7 Worst Neighborhoods in Kansas City ... Kinda
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- Here are the 7 worst neighborhoods in Kansas City to live in. Well, kinda. You'll have to watch the video to find out why they are labeled the worst in Kansas City MO.
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The landfill near Raymore was killed (thank goodness) Love living in Raymore. Yes, it’s boring but it’s only a 25 minute drive to Lee’s Summit or south OP
I saw that! It was approved in April, right?
Please stop putting where you live in the comments section. It takes one text, one search on a website that legit shows a map of your house, and one spam link and next thing you know… your bank account drained. 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💀
Thanks for your concern for me and my family. I don't think I've ever put where I live.
I've lived in KC for the majority of my life and Independence is indeed a shit hole. Most of the stolen cars and motorcycles end up there and don't forget about the long history of meth use and manufacturing there. I wouldn't live in Independence if I was given a free house there.
Thanks for commenting. I think there are really nice parts of Independence, but I guess that's just my opinion.
raymore may be boring, but its in cass county vs. lees summit/jackson county with stupid high property tax
You're right there!
These drops in the KC market are because the KC income average never increased to support the spike in real estate cost a couple of years ago. Transplants who work remote and corporations came and drove the market up to the point our private sector couldn’t afford what use to be our middle class market 🤷♂️
Agreed. However, there are areas in the metro that didn't experience that drop.
I’ve lived in KC for 60 years. One thing to keep in mind is people from MO and KS don’t really get along very well. It goes back to the Civil War when there were numerous small battles fought here. Research “Bleeding Kansas”. Pros and cons to each state, so when someone says MO is a dump or KS sucks, take it with a grain of salt.
Thanks for commenting! Do you feel that's the case even with younger people? Millennials?
@danwoodfield
I have lived in KC for a long time too, and it's really odd that the energy or atmosphere or whatever you want to call it is so different in two places so close together. I actually prefer the Kansas side (though I live in Missouri) but it's not for any reason I can easily explain. It's more a feeling than anything concrete.
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong There is definatly still a rivalry but I feel its more related to economics nowadays. I grew up on the kansas side and live on the missouri side now. From my perspective the Kanasas side has more money but also more HOAs and taxes.
@@josephguerassio6680 Yes, I can see how this would be the case. Do you have a preference after living in both?
I live in MO but work in OP, KS three days a week. As soon as it's 4pm I can't get out of KS fast enough. The MO vs KS thing is still very much alive and well.
I had heard about not buying a home on the Kansas side too. It was due the the higher property taxes, sales tax and vehicle registration fees. Sure like Overland Park and Leawood,, but the price of homes went crazy.
That's what I was told! I should have done my own research. My fault!
Vehicle registration on the MO side is a nightmare. Taxes on the kansas side are. I'm about to move to MO though lol
@@tinapinch7494 yes, I agree with the registration comment! Are you moving to Kansas City, Missouri?
@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong possibly. But I'm looking more in St Joseph. KC people definitely don't like people from Leavenworth. Lol
@@tinapinch7494 Understood. If you're open my team helping you purchase something up there, we do service that market as well!
My aunt lives in Independence. We visited her this past new years. A week later she said someone stoled a sword from Truman’s house. The reason why the Mormon church has that shape is because they think that when Jesus arrives, he’s going to walk down the spiral part of the church
Thanks for commenting and sharing that experience! I have talked to my LDS clients about this quite a bit. Apparently, the LDS church doesn't own the spiral temple, but they do own the temple next to that one. Apparently the Community of Christ, which is a sect of the LDS church (some LDS don't consider them LDS at all), now that temple site. The sacred area is right next to that eye catching temple, so people are divided on how Christ will come back there.
RLDS built the spiral, reorganized Latter Day Saints. They’re all a bunch of kooks. I would love to sell them something worthless I’d be a millionaire.
Do mot believe that crazy story that the believers think Christ is going to land on any building that is a stupid story passed around by non members.
@@charlieb.8518 Well, I just talked to two active members of the LDS church yesterday. They mentioned it in passing. Not being LDS myself, I will defer to your expertise on this.
@Kana7782 that's what the blinking light at the top of the tower is for, to lead Jesus home 😄😀
I really dislike how you didn’t uphold the premise of your video. When I think of a neighborhood, I’m thinking a small community within a city and not the entire city. I’m a KC local but if I wanted to move into a new community, I’d be far more interested in learning about why I should avoid Westport and Maple Parks than be told to avoid a city. This isn’t a productive way to encourage people to move to KC (though I think that isn’t necessarily a bad thing since I we’ll lose a lot of our charm as more people immigrate here).
Fair comment. I use neighborhood/suburb/city/area within the metro interchangeably, since I find that most people moving here are going to do the same. Thanks for commenting.
None of these places are actually "neighborhoods in Kansas City" but their own cities that are in 2 different states in the 15 county metropolitan area. Independence was a city before Kansas City ever existed. The image used in the intro also isn't of anything in Kansas City. This video is based solely on property value depreciation in suburban communities...Not what makes a neighborhood "the worst". My neighborhood (in Kansas City, Missouri) has a murder rate that is over 400% of the national average and a violent crime rate that is over 1200% of the national average. There are a lot of beautiful 2,800+ square foot historic homes for sale around me but if you aren't familiar with the urban core daily life can be a struggle in these areas. This video is misleading. Do your research and talk to those of us that grew up here before you buy a house.
Thanks for stating exactly what I said in the video! Appreciate the comment!
CRIME and Homelessness is terrible there now shootings almost daily and prostitutes clearing walking abt on 23rd and 24 hwy. And that rural spot is called Sesclahana and that is the dropping ground for dead bodies from the city crimes. I wouldnt have a family picnic in a park in independence you could lose your whole family in a cross-fire drive by and im not kidding. Go walk Katy trail and come back and your cars been robbed. We need drug busts here drug dealers everywhere.
Geez, have you experienced some of that first-hand?
We call Independence 'Methdependence"
Unfortunately, I've heard that nickname before...
We say Spindependence 😅
I used to live in Independence for a little less than a year and didnt regret moving from it. North Independence is a literal FOOD desert unless you want fast food. There are no healthy options and many businesses are going out of business near the Sugar Creek area. The only nearest super market in walking distance had its roof collapse. I know south Independence as you are heading toward Lee's Summit is nicer but north of the city is NOT where you want to live. I lived in a neighborhood where there was a duplex that was constantly involved in domestic violence. Our next door neighbor was a HOARDER and had illegal (pit bulls are not allowed in Independence) dogs on the property that would GET LOOSE. Stray animals were PREVALENT as well. I would avoid north Independence. There have been no good words about it. I moved to the Southmoreland neighborhood of KC and LOVE the neighborhood WAY more.
I'm glad that you found a place you love! Any pros about living in Independence?
Blue Springs is a good place to live. The city is growing, and is very friendly to bikes and pedestrians, plenty of parks, and walking trails.
I agree! I think Blue Springs is a fantastic area! I assume you live there now?
Yeah. Moved in around 2001. The older parts of town is rough, but everywhere else is good
@@Maelael Nice. Glad you like it there!
Can you do me a favor and make kearney sound worse? I don't want more people lol it's already turning into mini liberty 😂
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You got it! I got you.
You should do a video about North Kansas City MO 😎
Sure! I could do a vlog tour!
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong Best place to live in KCMO
@@JuanDominguez- Do you mean North Kansas City, or North of the river?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong North KC
I live in the Leavenworth/Lansing area. Home prices seem to be stable here. I bought my house in 22 for 275 and homes are selling for 340+ still. Nice little bump. But what sucks is the property tax. The penitentiary and base don’t pay property taxes…so guess who has to pay for their taxes? Us 😉 I love it Sarcasm).
I'm glad! Did you try to get the county to reassess your taxes?
Taxes are very bad in franklin co kansass.
Higher than joco!
We bought a car from a relative who lives in joco.
We paid 30% more in property taxes
Some of these houses in Kansas was sold at inflated prices a few years ago, explaining why they are depreciating now. Over time the homes will regain their value.
When I sold my house in Overland Park in 2018, it sold in a week for asking price. My neighbors house sold over asking price in three days. 👍🏻
Despite the taxes, OPKS was a nice place to live. 🙂
You don't think it's a nice place to live anymore?
It makes sense because if you want the option to not drive you wouldn’t want live in Joco. This is one of the reasons I left. I like options, I don’t like being forced into a metal box to do anything. I believe a lot of my generation feels the same way.
Yeah, I get that as well. I think it's interesting how PV and Lenexa took a hit, while OP and other places stayed pretty strong.
Downtown Overland Park where I live is quite walkable. I wouldn’t want to not have a car, but I’m working on convincing my girlfriend that we can probably share a single car. We walk to most things we do as we work remotely.
@@JordanEMAW Agreed! If you had to navigate to Missouri at all, or if you had to access other parts of OP, that would be difficult without a car.
🙋🏻 moved out of Shawnee-since I don’t speak Spanish-sanctuary cities are purely for the masochistic.
I live in Lenexa and I only hop in my car to go to places where I am going to haul stuff back like groceries. PV is much the same. OP and other areas you are required to drive everywhere though.
JOCO Lifer here. For the most part, this is a list of older suburbs with homes built from 1950 to 1980. My guess is that these homes sometimes don't fit what the modern buyer wants. They might be smaller, have small closets, one car garages, etc. and buyers might like newer. They're also at an age where you're dealing with big maintenance. In PV they're tearing down old WWII ranches to redevelop and Lenexa has some pretty old areas. The south 71 corridor like Raymore is pretty bad commuting. Same for Excelsior Springs, Liberty.
I think of the city in quarters, and a lot of people live their lives seldom leaving the quarter where they live. The Joco peeps aren't going to WY. The WY peeps envy JOCO but look down on JOCO as if we're somehow not authentic people. I've been told "stuck up Johnson County people" my whole live despite the fact Tiger Woods could hit a ball from my yard to Wyandotte. Lee's Summit peeps kind of move around that area. For me, going to Liberty or Smithville is like driving to the moon. Our traffic is better than a lot of places, but I'd probably still live near my job and stay in one quarter rather than drive to the other end of the metro often. I've declined to prusue jobs requiring me to commute 30 minutes.
Thanks for commenting a helpful point! Where in Johnson do you live? What makes you a "lifer?"
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong I’m 50. My family moved to Prairie Village when I was 3 and moved to Roeland Park when I was 5 and except for 1 year at KU and 3 at an apartment in Mission, I haven’t lived anywhere else. I’m not native, but very close. I don’t have memories of anywhere else.
@@stevend8785 Got it. What do you think are the best parts of living in Johnson County?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong JOCO is a good place for families. There are older neighborhoods with a lot of charm, very nice neighborhoods and some apartments to choose from. The schools are good to excellent. It’s pretty peaceful. There is low crime. Most people just work hard at their job and keep their property tidy. Neighbors are respectful of each other, even the apartments. We are car dependent and parking is abundant and free. The park system is beautiful. You can bicycle from the KS river to Olathe. The library system might be among the best in the country. You can find people of every description here and we all get along. The economy here is good. If you want a good job, it’s likely to be found in JOCO. It’s nearly silent at night. I’m 15 minutes to downtown, 30 minutes to the airport, 20 to College Blvd. It’s very convenient. It’s a good place to raise children. They can play football catch in the street without issue. Housing here has gone up, still more attainable than a lot of places and a $500,000 or $1million house is really nice. They’re worth it. On the other end, decent apartments can be found for $1,000 a month. It is not the cheapest area of town but you really do get what you pay for.
I worked in independance. Its an armpit and I wouldn't want to live there. However I think the reputation as a crime hub is a little overblown.
Do you think things are trending better or worse?
It goes back to the civil war and in the 1850s, bleeding Kansas.
Thanks for commenting! What are you referring to?
Grew up in gladstone! You picked a good place to live man.
Still love Gladstone! Awesome place, was there today for a showing. Where do you live now?
@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong just south of Gladstone. Befor tou get to nkc.
Nice. Good area as well. When did you move there?
If you devided Kansas city up into different areas this list would be a lot different. I think that would have been more fair.
Yes, probably would. I've been thinking about how to do that, but I can't seem to find an intuitive way. Got any ideas?
I, for one, am glad house prices are coming down. The American Dream is to own a home and build wealth, and that dream is coding in the hospital bed as we speak.
Well, prices are going down in some places, but overall they are still high. Where do you live?
Do you have a video of Riverside, Mo?
None yet, but I may have a home coming up for sale there soon. Is that were you want to live?
By the way, what type of drone do you use for your videos?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong I'm only window shopping for now. I've still got at least 10 more years at my current job here in LA, before I can consider retiring and moving. But I like to keep my options open early.
The drone I use is a DJI Air 3. I use it commercially and for recreation.
Apparently my family has a lot of history in Mo. There's supposedly a memorial cemetery somewhere in the state of Mo. where half the people buried there are related to me. We also had an Outlaw in our family who rode with the Jesse James gang.
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong I think I have two or three drone videos of the KC area on my channel, if you have time to check them out
How about covering downtown communities. I have a house that's been for sale since last September. A wonderful area, Beacon Hill.
Beacon Hill is an awesome location! I will try to get in there. I know there’s a tax abatement there for the next few years, right?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong. I see some developed houses for sale in Beacon Hill area and am curious about the neighborhood
@@80taddy24 If you want to see homes there, I would love to work with you!
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong hopefully next year 🤞🏼🤞🏼
I grew up in Independence it is the armpit of Kansas City just ask the Independence Police department and then they'll lock you up for whatever reason they can make up😂
I’ve heard the term, “armpit of Kansas City” before about Independence! Where does that come from?
belton has alot of meth and homeless people tho !
That may be true, but there is a lot of development going on there.
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong i went to high school there. if you say so!
I think the Lenexa drop is an effect of macro economics. Mainly interest rates and a higher cost of living. Because I agree Lenexa would be a fine place to live. I think we are just seeing a price correction.
Yes, very well could be the case.
Super cool seeing my city being talked about on youtube! Great way of marketing and making KC clients feel relevant and known in the big web. You are very thorough and do a lot of meaningful research. Cant wait to see more.
Thank you so much for the very kind comment. I appreciate it so much!
I'd like to see the comparison of these places year over year. The prices in most of the metro I feal have been over inflated the last 4 years or so. I know a lot of costal people have moved to the midwest and paid more than what the natural prices would have been. It think most of these areas are just correcting.
I'm in olathe and they raised my appraisal value and driven my taxes up. My mortgage has gone up about 500 dollars in 4 years due to tax appraisal alone. It is dumb.
Yes, this is a year-over-year comparison. Did you file to have your property taxes re-assessed? I did this for a few clients in Jackson County and that dropped their tax bill by a little bit.
Yes I've tried every year. Jackson County hired a 3rd party last year so they were overturning them. I'm in olathe and since the county did their own they aren't willing to budge. I'm just Glas I didn't listen to the bank and bought a cheaper house than they said I could afford so I'm still doing OK but it is crazy. I bought at a good time just wish my taxes wouldn't go up over 1200 a year each year.
@@TheDavidlbates2 Yeah, that's the issue right now. I'm hoping that people are making good decisions and not stretching themselves too thin.
Research medical is the worst hospital in the area by far. Avoid
What do you mean by "worst?" Area, services, etc?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong all of the above. During COVID they had vacancy when everyone else was as capacity. Even people who were dying didn't want to go there. Even menorah was full before research.
@@mp-xt2rg Hmm. Well, we gave birth to baby #2 there, and it was as smooth as baby #1 back in Los Angeles and #3 at St. Luke's on the Plaza.
@@wildwoodandonyx Ironically, my wife was interviewed at both when we didn't know any better. She almost ended up working there.
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong St Lukes is a good hospital. Glad things went well in Los Angeles and research. The problem is when things don't go well and intervention is needed. I wouldn't want to be at the first two hospitals if something went wrong.
Iam east of indep luckily, man research hospital lol. My mom got her purse yanked off her there when I was a kid. You couldn't give me a house in kc or certain ares of indep, sadly grew uo.in indep. Liberty is nice area but area it's grown to fast, , I guess all areas have bad spots but crime in kc and indep lo are the worst areas.
Thanks for commenting! Do you still live in the metro?
Sort of been here all my life, grew up in independence, now live east close to Buckner mo
Tbh we don’t consider independence kc. At most we’ll call it NKC but we not pulling up no where n meth city
You don't think Independence is in the KC Metro?
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong independence is apart of the metro but culturally in the city we don’t include it.
@@Leritaquese Got it. I think that the people I talk to in Independence would disagree, but thanks for commenting!
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong of course not 😂😂😂 it’s a deeper issue than geographic. From the difference in KCPD and IPD, from the prominent Mexican/white gangs in the north/easr vs us in the inner city. For clarity, it’s apart of KC - but for context? It’s like saying both SK and NK are consider the same when trying to explain Joseon
There is bad areas in every town . Lol
Yes, you're right about that.
The landfill north of Raymore has been blocked.
Right! It has. When I made this video, it was still on the ballot.
I agree about Liberty and excelsior springs. We sold in KCMO and moved to 3 acres between Kearney, Holt, and Plattsburg. The area exploded as soon as United Fiber moved in allowing everyone to get work from home jobs. My only advice for people that want to move to this area is look at the school boundaries before buying. Home might be in Kearney, Smithville, Plattsburg, Lawson, Lathrop district. Call the School bus barns to make 100% sure.
Thanks for commenting! What made you move? Did you just want to be out farther?
@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong lived in the Newmark Deerfield Stanley area off north oak and 152. 1 neighbor put up a six foot privacy fence all the way to the sidewalk and would yell racial things at my other neighbor (italian). Then my other neighbor tried to build a blacktop tennis court and tried to use a portion of my property. Found 3acre 2700sqft property with a workshop for $215k in 2017 and it was a no brainer.
@@johnathansteil8186 Geez. That sounds like a horrible living situation down by North Oak. I'm glad that you got out there when you did, your property values have since skyrocketed! Congratulations.
I bought in 2020 just when the boom was starting. I work in property management, so I saw the market prices go wild. Looking at just one year doesn't necessarily establish a trend (unless there is a specific concern, like a landfill). It could just be a natural correction. To me, it seems like the metro core (Downtown to Plaza) has been flipping for about 5-10 years, with investment moving east. The other directions are already more develiped and saturated. I'm curious if that matches your showings. I'm going to watch the "best" video now...
Really appreciate your interactions on my videos! I believe so, however I think that there are natural north-south boundaries that haven't been breached yet. I think the next boundary will be highway 71.
@@LivingInKansasCity-JaylennWong Yeah I never appreciated how convenient 71 was. Now, I prefer it over so much else!
Great video!
Thank you so much!
The landfill did not pass.
I heard that! At the time of filming this vide, it was still a possibility.
We don’t say “the” highway number(the 69 etc). This isn’t California.
Old habits die hard! Thanks for commenting.
Like with all areas in the metro, Excelsior Springs has its mix of good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods. A couple years ago, we bought a property north of the hospital and it has been fantastic. We love our friendly neighborhood and the nearby ammenities of walking trails and lakes. Additionally, we have felt that the town is small enough to feel quiet, yet large enough to have our needs met (i.e. Walmart, Aldi, a QT being built, etc.). We relocated here from Grain Valley, and, in all honesty, Excelsior Springs has been a much more pleasant experience than we had in GV. Unfortunately, you seemed to focus on a lot of negative hearsay in regards to this town.
Well, given the scope and the focus of the video, there’s a reason prices declined there. If I were to do a “pros and cons” of Excelsior Springs, I would be glad to mention all of the amazing things about Excelsior.
This is an interesting video, but based on the title I thought it was going to be neighborhoods in KC like Waldo, or Longfellow. Not cities in the metro 😂😂
Yeah, for search purposes, its titled this way so that people can find it. I know they aren't technically "neighborhoods."
"Avoid Kansas" is an insane strategy when looking to move to the area, particularly if you want things like accredited schools *stares at KCMO and Independence*
Understandable! Again, this list is based only on home prices.
Liar. Both the Independence School District and KC Public Schools are accredited.
@@michaelalexander2913 now, but for how long, and when are they going to lose them again?
No lies here, I wouldn't have brought this up if they were not constantly in danger of, or have lost their accreditation in the past.