I think the Branson Landing is a good spot to walk around. You don’t even need to shop, just to look around and there’s spots to view the river. Also several places to eat

I like the landing for first dates. Might pick a warmer day though

Go to the moonshine store first and and “taste” each one for a good buzz. It’s what I like to do it generally lasts half way down the landing.

Also if you tip well and are nice to them they sometimes give double “tastes”

I like the Landing. You can just walk along the lake, feed some ducks, people watch, or walk thru the stores, catch the fountain show and stop in to the arcade or Mellow Mushroom Pizza, or grab some candy and hot chocolate at Kilwins.

It’s funny that everyone is saying the landing because that’s naturally the first spot I thought when I went to plan a date for this week. And I think it says something about peoples desires. The Ozarks have been destroyed in favor of car dependency when what the people actually want is more walkability! It doesn’t hurt that it’s right next to Taneycomo but it would still be a nice spot regardless. In the age of loneliness, everyone is craving more of these third places where life can happen and moments/memories can be created outside of a car!

Does this argument have to be shoehorned in to every post now? It's getting tiresome.

"What's the best Mexican restaurant?

"It's so sad how cars have destroyed all the Mexican restaurants, what we need is more walkable neighborhoods. Car culture is so awful."

It’s related because the landing & downtown are very walkable spots and we don’t have enough of them around here so of course I’m going to talk about it! It’s something I’m passionate about. (Edited the last part because I’m was being an ass, sorry other person)

Lakeside Forest trails. The main highlight is the bluff overlook, waterfall (wet season), and bluffside trails.

OP is asking for date destinations where they can walk around, not a lecture on the evils of the automobile. So no, I don't think it's all that relevant. It's relevant to you, and your ideas, and your passions. But it wasn't what OP was asking about.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Every time "car" or "walk" or "lonely" is mentioned, you r/fuckcars people think it's prime time to trot out all your arguments about how cars are the cause of every single problem in the world.

It's not even that I disagree in principle. It's that every post doesn't need to have this argument.

It wasn’t like I came completely from left field though. Not only did I also mention the landing seems like a great spot for a date but to add to the conversation I was simply just making an observation about how people gravitate towards these walkable places for many different reasons including dates. When would be a good time to discuss the cars dominance in lives? It’s an issue we’ve been ignoring for a long time and one that’s been getting worse. Pedestrian deaths are on the rise and no one seems to care. This is what Reddit was designed for: conversation and talking about the issues

> ...but to add to the conversation

That's just it, you're not adding to the conversation, you're diverting it to what you want to talk about rather than what OP wanted to talk about, which was nice spots for a date.

There are lots of good times to talk about it. But it's brought up ad nauseam in completely unrelated comment sections consistently.

No one seems to care about pedistrian deaths? That's just not true. It gets brought up all the time including here and in the news. People in this sub are upset about it often, and rightly so.

Yes, Reddit was created in part for discussion. We just don't have to discuss this particular subject in every thread.

Favorite park in town! I also think Stockstill is pretty underrated. It’s especially magnificent when the Roark Creek is high after a good rain!

I don’t know why you’re making such a big fuss about my point. All I was trying to say was that more walkable places would be a good idea because people seem to like them. I understand that you’ve heard the sentiment before but not everyone has. I just want to see a little bit of meaningful change in my lifetime and you have to get everyone to recognize that there’s a problem with how we’re designing our cities.

Depends. Are you a guy dating a girl or a girl dating a girl or a guy dating a guy? While that shouldn't matter, Branson is pretty close to a lot of rebel flag enthusiasts so . . .

Location: Branson Landing
To Do:

-Mirror Maze

-Mountain Coaster (About 10 minutes away from Branson Landing)

-Arcade

-Really good food (personally recommend Guy Feirys place down there)

-shopping

-river view

Henning Scenic Overlook. Beautiful view and has a long or short trail to hike. Also the Historic Owen Homestead hike is really nice but has a lot of stairs!

This was my exact date a few months ago

Mochas and meows is awesome

Nah. Don’t give away how cheap you are on the first date.

That’s a second date itinerary.

At least they didn’t mention Trump.

For food Sugar Leaf!

I took a girl on a date down at the landing. We ate at the fish house then walked from one end of the landing to the other. We have been married now for ten years and we have three kids. Successful first date!

Andy B's bowling could be fun.

And there’s a hotel right there… If things go well… ;)

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You're skipping over the part about the need for third places. That bit seems more relevant to the conversation. It's fair to notice that a community craves certain kinds of spaces. And car dependency does influence the kinds of spaces we get to experience and choose between for first dates.

Branson Landing. That is pretty interesting. It has shops to window shop from and a water fountain show that is free

The Landing and the park at the landing have some good walking areas. Kind of the best all around mix of walking and not walking activities so it's a bit of a go-to. Plus it lends to a bit of sense of security if there's other people around.

Stockstill has some good walking areas as well as creek access if you like to stop and look for pretty walks or get your feet wet a bit (though likely not in january)...as well as it's likely to be a tad more secluded while also not feeling completely isolated.

If you're looking for something more hiking/nature-y there's the trail out where fall creek hits old 76 by Dixie Stampede/Hurts Donuts. It's more physical but its fairly secluded, has lots of beautiful vistas and picture opportunities.

A few other places I've had good talk/walks on are

-From the Landing up Main St (ie past Starbucks up to Dicks 5&10)

-Down the strip pretty much anywhere with decent business/activity.

-That trail by the dam (Dewey Short) out to the marina (good bike spot too).

Right, I did not address third spaces because that part of the comment was relevant.

Let me draw your attention to two sentences in the initial comment that are what I specifically was taking issue with:

> The Ozarks have been destroyed in favor of car dependency when what the people actually want is more walkability!

And:

> In the age of loneliness, everyone is craving more of these third places where life can happen and moments/memories can be created outside of a car!

Removing those two sentences would have made the entire comment on-topic. As I said, I don't disagree with these ideas in general. In fact, there's a 7 Brew post up now that would be a great place to bring up these topics.

Edit: Ha! I just noticed that it was you that posted about 7 Brew.

Edit 2: I noticed that the second sentence I quoted contained the reference to third spaces, so I bolded the portions I thought were off-topic.

No worries, I must have glossed over whatever you edited because I didn't take it amiss.

I just skimmed your history and realized we have been responding to each other a bit. On your bass pro sign post and your old 7brew post.

Interesting. I recognize a few usernames here, but it's usually people who either post a lot or are particularly obnoxious. Or if they found Dave the cat, that one stuck in my head for some reason. You didn't really fall in to any of those categories, but I'll probably remember you now. See ya round!

Thanks for the dialogue! Same to you.