Derby Kansas is a lot Like Edmond Oklahoma

Earlier this week I wrote a post about the many similarities between Wichita, Kansas and Oklahoma City (Edmond).  As you have probably heard by now Boeing will be relocating many of their engineers to Oklahoma City from their Wichita plant in a year or so.  Since then I've had the chance to visit with a friend of mine who is from Derby, Kansas.  I wanted to know more than just the demographics and census data I found.  She explained to me that Derby is just outside of Wichita and was actually pretty similar to Edmond in a lot of ways.  Like Edmond, Derby has had explosive growth during the last 10-15 years.  She told me it's hard to tell where Wichita ends and Derby begins.  Sounds a lot like Edmond and Oklahoma City.  I had to check it out

Here's what I learned