Major cities pop up around interesting geographical boundaries (like rivers) and that's also where the state lines were drawn, I'm guessing. It's why NYC is trying to get into NJ as well.
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When your largest city is called the neighbouring state and your name is literally misery
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I thought Missouri loves company.
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St. Louis essentially is another state. I love going to the publicly-funded zoo.
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When one of your biggest cities is named after a different state
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I guess Joplin or Branson would be the only other options, but I haven’t lived there in years.
KCMO does not want to be in another state, because it is far, far superior - and older than its Kansas counterpart, which oddly enough is named after it.
That’s right.
Kansas City, KS is named after Kansas City, MO
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Also, Nebraska. Omaha is right on the Eastern border. The only other towns are along the interstate, spaced about a tank of gas apart.
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Kansas City is already pretending to be part of something else :D
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We made it illegal to be homeless here btw. Not many people know that.
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Here in Kansas City we have much love for St louis. We just want to get out of Missouri and into a more Progressive state.
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Welcome to a state of Missouri
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It's a shame too, beautiful state, people ruin it
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I lived in the Kansas City area for many years. It is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
But they do have Gate's BBQ and great blues.
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Wait, so Kansas City's brilliant idea is to join fucking KANSAS!? Like...from the Dorothy tornado? Careful what you wish for, Kansas Citites.
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As a Missourian, yeah I can't blame them. I want out too
Everyone loves coming to our party lake in the middle, though!
Both on the Missouri River?
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This is a phenomenal meme. Much better than the calorie stealing one. Not the best I've seen ofc but it's some clever observational humour. 8/10
They should declare an armed war of secession...not from the United States...but from Missouri! Let them become the free cities of the prairies, the free cities of Kansas City and St. Louis...two new city-states on the planes!
For legal purposes, this is not an endorsement of acts of literal treason.
I visited St Louis for the first time recently, and oof. Yeah.
This is extra funny since Kansas City border Kansas. They want so bad to leave.
"Please Kansas Senpai, we even took your name!"
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maybe they were started on the other side of the line/river/whatever and expanded into missourah because land is so cheap. because no one wants to exist there. i don't know if this is true or not but i have decided that regardless of history it is.
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