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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved to an inner ring burb in St. Louis and absolutely love it. Public schools are top notch, I often bike to work (2 mi drive), kids walk to school, dh has a 20 min commute max downtown, everything is within 20 mins (zoo, lots of museums, botanical gardens, professional sports teams, symphony - most of which is free and has free parking). My mom moved here too from the nyc burbs and has never been happier. There are endless things to do and there is a lot less pretension [/quote]

Is it really church-oriented?  We're Jewish (though basically non-practicing) and the one time I went to St. Louis for work I was struck by how often church came up, even in casual conversation.  It just seemed so central to life, in a way that makes me feel like we'd never really fit in if we didn't attend. [/quote]

No. It is heavily Catholic, but not evangelical. It has a surprisingly large Jewish community, at least where we live, although I would say the Jewish community is concentrated in Creve Coeur, Ladue, Clayton, and U City (basically the areas surrounding Wash U). Even in the region as a whole, metro STL has a higher percentage of Jews than many other cities (including Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Seattle, Tampa, Phoenix etc).  We are not Jewish, but my kids all went to JCC preschool and still do some JCC camps. The public schools are very religiously diverse (including non religious), because many of the Catholic families send their kids to private school, even in the "good" school zones.

A lot of people will say they're "from St. Louis" but live 25 + miles outside of the city, where it is admittedly very white, very conservative, and very Christian. I was skeptical when DH got a job there, but we could not be happier. [/quote]

PP you're responding to.  That's nice to hear!  I'm glad you found a great fit for your family.[/quote]

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