Kansas City things

[mocat]

B) you can't get to anything via foot or public trans. Nothing is in the middle or any other area you want to be. KC is wide, not tall.
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KC is tall, not wide is what i think you meant to say?

[Phil Titola]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

[steve dave]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

yeah, I'm sure it's fine for you

[steve dave]

KC is tall, not wide is what i think you meant to say?

no, there is no concentration of anything in kc. there is no vertical city. everything is spread out. wide. not tall.

[Phil Titola]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

yeah, I'm sure it's fine for you

I just know people who do it successfully full time and not homeless bums. I couldn't do it all the time, to inpatient. I just hate driving.

[8manpick]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

yeah, I'm sure it's fine for you

I just know people who do it successfully full time and not homeless bums. I couldn't do it all the time, to inpatient. I just hate driving.

Seems like it would be hard because 98% of the people you know in the KC area don’t live within a couple miles

[Dugout DickStone]

It's amazing how many more applicants I get for Austin vs places like Dallas- Fort Worth, Atlanta, New York, etc. It's the new place everyone wants to be these days.

In our relative lifetimes the popularity of Austin is not new.  It was popular when I was graduating when is longer ago than I would like to admit.

[mocat]

KC is tall, not wide is what i think you meant to say?

no, there is no concentration of anything in kc. there is no vertical city. everything is spread out. wide. not tall.

i guess you mean like a histogram. yes everything is spread out and built for cars. as i mentioned earlier it is in the top 5% least dense US cities >100k

on a map, kcmo is very tall and not wide

[420seriouscat69]

It's amazing how many more applicants I get for Austin vs places like Dallas- Fort Worth, Atlanta, New York, etc. It's the new place everyone wants to be these days.

In our relative lifetimes the popularity of Austin is not new.  It was popular when I was graduating when is longer ago than I would like to admit.

True, but I thought it was fairly relevant with the new tech bubble and the people running away from California since the start of the pandemic (I wouldn't. I love that freaking state). At least that's what I hear on a crap ton of calls.

[Spracne]

It's amazing how many more applicants I get for Austin vs places like Dallas- Fort Worth, Atlanta, New York, etc. It's the new place everyone wants to be these days.

In our relative lifetimes the popularity of Austin is not new.  It was popular when I was graduating when is longer ago than I would like to admit.

True, but I thought it was fairly relevant with the new tech bubble and the people running away from California since the start of the pandemic (I wouldn't. I love that freaking state). At least that's what I hear on a crap ton of calls.

It's been booming since the early 80's, bro. Now, perhaps what you say about dentists in particular is true, but Austin's growth has nothing to do with the pandemic.

[kstate4life]

Austin, Massachusetts?

[DQ12]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

yeah, I'm sure it's fine for you

I just know people who do it successfully full time and not homeless bums. I couldn't do it all the time, to inpatient. I just hate driving.

These are the people who go apeshit on twitter about KC not having enough bike lanes to fit their voluntarily exotic lifestyle.

My wife's car is in the shop right now (see "DQ's Wife's Car Gets Broken Into" post from last page), and even just sharing a car in this city for a childless couple is a PITA.

We're a car city, baby. Nothing to be ashamed of IMO.

[mocat]

jfc

[steve dave]

I can go weeks without driving that's not working at home or delivery of anything.

Definitely would be annoyed not having a car needing to go to royals and cats games. Only 11% of household don't have a car here so not common.

yeah, I'm sure it's fine for you

I just know people who do it successfully full time and not homeless bums. I couldn't do it all the time, to inpatient. I just hate driving.

These are the people who go apeshit on twitter about KC not having enough bike lanes to fit their voluntarily exotic lifestyle.

My wife's car is in the shop right now (see "DQ's Wife's Car Gets Broken Into" post from last page), and even just sharing a car in this city for a childless couple is a PITA.

We're a car city, baby. Nothing to be ashamed of IMO.

You know what else is a car city? LA, the Dallas of the west!

[passranch]

KC is tall, not wide is what i think you meant to say?

no, there is no concentration of anything in kc. there is no vertical city. everything is spread out. wide. not tall.

These two cities have roughly the same Metro population:

[Phil Titola]

Vancouver is so dope

[MakeItRain]

KC is tall, not wide is what i think you meant to say?

no, there is no concentration of anything in kc. there is no vertical city. everything is spread out. wide. not tall.

These two cities have roughly the same Metro population:

People work in those tall buildings, they don't live in them.

[Cire]

I wish kc was laid out the way Portland is. Imagine walking from downtown, to plaza, to bottoms, River market and crossroads etc.


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[Phil Titola]

I wish kc was laid out the way Portland is. Imagine walking from downtown, to plaza, to bottoms, River market and crossroads etc.


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During the pandemic I did all of these walks.  The elevations changes and overall hostility to pedestrians traversing from neighborhood to neighborhood is real.  I ended up walking River Market to south plaza at least 8 times along different N/S routes.  Not one was without some scary crossings.

[steve dave]

phil, you're really wanting kc to be something it isn't and it'll never be. and I support you in that desire. have you considered moving to a city that is what you wish kc was?

[michigancat]

KC can get better in the ways Phil would like it to and not get all the way but still be great and still worth trying

[steve dave]

KC can get better in the ways Phil would like it to and not get all the way but still be great and still worth trying

I'll do you one better, KC is ALREADY GREAT in it's own way.

[michigancat]

KC can get better in the ways Phil would like it to and not get all the way but still be great and still worth trying

I'll do you one better, KC is ALREADY GREAT in it's own way.

STILL BE GREAT

[Phil Titola]

phil, you're really wanting kc to be something it isn't and it'll never be. and I support you in that desire. have you considered moving to a city that is what you wish kc was?

Something it was and can be again.  WILL BE again!

It's too easy to just move to a city with everything I want, why not make the city I love even better? 

“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”

[Phil Titola]

KC can get better in the ways Phil would like it to and not get all the way but still be great and still worth trying

I'll do you one better, KC is ALREADY GREAT in it's own way.

and I agree with this.