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Old 05-14-2018, 10:33 PM
 
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All this from people who have never spent much time in Wichita. Kansas is a beautiful state. I am actually going to be in Wichita on business in a couple weeks. I spent a few weeks in Kansas last summer and the small towns are amazing. Very clean and well maintained with the friendly people.

I used to live and work in San Francisco. Beautiful scenery but the city itself is pretty dirty with too many homeless. And too crowded. But I enjoyed my time living there.
It simple really. Basic economics. Supply and demand. Real estate in places like SF and NYC are in very high demand. Workers making minimum wage commute in.

 
Old 05-14-2018, 10:40 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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All this from people who have never spent much time in Wichita. Kansas is a beautiful state. I am actually going to be in Wichita on business in a couple weeks. I spent a few weeks in Kansas last summer and the small towns are amazing. Very clean and well maintained with the friendly people.

I used to live and work in San Francisco. Beautiful scenery but the city itself is pretty dirty with too many homeless. And too crowded. But I enjoyed my time living there.
And dirty used syringes .

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Old 05-14-2018, 10:44 PM
 
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Yet so many people want to live there the rentals are sky high.
 
Old 05-15-2018, 01:07 AM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Really? Paying teachers is your definition of poorly run?


Uh huh.
You didn't get it. Maybe not to you, but it makes more sense to raise gas taxes, in order to better maintain the roads and bridges.

By the way, Oklahoma teachers haven't had a pay raise in over 10 years. Therefore, many teachers are fleeing for higher paying out of state teaching jobs, such as in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro. Do you call that well run state government?
 
Old 05-15-2018, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Living rent free in your head
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Kansas can't be any more poorly run than Oklahoma where legislators recently hiked the tax on gas to 3 cents not to pay for highway improvement but rather to raise teacher pay.
Very true, Oklahoma is the poster child for trickle down economics with Kansas running a close second.
 
Old 05-15-2018, 08:03 AM
 
Location: On the Beach
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AHHH, the good ole U.S.A. Can't you just FEEL the LOVE?
 
Old 05-15-2018, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Living rent free in your head
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All this from people who have never spent much time in Wichita. Kansas is a beautiful state. I am actually going to be in Wichita on business in a couple weeks. I spent a few weeks in Kansas last summer and the small towns are amazing. Very clean and well maintained with the friendly people.

I used to live and work in San Francisco. Beautiful scenery but the city itself is pretty dirty with too many homeless. And too crowded. But I enjoyed my time living there.
How can you compare Wichita to San Francisco? Fresno, Sacramento or Long Beach are more similar in size.
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