Best neighborhoods in Kansas City
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Unranked Neighborhoods
"An example of the projects along the Troost corridor"
- bbqdude
Bottom line up front: Beacon Hills can be a pretty scary place. It is, in almost every sense of the word, a slum. Most of the "homes" are one or two room tenements stacked right up on top of each othe...
"A great location for the most part"
- bbqdude
Like nearby Valentine, Coleman Heights is difficult to pin down. I have friends that live nearby and absolutely love it. This neighborhood actually defies easy description. There are some really shady...
"A bad neighborhood"
- bbqdude
Bottom line up front: only desperate people live in Foxtown. It is, in almost every sense of the word, a slum. Even the proximity to Swope Park cannot save this neighborhood. Most of the "homes" are o...
"Nice working class neighborhood"
- bbqdude
This area is predominantly middle income working class folks. Neither opulent nor low rent, this area caters to folks that want to live close to the city but want to avoid some of the hassles of livi...
"See Gillham Park From Your Back Window. Move to Locust St."
- kctaxlady
Locust is another great Mid-town street with lots of those brick six-plex apartments that are so typical of Kansas City. It attracts Art Institute students and other bohemian types who are lured by t...
"Some good, some bad..."
- bbqdude
This is the second neighborhood I lived in when I moved to Kansas City and one of the reasons I moved to my current neighborhood, 49/63, is because it is so much like Hyde Park. Hyde Park is, first o...
"A fun place to visit but..."
- bbqdude
18th and Vine is part of Kansas City's effort to invigorate the downtown area as well as reinvigorate some of the neighborhoods that made Kansas City famous in its salad days. The result is a frustra...
"Trying to improve"
- bbqdude
Like the nearby India Mound area and other areas along Independence Avenue, Sheffield is a sad example of what can happen to a once beautiful area. First of all, there are some decent older homes in t...
"A great neighborhood"
- bbqdude
This whole area is really quite nice. Most of the homes are two story and roughly average in expense for the area, placing them at middle- to upper-middle income levels. Most of the streets are tree...
"Part of a nice neighborhood"
- bbqdude
It is fairly typical of working class Northland neighborhoods. Relatively safe, fairly neat and relatively cheap, it's not a bad place to live but really nothing to write home about either. If you wan...
"Close to nice areas, but not particularly nice"
- bbqdude
There are some beautiful older homes in Colombus Park. Various organizations have put a lot of money into the area but it is on a flood plain and insurance makes investment spotty at best. Still, I'v...
"A beautiful part of the Country Club area"
- bbqdude
While Country Club is not the best neighborhood in the city, it is certainly close to it. It is very expensive though that is not necessarily a bad thing. You are paying to live in a beautiful neighb...
"Dangerous inner city neighborhood"
- bbqdude
There are some beautiful older homes in Central Hyde Park. In fact, some fairly famous names were associated with this neighborhood. The monument and the park on the South end are nice but that's re...
"A nice place"
- bbqdude
Brookside is a pretty cool area. I know that it says "Morningside" but everyone calls it Brookside. The homes in, and around, Brookside are generally quite nice and there are some really amazing home...
"A nice blue collar area"
- bbqdude
Chouteau Estates is a fairly typical working class Northland neighborhood. Pretty safe, well-planned and relatively cheap, it's not a bad place to live but nothing particularly special. If you want t...
"Upscale shopping area and tourist destination"
- bbqdude
There are a few apartment buildings and some lofts in Crown Center but it really isn't a residential area. Primarily, it is a tourist destination and office buildings. The area is dominated by the W...
"Expensive, but a great place to live"
- bbqdude
Most KC natives call the Country Club Plaza simply "the Plaza". It is very expensive, though that is not necessarily a bad thing. You are paying to live in a an upscale neighborhood with almost every...
"Blue Valley is trying to get nicer"
- bbqdude
Like the nearby India Mound area and other areas along Independence Avenue, Sheffield is a sad example of what can happen to a once beautiful area. First of all, there are some decent older homes in t...
"A little bipolar..."
- bbqdude
This area is common for this part of the city in that it is bordered on one side by nice, relatively affluent neighborhoods and flanked by some rough areas as well. On the North, West and part of the...