Possible relo to Kansas City...

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by Samantha S

I can just about walk into any centrally located office building and within a few minutes of casual conversation tell where a person lives in KC. The differences are that apparent.

Yea, I think it's easy too. If they are from Kansas, they will either have something on their clothing or personal belongings that has something to do with KU or they will begin to talk about KU in some casual way.

That's how I can tell anyway

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by kcmo

JoCo is nice area. Platte fits the OP much better though and is nice as well. Although I have a pretty good feeling you didn't read what the OP wanted or any of the rest of the thread..

At least I try to explain why Platte County would be ideal rather than just saying it's a wealthy county. There is much more to life than raw stats.

Work at Sprint or College Blvd, live in JoCo. Work anywhere near Downtown, live in the Northland. I honestly think it's that simple.

How do you know what fits the OP better? From his description, sounds like he's a Johnson Countian at heart. I think he should visit and tour both areas and decide for himself. Since Granite Stater brought up "wealth" and the OP said that IS important to him, I pointed out that Johnson Count is the wealthiest county in Kansas and definitely the wealthiest county in the Kansas City area.

My husband's job is in the Northland, and we live in Johnson County. Takes him 20-30 minutes depending on traffic.

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by sparksharp

Kansas is sounding more and more like "my state"!

I was born in Missouri. Live in Kansas now, specifically Johnson County, by choice.

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by sparksharp

I've been told on several occassion that I have a sort of "snob appeal"!

Maybe Johnson County would be a good fit! I appreciate your input! It sounds like I need to check out both Johnson County and Platte as well.

I have to say that a couple other things I appreciated about the state of Kansas in general that I found out in my research was that they were one of the first states to embrace women's suffrage back in the day. Also they withstood a lot of pressure and violence from the state of Missouri and entered the Union as a free state instead of a slave state. Those are two things I can respect!

This tidbit probably wouldn't cross anyone else's mind when thinking of a place to relocate to, but having lived in a state with a heavy Confederate influence for the last twenty years (Tennessee)...if I never hear the word "Confederate" again, it will be too soon! I would also have absolutely NO PROBLEM with never being called a "yankee" again!

Check out the history of Lawrence, Kansas, where the University of Kansas is, and the Jayhawkers and Bushwackers, Quantrill's raid, etc. Also, Osawatomie, Kansas and John Brown's cabin (which you can tour in John Brown park - has a hidden door in the floor of the kitchen where he hid slaves and was part of the underground railroad. Very interesting history.


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[luzianne]

Originally Posted by thriftylefty

another interesting fact about Kansas is during 1924 gubernatorial campaign a News Paper man named William Allen White is credited to chasing the Klu Klux Klan out of the state or at least getting them out of politics in the state . You will see a lot of schools named William Allen White in Kansas, Kansas May have been the first state to legalize interracial Marriage, it was also a hot bed of progressive activity in the twenties.

Yep, like the William Allen White School of Journalism at KU, where I was once a journalism student. Was that casual enough, kcmo?

[sparksharp]

Check out the history of Lawrence, Kansas, where the University of Kansas is, and the Jayhawkers and Bushwackers, Quantrill's raid, etc. Also, Osawatomie, Kansas and John Brown's cabin (which you can tour in John Brown park - has a hidden door in the floor of the kitchen where he hid slaves and was part of the underground railroad. Very interesting history.

Sounds like it!