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Springfield, located at the northern edge of the Ozark Mountains, is the third largest city in Missouri.

Springfield is the home of professional baseball's minor leage Springfield Cardinals and is a short drive from the country music extravaganza that is Branson. Area freshwater lakes make this a fisherman's paradise and 7500 miles of river and lake shoreline contain some of the Midwest's best river float trips.
Among GreatPlacesToRetire cities, Springfield ranks high in home sales prices, natural hazards risk, medical care, taxes and affordable cost of living. Springfield ranks low in family income and crime.
For more detailed information -- including data on home prices, population demographics, air quality, water quality and more -- click on the City Report graphic below:
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