Kansas City, KS, Kansas

razzadig
9mo ago
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I also work at KUMed. I moved to KC and love it here. I lived for 5 years in a West Plaza apartment on the Missouri side before making the jump to buying a house a few blocks away on the Kansas side. I've been walking to work for years. If you will be at the Main Campus, there's a shuttle for parking if you live further away.

I was used to city living before and am a short jaunt to Westport and the Plaza and 39th Street. Downtown and Power & Light are less than 15 minutes. So lots of things to do. Roeland Park and Mission are still pretty close if you want a suburban feeling. If you want more of a city feel, you can live in an apartment downtown close to River Market.

craftyho
9mo ago
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I was born and raised in the dotte, in the westheight neighborhood, and lived on strawberry hill for 5, i may be biased but I love KCK, strawberry hill is still relatively affordable, but great restaurants and bars, along 5th street, and on central between 5-7th, There is a large latino population, which means great people and TONS of great food. it has its areas to avoid, just like any city, like north of washington blvd to quindaro, in the 50's and down, but having grown up there i RARELY even witnessed a crime.

Agr4ri4n
9mo ago
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I lived in Rosedale when I first moved to KC to attend KU Med, and lived there for three years. It was a good starter neighborhood. As others have noted, 39th Street is a cute little corridor of restaurants and bars. However, I spent the next seven years in Union Hill in KCMO, and it was amazing. Check out Union Hill Place apartments. Union Hill is close to everything and, bonus, with the street car extension (public transit in KCMO is free) you'll have a stop just a block or two from where you live, which will take you all the way through downtown to River Market up north or down to the Plaza to the south (once finished). Even though it's in the city, it's a super quiet, safe neighborhood (you won't get that downtown in Power and Light). Extra bonus, you will be walking distance from events that people flock to (and have trouble finding parking for), like Celebration at the Station (or KC Chiefs parades every time they win the superbowl). If I had to live anywhere else, I'd probably chose West Plaza (MO side) or Westwood (KS side).

What's all this talk about "Don't live on the Kansas side?" I'm moving to KC in about 6 months or so. Why do I keep hearing to stay clear of living on the KS side? I've been browsing around online and such, but I can't find any legitimate reasons.

I guess it depends on what sort of living experience you're after. If you want to live somewhere hip, there are quite a few neighborhoods in KC MO that would be to your liking. Places close to night life, great restaurants, events like First Friday, etc.. If you want to live in the middle of all that, then give downtown / midtown a look (or even Waldo or Brookside). The urban core of our city is really on the rise and has been for a while. There's a lot to be proud of there and there are some very nice places to live.

If you want to live in a suburb that's not particularly cultural but has some insulation from the hustle and bustle of the city, or if you're looking for a place to raise a family, then Johnson County is perfectly fine. For that matter, if you live in Johnson County you can also do what I do and just drive into KCMO for the fun stuff and then head back to the suburbs when you're done for the day. There's no wrong answer here. It just depends on what you personally are after. Yeah, a lot of people in this subreddit have it in for Johnson County. And believe me, I understand. I grew up in Grandview, MO just across town so I totally get the anti-Johnson County bias. It's oddly territorial, and if you didn't grow up here you really wouldn't understand. I make no defense of this, only explanation.

As for me, I moved to Johnson County in 1999 and bought a house in Olathe. I am happy here. I'm single with no kids, but for a long list of reasons that include my own naivete at the time, I decided on JoCo. I am one of the apparently rare people that live in JoCo that are willing to drive to KCMO for food / entertainment / night life. I can get from my front door to the corner of Westport Road & Pennsylvania Ave. in 20 minutes, so frankly I don't really mind. I have no regrets about living where I live. I paid my house off about two years ago and would rather continue living here "for free" than try and start over somewhere else.

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