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Old 07-24-2013, 07:11 PM
 
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Kansas City improves its reputation - KansasCity.com

It's a popular belief on this site that KC has an "inferiority complex", or lacks civic pride. But according to this article, the tide might be changing.
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Old 07-30-2013, 12:06 AM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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Well, glad to see Kansas Citians think the city is better now than it was last year, and that they give the current city government (barely) passing marks, but I'm not sure I'd pronounce the municipal inferiority complex dead. I now live in another city famous for its municipal inferiority complex, and even though it's been on something of a roll of late, there are still plenty of people around who think it stinks.

Besides, it's my impression that Kansas City's inferiority complex manifests itself in the form of defensiveness in the face of outside criticism rather than honest-to-God negativity about the city as a place to live or visit. For that, see "Negadelphian" - a common species in Philadelphia.

Forgot the bona fides: Born and raised in Kansas City, but haven't lived there since 1976. It's long past time I went back to visit my folks.
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