La girl needs out!!

[Richard Gould]

I think you might really like Concordia which is in north central Kansas. It has around 6000 people many of French and Swedish ancestry. It has a junior college and a really nice downtown full of shops and a restored opera house. It has all the usual churches but has an especially large Catholic influence. The Sisters of St Joseph have a huge beautiful Motherhouse there. It is located on a four lane highway so easy to get to larger cities. Hope this helps

[WiseOwlSaysHoot]

Lawrence is probably my favorite part of Kansas, but it might be more on the college town side, rather than small town.

Fort Scott seems like a charming old town (I was only there for one brief time, so I don't have too much to say about it).

I would highly recommend checking out Weston, Missouri. Even though it's quite close to Kansas City (I think it is considered a KC suburb) it is full of quaint, small town charm with many charming B&Bs.

Check out a photo thread:

Weston Missouri :: March 2007

[skrazzle]

I saw this on another thread.. how bout Galena, Illinois?







Population less then 4k.



I dunno where else... how small are you looking for?

Lawrence is also a good small town as said.. and Weston.. downtown Excelsior Springs, MO maybe... tho its also a suburb of KC basically.. stayed at this B&B before and it was very nice

The Inn on Crescent Lake | Kansas City Missouri Bed and Breakfast | Bed and Breakfast in Excelsior Springs, Missouri

[ascreamingYeti]

Winfield ks!

[joshandles]

Originally Posted by melissaca25

Hi everyone!

I'm a California native and need a break! I live in the busy LA/OC area my whole life and things just seem to get crazier and crazier as time goes by. I'm planning on taking a week trip to somewhere RURAL within the next few months. My travel history includes, LA, NYC, Las Vegas. I don't think I've ever been in a small town. I need to chill out and experinice simple living even if its for 7 or 10 days. I really want to go out of my comfort zone of what I know and experinice something wholesome and good without all the hype that surrounds my life. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
xo

What about Mesa or Tempe, AZ? You'd have a blast in Tempe.

[nissantwa]

So where did you end up visiting?

[JoCo freak]

You should check out El Dorado, KS, it is very close to Wichita, so if they don't have what you need there, you can just go to wichita, a maybe 30 min. drive. Wichita isn't a huge city, but it has 300k I think.