Cincinnati vs Kansas City vs St. Louis (attractions and more) (live, best)
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Ah, the three midwestern cities that have a folksy, charming, old river style vibe. I've spent time in all 3 and I will say they are all pretty awesome. I like the category these 3 cities of the midwest have made themselves into. Cleveland and Milwaukee have their own little mini chicago type thing going, and Indy and Cbus have their booming capital sunbelt type city which many people dislike but I personally enjoy quite a bit. Well what is your fav of the three. For me, I think I go STL>Cincy>KC. They are all awesome cities.
I would choose Kansas City, but it is isolated from the other cities. I think Kansas City will be the city to watch in the coming years. I like the vibe of the city.
Attractions: Cincinnati (Newport aquarium, Kings Island and Riverfront Park, user friendly Downtown)
Amenities: Saint Louis for number of amenities like shopping etcetera, quality of urban parks and size of Metrolink lrt. (Very little can't be found in either city)
Quality Of Life: tie. All give a lot of city for the money.
Walkability: St. Louis has the highest walk score and more walkable neighborhoods.
Nightlife: St. Louis (best collection of neighborhood bars)
Cuisine: KC for number of BBQ places. (Can't say for sure)
Vibrancy: Cincinnati has slight edge but neither is Chicago.
People: KC
Education: St. Louis by number of top HS public, private and magnet along with Washington University & SLU.
St. Louis is my choice. Would love to combine the three to form a top 5 metropolis. Would be an awsome place!
Last edited by mjtinmemphis; 12-25-2017 at 10:28 PM..
I don’t think KC can be classified as a river city in the way St. Louis and Cincinnati (and Pittsburgh) are. KC feels much more western, more spacious and newer than the others. I am scratching my head as to how anyone could put Cincinnati ahead of St. Louis in education. Wash U in St Louis all by itself outranks all the universities in Cincinnati combined.
I don’t think KC can be classified as a river city in the way St. Louis and Cincinnati (and Pittsburgh) are. KC feels much more western, more spacious and newer than the others. I am scratching my head as to how anyone could put Cincinnati ahead of St. Louis in education. Wash U in St Louis all by itself outranks all the universities in Cincinnati combined.
If you go up to River Market in KC you get that river feeling in the way of STL and Cincy.
I don’t think KC can be classified as a river city in the way St. Louis and Cincinnati (and Pittsburgh) are. KC feels much more western, more spacious and newer than the others. I am scratching my head as to how anyone could put Cincinnati ahead of St. Louis in education. Wash U in St Louis all by itself outranks all the universities in Cincinnati combined.
The river in KC is more disconnected from the city do to topography, but KC has nearly as much riverboat history as StL and Cincy, but the smaller Missouri River had less traffic I'm sure.
I would say today, that KC is more connected to the river than StL might be though with the vibrant and rapidly growing river market district. Residential growth in the Landing and other areas of StL have not been all that great. KC is extending the streetcar to the actual riverfront as development is occurring there now.
As far as education, while StL does have a more prestigious university, Cincy has the much larger and more accessible University of Cincinnati. SLU in StL is also good. That's why I thought they were generally a tie for education. Both cities have reputable large urban university campuses while KC only has the smallish UMKC.
This was actually a tough call, and I live and breathe Cincinnati. All three are great cities.
Which did you vote for?
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