By and large the folks here are remarkably nice. Coastal transplants that I know constantly remark on this fact. I've come to almost take it for granted.
When it comes to raising a family and making a living...who needs touristy junk and trendy outlets? That's what vacations are for. Oh, and Phelps is the effin' devil. > It's a pretty average state, really. The school boards are completely > insane, Fred Phelps should be shot into space and Sam Brownback is a > conniving troll, but in general, the people are very nice. I'm finding, > after moving to Olathe from Chicagoland, that our neighborhood is > considerably more "realistically" multi-ethnic and multi-cultural than > what we felt in Illinois. Suburban KC is no different that suburban > anywhere else, really (with all the good and bad connotations thereof). > > It's rather quiet here, the housing prices are great, and the amount of > tech business coming into the area is pretty impressive. There's also > plenty of perfectly healthy alt/gay/youth/liberal/progressive/etc. etc. > etc. culture here as well - it just doesn't make national news like the > fundie nutballs do. > > - Jim > > Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: > >>Yeah, exactly WHAT does Kansas have that makes people want to continue >>to live there? >> >>I would have assumed there would be a mass exodus out of that area over >>the years... >> >>Cheers, >>Erika >> >> >>##| -----Original Message----- >>##| From: Gruss Gott >>##| >>##| " ... and there's a really neat place to see in Kansas." >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159949 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
