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Old 10-20-2011, 12:15 PM
 
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I have a possible interview for a job in Kansas City and was wondering what the area feels like. Is it rather "fast" and big like a large city or does it feel smaller? So as not to prejudice any answers, I won't say which one I prefer. By large I mean a Chicago or even a St. Louis and by small I mean a Wichita or Louisville, KY.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:26 PM
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Kansas City has a big city feel except you can find parking
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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It's in between your two examples. It's absolutely slower paced than Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland etc., but I wouldn't put it on par with Wichita.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Jefferson City 4 days a week, St. Louis 3 days a week
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Kansas City is like a bigger version of Omaha, IMO. That's the city it really has the most in common with.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:39 PM
 
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Slower paced than STL, Cleveland? Most definitely the opposite. Laid back yes but not slower.

KC is more of a new economy city than most other Midwest cities (Minneapolis and Indy too), but KC is more laid back. KC is also slightly more white collar and tech oriented than most other MW cities, with better than avg unemployment, though still took a big job hit last couple years.

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Old 10-20-2011, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Old Hyde Park, Kansas City,MO
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I would say it's similar to cities like Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Nashville
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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KC feels like an average big city and is about the same as St Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, San Antonio etc.

It kind of depends on what parts of KC though as it will very. The Northland has the traffic and feel of something closer to Omaha while Johnson County is more like parts of Dallas or Phoenix.

The urban core of KC is similar to large cities like Denver or Baltimore with far less surface street traffic and sidewalk traffic though. Still "feels" big city. Kansas City, KS is really the only oddball of the metro. That area of metro KC does not feel like you are in a major metro area at all, but rather a small isolated city independent of a major metro.
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:03 PM
 
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Here's a city guide for when you visit town to interview...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1238514/pics/bus/maxmwk.gif
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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You'll probably notice that while it's not small, it is quite spread out, and does not have a dense feel whatsoever. This means that it tends not to feel small (rather, sprawling), but it doesn't feel fast-paced or crowded, either.
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Tippecanoe County, Indiana
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I don't really understand why "laid back" is stated as being positive. It just means a bit too much apathy and complacency to me regardless of where a city is geographically located.
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