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erronis

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9. It's a blue bump (Mt. Oread) on the red plains.

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:44 PM

Jun 16

It may be cosmopolitan in its tiny footprint, but go 3-4 miles in any direction and say hello to rural America. Kansas City has its blue areas tho.

Lived in Lawrence from 1966-1975 - good times and bad times. We had two students shot by the National Guard around the same time as Kent State.

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I'm crying watching Lawrence, Kansas welcome the Algerian football team to the U.S. Why can't it always be like this? [View all] Aristus Jun 16 OP

Lawrence, KS is a university town. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 16 #1

It's a blue bump (Mt. Oread) on the red plains. erronis Jun 16 #9

This is great. I love Lawrence and KU although I didn't attend school or live there. I lived in nearby Overland Park... wcmagumba Jun 16 #2

Lawrence is where WS Burroughs spent his last years. maxsolomon Jun 16 #3

James Gunn also. erronis Jun 16 #10

Lawrence is a really artsy intellectual kind of place. leftyladyfrommo Jun 16 #4

Very nice. Here are Norwegian fans rowing up the escalator: spooky3 Jun 16 #5

I have found that any small gesture of kindness MontanaMama Jun 16 #6

There are still a lot good people in this country MustLoveBeagles Jun 16 #7

Argentinean and Algerian fans were fighting in Times Square today SamuelTheThird Jun 16 #8

I'm crying just reading your post. 3catwoman3 Jun 16 #11

Me too. MorbidButterflyTat Jun 16 #12

... Aristus Jun 16 #14

Which show? I want to catch it later. Amaryllis Jun 16 #13

This country has so much potential that's been foolishly squandered. Initech Jun 16 #15

I went and found the TV report on YT... electric_blue68 Jun 17 #16

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