I lived over in McLeansville before we left. We fought that battle quite a bit. Luckily, we were too poor for them plus they would have to take Sedalia. Sedalia wanted to get annexed so they could get their roads paved.
McLeansville was kinda rough. Several shootings in the neighborhood. We should have gone to Brown’s Summit. It was much quieter. My sister lives in Julian. You can still get a cheap house there.
I don’t know McLeansville that well. Had a friend who lived in an inherited cabin on acreage set back in the woods that was nice, but the road leading into it was a little off-putting, run down mill house rentals. Outside of that, I couldn’t say much about the place one way or the other.