People have no clue about KC (Kansas City, Saginaw: home, live, moving to)

[skrizzle]

http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-...nsas-city.html

Check it... seriously... no one has a clue on the general forums. I'll be honest i'm surprised we have as many votes as we do, cuz it seems if your not from KC you just don't know. If you visit KC and don't know what to do you, you don't learn.

Everytime someone not from KC comes to see it and I show em around, they are like OMG this city rocks....

And of course GraniteStater comes into it, which you can expect him to show up in every thread mentioning KC to go: KC SUCKS IT SUCKS GUYS JUST IT SUCKS I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT ITS WORSE THEN A DEAD PIG WITH ANAL WARTS, I'D LIVE THERE FIRST!!!!

ahhh ok just had to vent.

[kcmo]

Yea, I like GraniteStater, but I wish he wouldn't try to rep KCMO. He should stick to JoCo.

NOBODY has a clue about KC. We are moving to DC and I will have to deal with that full time.

I already have with just about everybody I have spoken with on the phone....

"So you are from Kansas?" "Moving to the "big city" etc etc etc. I have to tell everybody I talk to that KC is in Missouri and that KC is a large metropolitan area with lots of things to do and see, pro sports, museums, a skyline, amazing arts scene, a very urban city center, big freeways, tall buildings, etc. They all think KC is basically Wichita. Small city in the middle of Kansas.

I have to say "think Baltimore" only probably a little bigger, and a lot nicer with more to do. They don't believe it.

Even the topography and weather in KC is very similar to Baltimore. It's not flat, we are blanketed with trees etc.


Oh well, I've been dealing with it for decades. I'm ready, but I don't even give people a chance anymore. I say I'm from Missouri and then quickly say Kansas City. I have found that is the best way to avoid the "Kansas" questions and stereotypes .

[misplaced1]

I've only been through KC a few times and it's waay bigger and busier than this girl is used to. Yikes.

[skrizzle]

I don't understand it honestly... what amazes me is... with so many people having no clue about KC, how does it keep growing and getting better? Personally if KC just had a nice rail line it would be damn near perfect.....

[kcmo]

Well, I jumped in. Gotta rep the KCMO!

[skrizzle]

woot. I was hoping you'd put in your 2 cents!

[TabulaRasa]

Originally Posted by skrizzle

I don't understand it honestly... what amazes me is... with so many people having no clue about KC, how does it keep growing and getting better?

Possibly at least in part by the fact that there are definitely people who had no real knowledge of or connection to KC who end up here relatively unexpectedly due to various life's circumstances (I count myself among those people), find it cool, and stay. Perhaps they even recruit others who come to visit them. I know we have a good friend who's becoming a transplant from western NY in the next month on our recommendation of KC being a great city. It happens.

I'll freely admit, I had zero experience with and very limited knowledge regarding KC until I got involved with a guy who lived here, and made a 500 mile move. Pleasantly surprised doesn't begin to cover it...delighted with my adopted home is more like it. Doubt I'm alone.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by skrizzle

And of course GraniteStater comes into it, which you can expect him to show up in every thread mentioning KC to go: KC SUCKS IT SUCKS GUYS JUST IT SUCKS I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT ITS WORSE THEN A DEAD PIG WITH ANAL WARTS, I'D LIVE THERE FIRST!!!!

ahhh ok just had to vent.

You just had to drag in Mr. Mod into the debate, didn't you
You really do exaggerate my dislike of KC. In fact, I feel that KC has a much better future growth potential than many Midwest cities.
Some Midwest cities that I have little hope for in terms of near term growth/potential include: Toledo, Youngstown, Dayton, South Bend, Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Gary, etc.

I think if KC, MO can get solid city leadership again (no Funkhouser), the chances for economic growth can improve ever more greatly.

I even agree with you about the need for the starter rail line.

[skrizzle]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

You just have to drag in Mr. Mod into the debate, didn't you
You really do exaggerate my dislike of KC. In fact, I feel that KC has a much better future growth potential than many Midwest cities.
Some Midwest cities that I have little hope for in terms of near term growth/potential include: Toledo, Youngstown, Dayton, South Bend, Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Gary, etc.

I think if KC, MO can get solid city leadership again (no Funkhouser), the chances for economic growth can improve ever more greatly.

I even agree with you about the need for the starter rail line.

You know, what took you so long to post in here anyways? I thought you would be the FIRST reply!

[skrizzle]

Originally Posted by TabulaRasa

Possibly at least in part by the fact that there are definitely people who had no real knowledge of or connection to KC who end up here relatively unexpectedly due to various life's circumstances (I count myself among those people), find it cool, and stay. Perhaps they even recruit others who come to visit them. I know we have a good friend who's becoming a transplant from western NY in the next month on our recommendation of KC being a great city. It happens.

I'll freely admit, I had zero experience with and very limited knowledge regarding KC until I got involved with a guy who lived here, and made a 500 mile move. Pleasantly surprised doesn't begin to cover it...delighted with my adopted home is more like it. Doubt I'm alone.

Out of curiosity, before coming would you say you didn't really think much of KC?

And also out of curiosity, as i've always wondered, does your name refer to Tabula Rasa in the philosophical sense, or the video game? LOL