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MadHound

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8. Being a Missourian, I am, by birth, brought up to hate Kansas.
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:44 AM
Feb 2012

But in reality, Kansas is a beautiful state. Flat, but still beautiful, sometimes in a stark and mournful way. I still remember looking out over the western horizon in Hayes and seeing, far off in the distance, the Rocky Mountains.

The MU-KU rivalry is fun, intense but fun. Lawrence would be a lovely town if they only got rid of KU and the Jayhawks
A shame that Bill Self and Kansas are so uptight about not wanting it to continue, it is historic.

I've known some wonderful people from Kansas.

The only real drawback is that over the past thirty years, Kansas has become extremely conservative, almost reactionary. Frankly, Kansas has gotten so conservative that they are making Missouri look positively liberal by comparison. Sadly, some of that reactionary conservatism is spilling over into Missouri now.

Hopefully both Kansas and Missouri regains their political sanity soon.

I enjoyed the state Broken_Hero Feb 2012 #1
Almost rectangular jberryhill Feb 2012 #2
I have only driven through but I found the scenery beautiful. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #3
My home state TlalocW Feb 2012 #4
Awesomely pretty although flat; awesomer thunderstorms. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2012 #5
My home state. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #6
K&R. Thanks. nt Arctic Dave Feb 2012 #18
Pigs, Protestantism, Prejudice COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #7
Not quite The Genealogist Feb 2012 #27
Being a Missourian, I am, by birth, brought up to hate Kansas. MadHound Feb 2012 #8
Loved Lawrence, flying rabbit Feb 2012 #9
As a child my family drove through on 70 every year to visit WCIL Feb 2012 #10
My home. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #11
wow thanks for giving these SwampG8r Feb 2012 #12
You have TWO of my bucket list items there. pamela Feb 2012 #14
Holcomb is really way out in the middle of nowhere proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #17
Than you for your post. Arctic Dave Feb 2012 #19
Thanks for posting the photos The Genealogist Feb 2012 #25
You're welcome. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #26
Those pictures made me want to go!!!! They are beautiful, thanks. Little Star Feb 2012 #29
My father is from Western Kansas RZM Feb 2012 #13
actually, "Silver Lake" is in DeSmet, SD hfojvt Feb 2012 #15
I've been to the Little House in Independence proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #16
The skiing sucks! 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #20
I have one strong memory. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #21
I'm from MN, and I've always been fond of "Dust in the Wind" Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #22
I'm going to be visiting Topeka next month Denver Donkeys Feb 2012 #23
My father was born in Topeka, Kansas The Genealogist Feb 2012 #24
Kansas is flat--what's not to like about flat? It would work for me if everywhere was flat. raccoon Feb 2012 #28
The state song is proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #31
There’s a lot more to Kansas than I ever imagined! Little Star Feb 2012 #30
Camped there (Kanopolis State Park) for a weekend a few years back-- TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #32
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