Overland Park is a clean, safe, and growing suburban city with plentiful parks and trails, a strong healthcare scene, diverse restaurants and craft breweries, and convenient shopping — comfortable and interesting enough to enjoy multi-week travel-therapy stints without feeling trapped in a boring town.
A short drive brings you to downtown Kansas City for big-city dining, arts, pro sports and an international airport, and roughly 30–40 miles away Lawrence offers lively college-town nightlife and live music, so you get suburban comfort plus easy access to larger-city attractions.