One year look at Louisburg from an outsiders persp
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9/12/2016
My family relocated to Louisburg KS from the desert Southwest one year ago and we couldn't be happier with our move to the Midwest. Louisburg KS is essentially a suburb of Johnson County Kansas which consists of many cities and townships. Louisburg is a small town of about 4500 and while it has all the qualities of small town America, it's still only a quick 20 minute drive to just about anything you need and 45 minutes to everything Kansas City offers. From what I've seen in the year I've been here is that Louisburg is a combination of life long natives of the town combined with the growing commuter appeal of city folk looking for the qualities of small town America. The town is great and the quality of the schools here is probably as good as it could get from public schools. I'd even go so far as to say equal to some private school quality from where we moved from in Albuquerque NM. "Midwest Nice" is a real thing and I have seen it since I've moved here and has helped me be a better person as well. I will say that while I have had not issues living in Louisburg, there does seem to be some deep rooted tension from the "natives" and how they view and feel about the "transplants". I think it's fair to say that with Overland Park KS continuing to grow south, Louisburg has continued to grow as well and while still very small by my standards at ~4500 population, it's obviously grown beyond what some folks want, but there's nothing that can be done about that. It's a great All-American town that is very proud of its community and nation as a whole. I've never seen the level of patriotism that I have from the town of Louisburg and I'm perfectly fine with that and glad I'm raising my kids in this environment.
J | Louisburg, KS