Small Farm moving to SOMEWHERE outside KC

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by rwiksell

I guess now it's just a battle for the last word. So you can let me have it, or you can take it. Your call.

But you keep making statements that obviously support my argument. People who grew up there decades ago will have no trouble with the term. Similarly, institutions that are rooted in the history of the area, like SMMC, will carry the term forward. But I guarantee you don't tell people you're from "Shawnee Mission", when you're out and about. You'll say "Prairie Village" or "Johnson County". Perhaps even "Northeast Johnson County" or "The Kansas Side", or just "Kansas", but not "Shawnee Mission".

I feel like you think I'm denigrating the term, or worse, the area itself. I'm not. I'm just trying to help people understand how to talk about the geography of the metro. Because I think we can all agree that the KC metro has some of the most confusing geographic nomenclature in the country.

Would you just STOP?

[dom1_4802]

Originally Posted by pioneer88

If his work is in Shawnee I'd seriously look at the De Soto area. There's a lot of homes on varying degrees of acreage in the area. When I say De Soto I mean more so the De Soto School District. Areas west of k-7 that are in the city of Shawnee and Lenexa and De Soto offer many different options you may be looking for. South of De Soto has opportunities for larger parcels of land with a lot of "farms" being horse stables. You'll find a diverse array of housing here as well. Although many homes in this area are very large and high end there are still more "regular" homes to be found. The terrain is rolling and in places heavily wooded along the Kansas River bluffs and creek valleys. I personally think it's a beautiful area. Upsides are close access t anything in KC due to easy highway access while still being "out" in the "country". Another plus is being 15 minutes to Mass Street in Lawrence. Finally I see you home school but the De Soto schools are some of the best in the metro so you'd be investing in a quality area long term. Anyway, I hope you find what you're looking for where ever that may be and welcome to KC!

I would have to agree with this. Especially with those moderately priced houses with huge acreage in both Shawnee and De Soto.
I also heard that western De Soto may be expanding the number of these large acreage houses in the coming years.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by dom1_4802

I would have to agree with this. Especially with those moderately priced houses with huge acreage in both Shawnee and De Soto.
I also heard that western De Soto may be expanding the number of these large acreage houses in the coming years.

Larger acreage parcels are unlikely to last over time unless sprawl from Olathe is contained. As history has proven, landowners always sell to developers, regardless of whether zoning is residential or commercial. Cities are being even more aggressive with annexation, and Overland Park is particularly egregious in that respect. As a result, one sees a hodgepodge of zoning with grandfathered developments with 1 acre minimum lots mixed with higher density suburban residential development.
Source: I work in the GIS sector so I have a detailed knowledge of annexations, de-annexations, and changes in boundaries of incorporated places over time as somewhat inaccurate (scales) of paper maps get converted to more accurate digital formats.