People have no clue about KC (Kansas City, St. Louis: college, subdivision, to live in)

[skrizzle]

Kcmo is exactly right. When I met people in LA and said I was from KC they said OH Kansas ? They think inbred hicks. They think poorly educated. They have asked me about Tornados. I also have never seen one as long as I've lived here.

I had a friend from Finland not at all excited about coming to KC fall in love with the city and said she felt like she was back at home when walking around the Plaza. I have been to Helsinki they are not the same thing but it does have a European feel and while I haven't been everywhere I've seen nothing in the US yet like the plaza.

I had a friend who had relatives visit from Buffalo NY who thought friggin Buffalo was bigger then KC, and amazed when walking around and seeing places and commented that KC is a place he thinks would be awesome to live. Before he thought it was farms.

Kansas has a bad image, I don't like that KC gets accociated with it and sometimes wish our city had a different name.

[kcmo]

Originally Posted by skrizzle

I had a friend who had relatives visit from Buffalo NY who thought friggin Buffalo was bigger then KC, and amazed when walking around and seeing places and commented that KC is a place he thinks would be awesome to live. Before he thought it was farms.

That freaks me out. I can understand a little bit why people in Chicago or LA or NYC think KC is a small town.

But I have heard the same exact things from people in places like Louisville, Indianpolis and even places smaller than those towns.

I'm like "dude, I'm from a much larger city than this" KC is not some rural small town. Why in the world do you think that? I mean the city has a MLB team. That alone would tell me that the city has to be a pretty good sized town. I'm at a loss. I don't get it.

[skrizzle]

Exactly! I was like wtf? You think Buffalo is a bigger city??? I was amazed....

Nothing against Buffalo, it's a nice city... but it's got nothing on KC.

If I had to make a comparison, I would say the majority of people not from KC, not from the region of KC, and who have never been here... think KC is about the same size as Wichita. And has about as much culture as Wichita.

[BostonToKC]

I will concur. KC blows away cities such as Indianapolis, Columbus, etc (I have driven through each of those metro areas) and due to the extensive suburban sprawl seems larger than the peer cities of Baltimore and Pittsburgh.

While there are plenty of rednecks/trash around here, there are also plenty of fake posers (the type found in LA, Manhattan, Chicago or Atlanta) and plenty of horn-honking/finger-flipping and general rudeness. Not as much as New Jersey or Mass. but pretty close in my book... I guess the rural midwest is where the truly friendly people are...

[Samantha S]

Originally Posted by skrizzle

They think inbred hicks. They think poorly educated. ...

Before he thought it was farms. ....

Kansas has a bad image,

Inbred hicks? Come on ...

I've been all over the country too. Yes, KS has an image of being rural, flat and boring. And, yes, to many that translates to "negative."

But not everyone in the country believes that "rural" = "inbred hicks" and "poorly educated."

If that's truly been your experience, then I'd seriously consider the company you are keeping if I were you.

I don't like that KC gets accociated with it and sometimes wish our city had a different name.

You're absolutely right! Why don't you and kcmo embark on a campaign to get the name changed. Perhaps you can enlist all of your geographically challenged friends to help you!!

Let's start a list of possible new names for the city. How about:

Camelot ... no that disappeared.

Eden ... no, that would invoke images of inbreeding, after all, where did the sons of Adam and Eve meet their wives?

Xanadu ... No, that's been done ...

Heavenonacloud

Oooohh!! I know! Let's call it "Utopi - opolis"

Incidentally, you both remind me of the people you complain about in JoCo who don't want to be associated with MO. What's the word? .... what's the word? .... oh yeah! SNOBS!

[Samantha S]

UNKansas City?

How about WehateKansas City ? Oh wait ... that would have to be WeHateKansasExceptForTheirMoney City ... kinda long .... But whatchagonna do? "Peculiar, MO" has already been taken!

[skrizzle]

Originally Posted by Samantha S

Inbred hicks? Come on ...

I've been all over the country too. Yes, KS has an image of being rural, flat and boring. And, yes, to many that translates to "negative."

But not everyone in the country believes that "rural" = "inbred hicks" and "poorly educated."

If that's truly been your experience, then I'd seriously consider the company you are keeping if I were you.




You're absolutely right! Why don't you and kcmo embark on a campaign to get the name changed. Perhaps you can enlist all of your geographically challenged friends to help you!!

Let's start a list of possible new names for the city. How about:

Camelot ... no that disappeared.

Eden ... no, that would invoke images of inbreeding, after all, where did the sons of Adam and Eve meet their wives?

Xanadu ... No, that's been done ...

Heavenonacloud

Oooohh!! I know! Let's call it "Utopi - opolis"

Incidentally, you both remind me of the people you complain about in JoCo who don't want to be associated with MO. What's the word? .... what's the word? .... oh yeah! SNOBS!

LOL I don't care call me a snob its no big deal to me. As myself, kcmo, and many others have said it is normally the KS side to puts the emphasis on disliking the MO side, you know the side that has everything (except all the corporations LOL). So yeah... at first I didn't care about KS, then I got the experience of the people from working many places in JoCo, and yes now I don't want anything to do with KS, the real KS that I know, and the stereotype inbred hicks....

And yes.. inbred hicks is what many people think of KS, thats a fact. Tornados and hicks. They think it in LA, they think in NY, they think it in Chicago, and they would probably think it in Toronto but most people there haven't heard of Kansas City MO let alone Kansas from my experience.

This isn't anythign to do with the company I keep, this is meeting new people, this is interacting with people based on business in other cities.... this is the attitude of MANY people especially in their 20s towards KC cuz they associate it with KS. Sorry if you can except the fact that your state has that stereotype, but lets face it... there was no "What's the matter with Missouri" that spent 18 weeks as a NY times bestseller... and we never banned evolution. Unfortunatly KANSAS CITY, gets lumped into that part of Kansas.

[kcps]

Originally Posted by Samantha S

Inbred hicks? Come on ...

I've been all over the country too. Yes, KS has an image of being rural, flat and boring. And, yes, to many that translates to "negative."

But not everyone in the country believes that "rural" = "inbred hicks" and "poorly educated."

If that's truly been your experience, then I'd seriously consider the company you are keeping if I were you.




You're absolutely right! Why don't you and kcmo embark on a campaign to get the name changed. Perhaps you can enlist all of your geographically challenged friends to help you!!

Let's start a list of possible new names for the city. How about:

Camelot ... no that disappeared.

Eden ... no, that would invoke images of inbreeding, after all, where did the sons of Adam and Eve meet their wives?

Xanadu ... No, that's been done ...

Heavenonacloud

Oooohh!! I know! Let's call it "Utopi - opolis"

Incidentally, you both remind me of the people you complain about in JoCo who don't want to be associated with MO. What's the word? .... what's the word? .... oh yeah! SNOBS!

Good Lord, Samantha, come down off that cross and get some therapy.

Your constant protests are juvenile. And they're no more convincing than the righteous bleatings of the abortion clinic assassins and evolution deniers that you choose to live among out there in Cupcakeland.

[Samantha S]

My goodness, this thread is bringing out the best in all of us, I see.

Well, to borrow a line from MASH: My mother always said, two things: Never argue with crazy people and always wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident and have to go to the hospital.

'night all

[ryanswindle]

Originally Posted by skrizzle

Exactly! I was like wtf? You think Buffalo is a bigger city??? I was amazed....

Nothing against Buffalo, it's a nice city... but it's got nothing on KC.

If I had to make a comparison, I would say the majority of people not from KC, not from the region of KC, and who have never been here... think KC is about the same size as Wichita. And has about as much culture as Wichita.

The geography as it laid out in my head before I got a job possibility in KC and did some research, I thought Wichita and Omaha were both like 2 million person suburban metropolitan cities that were somewhat culturally indiverse building the majority of their economy as business centers for the agriculture throughout their states because I never heard **** about them in public.

I always thought Kansas City was like a half million person flat cattle farming city. I've never once seen anything about it, so I think the name Kansas being in it just conjures this image..