moonshinee,

After steak, BBQ & Chinese restaurants, the food scene was pretty bleak when I moved here in the 1980s, but it has come so far. Wonderful Korean, Thai, German, Italian, Ethiopian, Indian , French, Mexican, Central American, Middle Eastern and others.

There are two recent James Beard Award winning chefs and many other nationally recognized ones.

Frommers ranks KC as a top 10 destination in the world? Whodathunk?

"Yes the conservatives are in power on the Kansas side right how, but the state always bounces back from that extreme" -- not sure I would agree, the extreme right wing has been steadily gaining power since the early 90's -- sure they had a few setbacks when the State School Board went too far with its creationism agenda and Phill Kline was run out of the state, but I see no bouncing back.

http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/...p#.UbxRePlJOT4
“The two-year spending plan, which Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to approve, places income tax cuts ahead of schools, universities and public safety. Giving tax breaks to wealthy Kansans matters more to state leaders than investing in the state and its citizens.”