Shrek, I posted that some months back. There are a couple of other areas too that are givng away land for bulding on.
The general concensus of the folks here was that living in Kansas would be just about like losing ones soul and living in Hell. Why it's the most God awful place that ever exsisted, just ask or look at the original post.
Marquette is a wonderful quaint little town. The city park has a swimming pool and really goes all out to honor the veterans of the area. Salina, a town of about 50,000, is not far away as commutes go. Car pooling would probably work as several will be working there according to the newspapers.
Still, even if you are homeless and living in your car, why oh why would you want to get a foothold to a different life--if it has to be in Kansas?
"The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land." Abraham Lincoln
"The land! That is where our roots are. There is the basis of our physical life. The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. From the land comes everything that supports life, everything we use for the service of physical life. The land has not collapsed or shrunk in either extent or productivity. It is there waiting to honor all the labor we are willing to invest in it, and able to tide us across any local dislocation of economic conditions. No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between man and a plot of land." Henry Ford.