Is there still a serious flood threat in that area after what happened in '93? > Hah! I may have accidentally convinced my dad to buy a retirement house > in Pike County. I happen to be telling him how cheap land is in parts - > about $500 (that's five HUNdred) per acre, and that my brother-in-law > bought a four-bedroom farmhouse with a couple acres in Summer Hill for > $28,000. You can still buy shotgun houses in Rockport for $10,000. Also, > since they put the superhighway through that now passes north of > Pittsfield on it's way to Hannibal, MO, land values there are going to > explode as people move out from Springfield which is about 50 miles from > Pittsfield but is now a straight shot down an Interstate. > > After all this discussion, he's going to drive over there to look into > it. (He lives in Bloomington-Normal).