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Kansas City = solidly Midwestern (although it is "West Midwest" in its flavor....different than what you would get in Ohio or the Upper Midwest like Michigan, Wisconsin, MN, etc....don't really get into overt Southern culture until you get into Oklahoma.)
Louisville = Predominantly Southern with a dash of the Midwest.
Pittsburgh = Northeastern all the way....it is a stretch to include much of any of the areas of PA in the Midwest IMO.
Never been to Pittsburgh or Louisville, but to me KC is very midwestern. It does have a lot of Southern and western elements and even eastern elements. If you look at its history it was very much western and southern. The major trails started here in the 1840s. Jesse Jame's stomping grounds were close to here and though he's seen as a western villain he considered himself a southerner and fought for Bloody Bill Anderson who was a confederate leader in the civil war so there certainly used to be southern culture present.
I think KC considered itself western until the 20th century. By then it seemed more midwestern, though the only city i'd compare it to in the midwest is Chicago due to the stockyards, mafia influence, the pendergast machine in the 30's, as well as lots of blacks and Italians. I don't know why this poster thinks its similar to Nashville or memphis. If you mentioned some Texas cities maybe, but Memphis has Completely different culture
Pittsburgh--interior Appalachian Northeastern city
Louisville--border Southern city with Midwestern influences
Kansas City--Midwestern
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