Nate Bukaty

After one year here, they had driven back all the way to New Jersey for the holidays.

And they were on their way back.

And he said somewhere like in Pennsylvania, they were just sitting in the car driving back to Kansas City.

And out of nowhere, his wife said,

You know, I could stay in Kansas City.

And he said before he even knew the words were coming out of his mouth, so could I. And, of course, they did.

And, you know, it's really kind of fun.

I had as much fun talking to people like that as I do the people like that are born, you know, Bees is born and raised here.

So this is his town.

And, you know, I feel lucky that I get to travel and see a lot of other places.

But I've never lived outside of Kansas or Missouri as a permanent resident at any point in my life.

And so I feel like I have a decent perspective.

But when you talk to people that have lived elsewhere and then say, no, this is where I want to live.

This is where I want to set up shop and raise my kids and all those things.

It's fun to hear the reasons why.

And yeah, a lot of them are less obvious, you know, clearly.

And I do.

I hope that...

I hope that people are proud of this town when people come here.

And I hope that the people that come here, they're here long enough and have that kind of experience.