Hunting would be another. If you're going to enjoy KS for what it really is, stay out of the cities (just my opinion). Wichita and the surrounding area has a lot of opportunities, but a higher cost of living comes along w/ that. Wichita is the last place in KS I would want to live.
I just can't see living anywhere but the I-70 corridor w/ my kids. They like sports a bunch and need opportunity. I have access to great fishing, hunting, and opportunities for the kids. If it weren't for them, I'd move to Russell...always staying near I-70 b/c of the access it provides in terms of the outdoors...an hour from great everything hunting and fishing opportunities abound within an hour/hour and a half (to the E):cheers:
I dont know where you're getting your information, but one poster lives in Spring Hill, thats just as urbanized if not more so than Wichita is as KC is encapsulating it. Way too many people in NE ks for me.
As far as cost of living...again, you will pay more to live in the smaller communities away from Wichita. You may be able to find a house for less but it will be a dump. Any nice housing is in short supply and the cost goes up accordingly. Property taxes are almost always higher, gas is always higher etc. For Example, my parents lived in the Maize school district (one of the wealthier ones in the metro area, not that we were) but I lived in Holcomb (by Garden City) and paid almost as much in property taxes on a house worth half as much.
Anyways, for hunting, yes lots to do, but thats only 3 mos out of the year. The rest of the year if you are not married or have a family you may die of boredom. Not much else to do, I often filled my time driving my truck in the dry river bed but that could only entertain myself for so long but I was at a different stage in life. Not talking smack on the small towns, I like em, but in KS our outdoor activities and opportunities outside of hunting and basic fishing are fairly limited the rest of the year due to the terrain, and all the private land ownership.
If you're wife knows spanish, Im sure she'd be a shoe in for any western KS teaching job. But yes, if you move to Wichita, plan on driving 1.5-3 hours to get into good bird hunting and any chance of anyone letting you deer hunt without breaking the bank and writing a check. Wichita is getting the first Mini Cabelas. The govt just approved CID financing so Cabelas can severely limit the amount of money coming out of their pocket for the store. Disappointed the store will be so small.
Ive had my eye on Arizona, New Mexico or SE colorado for a while. Who knows I may make the jump someday. I like the desert.
