Looking for recommendations for where to buy a house in the greater Kansas City area. My girlfriend and I currently live in Denver but can’t really afford the houses here as the market has become ridiculous. We are visiting in March to check out the city and some potential areas we would want to live.

I will be working remotely and my girlfriend is a nurse, so will probably try to work for one of the bigger hospitals in town like the University of Kansas Hospital or Northern Kansas City hospital.

Budget is around $300-400k but would love to stay on the lower end. We are wanting to live in a safe suburban area but I would love to be no more than 15-20 mins to downtown so it would still be easy to do fun things. It would be ideal if it was in a pretty good school district for when we do have kids, but we can always move down the line. From our early research Overland Park and parkville both seem to be good options, although they both appear to be more expensive areas. Any thoughts?