Possibly moving to Kansas City area

[rwiksell]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

You heard that because, for the location you're talking about, it is the truth. But, as you've seen, stating that truth in this forum brings it to a boil quickly.

Radio Silence's advice is sound. Best of luck.

"Truth." That's hilarious. Try going into ANY corner of this forum proclaiming one area "better" to live in than another. Make sure and insist that it's "TRUE". Maybe then people will stop bothering with pesky things like "preferences" and "perspectives". While we're at it, let's dispense with "facts" too, because it's much easier to declare our opinions "true" and leave it at that.

[rwiksell]

Originally Posted by RadioSilence

64114 is not that big of a zip code. It's roughly 75th St. to Avila University, and State Line to Holmes. I'm using a central location for my estimates, yes. Sure, you can go from the southern tip of Longview Lake to Avila University in 15 minutes. And you can easily spend 45 minutes driving to the state line from Lee's Summit. I'm trying to find a nice middle ground here.

It's relative, of course. But when you're talking about drive times, the fact that it takes 15 minutes to drive from one end of the zip code to the other means you can't boil down the length of a commute between two unspecified points. Naturally, it would help if the OP was more specific about the workplace in question.

Then again, he did say that commuting time was not a big factor. So whatevs.

[TabulaRasa]

I drive to the far south boundary of 64114 every day from Mission, KS, and it averages a half hour.

[Tenebrae]

The OP did mention being from Houston which has some TERRIBLE traffic (and I think it's the 4th largest city in the US). I've lived in both Houston and KCMO. I really didn't enjoy it there at all. The "morning commute" in Houston is vastly different from anything I've ever seen in MO. I hated the toll roads / highways there so much that I took a slightly longer route to work and just took the 35 MPH surface roads the whole way. Memorial Drive in Houston is pretty scenic, so I actually enjoyed it...up until I got to Antoine Drive and the railroad tracks. haha

Perhaps the OP can elaborate more on what elements (besides schools) was most enjoyable about the community in Houston he and his family lived in and that he's looking for in KCMO.

-T.

[dickelfan]

The schools are the most important thing to us. We currently live outside of Houston, about 25 miles from downtown. Wife and I both have about a 45min-hour commute, and it is only about 20-30 miles from where we live.

Where we live is mostly families with kids. Like I said we are in what has been named the best planned community in the country several times. Tons of pools, walking paths, etc. Also have shops, grocery stores, etc in the area.

We would like to have something similar, but also close to downtown KC. We enjoyed our time in the Plaza when we were there, and I loved going around the city and taking pictures.

We are currently in a house with about 3000 sq feet and 3 car garage. Would love to have at least the same. We have never had a house with a basement, so that would be something different.

Can't wait to get back to KC and take some more pictures.

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by dickelfan

WOW! Thanks for all the info. When I say Masterplanned....we have single family homes, but also have shopping, parks, walking paths, schools, pools, etc in our area.

In that case, I would suggest looking between 119th on the north and 135th on the south and between State Line on the east and Nall on the west. You can probably find a home in your price range somewhere in there but there will also be a lot more expensive homes as well. I mention that because there is a walking path/park at the vicinity of 119th and Mission and shopping/restaurants just west of there. And it's in Blue Valley School District, which is top notch.

Someone mentioned Mission Hills. Don't know what they are smoking, but no way you can buy a house in Mission Hills for $400,000. People pay $1 million for an old house in Mission Hills just to tear it down and build a new house on the lot.

[rwiksell]

Originally Posted by luzianne

Someone mentioned Mission Hills. Don't know what they are smoking, but no way you can buy a house in Mission Hills for $400,000. People pay $1 million for an old house in Mission Hills just to tear it down and build a new house on the lot.

Alright, then Fairway next door. I was mostly just referring to NE Johnson County, and didn't meant to limit it to Mission Hills only. $400k was the OP's starting budget, by the way, so I assumed 500 or 600 might be an option. This would be plenty to get into some really lovely NE JoCo neighborhoods, if not Mission Hills specifically.

Sorry I wasn't more clear and accurate with my advice the first go-round.