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Old 11-10-2015, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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Ergh. Like, how bad is that section?
I mean, is it just run down and poor but largely safe, or a hotbed of violent crime?

I am poor myself and am looking in poor areas, but am also a respectable citizen. I can handle run down and shabby.
I'll just say this. The only place south of Kellogg I'd ever consider even if I was paid is Derby. Even the homes on Maize Road take a dip in upkeep once you head south.
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Old 11-12-2015, 10:52 AM
 
Location: NY>FL>VA>NC>IN
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Not to belabor the query. But can you be more specific? Detailed about that section or better even, that co-op? If anyone knows.
Rundown and shabby OR unsafe and dangerous, or both?

I can no longer afford to have garden club members for neighbors and am OK with that.
I just am hoping to find a section wherein I'd be SAFE walking a dog, say, and not surrounded by violence and danger.

Sorry to be a pest about it, but am trying to rule places in/out long distance for months now and am still searching for affordable (as in low income affordable) but normal citizens with (albeit low paying) jobs and not criminals, for neighbors. Was looking in several states (online and made one recon trip to a beautiful but too remote place), KS (Wichita and Topeka, not KC) came up as way cheap for rents, also Missouri.
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Old 01-04-2016, 06:27 PM
 
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Yes. If it's going for $9,000 and its zoned to Wichita Southeast it's probably not in the best part of town.
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Originally Posted by OverItAll View Post
Ergh. Like, how bad is that section?
I mean, is it just run down and poor but largely safe, or a hotbed of violent crime?

I am poor myself and am looking in poor areas, but am also a respectable citizen. I can handle run down and shabby.
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Originally Posted by OverItAll View Post
Not to belabor the query. But can you be more specific? Detailed about that section or better even, that co-op? If anyone knows.
Rundown and shabby OR unsafe and dangerous, or both?

I can no longer afford to have garden club members for neighbors and am OK with that.
I just am hoping to find a section wherein I'd be SAFE walking a dog, say, and not surrounded by violence and danger.

Sorry to be a pest about it, but am trying to rule places in/out long distance for months now and am still searching for affordable (as in low income affordable) but normal citizens with (albeit low paying) jobs and not criminals, for neighbors. Was looking in several states (online and made one recon trip to a beautiful but too remote place), KS (Wichita and Topeka, not KC) came up as way cheap for rents, also Missouri.
Yes, this is in a very bad part of town.

And for that price, I'd be very surprised if it was even livable.
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Old 01-05-2016, 03:42 AM
 
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Section 8 and crazy are everywhere now. Cops are bad, courts are useless due to too much sex abuse ignored for too long, only way to protect yourself if you find something you don't want to deal with is leave quickly, quietly. Park City has long history of sex abuse and has been screwing new purchasers out of area for a few years now...Told they are not able to sell due to old permits even. Cops try to call some who hang on a mental case, lock them up for psych evaluation at patient's own expense to shut up complainers which causes almost all to lose employment and can go homeless, nuisance is thrown out eventually...If anything was stolen or damaged in locked up houses, some people ran off from Park City within 2-3 weeks of moving in...Not sure AT ALL why someone is still doing this except is attempt to force you to pay 10% to big churches in town to keep this away, try to leave church and your bank account can be stolen from. Speak up and some were told something bad would happen to family, some churches were telling theirs they had to go stalking people to preach to some who pissed off wealthy or getting disability or welfare...

Some who stayed here over the years and thought they could ride this out, just left with a bag on greyhound with nothing left...Screwed at multiple jobs just because you were single female alone for a few minutes in wrong place, denied unemployment more than once and lots of places are doing this to some low paid female staff every 4-6 months...

Blacks have been put back in the hood for trying just to take work, some crazy for a while for trying...their church tells them they have to screw people and their own family, messing up coworkers and employers. I hate seeing good people turned into thugs by anti-christ arrangements with wealthy white dirty business...Only blacks who were getting very far any longer were the people who would get a degree in screwing people and go with it in some places, other minority students complained about it and 'mental care' interpreted their harassment by staff at KU and Emporia. Think we are all headed for hell...Just plant yourself in a job, shut up and keep your family out of it, may have to give up to the church demands to 'work for God' and go screw people too just to keep breathing.

I think you can really see a small city that is going under do to just too much of the wrong thing going down and no stable employment any longer with adequate pay...Found some small towns with bad thug problems and dirty police too so taking a job in country if alone has ruined multiple women in some places, she is put with drug dealer/sex abuser and cops lock them up in mental hospital to shut them up...Cannot leave until he ended up in jail.

Try KC. Pick most expensive housing you can afford in South Johnson County or Lees Summit, you will be rewarded with much better school, better cops, better pay, better job stability...Is still a crazy place sometimes but if you keep quiet and work, you will at least get somewhere if you are a trained worker or have college education...KC is one tough place for some of the poor who will not even be hired to work in manufacturing, swindled for generations and forced to work minimum wage jobs like a concentration camp...If you see groups of kids harassing adults, do not speak up as you witness - gang stalking. You may be harmed if you remain in this neighborhood alone very long.

This is not about ghetto, it's about corruption. Speak up and you get forcibly shut up. Some blacks have complained they lost a lot with this black President and they are told not to even speak up (like elders having to deal with mental illness symptoms now). You are witnessing the erosion of civil rights and silence brought on by fear of the mafia/corruption the special interest groups and politicians bring to the constituents.
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Old 01-05-2016, 03:49 AM
 
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Derby treats some people wrong if you are native Wichitan from poorer areas. See if you get chewed out by the people at stores, public officials and public servants, even if you have a good job and minding your own business....There is worse wrong sometimes in Derby for some women who tried to live there alone....Rent in Derby first. Some of the peoples really are a fake one too with good jobs from the airplane plants...If you have any professional business in the area can get kind of hard without finding whose ass to kiss first as these are so unstable, even professional workers. There are all kinds of wrong things trying to claim Derby resident's $$$, caution advised if you have anything riding on business in this suburb...It's a screwed up place for some.

Seen similar mistreatment of others for years in Derby.

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Old 07-26-2016, 09:21 PM
 
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My children and I are traveling there for a tournament in August. The locations are Benton and Bel Aire. Are these considered safer areas. Also is there a suggestion for a hotel in a safe are? Thanks in advance!
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Old 07-27-2016, 10:14 PM
 
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My children and I are traveling there for a tournament in August. The locations are Benton and Bel Aire. Are these considered safer areas. Also is there a suggestion for a hotel in a safe are? Thanks in advance!
Nothing to worry about. Look at your mapquest for motels/hotels. Many are on Rock Road near Bel Aire. What kind of tournament? Benton has a little airport called Stearman, named for the airplane. You can watch plans take off from their restaurant. Good food too.
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Old 08-18-2016, 08:09 PM
 
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I will be traveling to Wichita and will be on e 47th S and North Market, are these acceptable places or reasonably safe areas?
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Old 08-19-2016, 08:52 AM
 
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I will be traveling to Wichita and will be on e 47th S and North Market, are these acceptable places or reasonably safe areas?
Staying in that area?

Rental?
Apt?
Work?
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Old 08-19-2016, 08:13 PM
 
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Staying the one night on E 47th S and have a business meeting on North Market
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