Yea, Wichita is a complete mess right now. I believe the current mayor of Wichita had an ad done regarding the failed sales tax hike (1%) which he described the average growth rate of Wichita from 1990 to 2000 and then 2001 to 2011. In the 90s we were growing at about 10% per year on average but the scary thing was the 1% growth per year in the 2000s. I know this is the truth too because I believe right now between Cessna and Beechcraft there&#x27;s about 4k workers when in the past those two employers could easily field that much individually.<p>Things aren&#x27;t improving either since Brownback seems to be happy enough with companies leaving the state despite the low taxes because he and his ilk refused to acknowledge that the major corps wanted well educated workers and have on many occasions worked with Wichita State University to improve their programs. It&#x27;s why I left more than anything. The anti-LGBT sentiment is bad, but having no jobs in my field is worse.<p>Edit: I believe it wasn&#x27;t an ad, but actually an Op-Ed pinned by Carl Brewer that gave the numbers I described on the growth rates.