KC COL

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by luv

Thank you for being so helpful.

I wonder why no one responded between 11 Friday night and 7:30 Saturday morning...


The Northland is probably the best bet as far as getting your money's worth. There's a lot to choose from... Hunters Glen, Camden Passage, and the Crossing are all along I29 and are in good neighborhoods. You can find 1 bedroom apartments starting at $450/month to $650-700/month.

Downtown KCMO used to be $1/sq foot, but I'm sure it's gone up in the past couple of years with the P&L, and a lot of them are converting to condos. But, you might check out places like Quality Hill and Walnut Towers if you want to live there... you won't be living the high life, but I've had friends that have lived in both and they seem like a good deal for the location.

A little farther south, you can find houses for rent west of the Plaza (on the MO or KS side) that aren't real expensive, but they're old. We pay $700/month for a 2 bedroom on the KS side, but we're moving out because of all the little problems that go along with an old house (and of course, the landlord takes their sweet time fixing stuff). It could be a good option if you decided to get a roommate.

As far as where not to stay, I'm don't want to give you a broad guideline, like "stay away from downtown" (downtown is fine, don't listen to the others ).... if you want to live close to the downtown/Crown Center/Plaza areas, I'd stay west of about Holmes. I haven't lived on the east side of the city since I was 10, but I'm sure there are good places out in Independence and the Lee's Summit area. You can Google 'kc crime map' and find out for yourself, but I believe it only shows the MO side (or the big blank spot west of the state line means there's no crime over here ).

I found hotpads.com a few months ago, and it's pretty useful. You can also go to maps.google.com and search for something like 'real estate in Kansas City' and it pulls from many different sites.

I'd say your base rent + internet + cable will be about $600/month... I paid about that at Hunters Glen. It was pretty basic apartment living... I think it was $500/month "on special" for 620 sq feet (one bedroom) and a balcony. You're not going to get the same value as Springfield... the cost of living is higher because, well, we're better.