My wife and I (both 23 with a one year old) are from Texas. I joined the Marines and we have been in California for almost four years now. The past year and a half we have been looking into Wichita as our next destination to set roots and really settle down. From what we have seen online, the city looks like such a lovely place to raise a family and really settle down. I've almost got a job lined up and am currently working on getting my VA Home Loan ready to start house hunting. We are so excited to move! :)
@@bbnks1 Wow, I've been looking for a Place to live where the people are kinder than where I am now. Even though there are great people here; but the great majority are kind of aggressive.
I visit Wichita several times a year and I really enjoy this city. It has really come into its own over the last 25 years. I noticed the flag was very prominent across the city on my last visit which was only a few days ago. We prefer to live in a small town, but if I were to move to a large(ish) city, Wichita would be a good place for me. It's easy to get around in. Traffic flows relatively well most of the time. It's a bigger city with a small western town feel. People are typically very friendly or keep to themselves. Quite relaxing for city that size.
Glad to hear you had a good time in Wichita! As someone who grew up in rural Kansas, I saw the exact same things you did when I first moved here in 2014. A "big city" with the amenities of small town life in terms of community and traffic. The first time I ran into someone I knew out in public, I was blown away. Like, "how is it possible for me to randomly see someone I know in public in a town this big?" Once you find your community here (which I feel isn't too hard at all), it really makes life here easy, and worth it.
If Wichita doesn't build something taller over the next few years I am moving to Tulsa. Is there anyway to get a fund page to build something taller around 500 to 600 feet with an observation deck?
@@cubby091398 Feel free to start a fund page of your own to start building something "taller" in Wichita. Also, feel free to move to Tulsa whenever you please! Local pride doesn't revolve around the size of a city's buildings, it's so much more than that. If that's all you have in mind when it comes to local pride, you're probably better off looking elsewhere anyway. Best of luck!
Glad to see residents see who they are and where they are is unique and valuable - I am planning on visiting the waterfront - something we do not have in our City
It's great city when we were there 3 weeks ago. It's millennial city and also people so friendly, economy is booming, it's good for raising your kids and great environment. I love Wichita. We'll be back soon and who knows will move there soon.
I want Wichita to do one thing, VOTE for Trains. Trains that are on elevated tracks to Kansas City and Oklahoma City. Trains that can go 180 mph would always be fun. The trains will go from Wichita and come back in a day, a few times. That will change our fate and our ability to work in larger cities then come home here. This Air Capital needs a new Transportation Industry. This is marketing Wichita video. I want Transportation importance. Bombardier Learjet used to be part of Bombardier passenger rail development in Canada those people can be brought here to create High Speed Rail. So we must Vote for our Wichita and Sedgwick County Government to engage KDOT, not just try to think Amtrak on freight tracks. Looking for Presidential elections to see who will fund trains. We must decide on our own how to make High Speed Rail happen in Kansas and use our Neighbor States as partners with their developments. Missouri wants trafffic off of I-70 if people are just traveling through. They can't afford to keep expanding and maintaining that road. Oklahoma City wants access to Kansas City by train and their idea goes around Wichita in some ways. Wichita, Kansas is the key city for connecting 3 States with High Speed Trains on elevated tracks. The idea also includes a slower train like Amtrak on elevated tracks. Cities can build elevated platforms to use the elevated tracks. This is jobs, careers, a way to change our fate. Can this be done? I think Investors must be part of it. Those wanting to invest making this happen. Yes government money is needed because land use changes with a elevated track path. Yes farmers can have a train over their land because they have nasty traffic near their land with cars. Ever widening roads for more cars. No community is safe from that. We Vote for our local goverments to engage Kansas Dept of Transportation to talk about High Speed Rail Development. We engage the world with trade, what can we create and give to the world and they help us building this High Speed Rail infrastructure. A lot of products must come from outside America. I don't care what your politics are, this is Transportation for us all. If a Business can imagine progress with High Speed Rail to Kansas City and Oklahoma City then they can vote for this regardless who is President or who is running for the Kansas Legislator. We must talk and build High Speed Rail on elevated tracks that we can see on youtube and the world uses. They use trains to stop expanding roads. They use money used for expanding roads on passenger rail. This is what we must do.
First we need legit sports teams and second make business like a KC power and light to attract young people. We need young people to move here if you want the city to grow.
Congratulations this documentary, Julian! Thank you for sharing the great things that are happening in Wichita and including us in your story. We look forward to continue working with community members to enhance our city.
Great video. Good chance my husband and I will be moving to Wichita in the coming month. Very interested in joining your chamber group and lions international club. I am a member of both in the state I live in now.
I was born in Wichita, left in 1968 when my dad was transferred to the Everett, Washington Boeing plant. Living just outside Seattle, I have become a liberal, would I be welcomed to my home town or would I be told to leave?
Julian - Thank you for asking all the right questions about how this movement started and why it gained traction. There were so many factors that played into the success of the initiative, including great timing, a national "support local" movement, great things happening here, positive social media, and lots of people recognizing that they could be part of the solution. Hats off to area artists across the city who were instrumental in connecting the community to the movement through their creativity and love for Wichita. #ILoveWichita
Great video, I made this channel with one thing in mind and it was to showcase the city. The good and bad. I love the passion everyone has for this city and how they want the best for it. This has inspired me to do the same for the city in my own way.
Thank you Julian for all your work on this documentary and for including the Chamber in your story. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with so many organizations, artists and retailers in the area to promote all the good things happening in Wichita.
❤️❤️ I really like this video. I lived in Kansas in 2003, I always missed it and wanted to go back. Looking forward to taking a visit. Good job y’all😊👍🏽
What exactly is it that you would like to do? They closed down Joyland bc of the lack of funds to keep it running. We do have a Zoo, and theaters. There is a lot of History here, and I think if they would market that, there could be a lot of revenue brought into the city. I remember years ago, you could drag Douglas, then they closed that off so they could have Old Town as a popular place for visitor's to wine and dine. It's mostly a bunch of bars for the 20-30 somethings, and collegekids. As long as I've lived here, I haven't seen that much change. It caters to the wealthy and everyone else can just go to hell. No wonder this city sucks. It's like being in high school, and it's all broken into cliques.
Wichita was getting better, but then the vagrants started flooding the streets and the city dropped the ball on city upkeep. The river front and the streets have became absolutely filthy. I've seen a broken stroller sitting on the side of the road for a week straight, there's a toilet sitting off of west and maple that hasn't moved for weeks just to name a few. Litter all up and down the streets downtown, the river has a thick layer of scum and trash more than half the time. The landscaping around the keeper of the planes is horrible! There's no excuse for these problems when it was under control at one time. Clean up our city! At one time we'd have volunteers have cleaning days that gave the community a chance to connect while showing city pride, but now we just let the filth overflow. Do something about the pan handling at every intersection! If one pays attention they'll notice a pattern to their panhandling scams. Watching my city turn into a dilapidated mess is making me both sad and angry!
Thank you! It was an absolute honor to tell this story. I moved to Wichita in 2014, right at the cusp of each of these movements, so I never had the opportunity to know a Wichita that wasn't proud of itself. There's such a powerful story here - and so many AMAZING people involved in the transformation of pride our city - that I knew this was a story that deserved to be told. I learned so much about our city by telling this story, and I'm so glad that my fellow Wichitans have enjoyed this film!
I think Wichita is nice but its height is what I don't care for and would prefer to live in Tulsa with taller buildings and just a little bit larger than Wichita.
Moved from Wichita to Portland, Oregon. Lived there for almost 4 years(2014-2018). Moved back here and saw a huge jump in pride for this City. I love it here and would not live anywhere else. Great job on the turn around. We went from a city filled with Apathy to a City filled with vibrant life.
That's the great thing about local pride - it doesn't have to revolve around skyscrapers or fortune 500 companies. The point of local pride is that it not only gives community members a feeling of belonging, but that that sense of community many time begins with, is amplified by and maintained by people who aren't necessarily in the realm of the "fortune-500-big-business-world". They're simply passionate Wichitans and community members. The things you mention are, of course, great for the local economy, but I feel you missed the point of the story that was told here.
It is time for Wichita to build something big. Something around 500 to 600 feet tall with an observation deck. Please spread the word. Our tallest building the Epic Center is 385 feet tall to the tip of the triangles.
SOMETHING BIG NEEDS TO COME TO WICHITA. SOMETHING THAT HAS AN OBSERVATION DECK 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND. HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT MAKING THIS HAPPEN IN WICHITA?
My wife and I (both 23 with a one year old) are from Texas. I joined the Marines and we have been in California for almost four years now. The past year and a half we have been looking into Wichita as our next destination to set roots and really settle down. From what we have seen online, the city looks like such a lovely place to raise a family and really settle down. I've almost got a job lined up and am currently working on getting my VA Home Loan ready to start house hunting. We are so excited to move! :)
I think you would love it here. It is a great great place to raise a family.
@@bbnks1 Currently in my living room and work for the city of Wichita. Been here since October! My wife and I love it!!
@@bbnks1 Wow, I've been looking for a Place to live where the people are kinder than where I am now. Even though there are great people here; but the great majority are kind of aggressive.
I visit Wichita several times a year and I really enjoy this city. It has really come into its own over the last 25 years. I noticed the flag was very prominent across the city on my last visit which was only a few days ago. We prefer to live in a small town, but if I were to move to a large(ish) city, Wichita would be a good place for me. It's easy to get around in. Traffic flows relatively well most of the time. It's a bigger city with a small western town feel. People are typically very friendly or keep to themselves. Quite relaxing for city that size.
Glad to hear you had a good time in Wichita! As someone who grew up in rural Kansas, I saw the exact same things you did when I first moved here in 2014. A "big city" with the amenities of small town life in terms of community and traffic. The first time I ran into someone I knew out in public, I was blown away. Like, "how is it possible for me to randomly see someone I know in public in a town this big?"
Once you find your community here (which I feel isn't too hard at all), it really makes life here easy, and worth it.
If Wichita doesn't build something taller over the next few years I am moving to Tulsa. Is there anyway to get a fund page to build something taller around 500 to 600 feet with an observation deck?
@@cubby091398 Feel free to start a fund page of your own to start building something "taller" in Wichita. Also, feel free to move to Tulsa whenever you please! Local pride doesn't revolve around the size of a city's buildings, it's so much more than that. If that's all you have in mind when it comes to local pride, you're probably better off looking elsewhere anyway. Best of luck!
Glad to see residents see who they are and where they are is unique and valuable - I am planning on visiting the waterfront - something we do not have in our City
It's great city when we were there 3 weeks ago. It's millennial city and also people so friendly, economy is booming, it's good for raising your kids and great environment. I love Wichita. We'll be back soon and who knows will move there soon.
I live in the area and all I see everywhere in Wichita are conservative boomers
I want Wichita to do one thing, VOTE for Trains. Trains that are on elevated tracks to Kansas City and Oklahoma City. Trains that can go 180 mph would always be fun. The trains will go from Wichita and come back in a day, a few times. That will change our fate and our ability to work in larger cities then come home here. This Air Capital needs a new Transportation Industry. This is marketing Wichita video. I want Transportation importance.
Bombardier Learjet used to be part of Bombardier passenger rail development in Canada those people can be brought here to create High Speed Rail.
So we must Vote for our Wichita and Sedgwick County Government to engage KDOT, not just try to think Amtrak on freight tracks. Looking for Presidential elections to see who will fund trains. We must decide on our own how to make High Speed Rail happen in Kansas and use our Neighbor States as partners with their developments. Missouri wants trafffic off of I-70 if people are just traveling through. They can't afford to keep expanding and maintaining that road. Oklahoma City wants access to Kansas City by train and their idea goes around Wichita in some ways.
Wichita, Kansas is the key city for connecting 3 States with High Speed Trains on elevated tracks. The idea also includes a slower train like Amtrak on elevated tracks. Cities can build elevated platforms to use the elevated tracks. This is jobs, careers, a way to change our fate. Can this be done? I think Investors must be part of it. Those wanting to invest making this happen. Yes government money is needed because land use changes with a elevated track path. Yes farmers can have a train over their land because they have nasty traffic near their land with cars. Ever widening roads for more cars. No community is safe from that.
We Vote for our local goverments to engage Kansas Dept of Transportation to talk about High Speed Rail Development. We engage the world with trade, what can we create and give to the world and they help us building this High Speed Rail infrastructure. A lot of products must come from outside America.
I don't care what your politics are, this is Transportation for us all. If a Business can imagine progress with High Speed Rail to Kansas City and Oklahoma City then they can vote for this regardless who is President or who is running for the Kansas Legislator. We must talk and build High Speed Rail on elevated tracks that we can see on youtube and the world uses. They use trains to stop expanding roads. They use money used for expanding roads on passenger rail. This is what we must do.
First we need legit sports teams and second make business like a KC power and light to attract young people. We need young people to move here if you want the city to grow.
Congratulations this documentary, Julian! Thank you for sharing the great things that are happening in Wichita and including us in your story. We look forward to continue working with community members to enhance our city.
My favriote city ❤
(Only because it's the largest city in my state)
i didn't know we had a flag until after 2014 and i was born at wesley in 84.
Great video. Good chance my husband and I will be moving to Wichita in the coming month. Very interested in joining your chamber group and lions international club. I am a member of both in the state I live in now.
I was born in Wichita, left in 1968 when my dad was transferred to the Everett, Washington Boeing plant. Living just outside Seattle, I have become a liberal, would I be welcomed to my home town or would I be told to leave?
Sure! Just leave behind the liberal values that have turned the once great city of Seattle into a burning dumpster fire.
I wasn’t born here but i call it home because that’s where my gf lives and I wouldn’t change it for the world
I am a Wichita native. I would like to have more bike paths and dedicated lanes for bicycling.
Something big is needed. It has been needed for more than a decade.
Julian - Thank you for asking all the right questions about how this movement started and why it gained traction. There were so many factors that played into the success of the initiative, including great timing, a national "support local" movement, great things happening here, positive social media, and lots of people recognizing that they could be part of the solution. Hats off to area artists across the city who were instrumental in connecting the community to the movement through their creativity and love for Wichita. #ILoveWichita
Great video, I made this channel with one thing in mind and it was to showcase the city. The good and bad.
I love the passion everyone has for this city and how they want the best for it.
This has inspired me to do the same for the city in my own way.
Thank you Julian for all your work on this documentary and for including the Chamber in your story. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with so many organizations, artists and retailers in the area to promote all the good things happening in Wichita.
❤️❤️ I really like this video. I lived in Kansas in 2003, I always missed it and wanted to go back. Looking forward to taking a visit. Good job y’all😊👍🏽
This city has a homeless problem
This is a great documentary as a Wichita lover. Still lacks the diversity that Wichita should reflect. -Claudia Amaro
Wichita needs something taller around 500 to 600 feet with an observation deck.
I will build a mountain 5000 feet high.
The mid west has amazing beef
What exactly is it that you would like to do? They closed down Joyland bc of the lack of funds to keep it running. We do have a Zoo, and theaters. There is a lot of History here, and I think if they would market that, there could be a lot of revenue brought into the city. I remember years ago, you could drag Douglas, then they closed that off so they could have Old Town as a popular place for visitor's to wine and dine. It's mostly a bunch of bars for the 20-30 somethings, and collegekids. As long as I've lived here, I haven't seen that much change. It caters to the wealthy and everyone else can just go to hell. No wonder this city sucks. It's like being in high school, and it's all broken into cliques.
Funny, I have had a Wichita Flag since the 70s because it looked like New Mexico's but different.
I,my 2 brothers and 100 friends graduated from Wichita State University in engineer, most of us got the good jobs.
I always think of that 80s song. Love her hate her it don't matter. This is my town. Born in Wichita and I miss it.
Wichita was getting better, but then the vagrants started flooding the streets and the city dropped the ball on city upkeep. The river front and the streets have became absolutely filthy. I've seen a broken stroller sitting on the side of the road for a week straight, there's a toilet sitting off of west and maple that hasn't moved for weeks just to name a few. Litter all up and down the streets downtown, the river has a thick layer of scum and trash more than half the time. The landscaping around the keeper of the planes is horrible! There's no excuse for these problems when it was under control at one time. Clean up our city! At one time we'd have volunteers have cleaning days that gave the community a chance to connect while showing city pride, but now we just let the filth overflow. Do something about the pan handling at every intersection! If one pays attention they'll notice a pattern to their panhandling scams. Watching my city turn into a dilapidated mess is making me both sad and angry!
Clean it up and build something over 500 feet tall with an observation deck.
Absolutely great video/ short film!
Thank you! It was an absolute honor to tell this story. I moved to Wichita in 2014, right at the cusp of each of these movements, so I never had the opportunity to know a Wichita that wasn't proud of itself. There's such a powerful story here - and so many AMAZING people involved in the transformation of pride our city - that I knew this was a story that deserved to be told. I learned so much about our city by telling this story, and I'm so glad that my fellow Wichitans have enjoyed this film!
Its has its qualities. But sucks. Moved away for better opportunities.
I think Wichita is nice but its height is what I don't care for and would prefer to live in Tulsa with taller buildings and just a little bit larger than Wichita.
The skyline is not great in Wichita...
Wichita has good roads and education system.
Been here all my life, so I know there are Black here.😎
Moved from Wichita to Portland, Oregon. Lived there for almost 4 years(2014-2018). Moved back here and saw a huge jump in pride for this City. I love it here and would not live anywhere else. Great job on the turn around. We went from a city filled with Apathy to a City filled with vibrant life.
Wichita is not vibrant at all.
THis is a great video. I love it!!!!!
closest place to stay to koch office
Omaha is very nice 👍
I love Wichita Kansas
Get out of Wichita!
Kansas is beautiful.
The Wichita area is not beautiful
Kansas beef is the best ones in the world.
Sorry to say pride doesn't build skyscrapers and entice fortune 500 companies to move here--
That's the great thing about local pride - it doesn't have to revolve around skyscrapers or fortune 500 companies. The point of local pride is that it not only gives community members a feeling of belonging, but that that sense of community many time begins with, is amplified by and maintained by people who aren't necessarily in the realm of the "fortune-500-big-business-world". They're simply passionate Wichitans and community members.
The things you mention are, of course, great for the local economy, but I feel you missed the point of the story that was told here.
@@julianlibyI believe the local pride of the city of Wichita will eventually attract bigger companies overtime. But I agree gotta embrace local pride!
It is time for Wichita to build something big. Something around 500 to 600 feet tall with an observation deck. Please spread the word. Our tallest building the Epic Center is 385 feet tall to the tip of the triangles.
SOMETHING BIG NEEDS TO COME TO WICHITA. SOMETHING THAT HAS AN OBSERVATION DECK 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND. HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT MAKING THIS HAPPEN IN WICHITA?