Kansas Citians think their neighborhoods are going downhill. In surveys year after year, residents’ satisfaction levels have plunged. Their feelings about safety, city services, the overall quality of life -- they’re all down, down, down.
A three-story, stone-trimmed house just sold on the Paseo in Kansas City’s urban core. On the outside, the siding is white. On the inside, the walls are taupe.
The burglar thought he was being sly. He pulled quick hit-and-run jobs. But he couldn’t outrun e-mail.
Forgive Susan Kurtenbach if she’s a little sensitive about the condition of her neighborhood sidewalks.
So, for the past week, The Kansas City Star has presented the city’s best places to live in different sections of town. Now we can reveal the best of the best, the No. 1 cluster of neighborhoods overall.
Kansas City is a city of neighborhoods. In fact, unlike many other major cities, Kansas City offers a multitude of interesting choices, from older ethnic neighborhoods like Columbus Park, to the stately homes in midtown and Santa Fe, to the newer suburban areas on the city’s north, east and south borders.
Quick, describe the area around Kansas City International Airport. Office parks, farm pastures and maybe that bull statue along the interstate, right?
The Kansas City Star’s profiles of neighborhoods and our "state of the neighborhoods" report card showed conditions and trends were improving in city neighborhoods so far this decade.
The Kansas City Star’s profiles of neighborhoods and our "state of the neighborhoods" report card showed conditions and trends were improving in city neighborhoods so far this decade.
