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I am from the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City. The exurb I am from I would never move to in a million years. It is awful. I would, however, consider moving to an inner suburb like Mission, KS or one of the nice neighborhoods in the city like Waldo or a college town like Lawrence. Most of the metro, however, is very unappealing to me.
Midwestern college towns in general are cool, and Lawrence is no exception. I'd say that of the schools in the former Big Eight Conference (Mizzou bolted for the SEC and I believe Nebraska is in the Big Ten now), only Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado) topped Lawrence for coolness.
Midwestern college towns in general are cool, and Lawrence is no exception. I'd say that of the schools in the former Big Eight Conference (Mizzou bolted for the SEC and I believe Nebraska is in the Big Ten now), only Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado) topped Lawrence for coolness.
—MSE, son of a Jayhawk mom
Agreed. I am a Jayhawk myself so I am heavily biased towards Lawrence. I would only concede Boulder is cooler but, again, I am not an unbiased judge. I love college towns and have used KU sports as a reason to visit many of them. Another Midwest college town I am a fan of is Iowa City. I love the "oasis" feeling of a good college town. I don't think college towns that are also quasi-big cities provide the same experience. To me Lincoln feels more like a small city being the state capital. I would compare it to Des Moines (Drake), Omaha (Creighton), or even Madison (U of Wisconsin).
You might be interested to hear that I just visited KC and Lawrence last month and things were looking good. In KC I enjoyed riding the streetcar between the river market and Union Station. The crossroads area in particular seemed to be developing very fast. We even spent some time in the east bottoms which is (slowly) starting to turn around.
I grew up in a town in SW Wyoming that is about 3 hrs east of Salt Lake City, UT. I lived there from birth, until just before I turned 25 yrs old.
Very rural area ( still, ) and the air is usually clean, the traffic is non-existent, but too many ignorant folks living there now, so no, I would never live there again.
I lived “away” for my adult life from age 22 when I graduated from college to my early 50s. For a good slice of that, I had a sailboat on a mooring in the harbor and a yacht club membership so I never fully left. I bought a summer house at age 51 and telecommuted from it the warm 6 months for a decade. We’re now here full time. I bought a share in the private beach I grew up with. I changed from sail to power recently and my boat is in a slip 0.7 miles from my house. I sold the Vermont ski place and bought one at Beaver Creek so I’m still gone for a chunk of the year. When skiing ends, we’re talking about 3 months in Southern Europe during the winter. Portugal or somewhere on the Med.
Yes I did. When I left in 1993 I said I would never relocate back. After living in North Carolina Tennessee and Illinois and outgrowing my old demographic, I am happy to be back in my hometown. It checks all of the boxes for walkability, useful transit and other values I have. Unfortunately, when I run into people from St. Louis with the never left the block Louisiana. (Aka St Louis syndrome) I get away from them as fast as possible. With the being written, I generally hangout with transplants and boomerang St. Louisans.
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I mostly grew up in Memphis but have lived in the Birmingham, AL area for most of my adult life. I would not move back to Memphis over Birmingham. I just like the physical setting of Birmingham much better and also appreciate the city's central location in the Southeast. Easy drives to mountains, Atlanta, New Orleans, the beaches, etc. Memphis has a bigger feel to it, no doubt because the urban population is higher, and the downtown setting on the river is nice. But Birmingham wins out for me and what I personally favor.
If I could find employment there, probably. I loved being close to multiple forested trailheads. Great bike trails. I didn’t get out a ton as a kid growing up there, but I feel like there’s enough to do if you look for it. I actually like Ohio weather - it keeps things interesting. Close to a lot of medium sized cities. Close enough to Chicago for a weekend trip. Very close to Kings Island amusement park. I can think of places that would be worse.
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