Kansas City things

[mocat]

Everyone on the left owns their own car

[star seed 7]

Helping kc out with my 4.97

[mocat]

Nonstop to JFK, we're big time now

https://twitter.com/JustinMeyerKC/status/1497927780251676673?t=zwwn1aW3unZo7Mdbc6BpsA&s=19

[ben ji]

Lady friend just moved to KC about a 9 months ago and her brother and his gf were in town for the first time last weekend. This conversation ensued.

Brother - "So according to my sister Kansas City has two mayor's, is that true?"

Ben ji - "Wut"

Lady friend - "Yeah, doesn't KC have 2 mayors"

Ben ji - "Kansas City Missouri has a mayor and Kansas City Kansas has a mayor but they are not the same city"

Lady friend - "They aren't the same city?"

Ben ji - "No, they are two different cities in 2 different states but right next to each other"

Lady friend - "I live in the Missouri one right?"

Ben ji - "Yes"

Brothers GF - "So Kansas City is not actually in Kansas but there is also a Kansas city in Kansas right next to the Kansas City in Missouri? This is so confusing"

They are from the Upper Midwest as well, not some out of touch coasters.

[Spracne]

Lady friend just moved to KC about a 9 months ago and her brother and his gf were in town for the first time last weekend. This conversation ensued.

Brother - "So according to my sister Kansas City has two mayor's, is that true?"

Ben ji - "Wut"

Lady friend - "Yeah, doesn't KC have 2 mayors"

Ben ji - "Kansas City Missouri has a mayor and Kansas City Kansas has a mayor but they are not the same city"

Lady friend - "They aren't the same city?"

Ben ji - "No, they are two different cities in 2 different states but right next to each other"

Lady friend - "I live in the Missouri one right?"

Ben ji - "Yes"

Brothers GF - "So Kansas City is not actually in Kansas but there is also a Kansas city in Kansas right next to the Kansas City in Missouri? This is so confusing"

They are from the Upper Midwest as well, not some out of touch coasters.

You should have analogized it to West Berlin vs. East Berlin.

[Phil Titola]

Mention the North Kansas City mayor and enjoy the show.

[Pete]

Lady friend just moved to KC about a 9 months ago and her brother and his gf were in town for the first time last weekend. This conversation ensued.

Brother - "So according to my sister Kansas City has two mayor's, is that true?"

Ben ji - "Wut"

Lady friend - "Yeah, doesn't KC have 2 mayors"

Ben ji - "Kansas City Missouri has a mayor and Kansas City Kansas has a mayor but they are not the same city"

Lady friend - "They aren't the same city?"

Ben ji - "No, they are two different cities in 2 different states but right next to each other"

Lady friend - "I live in the Missouri one right?"

Ben ji - "Yes"

Brothers GF - "So Kansas City is not actually in Kansas but there is also a Kansas city in Kansas right next to the Kansas City in Missouri? This is so confusing"

They are from the Upper Midwest as well, not some out of touch coasters.

You should have analogized it to West Berlin vs. East Berlin.

Exactly.  And frankly, wishing we had more barb wire and barking dogs. 

[420seriouscat69]

This Chiefs bluff about moving to Kansas is going to be fun to watch.

[ben ji]

This Chiefs bluff about moving to Kansas is going to be fun to watch.

Wacks, just imagine if they moved to the legends and before/after a game you could throw up/spit beer all over a craps table at Hollywood Casino

[420seriouscat69]

This Chiefs bluff about moving to Kansas is going to be fun to watch.

Wacks, just imagine if they moved to the legends and before/after a game you could throw up/spit beer all over a craps table at Hollywood Casino

Holy crap!!! Lol

[420seriouscat69]

Bring in these shitty MO poker player’s roll to Hollywood on Uber to Kansas and they’re pressing all night! 

[mocat]

everyone complaining about the streetcar only being a 2 mile toy train is finally getting their wish!

https://twitter.com/TomGerend/status/1511729450878226433

[Phil Titola]

NKC or an east spur is next on my wish list.

[DQ12]

NKC or an east spur is next on my wish list.

Take it south all the way to waldo like God intended when he built the trolly trail

[mocat]

let's just put all these back

[KCFDcat]

let's just put all these back

Completely destroying the streetcar system has to be one of the worst things a modern city has done infrastructure wise. Wtf were they thinking

[mocat]

the 1950's-1990's will eventually be looked back on as a weird blip in the overall human history of dense urban areas.

"let's take our most valuable property and surround it with highway overpasses"
- actual idea someone had

[Phil Titola]

NKC or an east spur is next on my wish list.

Take it south all the way to waldo like God intended when he built the trolly trail

Good luck convincing BKS

[KCFDcat]

the 1950's-1990's will eventually be looked back on as a weird blip in the overall human history of dense urban areas.

"let's take our most valuable property and surround it with highway overpasses"
- actual idea someone had

Cars, man. I still think the only way to keep the plaza from completely going under is closing the streets to traffic. Would make it a destination again.

[kim carnes]

let's just put all these back

Completely destroying the streetcar system has to be one of the worst things a modern city has done infrastructure wise. Wtf were they thinking

Literally every city did the same thing

[Pete]

Manifest Destiny

[KCFDcat]

let's just put all these back

Completely destroying the streetcar system has to be one of the worst things a modern city has done infrastructure wise. Wtf were they thinking

Literally every city did the same thing

Yes, and what a tragedy. Completely changed development in the US

[DQ12]

streetcars were considered obsolete, understandably.

The transit company relied heavily on streetcars in its early years but began phasing them out after World War II. As detailed in A Splendid Ride: The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957 by former Kansas City Star reporter Monroe Dodd, Public Service Company officials had deemed the streetcars obsolete and too expensive to maintain by the 1950s. Buses were cheaper to operate and, because they didn’t need miles of dedicated track and overhead powerlines to run, could easily alter routes and adapt to changing passenger needs.

https://www.kclibrary.org/blog/how-long-did-trains-run-rail-line-now-known-trolley-trail-your-kc-q-answered

[cfbandyman]

let's just put all these back

Completely destroying the streetcar system has to be one of the worst things a modern city has done infrastructure wise. Wtf were they thinking

Literally every city did the same thing

Yes, and what a tragedy. Completely changed development in the US

Yup, and for the worse.

[cfbandyman]

the 1950's-1990's will eventually be looked back on as a weird blip in the overall human history of dense urban areas.

"let's take our most valuable property and surround it with highway overpasses"
- actual idea someone had

Cars, man. I still think the only way to keep the plaza from completely going under is closing the streets to traffic. Would make it a destination again.

That is actually a pretty good idea. Traffic in it is awful and it's just not a good mix of people and cars at all.