Discover the best St. Louis has to offer!
As a newcomer to the greater St. Louis area, you will immediately feel the wonderful diversity our city has to offer. Not only is St. Louis ranked as one of the largest cities in the USA, we boast that we are a big city with a small town personality. We have an abundance of neighborhoods that will draw you into the many activities that make our community uniquely different from the rest. One common factor amongst us all is the friendliness that is extended throughout the year. Once you are here, you will never want to leave. So as you browse through Relocating in Saint Louis, be sure to check out the valuable information on the numerous home builders, available home options and educational choices.
Featured on the front cover is a beautiful corner of the campus of Saint Louis University, the first university built west of the Mississippi River. If you choose to live in the area near the university, you will be surrounded by the arts and theatre district, including Powell Hall, home to the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Fox Theatre and the Contemporary Art Museum. My father, uncle and many relatives graduated from Saint Louis University and after graduating from college, I chose to get married in Saint Francis Xavier, the college church located on the beautiful Saint Louis University campus shown on the cover of this magazine!
With every big city comes shopping, and we’ve touched on a few areas to wet your palate. Once you get here, you’ll discover all the fabulous shopping options – from expansive malls to quaint village-like settings. We also bring you several local design experts who have offered valuable advice on selecting ideal window treatments in our Making Your House Your Home department. Get yourself settled, enroll yourself or your children in the educational system of your choice, find the perfect medical facility and financial institution, and you are on your way to becoming a resident of St. Louis – the best small town, big city in the USA.
Welcome, we are glad you have made St. Louis your home!
Hope to meet you in St. Louis soon!
Suzie Osterloh
Publishing Director, Relocating in St. Louis
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INS AND OUTS OF GETTING AROUND SAINT LOUIS
Getting around St. Louis can be a bit tricky for someone who has just relocated to Missouri’s largest city. However, if you are armed with all the facts about the ins and outs of getting around, then it can be a far less intimidating task.
First of all, if you choose to commute to work, there are several interstate highways to get you there. I-70, for instance, comes in from Illinois before heading west towards Kansas City. I-64 goes east to Louisville, Kentucky while I-44 takes you southwest to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I-55 heads north to Chicago or south to Memphis. I-270 hooks up with I-255 to make a complete loop around the metro St. Louis area while intersecting with I-70, I-64/Highway 40, I-44 and I-55 along the way (see city map on page 26).
While it may be difficult to give up hitting the road in your own vehicle, more and more commuters and businesses are looking for alternative ways of commuting. In St. Louis, the choice for a number of residents is the MetroLink and MetroBus systems.
The MetroLink is St. Louis’ light-rail line, featuring 37 stations throughout the metropolitan area.
With gas prices on the rise and construction on Highway 40 causing traffic headaches, the MetroLink offers an easy, affordable alternative to driving.
The system’s 40-plus miles of track connect stations from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Scott Air Force Base in Shiloh, Ill. Its secondary branch, which opened in 2006, extends to Shrewsbury, Mo. The network provides St. Louisans easy access to work, shopping, recreation and more.
MetroLink’s “proof of payment” system requires riders to validate tickets before boarding trains. One-ride, two-hour and one-day tickets are available, as well as weekly, monthly and special event passes.
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