Kansas City area Fanatics - living in KC advice
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Housing supply is tight here right now. Very little for sale from 150-450k, and the few that come to market are selling within days, receiving multiple offers. Lee's Summit is a good option on the Missouri side. I live on a .75 wooded lot in the middle of Lenexa, but those properties are unusual in town. Having easy access to the I-35, I-435, and US-69 roads makes it easy to get around pretty quickly.
As far as Q-39 goes, there's a location in Overland Park now, so south O.P. would put you in the Blue Valley school district with pretty quick access to killer BBQ. There is a bit of a premium for housing in that district though.
Some of the old downtown areas are cool like Mission, KS. Lenexa, Olathe downtowns aren't very exciting.
As far as Q-39 goes, there's a location in Overland Park now, so south O.P. would put you in the Blue Valley school district with pretty quick access to killer BBQ. There is a bit of a premium for housing in that district though.
Some of the old downtown areas are cool like Mission, KS. Lenexa, Olathe downtowns aren't very exciting.
Brookside, Fairway, and Prairie Village are dramatically overpriced and the people that live in those areas are convinced they live in Zion. I have friends that live in those areas, and they can go ahead and continue to pay huge real estate taxes on their tiny bungalow and one car carriage house garage, and meanwhile it takes 45 minutes to go anywhere in town. The old tree lined streets are nice, but that's about the entire appeal in my opinion.
Thanks for making my point on why I live in Brookside!
OP...People like this don't live here FYI.....
If you move to any of the suburbs of Kansas City, go get your cargo shorts, white new balances, blue lives matter shirt, and opinions on Kappernick. If you don't want to give up on life in your 30's-40's stay out of LITERALLY all of these suggestions.
the best ones are the ones nobody talks about. LC's is my favorite, although white people get the fatty cuts. Which I guess we deserve.
If you do go to q39 or Joes or Jack Stack, or Bryants or Gates or any of those, go to the originals. Joes is a perfect example of what happens when these places try to expand. They lose everything that made them great.
If you live in or work in KCMO you have to pay a 1% income tax, so avoid living there since your job's remote. Overland Park and Olathe tend to have best schools but they are also pricey and crowded.
Avoid living anywhere east of Holmes road until you get to the Blue Springs or Lee's Summit area. Lee's Summit is a very affordable suburb with a good nightlife in the downtown area and is about 30 minutes from downtown KCMO.
Avoid living anywhere east of Holmes road until you get to the Blue Springs or Lee's Summit area. Lee's Summit is a very affordable suburb with a good nightlife in the downtown area and is about 30 minutes from downtown KCMO.
The fights I normally see are regional. So KC BBQ fighting with Memphis BBQ etc. You can always have a debate about which local place is better, but that tends to stay civil.
This may have been true in the past, but things have changed a lot. Suburbia is now left leaning since the majority are college educated and that demographic shifted left after Trump took office. Witness JoCo voting for Clinton and then easily electing Sharice Davids in 2018. It’s not 80/20 like KC but it’s even to leaning Dem in most areas.
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I know, i'm just speaking in generalities to **** all over Johnson County. The SAHM that fill up the neighborhood pools are all college grads and all vote Blue. I just find that part of KC literally the most boring part of the Country. Everyone looks and dresses the same, nobody thinks KU did anything wrong and they always try and promote what features their new Odyssey has.
Seems like every dude out there is either a giant cuck or the type of dude that starts sentences "I'm not racist but..."
Someone else mentioned Parkville, Mo. I have a sibling that lives there and likes community.
Being on North side of KC it is closer to airport if you travel much for work. Also a little closer to DSM.
Being on North side of KC it is closer to airport if you travel much for work. Also a little closer to DSM.
Maybe I just don't have a distinguished pallet, but I've been to the gas station Joe's location and I've been to other locations and I honestly can't tell a difference in the food which is quite impressive.
I live in West Lenexa on the Kansas side. Our neighborhood has a great elementary school within walking distance of every home and feeds into one of the top high schools in the state. There's a bike trail that goes through woods to a small park/lake and there are plenty of golf courses very close by.
This is definitely white bread suburbs so smoking a J wouldn't go over well but if you're interested here is the only current listing:
https://www.reecenichols.com/homes-for-sale/22270-W-98th-Terrace-Lenexa-KS-66220-300291386
There are also usually other listings at a much lower price range.
This is definitely white bread suburbs so smoking a J wouldn't go over well but if you're interested here is the only current listing:
https://www.reecenichols.com/homes-for-sale/22270-W-98th-Terrace-Lenexa-KS-66220-300291386
There are also usually other listings at a much lower price range.
+1 for Parkville. Close to the airport, close to downtown and close to North KC which has enough breweries to kill an entire Saturday on a crawl, https://cinderblockbrewery.com/ is my favorite in KC.
Also they have a fun annual beer fest http://www.parkvillemicrobrewfest.com/
