Wow, this is actually some real innovation in a stagnant industry that actually affects millions. (And it's in the part of the country commonly written off)
This is far more interesting/inspiring and has a much greater impact on the world than the 'break stuff and ignore laws' mentality of Uber and similar Silicon Valley darlings.
To be fair, Kansas does have a GDP almost on par with New Zealand, with just 2.8 million people. Their output per capita is comparable to Denmark. It might not get much press attention, but that's a serious amount of economic activity.
Not that small. Lawrence is the home of the University of Kansas.
I've lived all over the country, and Lawrence would rank towards the top for me. It's much like Austin, only smaller and less expensive. And probably more relaxed. The only drawback is that it's surrounded by Kansas.
Yeah, Lawrence is very much a cool college town. Reminded me a lot of Athens, GA.
On another note about Kansas, I was driving from Kansas City to Wichita on a daytrip with my girlfriend at the time. Like 1995, I think. We stopped in a small town along the way and for some reason found ourselves in this dress shop in a strip mall. It turned out to be a boutique type place, with the dresses at 300-400 each. Weird. Who would have thought they had a market there? Cattle and oil money, I guess.
That store also had a small collection of cassette tapes of Turkish pop music for sale, totally randomly. I bought them all.
At least until the political powerful banks get bothered enough to throw a wrench in their works, at which point those people which condemn Uber's innovations because they violate regulations will need to also condemn this bank's innovations to remain consistent.
This is far more interesting/inspiring and has a much greater impact on the world than the 'break stuff and ignore laws' mentality of Uber and similar Silicon Valley darlings.