That's precisely the kind of stuff I was looking for.  We found a couple places near Lake St. Louis that looked really nice.  You definitely get more for your money out there.  However, i'm a bit concerned about the traffic. (It took me over an hour to get home last night and another hour to get to work this morning.  I'm sick of other people being on my road)  If I could drive 10 mins to work or even ride to work, that'd be awesome We'll try looking closer to St Louis, but just like you said, that might get a little pricey. 

I can't wait to do some tris around Missouri.  If anyone else is considering an IronMan, my wife and eye are seriously eyeballing IM Louisville, Kentucky in 2012.  This season will be all fun stuff though - sprints, olympics, maybe some trail runs.  And if anyone is planning a long relay event (8-12 people, 3 legs per person type stuff), I'd love to get in on something like that.

Goobergirl (great name), if you ever get the urge to move to CO, it looks like we're going to be renting out two houses in Aurora if you're interested

Here is a nice local Tri http://races.ultramaxtri.com/2011/quartermax/

If you are going to live here there are a few things you should know.

If someone ask you what school you went to. We are talking High School.
Imo’s Pizza - pronounced “E-moes”
Hwy 40 is pronounced:  “far-tee”
Ted Drews “Frozen Custard” is more like soft serve ice cream only much much better. It is worth the drive into the city.  
St Louis City is not within St Louis County. It is it’s own entity.
Stop signs (those octagonal ones). You never come to a full stop! Roll through them at about 3 mph.  (unless there is a cop behind you)
On I-270 the posted speed limit is only a suggestion.
On I-170  between 270 and Olive if it says 60 mph DON’t go 61.  

On 40 vs "far-tee"... those two words have very different meaning to me, so good to know.

Thanks for the speed tip.  I've been known to enjoy "spirited driving."

Just noticed your avatar.  Holy crap!! That run must have really sucked!

It was the 08 Lewis & Clark Marathon (now the R&R StL) . It was my first 13.1. The remnants of Hurricane Ike arrived right at gun time. 5” of rain in two hours, 50 mph winds. The course flooded, water stops blew away, they shortened the course to 10mi. Thanks to my Garmin I was able to double back and get in a full 13.1  It was a hoot and a half.

I too had no idea how bad the storm was while we were running. Luckily I had parked on a hill in St Chuck and took the bus to the start. It wasn’t till I was driving home and encountered the flooded intersections with submerged cars.

That red shirt has become my rain shirt. When I was in KC for the 09 Marathon. It was raining at the start. I ended up next to a guy with a LC 08 jersey, we both looked at each other and said “this ain’t rain”.