I have questions about the surrounding Kansas City Metro area

[Duck Dog]

I may move my family back to the KC metro to start our new business. I am currently deciding between KC and the Twin Cities. Anyway, I am looking for tax and school info on the surrounding burbs and beyond. The business will be located in either OP or Leawood.

I would like opinions on some of the better up and coming areas, North side of KC, southern OP, Missouri side, Kansas side? Thanks in advance.

[Duck Dog]

Originally Posted by doomy3

Sounds good. If you give me a little heads up before you look too heavily, I can get you set up on a program online that will let you search the different areas with whatever your needs are (# bedrooms, # bathrooms, price, etc.). It is a great program and then you can get an idea of what you're looking at before you even get here.

Also, if you end up deciding on MN, let me know and I can refer you to an agent there to help you out.



I live in Lee's Summit (have my whole life), and highly recommend it.

Thanks!

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Anyone from Eudora or De Soto?

[BWillie]

You will get the best value if you live North of the River.

[blaise]

I'll say this- our family has had to move around because of job transfers and school. We've lived in Northern Virginia, D.C., Central PA, Houston, the Dallas area, and Olathe (and I also lived about 8 months near Atlanta). Olathe was the best place to raise a family, in my opinion. It's safe, you can get to KC easily, there's lots of family things to do, lots of parks, the schools are outstanding, great library system. It's got a nice feel when you drive around because most of the retail plazas don't have signage going up to the street. Most plazas have a green space between the plaza and the street so there's a buffer. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's much more pleasant to live in an area like that than some cities where they just let businesses put signs up wherever they want and have the businesses go right up to the street.
We really didn't want to leave Olathe. I would move back given the opportunity. I realize it's sort of cookie cutter suburbia, but quite frankly, cookie cutter suburbia is good for raising a family.

[CaliforniaChief]

I you decide to live in Leawood, I've got a real estate guy you can work with./Mike Shanahan, Bill Cowher, and John Henderson

[demonhero]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

Funny...I am moving back to KC [well...Spring Hill, KS] from the TC next week. I am too going to be looking beyond the metro [Kansas side] for housing and all that good stuff...

Spring Hill you say..... I don't live there

[kc rush]

Originally Posted by blaise

I'll say this- our family has had to move around because of job transfers and school. We've lived in Northern Virginia, D.C., Central PA, Houston, the Dallas area, and Olathe (and I also lived about 8 months near Atlanta). Olathe was the best place to raise a family, in my opinion. It's safe, you can get to KC easily, there's lots of family things to do, lots of parks, the schools are outstanding, great library system. It's got a nice feel when you drive around because most of the retail plazas don't have signage going up to the street. Most plazas have a green space between the plaza and the street so there's a buffer. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's much more pleasant to live in an area like that than some cities where they just let businesses put signs up wherever they want and have the businesses go right up to the street.
We really didn't want to leave Olathe. I would move back given the opportunity. I realize it's sort of cookie cutter suburbia, but quite frankly, cookie cutter suburbia is good for raising a family.

Plus the weather is outstanding. I'd love to move back too.