We moved about a year ago from a beautiful suburb of Washington, DC to Leawood, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Terry and I are both from Kansas City, so in one way it was coming home. But neither of us really ever lived in Kansas City as "adults" and so it has been a totally different experience. And we are seeing Kansas City in a different light. We miss Virginia terribly, and are kind of surprised that after a year, we still don't feel "home" in KC.
One thing we find so interesting about our South Johnson County suburb is that everyone is fixated on what subdivision you live in. It becomes part of your identity. When people ask you where you live, the answer invariably is by subdivision. It's listed in our church directory, it's listed in our school directories. I haven't figured out why subdivisions are so important. We never had that in Virginia, it was always just what city/town you live in. And it doesn't seem to be a status thing - most of the neighborhoods around us are relatively comparable in sizes of house and price. Though maybe I'm missing something.
A curious thing, living in Kansas . . .
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