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07-20-2009, 12:28 AM
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What Do You Hate About Kansas City
Just wondering...
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07-20-2009, 12:55 AM
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I hate that it's an awesome city with wonderful amenities and fantastic cultural offerings, all with a bargain cost of living that gets a miserable rep thanks to a pervasive thug life mentality in a significant chunk of the urban core.
All urban areas have this to an extent, but I used to live in Chicago, and I never witnessed such a high percentage of people from that suburban metro area who were so seriously afraid to enter the city itself as I do in KC's surrounding metro.
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07-20-2009, 10:30 AM
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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weather, weather, weather, and weather.
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07-21-2009, 08:05 AM
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The Kansas City school board. What a disgrace!
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07-21-2009, 10:58 AM
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On the misty plateau
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Location: Merrimack Valley, NH
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When I lived there I disliked the heat, humidity, out of control suburban sprawl, blight in KC, MO, the bad drivers combined with road rage, and the lack of natural lakes.
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07-21-2009, 01:34 PM
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The school district, the negative conservative (not politically, but I mean lack of dynamic action) attitude that sweeps much of the metro, the awful catering to automobiles, the lack of good public transit, and the terrible sports teams.
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07-21-2009, 10:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TabulaRasa
I hate that it's an awesome city with wonderful amenities and fantastic cultural offerings, all with a bargain cost of living that gets a miserable rep thanks to a pervasive thug life mentality in a significant chunk of the urban core.
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people keep saying that KC has a good cost of living, no it doesn't. The housing is overpriced and the taxes are outragous. |
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07-21-2009, 11:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dnw
people keep saying that KC has a good cost of living, no it doesn't. The housing is overpriced and the taxes are outragous.
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Some areas yes, but most of the metro is pretty affordable. Especially when you factor in food, utilities, etc. Those are lower here than in many other metro areas too. |
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07-21-2009, 11:30 PM
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On the misty plateau
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Merrimack Valley, NH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dnw
people keep saying that KC has a good cost of living, no it doesn't. The housing is overpriced and the taxes are outragous.
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The housing is overpriced when you factor in the very high property taxes and a typically smaller lot size. I moved to NH and we don't have an income tax or sales tax. My property taxes are only somewhat higher, and I have quadruple the amount of acerage. |
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07-22-2009, 08:47 AM
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dnw
people keep saying that KC has a good cost of living, no it doesn't. The housing is overpriced and the taxes are outragous.
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Statistics would disagree with you. Have you ever looked at housing in other parts of the country? Houses are way more expensive in most of the country compared to here. |
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