Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 5970635)

Let me understand this. You can pick anywhere you want to live, and you're choosing Kansas City?

I mean no offense against that fine city at all, and it may be nirvana to some people, but if I had your options I'd pick someplace really nice to live and buy NFL Sunday Ticket. Laguna Beach, Hawaii, Telluride, Santa Fe, wherever. There are some pretty nice places to live in the U.S., and (again, no offense) I don't think Kansas City is at the top of the standard list.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 5970635)

Let me understand this. You can pick anywhere you want to live, and you're choosing Kansas City?

I mean no offense against that fine city at all, and it may be nirvana to some people, but if I had your options I'd pick someplace really nice to live and buy NFL Sunday Ticket. Laguna Beach, Hawaii, Telluride, Santa Fe, wherever. There are some pretty nice places to live in the U.S., and (again, no offense) I don't think Kansas City is at the top of the standard list.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 5970677)

Well....okay. Permission granted.

Originally Posted by Ari Chi3fs (Post 5970678)

Hey let us know when your wife gets here in June '10... all of us KC guys can keep her "company" until you get here in Nov '10.... then we will keep her company when you are at school.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by MikeMaslowski (Post 5970686)

Whew....I almost moved to Denver....:doh!:

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 5970695)

No.

No room in Denver. Nothing here. Sorry. It's closed.

Originally Posted by MikeMaslowski (Post 5328869)

I get out of the good ole Army in 2 years and have convinced my wife that we need to move to KC. 1. Who moves to a city due to their love of a football team? 2. What are the decent neigborhoods/surrounding towns?

3. Is it a nice place to live or should I say **** it and go back to South Dakota?

Look forward to all of your insights....

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Ok, I've made the decision to move to the Kansas City, Kansas area. My wife will arrive there in June '10 and I will be there in November '10. I will be attending Cleveland Chiropractic College and my wife will be working on Ft. Leavenworth for the base Morale Welfare and Recreation department. I need to purchase a place happily in the middle of the two by taking I70(unless you guys know a quicker way). The cities that I see on the map that fit that description are, Lansing, Bonner Springs, Fairmont, Wallula and Basehor with a few others. Are those ok areas? Are there better places around that with traffic reduces travel times? Im trying to keep my wifes travel time down to a max of 30 minutes and mine to 45. (Oh yeah, we have two children 9 and 7 so the schools are important as well.

And yes, I am moving to Kansas City to be close to the Chiefs. I do not know anyone who lives there and have only been there a few times. Fortunately, I can also make a bunch of other things fall into place. The new GI Bill is going to allow me to go to school and pay for my house. Anyway, the wife wants me to bbq some ribs now so who am I to argue.


I appreciate any advice and look forward to becoming a local:D

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guess im just gonna live in the overland park area...

what is the best 1 bedroom apartment area?????

thanks...

Originally Posted by MikeMaslowski (Post 5970649)

Other factors fall into place for me.

1.) The chiropractic college that I am attending is there.
2.) Near a military base so my wife can continue working for DoD.
3.) My family is up the road in Sodak.
4.) I prefer country life, wife prefers city...seemed like an ok mix.
5.) And...as mentioned, a nice short drive to Arrowhead.

And after I start getting called Dr. Mikemaslowski I can always move to paradise....

Originally Posted by MikeMaslowski (Post 6166206)

Well, the Army moved me back home and I decided to work it out with my wife. The four places in KC that I found with the top 10 percent of public schools within my possible living areas are:

Shawnee
Lawrence
Olathe
and Overland Park

What are your opinions of these areas... I know OP has a pretty good rep.

an

Originally Posted by MikeMaslowski (Post 5329264)

I will google Denver just because of this post... thanks!

Originally Posted by el borracho (Post 5329278)

Denver is great but it is not the "finest city in the world." It is not even the best city in America.

San Diego > Denver

Originally Posted by SDChiefs (Post 6166287)

This