This is a really great ComboFan thread and I have enjoyed it immensely. It's amazing to see KatKid and RowdyBoyy just flexing their townie muscles like absolute studs.
Yeah, it's a birthright thing more than anything. I haven't lived there in over a year and a half, spent at least 3 years away within my early twenties and still think my townie cred will run circles around yours.
This. I think if someone moved to Manhattan before middle school, stayed at K-State, and then settles in MHK post-college they could technically count themselves as a townie if it helps them sleep at night. But if you move in during or after middle school and live in MHK for the next seventy years? Get out of here, transplant. The elementary school allegiance really seems to be key here.
I have some questions for Rowdy and Mr. KK:-Best non-Amanda Arnold elementary school? If tiering helps here, go for it.
-What are the "it" churches in town?
-Favorite recurring sponsor of an MPRD team?
-Riff on some well-known MHS teachers/admins.
-Best date spot in HS, in college, and post-college?
-Do you think they'll put the second high school near the Red Lobster, or will they put the Red Lobster near the second high school?