Whatchall think about Kansas ??

We're gonna be selling our house in Chicago's West burbs and moving someplace with more nature, less people, and a slower pace of life. Thinking like 30 min outside of Kansas might be a good spot. Any of you spent any time in Kansas? 

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If you're gonna live in a rural area I'd pick somewhere with good nature and not just farms

 

Cool thanks man. How much land can you get while being in the metro in like the under $300K range? Gonna have to go full rural if it's not at least a few acres. And thanks for the meth protip lol.

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Are you looking to live in a suburb? Johnson County is the gold standard in KS, but you might find that it has a similar feel to some western Chicago suburbs (though KC is a much smaller metro). Lawrence, KS is 40 minutes out but feels more like an independent community. Lots of restaurants, galleries, etc. if that’s your thing.

 

I'm looking to be ideally on like 10+ acres. I'd settle for 5 for the time being. Definitely not looking for a suburbs vibe. I'm lookin to escape the suburbs.

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Have you checked out Montana? There’s some really beautiful parts

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Isn't Montana expensive for desirable areas? 

Houses in and around Jackson Hole are $1.5 MN on the low end and $1 mn+ within an hour of Jackson Hole.

Everything that I've found that's in the $300k range was in towns of like 400 people with no restaurants or near gas pipelines (probably not easy to resell) if you were looking at rural options.

Missoula and the cities in Montana are likely affordable but that's not what OP wants. 

 

Montana's too cold and too far from my wife's family. I'm only moving to warmer areas my whole life. That's something I've decided for myself. Where in Nebraska is dope? Isn't that where Chapelle fucked off to?

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Maybe something around Omaha? Never been there before though.

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Spent a summer in the Wichita area for collegiate summer baseball. If you’re a person who can embrace the blue-collar lifestyle/culture, you’ll be fine. If not, I would suggest looking elsewhere….

 
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Kansas is a land cursed by Allah. I would recommend the Al-Ula valley in Saudi Arabia.saudi

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Here are my top picks for "nice but not methy" rural areas in the midwest/east of the US 

- Missouri Rhineland (center around Hermann, MO) 

- Southwest GA Plantation belt (center around Thomasville, GA) 

- NE Iowa/Driftless Area (center around Decorah, IA)

- Piedmont of VA (center around Charlottesville, VA) 

- GA/NC Mountains (center around Highlands) 

- GA Lake District (center aroung Madison, GA) 

- Eastern Shore of MD (the whole dang thing is great) 

 

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KC isn't bad, has a decent downtown/metro area.  Johnson county is a pretty wealthy suburb so you're probably not going to get alot of land unless you move even further south from JC.  Lawrence you can get a bunch of land but that is a college town so you'll have to deal with drunk kids running around for 8 months of the year.  Good time to be a chiefs fan tho

 

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