KC's so-called "western" feel (Kansas City, St. Louis: apartments, condos, how much)

[northbound74]

Midwestern, for the most part. A lot of the people who moved here from somewhere else, came from places like Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, giving it a fairly strong southern influence.... but still mostly midwestern.

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by northbound74

Midwestern, for the most part. A lot of the people who moved here from somewhere else, came from places like Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, giving it a fairly strong southern influence.... but still mostly midwestern.

Really? I always thought KC got more people from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas etc which tend to have a more northern feel.

Overall, I think KC is just average. It's about as average as you can get. Most people that move here tend to become more laid back etc regardless of where they are from because most people that move to KC want a more laid back and suburban lifestyle whether they are from Philly, Seattle, or Salina.

[TabulaRasa]

KC feels as midwestern to me as where I was raised, in rural northern Illinois.

The only notable cultural difference to me isn't an eastern/western/midwestern thing. It's that even though KC itself is doubtless more liberal,overall, than the surrounding area, it still boasts much more of an evangelical religious toehold than where I'm from. But I grew up with stoic, poker-faced, intensely private German Lutherans, so everyone of basically any other faith seems incredibly in-your-face and charismatic by comparison.

[callmemaybe]

I've only passed through Kansas City but it doesn't feel Western at all to me. It honestly doesn't have too much different a feel from Ohio ... though it feels a bit more isolated than the midwestern cities to the east of it for sure.

[lovekcmo]

The urban center of KC, I've been told by East Coast residents, reminds them of east coast cities, the look and feel, and it was settled and built by easterns.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by callmemaybe

I've only passed through Kansas City but it doesn't feel Western at all to me. It honestly doesn't have too much different a feel from Ohio ... though it feels a bit more isolated than the midwestern cities to the east of it for sure.

Much of Ohio tends to have a cooler and cloudier climate than Kansas City, though. You are correct that most of the built environment in Kansas City proper does have quite a bit in common with its Midwest counterparts.

[s.davis]

The "KC has a western feel" is a basically a St Louis talking point/meme/refrain, originating as a sort of left-handed compliment which forms the rhetorical corrollary to the equally suspect, ego-stroking claim that St Louis is "basically an eastern city".

[WiseOwlSaysHoot]

Originally Posted by s.davis

The "KC has a western feel" is a basically a St Louis talking point/meme/refrain, originating as a sort of left-handed compliment which forms the rhetorical corrollary to the equally suspect, ego-stroking claim that St Louis is "basically an eastern city".

Exactly! I agree 100%.

Many from St. Louis, who have an artificially inflated sense of their city, refuse to admit that KC is in any way comprable so STL. They like to put forth the idea that STL is an east coast city - an equivalent to Boston or Philly, while KC is some prairie town, more similar to Wichita or OKC.

I don't disagree that STL does have more east coast qualities than KC, but the difference isn't night and day, as some STL boosters suggest. The two cities have more in common than they would like to admit.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by WiseOwlSaysHoot

Exactly! I agree 100%.

Many from St. Louis, who have an artificially inflated sense of their city, refuse to admit that KC is in any way comprable so STL. They like to put forth the idea that STL is an east coast city - an equivalent to Boston or Philly, while KC is some prairie town, more similar to Wichita or OKC.

I don't disagree that STL does have more east coast qualities than KC, but the difference isn't night and day, as some STL boosters suggest. The two cities have more in common than they would like to admit.

STL tends to be a clone demographically with Philly and Cincy from the data I've seen. KC metro is quite a bit different demographically compared to STL.

[xenokc]

When looking at pictures of KC's past, it looks more like Chicago than the SW. But I do agree JoCo burbs are more like SW than rest of the metro. KC metro is essentially influenced from all corners of country and in between.

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