On my way to KC... a little help?

[zscoundrel]

I have lived pretty much all over the city, here are my observations.

Lenexa is pretty much in the middle of Johnson County, and is nice and 
pretty much safe.  Shawnee is the city bordering on the north, De Soto 
on the West, Overland Park on the East and Olathe on the south.  All 
five Cities have excellent police forces.  Well educated, polite and 
professional.

It is a good place to raise a family.  Lots of opportunity, not a lot of 
problems - oh - and really great schools!  In Lenexa you will have 
either Olathe, Shawnee Mission or De Soto school district.  All three 
are in the top ten districts in Kansas.

Kansas City Mo.  is larger, with a lot of decent people and places, but 
the City is managed by morons that HAVE to be crooked as hell, because 
if they aren't they are the stupidest people on the face of the earth.

I haven't even STARTED to talk about Carol Coe yet!!!  She has 
SINGLE-HANDEDLY slowed KC MO development by at least 30 years!!!  The 
KCMO schools lost their state accreditation, which pretty much means 
that a KCMO high school grad is not even capable of photo synthesis.

Wyandotte is predominantly more blue collar.  Most of the people are 
decent.  the taxes do seem to be higher there, but they really aren't 
that bad for the services that you get.

There are a lot of poorer areas in Wyandotte Countly/KCK so the cops are 
pretty much overwhelmed and the city/county government is somewhat less 
than sharp or up to the task, but they are probably less crooked than 
the KC Mo City gov or school district.

Matt Graham wrote:
> Looks like I'm on my way to KC come Summer.  (Accepted the Job.)
> 
> The only problem is . . . I don't know anything about the place.  Here
> in Salt Lake City, I know about the "sides" of the city.  The west side
> isn't that great to live in...but it's cheaper.  The east side is
> nothing with Yuppies with 3 PHD's each.  
> 
> Can anyone tell me about the "zones" around KC?  I'll be working in
> Lenexa, so I'd want to be _sortof_ close to that.  
> 
> I'm gathering that Overland Park / Lenexa is pretty Ritzy!?!  Will I get
> more bang for my buck planting my family (wife and son) somewhere else
> close by?  I must be close enough to attend meetings, right??  
> 
> Since I'm a total KC n00b, I'd love ANY comments or feedback (or
> warnings).
> 
> Thanks, 
> Matt
>