Banyon stay away from the Devil's Triangle....Dodge City, Liberal, and Garden City. If you are in Kansas, move close to Wchita or Lawrence. Somewhere around there. I have heard to stay away from Emporia as well. I live in Newton myself and I like it here for a several reaons. One it is close to Wichita if I want to go shopping or go to a concert or something in a big city. Two it is a small town but not too small and not too big. It is two hours from Kansas City, Topeka and Lawrence if I want to go there. If you have children, they have Hutchinson Community College in town and a four year college Bethel College. Their sport teams are awesome and there isn't that much gang activit, some but not as much as Dodge. As far as drugs go there are alot here; however it is not as bad as Dodge as well. When it comes to Gangs and drugs
DC is as bad a Wichita per capita, if that explains anything to you.
The people here are nice; however if you are not from here it is hard to get to know people, but if you are outgoing it is no problem. I actually love it here. THE TOWN IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLEAN!!!!!
One downfall......TRAINS! tRAINS! AND MORE TRAINS!
Your questions about the SEC.
DC cannot fill the civic center, I do not understand why they want a SEC for anything. They will be able to fill it if they bring in Latino bands and things like that.
I went to Ozzy and Rob Zombie at the Kansas Colliseum last night and it was sold out; however it did not sell out until day of show. Dodge Cty will not be able to fill a SEC for concerts.