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What's it like to live in Lawrence?
stew_pit1
2y ago
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Pros: Close to KC; if you like bars, hiking and KU basketball, there's that. The food is generally pretty good, though a lot of places are overrated. It's LGBTQ friendly. The new leaders of our police and sheriff's departments put a premium on mental health and getting ridbof bad LEOs.
Cons: Rent's expensive; if you buy, taxes are expensive; the schools aren't that great; our DA is incompetent; a lot of attitudes here are obnoxious. Get used to everyone bleating and beating their chests about "LFK!" (Lawrence fucking Kansas! We're so awesome! Woooo!)
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huskersax
2y ago
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Pros
Topeka/Lawrence/Johnson County is kind of like one big community for folks in Lawrence. It takes roughly as long to go from Fallbrook to 84th and Hwy 2 as it does to go from east Lawrence to Olathe. KC has much better entertainment options than the Lincoln/Omaha area.
Food is good, Lawrence still has a Runza if you're missing Nebraska. A little bit scandalous, but imo the non-top end take-out BBQ is about equivalent since the Lincoln folks are all from KC or run in the same circles. There's nothing quite like the experience of Gates, though. It's like a waffle house for burnt ends.
Being close to KC allows for all kinds of niche interests to support themselves where they wouldn't otherwise sustain themselves in a town as big as Lawrence (it's about the size of Tri-Cities). The hobby groups and social clubs are closer in participation and prevalence to Lincoln than they have any right to be.
Weather is ~3-5 degrees warmer most of the year and the frost/winter definitely feels shorter. Incredibly active backyard gardening community, especially in east Lawrence.
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ElvisChopinJoplin
2y ago
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The thing about this place is it's been cool for a long time and even though it has all the problems of a growing town and especially a University Town, there is so much originality here in the Lawrence experience that even if you're new, if you stay for a while and engage with it you will reap the benefits of that. There is so much institutional knowledge here really. And it's mostly good.
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