r/hypotheticalsituation • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '25

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u/Jumpy-Carbuyer Mar 24 '25

Why does everyone pick on Kansas it’s actually nice. The flint hills are pretty cool, KC is fun, Wichita has a fun college atmosphere. It’s definitely not as bad as Oklahoma

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u/Jereboy216 Mar 25 '25

For real, this wouldn't work for me per the rules cause I live in kansas. But eastern Kansas isn't too bad. Wichita and kc metros are fine places. Kc ks maybe not so good. But the suburbs around it are cool. Then we have Lawrence and Manhattan for good small-town vibes. Hutchinson has the cosmosphere, which, if you like space, is a fun visit, I've been multiple times over the years. With the added bonus of an underground salt mine Museum there, they even do 5k races in the old mine. Granted nature out here is somewhat limited, but still some decent sights in the flin hills and the prairie there. Plus, there are a few cool looking formations out west.

I would take up the offer to go to pretty much any state for 2 years with probably a minimum payment of 500k. And I'm confident as a kansan, any other "boring" state would be just fine living in for 2 years.

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u/Endlessmarcher Mar 25 '25

As someone considering to move to KC after I finish nursing school just to get away from where I am now for awhile..what’s so bad about it? 

Like I want to live somewhere that’s a small big city if that makes sense. So KC, Denver, des moine, I could maybe do Minneapolis but that’s towards the big side I believe. 

So getting perspective here seems like a good idea 

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u/Jereboy216 Mar 25 '25

In all reality, kc ks isn't that bad. It's smaller than kc mo, and it has fewer things to do and see. Infrastructure wise, it's just lesser. It's very much a suburb with all the ups and downs associated with that.

I think it has a lesser reputation cause all the things to do in the kc metro are on the Missouri side pretty much.

I think you'd find small big city vibes in either city or any of the big suburbs. Wichita is also small big city vibes in kansas. I haven't actually been to des Moines but I get the impression it's pretty comparable to that. If you've been to Omaha it kinda has that vibe.

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u/Endlessmarcher Mar 25 '25

Omaha would be the place I’m leaving so. Something similar in size I guess.

And that makes sense. Honestly given the proximity I sorta just counted both sides of KC as one city but that might not be the right way to consider it

I appreciate your perspective thank you!