the northeastern part of the state, going from the eastern border to junction city and from the nebraska border to south of johnson county, has more than 1.5 million people in the kansas city (kansas portion), manhattan, lawrence, and topeka metropolitan areas. overland park is the biggest city in the county. johnson county community college is there, and the corporate campus of sprint nextel is also there. in 2006, overland park was ranked as the sixth best place to live in america; the nearby city of olathe was 13th.