It is an alright little burb that blew up big when those Urban flight types movements outwards helped the suburbs rapidly engulf the once independent little city on the Southwest side of the Kansas City Metropolitan region. Farmer’s Markets, Old Settler’s Homestead Museums and quaint Back To School Parades side by side with Strip Malled Super-Supermarkets and 30 Screen Movie complexes make for one odd dichotomy that is for sure.