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Marty Mac Ver 2.0 · 02-16-2010, 10:28 PM

I think I would like to move back to KC and raise my kids there. Education system in Arizona is a fracking joke. Same for politics out here as well. Weather is nice but there are just some things more important than sunny conditions year round. Without any smart-ass jokes what is the job market and housing market like in KC?

wutamess · 02-17-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I know, bad joke.... it's like when people here call downtown dangerous. I wasn't close to being in the minority there, yet there was still a pretty big difference from the Northland... and not so much black/white, but reports at Ervin of kids getting their arms broken while being thrown into lockers and what not, which was unheard of in the PH district at the time (well, middle school, anyway). I started kindergarten at Dobbs in '85.... I think the principal was Virginia Brown? She was roughly 174 years old.

Yeah... that brown ass wig. Mr. Bonoit ( I think that's his name) later became principle. (Bald with beard) Mr Anderson was my 6th grade teacher.

Chieftain58 · 02-17-2010, 01:37 PM

I just moved back from AZ to Kansas and am very happy, found a good paying job in a week(with total benefits) been working at it now for 5-6 months and absolutely love it..... My son hated school out there and is glad to be back here!

Inspector · 02-17-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I spent 10 years of my life at 87th and Blue ridge. I thought it was a good neighboorhood. But, it started going downhill and we had to pack it up and move to Lees Summit.

My old stompin grounds. My first job was at the Milgrams (used to be Reiders) at Loma Vista shopping center. I grew up on about 60 acres west of I-435 on 87th. Of course this is before there was an I-435 there. That area has really changed. I remember when Dobbs was being built as well as all the homes between 87th and 95th, from Blue Ridge to James A. Reed.

Ah, memories.

Inspector · 02-17-2010, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I know, bad joke.... it's like when people here call downtown dangerous. I wasn't close to being in the minority there, yet there was still a pretty big difference from the Northland... and not so much black/white, but reports at Ervin of kids getting their arms broken while being thrown into lockers and what not, which was unheard of in the PH district at the time (well, middle school, anyway). I started kindergarten at Dobbs in '85.... I think the principal was Virginia Brown? She was roughly 174 years old.

JFC!!!! Virginia Brown was still the principle??? Good grief, yeah she has to be AT LEAST 174 if she's a day. Wow.....she was there in the early - mid 60's.

Inspector · 02-17-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

Yeah... that brown ass wig. Mr. Bonoit ( I think that's his name) later became principle. (Bald with beard) Mr Anderson was my 6th grade teacher.

I bet I know who that is. A buddy of mine started teaching at Ruskin then Hickman in about 72 or 73 - somewhere around there. Taught Biology and science classes. He was fresh out of college and yeah, was starting to go bald. I thought he spelled his name "Benyo" but he may have done that so it would be pronounced correctly.

This thread is nostaligic.

blaise · 02-17-2010, 02:18 PM

I live in Plano, TX now but we lived in Olathe before that. I think the housing market is very reasonable in Olathe, and I think the schools are excellent. I've lived in D.C., upstate NY, Atlanta, Northern Virginia, Central PA, Houston, and now the Dallas area, and I think without a doubt Johnson County is the best place to raise a family.

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-17-2010, 02:30 PM

Arizona is hella expensive. My fiancee' and I live in Flagstaff and it's absurd. We plan on moving to Colorado after she graduates from nursing school, but I have a good job here that pays well but we wanna be in the middle so it's close to both of our families.

Before I moved out here I have never seen and met so many indians in my life, coming from Missouri. Just like whites and blacks, some are rude, some aren't. I'm so used to just whites and blacks it's a culture shock lol. I never came in contact with people with last names such as (I promise, I'm not kidding)...

Cowboy
Greymountain
Longacre
Manygoats

And that's just a few lol. Where I'm from, I'm not used to it. It's kind of uncomfortable.

Sandyskc · 02-17-2010, 02:46 PM

Lots of houses for sale in my area, 5 within 2 blocks. I suspect they are fairly open to offers. Lee's Summit but Blue Springs School District.

kc rush · 02-17-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector

My old stompin grounds. My first job was at the Milgrams (used to be Reiders) at Loma Vista shopping center. I grew up on about 60 acres west of I-435 on 87th. Of course this is before there was an I-435 there. That area has really changed. I remember when Dobbs was being built as well as all the homes between 87th and 95th, from Blue Ridge to James A. Reed.

Ah, memories.

My stomping grounds as well. I went to O'Hara HS, so all of my friends lived in that area. I lived by the Clark Ketterman baseball fields, just barely out of the Ruskin area.

**Bearcat** · 02-17-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector

JFC!!!! Virginia Brown was still the principle??? Good grief, yeah she has to be AT LEAST 174 if she's a day. Wow.....she was there in the early - mid 60's.

This thread does bring back memories... I lived behind O'Hara, within walking distance of Dobbs, Broadview Christian Church, Robandee... Went to Annie's Santa Fe in Bannister Mall quite a bit with my parents...

kchero · 02-17-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

This thread does bring back memories... I lived behind O'Hara, within walking distance of Dobbs, Broadview Christian Church, Robandee... Went to Annie's Santa Fe in Bannister Mall quite a bit with my parents...

I grew up around that area too (Behind Truman Elementary, in that area between Bannister Road and East 99th St. along James A. Reed). I am only 26 and live out in Raytown now and there is no way I would go to Hickman High again (graduated in 2001)....joke of a High School and from the sound of it a soon to be canned high school.

I agree with wutamess saying that Raytown is next on the chopping blocks.

kchero · 02-17-2010, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

This thread does bring back memories... I lived behind O'Hara, within walking distance of Dobbs, Broadview Christian Church, Robandee... Went to Annie's Santa Fe in Bannister Mall quite a bit with my parents...

Robandee is all but dead now, no grocery store just your share of middle east shops there now.

02-16-2010, 10:28 PM
Marty Mac Ver 2.0 SaveOurChiefs.com Join Date: Sep 2004 Casino cash: $10005625	Relo Back to KC I think I would like to move back to KC and raise my kids there. Education system in Arizona is a fracking joke. Same for politics out here as well. Weather is nice but there are just some things more important than sunny conditions year round. Without any smart-ass jokes what is the job market and housing market like in KC?
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02-17-2010, 01:37 PM	#32
Chieftain58 Fan club member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Land of OZ Casino cash: $10005117	I just moved back from AZ to Kansas and am very happy, found a good paying job in a week(with total benefits) been working at it now for 5-6 months and absolutely love it..... My son hated school out there and is glad to be back here! __________________
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02-17-2010, 02:18 PM	#36
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9989900	I live in Plano, TX now but we lived in Olathe before that. I think the housing market is very reasonable in Olathe, and I think the schools are excellent. I've lived in D.C., upstate NY, Atlanta, Northern Virginia, Central PA, Houston, and now the Dallas area, and I think without a doubt Johnson County is the best place to raise a family.
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02-17-2010, 02:30 PM	#37
Chiefs Pantalones GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $6868717	Arizona is hella expensive. My fiancee' and I live in Flagstaff and it's absurd. We plan on moving to Colorado after she graduates from nursing school, but I have a good job here that pays well but we wanna be in the middle so it's close to both of our families. Before I moved out here I have never seen and met so many indians in my life, coming from Missouri. Just like whites and blacks, some are rude, some aren't. I'm so used to just whites and blacks it's a culture shock lol. I never came in contact with people with last names such as (I promise, I'm not kidding)... Cowboy Greymountain Longacre Manygoats And that's just a few lol. Where I'm from, I'm not used to it. It's kind of uncomfortable. __________________ Don't be fooled by my username, I'm white.
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02-17-2010, 02:46 PM	#38
Sandyskc Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $10005383	Lots of houses for sale in my area, 5 within 2 blocks. I suspect they are fairly open to offers. Lee's Summit but Blue Springs School District.
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