Lenexa is my brother's and mine home town. We were just little kids at the time. I went to kindergarten through second grade. We lived on Pflumm Street which is now near 95 th Street. Next my family and I moved to Overland Park, on Switzer then. I went to second and fourth grades. After a couple of years we moved to Prairie Village, on Linden Street just a block from Roe Ave. That was from 1972-1990. Now my brother and I live about 50 miles South of Kansas City Mo in the little village of LaCygne Ks in Linn County. I sure do miss living in Prairie Village but being seniors we can't afford to move back. Thank you for the video and the memories it brought back. God bless.
So, this video only covers places in the Kansas city area.... Should've done the whole state. There is also Wichita, Derby, Park City, Salina, Topeka, Andover, Dodge City, Garden City, Hays, Great Bend, Hutchinson, McPherson, Emporia, Junction City, Ottawa, Liberal, Pittsburg, Independence, Coffeyville El Dorado, Augusta, Newton, Goddard, Maize, Haysville and Kingman. There's much more good places around the state that I'm sure I missed, but you get the point. You only listed good places to live in the North Eastern part of Kansas.
The first few shots in the video are of Wichita. Lived there all my life. A good place to live and have a family. Getting ready to move to southeast Kansas out of the city. Your video showed only Kansas City metro and college towns. I would never live in Johnson County or Lawrence. There’s a lot more to Kansas.
Just a couple of things to point out factually. The beginning of the video you show Kansas City, Missouri. Next up is Lenexa, which you state is south of Overland Park. It actually borders a portion of Overland Park to the west. I thought it was funny that you showed an overhead view of a golf course in Mission Hills , complete with palm 🌴 trees off the fairways. ( for those who don't know better, we don't have palm trees in Kansas). Interesting to find out that 8 of the 10 listed, are in the Kansas City metro area. I personally would have found the video more intriguing or interesting, if you just lumped all of them together as Johnson County, Kansas, since that is where all of them are located and added some towns or cities in other parts of the state.
From what I've seen recently, Sterling, KS is a great city to live. Working can be a challenge there depending upon your skills, but quality of life is one of the best I've known since checking out other cities.
LOL Sterling is in the middle of nowhere, and offers next to nothing other than horrible weather most of the year, high taxes, unfriendly people, and no public lands anywhere.
Great video and I agree Kansas has many great places to live. Couple of things in the first few seconds got my attention. First, I-35 runs thru the state from Wichita to Kansas City. I-135 is a spur that extends from Emporia to I-70 atTopeka along the Kansas Turnpike. The beautiful aerial view of the War Memorial with Kansas City skyline in the background is in Missouri.
You are incorrect. Although it is part of the Great Plains, Kansas is also one of the states that comprises the Midwest. I am a resident of the state of Kansas.
@@williamclinard2438 No, most of Kansas is part of the Great Plains/western US- and is not remotely similar to where most of the population lives in the Midwest- which is east of the Mississippi River. The center of population in the Midwest is north-central Illinois.
If you are going to talk about Kansas why at the beginning of the video you are showing Kansas City MISSOURI The liberty memorial etc get your states straight please and thank you
Almost all of those are just suburbs of the greater KC metro area. Laurence even, kind of, fits that mold. Could have just lumped them all together as one entry. Manhattan was the only one away from KC. So basically, 95% of Kansas is terrible. The 5% around the KC metro is ok...
Yes, I know it's not Kansas, but 8 blocks away. How is Waldo to live in? I am tired of living in a coastal town where foreigners drove the prices to $4000000 for nothing. Plus the foreigner propaganda. BTW, I went to school in WI, colder there but midwest values.
Overland Park are you kidding me, dont you think you might be cherry picking abit? Sure some of the suburbs are safe, but most of Overland Park.... is well how do i say this, deadly at night. Big pass.
Overland Park has one of the lowest crime rates of a city it’s size in America. Even Olathe has a 4x worse assault rate than op. Considering KC is one of the most violent cities in America OP is a desirable place to live.
@@LG4L3443 Southern Overland Park your right, north half, well... To use a dated reference: You might find someone you love on a milk carton. No thanks, I will pass on Overland park. Havent been to Olathe since I was a kid during that time I really didnt notice anything (for better or for worse), looking back on the memories it was rather run down. Olathe was the kinda place where just mind your own business and your okay. But to hype up ALL of Overland Park when more than half of it is riddled with crime. Really?
Johnson County does equal most of Kansas in terms of where the vast majority of the economic growth and population growth takes place. Kansas= Poor Southern State Without Johnson County
You need to fact check. You had to seriously search for these highlights. The people are very nice. But this state is dying, period. The college towns are just that, college towns.
@@MissBabalu102 LOL, no one ever moves to Kansas other than parts of Johnson County and a few other areas. Kansas offers a very poor quality of life with horrible weather most of the year and high taxes. Kansas has such a low quality of life that they can't even attract remote workers for the most part or give away houses for next to nothing in rural areas. That's because people desire more than a windblown desolate place to reside in. I left Kansas in 2008 and it was a very good decision. Kansas remains in the top 10 for the most moved from state just about every year.
@@KS5040 Yes, I really wished someone had warned me back when I returned from teaching overseas. (they talked me out of cold Milwaukee suburbs.) I had been to Kansas City at 18 years old in the summer, and I saw something pretty. But I had one of my life's absolute worst experiences staying near Overland Park for 5 months while I sorted out my task of replacing bank cards and driver's license, tech. Rundown with some really mean people. Slobs too. Sorry to say. I thought I could buy something with my full house down payment, that goes nowhere in California. I have no good answers anymore.
@@MissBabalu102 Hey, I've also lived in Wisconsin, it might be colder in the winter than Kansas but at least the summer weather is far better along with fall weather. Taxes are higher in Wisconsin, but things are run way better than in Kansas. I like some of the smaller cities like Eau Claire or Appleton. Scenery is also 100X better than Kansas with Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the Northwoods with all the lakes.
People that are high achievers rarely stay in the KC metro area. There are far more dynamic and innovative metro areas elsewhere that are far better places to live in.
I love it when they show Missouri pictures of Kansas City
Lenexa is my brother's and mine home town. We were just little kids at the time. I went to kindergarten through second grade. We lived on Pflumm Street which is now near 95 th Street. Next my family and I moved to Overland Park, on Switzer then. I went to second and fourth grades. After a couple of years we moved to Prairie Village, on Linden Street just a block from Roe Ave. That was from 1972-1990. Now my brother and I live about 50 miles South of Kansas City Mo in the little village of LaCygne Ks in Linn County. I sure do miss living in Prairie Village but being seniors we can't afford to move back. Thank you for the video and the memories it brought back. God bless.
After 69 years and growing up on a Kansas farm, and living on both coast any place in Kansas is a good place to live.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
@@USHistorians Don't like this AI introduction voice in the video. Hope you change to real man voice or another AI voice. a foreigner.
So, this video only covers places in the Kansas city area.... Should've done the whole state. There is also Wichita, Derby, Park City, Salina, Topeka, Andover, Dodge City, Garden City, Hays, Great Bend, Hutchinson, McPherson, Emporia, Junction City, Ottawa, Liberal, Pittsburg, Independence, Coffeyville El Dorado, Augusta, Newton, Goddard, Maize, Haysville and Kingman. There's much more good places around the state that I'm sure I missed, but you get the point. You only listed good places to live in the North Eastern part of Kansas.
Could you recommend Moundridge as well?
Yes exactly
You need to retitle your video to the 10 best places to live near Kansas City.
So I guess unless you live in the Northeast METROplex around KC the rest of the state sucks??
@@nomadbrad6391 not for a lot of people.
Besides the mistakes already pointed out, you can add that there are no apartments at all in Fairway, Westwood or Mission Hills as stated. Not one.
I grew up in prairie village Kansas and I currently live in overland Park kansas. Both are very great places to live
Hey I’m living in a small town south of Overland Park
It really is!
How far Is that from Phillipsburg Kansas
Hi can i get your Instagram or Facebook?i would like to know more about Overland park.i plan to move there
My dear Stacey .I love the place kansas .Praying to get friend in kansas
The first few shots in the video are of Wichita. Lived there all my life. A good place to live and have a family. Getting ready to move to southeast Kansas out of the city. Your video showed only Kansas City metro and college towns. I would never live in Johnson County or Lawrence. There’s a lot more to Kansas.
Kansas= Low Income Southern State without Johnson County.
Nothing away from Kansas City!
With the exception of Manhattan all the cities are in the KC metro area. Have the people who created this ever step foot in Kansas? 😂
I prefer Emporia, the ESU is my studied school, a message from Taiwan
10 best places in........Johnson County
Just a couple of things to point out factually. The beginning of the video you show Kansas City, Missouri. Next up is Lenexa, which you state is south of Overland Park. It actually borders a portion of Overland Park to the west. I thought it was funny that you showed an overhead view of a golf course in Mission Hills , complete with palm 🌴 trees off the fairways. ( for those who don't know better, we don't have palm trees in Kansas). Interesting to find out that 8 of the 10 listed, are in the Kansas City metro area. I personally would have found the video more intriguing or interesting, if you just lumped all of them together as Johnson County, Kansas, since that is where all of them are located and added some towns or cities in other parts of the state.
Agreed, just a bunch of KC suburbs...implies the rest of the state sucks. They were all also upscale areas.
The beginning was actually Wichita
So I guess unless you live in the Northeast METROplex around KC the rest of the state sucks??
Sad this seems like a Ai video.
Salton Sea CA is still a good deal
i grew up in Leawood but live now in Topeka big difference but Topeka is nicer then I expected
Is Topeka a nice place to move with my kids ?
@@lecoquette4252 i think so and cheap compared to other places
As a native Kansan, I’ve always thought it was a shit hole. College roommate from Topeka called it the biggest truck stop in the world.
@@lecoquette4252 No, Topeka is a garbage dump city.
From what I've seen recently, Sterling, KS is a great city to live. Working can be a challenge there depending upon your skills, but quality of life is one of the best I've known since checking out other cities.
Totally agree!
LOL Sterling is in the middle of nowhere, and offers next to nothing other than horrible weather most of the year, high taxes, unfriendly people, and no public lands anywhere.
Lawrence: Why did you not mention that it is the home to the University of Kansas? A major oversight.
There are other places to live in Kansas other than Kansas City. Why are you showing us pictures of Kansas City Missouri
Great video and I agree Kansas has many great places to live. Couple of things in the first few seconds got my attention. First, I-35 runs thru the state from Wichita to Kansas City. I-135 is a spur that extends from Emporia to I-70 atTopeka along the Kansas Turnpike. The beautiful aerial view of the War Memorial with Kansas City skyline in the background is in Missouri.
I grew up in sterling KS. It sucks my rich family won't even give me a job
First of all, Kansas is the Great Plains, not the Midwest. You could saved alot of time and just said the suburbs of Kansas city.
You are incorrect. Although it is part of the Great Plains, Kansas is also one of the states that comprises the Midwest. I am a resident of the state of Kansas.
@@williamclinard2438 Technically in AP Geography courses, the midwest STOPS at the Missouri River.
@@williamclinard2438 No, most of Kansas is part of the Great Plains/western US- and is not remotely similar to where most of the population lives in the Midwest- which is east of the Mississippi River. The center of population in the Midwest is north-central Illinois.
If you are going to talk about Kansas why at the beginning of the video you are showing Kansas City MISSOURI The liberty memorial etc get your states straight please and thank you
Kansas isn't connected to anywhere via "route 135" I-135 starts and ends in Kansas and never leaves the state
I’m trying to move as close to Overland Park as possible
So I guess unless you live in the Northeast METROplex around KC the rest of the state sucks??
Almost all of those are just suburbs of the greater KC metro area. Laurence even, kind of, fits that mold. Could have just lumped them all together as one entry. Manhattan was the only one away from KC.
So basically, 95% of Kansas is terrible. The 5% around the KC metro is ok...
What about Moundridge KS?
Roeland Park is not as you describe.
also you cant just pick every 5k person suburn of KC and say its the best place to live in the state, it just means there 10 good places
So many close-ups of hands counting Benjamins.😂
wichita state university is best in kansas
CG voice and Indian dialect on the advertisement, no connection whatsoever.
Yes, I know it's not Kansas, but 8 blocks away. How is Waldo to live in? I am tired of living in a coastal town where foreigners drove the prices to $4000000 for nothing.
Plus the foreigner propaganda. BTW, I went to school in WI, colder there but midwest values.
Wisconsin is far better than Kansas in just about every way possible.
Not a fan of the voices on here .didn't watch this long .
Your video should have been titled, “10 best places to live in Kansas City!” Disappointing!
Overland Park are you kidding me, dont you think you might be cherry picking abit? Sure some of the suburbs are safe, but most of Overland Park.... is well how do i say this, deadly at night. Big pass.
Overland Park has one of the lowest crime rates of a city it’s size in America. Even Olathe has a 4x worse assault rate than op. Considering KC is one of the most violent cities in America OP is a desirable place to live.
@@LG4L3443 Southern Overland Park your right, north half, well... To use a dated reference: You might find someone you love on a milk carton. No thanks, I will pass on Overland park.
Havent been to Olathe since I was a kid during that time I really didnt notice anything (for better or for worse), looking back on the memories it was rather run down. Olathe was the kinda place where just mind your own business and your okay.
But to hype up ALL of Overland Park when more than half of it is riddled with crime. Really?
I live south of Olathe and I don’t hear about a lot of crime in Overland Park, what horrible crimes are you talking about?
Overland Park is as safe as the dollar underneath your car seat
NOT WICHITA!!!
Best places in Kansas. Lmao. Johnson county no thanks. You covered one county and two college towns. There is a lot more in the state.
Johnson County does equal most of Kansas in terms of where the vast majority of the economic growth and population growth takes place.
Kansas= Poor Southern State Without Johnson County
You need to fact check. You had to seriously search for these highlights. The people are very nice. But this state is dying, period. The college towns are just that, college towns.
Maybe true, but all States and countries feel like they are dying right now. They ALL think it's only them. That's the globalist plan.
@@MissBabalu102 LOL, no one ever moves to Kansas other than parts of Johnson County and a few other areas. Kansas offers a very poor quality of life with horrible weather most of the year and high taxes. Kansas has such a low quality of life that they can't even attract remote workers for the most part or give away houses for next to nothing in rural areas. That's because people desire more than a windblown desolate place to reside in. I left Kansas in 2008 and it was a very good decision. Kansas remains in the top 10 for the most moved from state just about every year.
@@KS5040 Yes, I really wished someone had warned me back when I returned from teaching overseas. (they talked me out of cold Milwaukee suburbs.) I had been to Kansas City at 18 years old in the summer, and I saw something pretty. But I had one of my life's absolute worst experiences staying near Overland Park for 5 months while I sorted out my task of replacing bank cards and driver's license, tech. Rundown with some really mean people. Slobs too. Sorry to say. I thought I could buy something with my full house down payment, that goes nowhere in California. I have no good answers anymore.
@@MissBabalu102 Hey, I've also lived in Wisconsin, it might be colder in the winter than Kansas but at least the summer weather is far better along with fall weather. Taxes are higher in Wisconsin, but things are run way better than in Kansas. I like some of the smaller cities like Eau Claire or Appleton. Scenery is also 100X better than Kansas with Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the Northwoods with all the lakes.
There’s other places in Kansas that are the best other than Kansas City 🤦♂️🤬
Very few, the vast majority of any job growth and population growth in the state is going to be in Johnson County.
Nobody want to live in KC anymore.
You must be very young
@@susanarsoniadou3588 lol he must be a soldier
Why nobody want to leave in kansas city 🤔is there a lot of crime there 🤔
People that are high achievers rarely stay in the KC metro area. There are far more dynamic and innovative metro areas elsewhere that are far better places to live in.
Ya'll sound like some kind a Foreigner.
KC? REALLY ?