Sunny 5 acres
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My employer is sending me to Concordia kansas. Been to Orlando Florida but thats it. I am from NYS so anyone have any tips for me to know? Thanks. (I do not travel much so i am a bit nervous). Thanks
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Kruse
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-15° in the winter. 105° in the summer.
It's either raining all the time or you have drought. 40 mph wind most of the year. Tornado watches and warnings about 6 months out of the year.
Being from NYS, you know what snow is, do I won't dwell on it.
I like living in the area.
Enjoy your new job.
It's either raining all the time or you have drought. 40 mph wind most of the year. Tornado watches and warnings about 6 months out of the year.
Being from NYS, you know what snow is, do I won't dwell on it.
I like living in the area.
Enjoy your new job.
Vernon in Ks
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I think Kruse has been out in the heat tooo long. ;>) You know those are the extremes.
supergrumpy
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KS sure sounds like Shangri-La compared to Albany
David from Kansas
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Living about 100 miles SW of Concordia, I can say that Kruse is quite right about the temp extremes, except that it gets colder than -15, which it just did this past winter. Google Concordia, Kansas and look up the weather. You will find that Concordia is a very small town, about 2600 population with a community college. I think it is the county seat of Cloud County. Larger city of Salina is about 52 miles straight south. Manhattan, home of Kansas State University is about 84 miles SE of Concordia. There is a JD dealer in Concordia. I think you will find it a nice quite town with an almost non-existent crime rate.
I dont know,,those 40-50 mile an hour winds coming straight off the polar ice cap might make albany seem like a resort!LOL most of kansas in a word? OPEN!dont have to call your neighbors to see what they are doing,walk out on the porch and you can see them for ten miles!!
trucker 40
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It will be a lot different than New York! Its not too far from Nebraska.Its out there on the plains where its flat ground and they also have a lot of tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska usually.You might like it. You can probably hunt pheasants out there.I,m not from Kansas,but I remember going pheasant hunting in Nebraska and Kansas out there in the 1970s. Ive had a delivery at a grocery warehouse out there at Concordia before a few times.Its a good sized town for Kansas out in that area.Kind of a long ways to any big towns too.Manhattan,Ks looks to be the closest big town.Then maybe Salina,then maybe Lincoln, Nebraska.They will all probably be disappointing to you,except maybe Omaha or Kansas City might be more to what you are used to.There would be a lot worse places in Kansas you could be,Im sure of that!
nice town, nice people, you should like it fine. I live about 90mi away in NE but get down that was quite often. If you happen to be a dirt track racing fan......we have ton's of tracks within ez driving distance. lots of good place to eat. my chiropractor is located there. his family has been in the business of helping people along time, not just having you comeback all the time. more then welcome to email me when u get there or private message me for information.
Anonymous-0
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Like most of the rest of Kansas. Good flat land, good people. What will you be doing there?
Gene Dotson
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Had a friend from Kansas. His dog ran away from home. 3 days later, he could still see him!!!
Gene
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TomH in PA
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I heard that on a clear day in Kansas you can see the back of your own head.
Live roughly 100 miles north east of concordia. Lots of talk about flatland Kansas, but this part of the state is anything but flat! Where I grew up here back in the 50's, road gear in most of the tractors was just a luxury you just got to gse going down hill, and on the flats between the hills. Don
Anonymous-0
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I taught school in Kansas 5 years. And as has been said it does get cold in winter. There is nothing between you and the north pole but a barb wire fence and it is down.
Doug in Illinois
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I used to get down there a lot 30 or 35 years ago. I know a lot has changed since then.
One thing that won't change is the location. You are quite close to a couple places you really need to visit.
Abilene, KS is home to the Eisenhower museum. It is about 75 miles away,
The "must see" is about 135 miles away in Minden, NE. Be prepared to spend a whole day there. It is called Harold Warp Pioneer Village.
Homestead National Monument just west of Beatrice, NE is typical of a lot of national parks, meaning you can spend a lot of time on the trails after you see the exhibits. It is about 98 miles from Concordia. If you do go there, Valentino's pizza is a local franchise that has good Italian food in downtown Beatrice.
If you want more info, I can tell you lots more places to go to, and some to not waste your time on. Email me if you want. DOUG
One thing that won't change is the location. You are quite close to a couple places you really need to visit.
Abilene, KS is home to the Eisenhower museum. It is about 75 miles away,
The "must see" is about 135 miles away in Minden, NE. Be prepared to spend a whole day there. It is called Harold Warp Pioneer Village.
Homestead National Monument just west of Beatrice, NE is typical of a lot of national parks, meaning you can spend a lot of time on the trails after you see the exhibits. It is about 98 miles from Concordia. If you do go there, Valentino's pizza is a local franchise that has good Italian food in downtown Beatrice.
If you want more info, I can tell you lots more places to go to, and some to not waste your time on. Email me if you want. DOUG
Anonymous-0
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I have lived in Concordia, KS for 40 years and it is a great place to live. In fact my brother-in-law is a manager at CTI so I'm sure you will meet him. His name is Johnny Adams. CTI has just built a new dealership that is awesome. Our population is closer to 6,000. We have a Wal-mart, several convenience stores, McDonalds, Taco Johns, KFC, Pizza Hut, DQ, Subway, Sonic, Gambinos and a great Mexican restaurant downtown and if you like BBQ Heavy's is the way to go. We also have a large library, Dollar General and two farm supply stores. I am a RN at our hospital which has a great host of doctors. The American Legion is a great place to go to unwind and have a beer if your interested in that. Email if you have any questions. Have fun 
Stephen Atkins
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Well, if it gets too cold you can fix the fence and make sure the gate is closed.
Stephen
Anonymous-0
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If you are a nnalert, don't swim in the river.
Sunny 5 acres
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Thank you to all you folks. Sounds like a great place to live and work!
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Kruse
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It's a wonderful place to live and work.
You just need to remember that you have to drive awhile to get to a major airport or to see any kind of professional sports. (Although I gave up watching overpaid pro sports years ago)
The spring and autumns are usually pretty nice and when you drive down a road and wave at oncoming traffic, they usually wave back.
(Instead of giving you the finger)
Oh, yea. Since this is a tractor forum, this area has lots of tractors.
You just need to remember that you have to drive awhile to get to a major airport or to see any kind of professional sports. (Although I gave up watching overpaid pro sports years ago)
The spring and autumns are usually pretty nice and when you drive down a road and wave at oncoming traffic, they usually wave back.
(Instead of giving you the finger)
Oh, yea. Since this is a tractor forum, this area has lots of tractors.
Agreed. The posts about "flat Kansas" are being made by people that obviously have never been to that part of the state. Lots of hills - but not quite as bad as it is further east. My BIL from Illinois couldn't believe the hills we had in eastern Kansas and that we farmed them. He had never seen row crop on a hill with 5 terraces before.
When you move to Concordia you'll find that you are expected to be a K-State fan, special shopping trips mean going to Salina, and be prepared for everyone to know you're from NYS. We don't get many of "those types" around here.
When you move to Concordia you'll find that you are expected to be a K-State fan, special shopping trips mean going to Salina, and be prepared for everyone to know you're from NYS. We don't get many of "those types" around here.
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