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Loma Vista

Nov 19, 2010 14:02

Hello KCLJers. I'll be moving to your area soon and am currently looking at apartments. One complex I found looks good on paper, but I'm not sure about any of the areas of the city. Is Loma Vista a good area or one that a typical middle class person would want to steer clear of?

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Hmmm... jferg November 20 2010, 01:48:34 UTC

If you mean this Loma Vista, my inclination would be to steer clear. It's a pretty rough area, and is directly behind (and inclusive of) the former Bannister Mall, which is now effectively a dead zone of empty strip-mall carcasses. There are probably some decent older (50s-era) neighborhoods nearby, but overall it's a pretty low-income area.

Be aware that as you move out of the downtown KC area, neighborhood names (like Loma Vista) become fairly meaningless to most Kansas Citians; it's more about either landmarks (most people would refer to that as the Bannister Mall area) or which 'burb it's in (i.e. Western Independence, Grandview, Blue Springs, North Overland Park, etc.). When talking about downtown/midtown KCMO, though, neighborhood names are still valid descriptors in most cases.

Re: Hmmm... vstat November 20 2010, 03:57:27 UTC

Thanks for the input. The more I'm looking into the situation, I think I'm changing my focus to the Kansas side. Since I'll be working in Kansas, it seems like it will be less complicated.

Re: Hmmm... ragnorokt November 20 2010, 04:49:52 UTC

You should live in the other state from where you work so you can file two sets of state income tax, it really is lots of fun.

Re: Hmmm... prowler7 November 21 2010, 23:33:50 UTC

I can second this recommendation. Live in the state you work, if at all possible. I am also glad to see you are working in Kansas, as Kansas City MO has an additional earnings tax on top of state and federal taxes.

Just because you are on the Kansas side doesnt mean you will be free of bad neighborhoods. Keep doing your research on what part of town you are wanting to live in.

Re: Hmmm... vstat November 21 2010, 23:37:07 UTC

I've been looking in the Lenaxa area lately. Someone pointed me in the direction of a crime facts website. Seems to be lots of sex offenders everywhere. The end of earnings tax in KC may be soon though since that proposition passed. I imagine the city will vote on it next spring.

Re: Hmmm... shmigs November 22 2010, 01:24:46 UTC

If Kansas Citians vote to end the earnings tax, it would phase out over a 10 year period.

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