Parnassus Neighborhood Guide
Where Grad Students Afford Porches
🧭Generally defined as the area: Roughly between 15th and 19th Streets, from Louisiana west to the KU campus edge, bleeding into the academic heart of town
📌Well known for: Faculty housing and historic homes somehow worth a million dollars now despite needing work
👕You can spot a Parnassus local by: Their tote bags from academic conferences you've never heard of and thoughts on university politics
👍Move here if you want: To walk to campus in under 10 minutes and pretend cars don't exist
👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: Zero parking anywhere, undergrads cutting through your yard at 2 a.m., and game-day chaos
✨TLDR: Old money meets tenure track with bookshelves visible through every window
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Parnassus Neighborhood DNA
Professors who bike everywhere and never shut up about reducing their carbon footprint
