I can't believe nothing has been done at that big giant hole in the ground.

Nope.. Still vacant. I live 3 blocks from it and have to pass by it everyday.....Still pisses me off. They wont even knock down the buildings.....

There's some good places to eat on Southwest Blvd.

Sorry, that's all I got.

The Unified Government who was tired of seeing it's mid to higher income residents move to JOCO. The way they planned out Legends, NFM, and the Speedway was brilliant. Too bad Legends has been mismanaged by it's owners and is now facing auction. I hope they are able to pull that together because it's a great destination before or after a game.

They've made some missteps like the waterpark on the wrong side of the highway, the soccer fields potential spot being contaminated. And the casino? Not sure it's even there anymore. I am still torn on whether or not LSP should have been on the other side of Legends. Maybe they couldn't secure that land. The parking at LSP is atrocious but given all of it's other pluses that negative isn't huge.

WYCO did something very good for it's community. I'm glad to see it flourishing and think that a stronger WYCO also makes for a stronger JOCO. If we could just get the morons on the other side of the stateline to get their act together the metro area could become something spectacular. Alas, everything that JACO touches seems to turn into a bigger mess than before they tried to fix it.

I'm just glad WYCO got their act together before they decided to try to build LSP in Lees Summit or Independence. I would not relish having to drive out there three or four times a month.

Maybe Kansas should just annex eastern KC area, Western MO.

Pass.

If you go to Bannister Mall, you will get shot and killed to death over a cinnabon. Those criminals love those cinnabons.

I lived in midtown for several years. I moved about 4 years ago. After so many times of having your car broken into, you just get sick of it. After so many times of having guys making lewd comments to my wife when she went jogging, you get sick of it.

For the first time in my life, I'm now a suburbanite. Yes, I know, it's not the cool, hip thing. Sure, the neighborhood isn't diverse enough to get over my white guilt. But I don't have to deal with the BS I dealt with in midtown either. Neighbors arguing at 3am at the top of their lungs, cars bumping bass at 3am. Constantly having my car broken into. Having someone walk by and dent in the side of my car in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Having someone knock my motorcycle over in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Reading in the paper about car-jackings, murders and robberies within half a mile from my house on a consistent basis.

It isn't about being too scared to be in midtown. It's about finally realizing that the things I just accepted as normal parts of life aren't actually normal.

Ahh that must have been a slightly better neighborhood then I lived in for a few years, its impossible to read the paper when thugs keep stealing it. No reason at all for white guilt either before I moved there I had some but once I moved out of that shithole I had 0.

I live in old OP and it's gotten rather diverse around here. That is as far as I'm willing to go while I have children in my home. We lived in the Westport area 30 years ago and were burglarized. I'll pass. I really don't even like my kids hanging out down there and for the most part they don't.

It's about valuing the safety of yourself and your family more than appreciating what an area has to offer entertainment or 'culture' wise. Besides, once you have kids in school you are not staying in the city centers. You are moving to better areas with good schools.

and this really what it boils down to. Once you get older and start having a family, peoples priorities change.

If your younger and single, or even older and single, there are certain things you dont have to worry about as much obviously.

Ive been in my area 28 years. Ive not had any problems with crime in my area. They need to do something with that big hole in the ground. Turn it into a park, something.... its depressing driving by.

You guys are going to hurt Zach's feelings

Zach is free to live where people break in, steal, rape, rob, murder, pillage and plunder ect. No need to blame those that don't want to.

This is why I lived in southern Johnson county outside city limits before I moved up here and fought being annexed by Overland Park.