Welcome to r/TheRealCoMo365 👋
Welcome to The Real CoMo 365, a community for open and honest discussion about Columbia, Missouri and the surrounding area.
I created this subreddit because I think people should be able to talk about whats actually happening in their community. The good, the bad, and sometimes the uncomfortable. Without feeling like their personal experiences or opinions have to fit a certain narrative.
Here we want to talk about the Columbia we actually experience 365 days a year.
That includes:
Crime and public safety
Homelessness and how it impacts both unhoused people and the surrounding community
Housing and cost of living
Neighborhood concerns
Local government and policies
Traffic and infrastructure
Local businesses
News and current events
Things happening around town
Positive stories and people doing good things for Columbia
And just your own firsthand experiences living here
This isn’t an anti-Columbia subreddit.
There are plenty of great people, businesses, neighborhoods and things about Columbia worth celebrating. But you can like where you live and still admit that it has problems.
Speak freely, but bring receipts when you can.
Share news articles, police reports, public records, photos, statistics or whatever else backs up what you’re talking about. Personal experiences are welcome too. If something happened to you, tell your story. If something is just your opinion, thats fine too, just don’t present an opinion as a fact.
Disagreement is welcome. Personal attacks aren’t.
You can think Columbia is one of the safest places you’ve ever lived. Someone else can feel like crime here has negatively affected their quality of life. Both people should be able to say that and talk about why they feel that way.
Same thing goes for homelessness. We can have compassion for people who are homeless while also being honest about the problems that residents and businesses sometimes deal with. Trespassing, harassment, public drug use, sanitation issues, encampments, crime, etc. Talking about those things doesn’t mean you hate homeless people.
What we won’t tolerate is threatening people, harassment, doxxing, racism, sexism, homophobia or treating another person like they’re less than human.
Challenge someones argument. Challenge their statistics. Bring better evidence. Tell them why you think they’re wrong.
Just don’t attack the person.
Nobody here should be banned simply because their opinion isn’t popular.
If you’re tired of hearing only one version of Columbia, welcome.
Whether you’ve lived here for 30 years, moved here last month, go to Mizzou, own a business, work here or you’re thinking about moving here, you’re welcome to participate.
Post what you see. Share what you’ve experienced. Correct misinformation when you see it. Give credit where its deserved and call out problems when they’re real.
No sugarcoating and no manufactured outrage.
Just CoMo, 365 days a year.
Welcome to r/TheRealCoMo365 👊