Maybe I'm being a little bullish there. Let's say Overland Park instead (which is not such a bad commute from Lawrence anyway).

Well, okay, sure, but then you're in Kansas City. And KC certainly isn't expensive, of course, it's dirt cheap. But even Kansas City is really thin on the specialized jobs which people typically move to big, expensive cities to get. Unfortunately, it missed a handful of really critical opportunities that would have given it a better technology sector. But most of those misses weren't the city's fault. I I mean if you weigh it against Wichita or OKC or Omaha or Saint Louis, Kansas City is one of the best in the region. I think it doesn't hold a candle to Denver, but it's a good city. If I had to live in the middle third of the country, the KC area would be one of my top choices. I like to compare it to Nashville, because if you look at it through a layer of abstraction, it's got similar cultural form and character. Anyway, that went sideways. But yeah, if I was going to be working in KC, I would drive from Lawrence, because otherwise Lawrence is a phenomenal town. It's hard for people living there to see it with objectivity, but it's one of the best cities I've ever spent time in.