Two reasons: Lawrence and Manhattan.
As is often the case the good people are held hostage by the densely populated rats nests.
You are correct and it is only continuing to get worse in Manhattan.
KSU noticeably swung hard left and woke with President Meyers at the helm. He and that damn Yankee carpetbagging Provost ran it into the ground during Covid. Hopefully, the new President will turn things around? Too soon to say but he is definitely showing signs of being a strong supporter of Agriculture and the philosophies of the Land Grant University.
I am probably one of the very few that I see in town who has a “Lets go Brandon” sticker on his pickup back window.