<p>Curmudgeon: Kirksville is your typical small town. There is a movie theater, a Wal-Mart, the college, and not much else. It's maybe an hour from Columbia (home of Mizzou) and ~3 hours from St. Louis. There is a state park right out of town (Thousand Hills State Park). I must reiterate--it's a SMALL town. 15,000 residents. Very spread out, though. If you have a problem with the midwest, you'll have a problem with Truman.</p>
<p>Truman really is a nice school. Every professor I talked to (the majority of which were English and French professors) was completely passionate about what they do. The students are all very white, very Christian, and mostly from Missouri. However, don't let this fool you: everyone is extremely nice. I had people coming up to me and saying hello, which doesn't really happen in Chicago. (Of course, this could be due to my hair - it was blue.)</p>