West Wichita
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10/5/2008
I have lived in Wichita for almost 20 years now and I absolutely love West Wichita. The faster growing developments are on the west side Which includes NewMarket Square which contains: Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Super Target, Old Navy, On The Border, Applebee's, TGIF, Pei Wei, Coldstone Creamery, Chipotle, Starbucks, Olive Garden, Granite City Food & Brewery, Yankee Candle, Borders, various cellphone carriers, FedEx Kinkos,and many other shops, Banks, there are also talks of a BestBuy being built there, and places to eat and it is still developing. NewMarket Square currently stretches between the intersections of 21st & Maize and 29th & Maize. Right across the street from NewMarket square there is Baskin Robbins, Logan's Roadhouse, Emerson and Biggins, A Dillon's Marketplace which has a newly completed jewelry store inside of it that is similar to Beldens, and various other shops and a New Lowes that is near completion. There is also another retail development in the works at 37th and Maize called Stonebridge. About 1 minute from NewMarket Square is a nice movie theater called Warren Theater West. 3 min from NewMarket Square is a very large YMCA (The biggest in the Wichita and surrounding areas). And a New $93.1 million Hospital currently broke ground which is due to be completed in 2010. There is also the Zoo which is a pretty nice zoo which is on the west side and about 5 min from NewMarket Square. This area has very little crime and I frequently see individuals leave their car running while they go into the store because they realize that the chance of someone bothering their car is very slim. The houses in this area are very nice as well. The newly developed/developing places to live are Fox Ridge, Fossil Rim, Pier 37 and Watercrest. Other nice neighborhoods include Reflection Ridge, Auburn Hills, Rainbow Lakes, and Mere Ridge. Downtown is also developing a Waterwalk and a New Arena. There is also Old Town which is downtown that has various night clubs. A commute to the east side is about 15 min. depending on where you are trying to go. The best shopping mall is Towne East Square, although Towne West Square has a better Express. Wichita is a nice city with nice people. I personally am not too fond of East Wichita because there is higher crime and the customer service tends not to be as friendly as the West side. Although East Wichita has some nice areas of focus which include The Waterfront (a line of resturaunts on a lake and some shops), and Bradley Fair (similar to NewMarket Square but on a smaller scale but they do have shops that NewMarket Square currently does not have which include Banana Republic, Gap, and Whitehouse Black Market. It just seems as though you get more house for your money out on the West Side. I have traveled to many cities including orlando and Tampa Florida, Austin Houston Dallas and Gavleston Texas, various cities in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nevada, California and many others and I have yet to find another city that I want to live in. All in All, I love Wichita and especially West Wichita.
Brandon | Wichita, KS