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03-20-2014, 09:36 AM | #31 |
King Sandbagger
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Summit, MO
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Yeah, what Sully said. Lee's Summit isn't Mission Hills or anything, but it doesn't have the layer of grime on it yet that Indep has.
I don't mind going back to visit, but a lot of Indep is run down and looking pretty rough. If you want to stay safe, stay around the Independence Center/I70/40 Highway corridor. Where I grew up was around the old airport, it's still OK too. Do not, I repeat DO NOT, venture north of 23rd street or west of noland road. Even if some of these neighborhoods, it's a bit sketchy. |
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03-20-2014, 09:38 AM | #32 | |
You Sweetie!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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sorry - there is some wealth in Independence also - there used to be some nice areas - look the town has character. |
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03-20-2014, 09:41 AM | #33 |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2012
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My dad used to! He tells me stories all the time him and several of his buddies ran around there all the time. He had several cars. A cuda a 69 charger, a 69 big block swapped firebird.
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03-20-2014, 09:43 AM | #34 |
Thread I will end you.......
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Kansas City, KS
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Blue Ridge Mall, the t-shirt shop, the movies and the arcade. All under ground as I remember. Wasted much gas driving up and down Noland Rd.
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03-20-2014, 09:44 AM | #35 |
Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Missouri
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I grew up in the middle of nowhere..my family owns over 500 acres in the middle of North Missouri..when I say middle it's the middle..2 hours to St. Joe and 2 hours to Hannibal..2 hours to COMO..1 hour to Iowa St line..it took 20 minutes to drive to school through the country..went to a school with 300 people in a town of 600..graduated with 23 kids in my class..when we would cruise it was back roads or all sitting at the gas station in the middle of town..Every now and then when we felt like living on the edge..we would drive just outside of town to the sale barn and have drag races..Every other weekend we would go steal an old farmer's tractor and grain cart and pull it around town filled with drunk teenagers
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03-20-2014, 09:56 AM | #36 | |
You Sweetie!
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03-20-2014, 10:15 AM | #37 | |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
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And it's elitist bullshit. Van Horn HS is on its way back. It's a school on the move, and I take offense at this portrayal. Just because we've got a lot of hard working middle class families doesn't mean we're garbage. SCREW YOU! |
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03-20-2014, 10:17 AM | #38 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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Growing up, I didn't like going north of 75th Street.
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03-20-2014, 10:19 AM | #39 | |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire
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03-20-2014, 10:21 AM | #40 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
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I mean it, man.
http://sites.isdschools.org/vanhorn/?sid=16&page_id=131 |
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03-20-2014, 10:23 AM | #41 |
My Mamma Says
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Glass Cage Of Emotion
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Yeah...Burnet a lot of gas in my 73 Camaro chasing the dick teasers on Noland Rd. Can't remember anybody hooking up with any of the hot girls that cruised there. It was Bumper to Bumper a lot of Saturday nights there. I would drive from Liberty just to cruise.
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03-20-2014, 10:24 AM | #42 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
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Independence is ok......if you like Meth!
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03-20-2014, 10:28 AM | #43 | |
King Sandbagger
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Summit, MO
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Ease up and step away from the edge. |
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03-20-2014, 10:30 AM | #44 |
Be Kind To Your Pets
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Glorious Independence, MO
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So far in 2014, Lee's Summit has one homicide. Independence, zero.
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03-20-2014, 10:31 AM | #45 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2005
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I cruised it in my Dodge Charger Superbee- back in the day. Picked up more girls than I could count. Sometimes would take one home then go back and get another. We hung out at Minskys pizza mostly.
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