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Is Kansas City, Mo the best city in the midwest?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes! By far!!! Kansas City is so much nicer and wayyy more things to do. And if I may add... I believe that St. Louis was in the TOP 10 for the most dangerous city to live. Parts of St. Louis are nice but the actual "st. louis, missouri" is more of gross area and gangs etc. As where the actual "kansas city, missouri" has its areas where it could use some help. But... these are great things "kansas city" has.
- Childrens Hospital that is rated in the top 5 in the nation
- Country Club Plaza
- Easy access airport (bigger than st. louis' and was just renovated)
- All the cities around the actual "kansas city" are all nice and well - maintained
- Soon - to - be renovated chiefs and royals stadiums.
- Has been rated one of the best places to raise a family (i don't think it was "kansas city, missouri exactly but it was the cities right around it... but here we just call everything kansas city, not leawood or lee's summit or overland park -- its all part of kansas city)
I lived in St. Louis for 6 months and hated it... well we lived in Chesterfield and it was nice but the actual "st. louis city" is not nearly as nice as Kansas City. I have lived in Kansas city for 7 years and don't plan on moving. Out of all the places I have lived in my 15 years of life (florida, ohio, st. louis and kansas city) Kansas city is by-far the best! My family agree's with me. We were going to move to South Carolina but we didn't want to leave Kansas City so we just have a beach house that we rent out down there.
Good Question!
- 1 decade ago
I'd say the whole Kansas City area (KS & MO) is great! I love it here. Like someone else said, it's hard to tell where the metro starts and ends! In some parts it's very diverse and theres things to do everywhere.
St. Louis? Ohh no. How can the best city in the midwest be the most dangerous city in the NATION to live in?
- 1 decade ago
Yes but I would still live in the surrounding area and work and play in the city. The metro area is hard to tell where it stops and starts but if you want to live in the city itself it would depend on your situation. If you are young and affluent the plaza area is great, more affordable is Westport, there are even some great lofts for sale and rent downtown The Brookside and waldo area are "artsy" City Market would be a fun place to live if you worked close and didn't have a car. If you have school age children I would go to Kansas City North not to be mistaken for North Kansas City which used to be a "working class" area but has gotten rough the Ruskin, south Kansas City area is fast becoming a ghetto filled with drugs and crime. Keep your kids out of the Kansas City Mo schools if you go North they will be in either the NKC schools or Gladstone both are better the KCMO the Center School District is not so great anymore. Hope this helped but now I have forgotten your question? Oh yes KC is the best town in the Midwest except Chicago is more fun!!!
Source(s): I was born and raised in the Kansas City area and now live in Northern California. I would love to move home but due to husbands job am stuck here for awhile. In Kansas City the grass is literally greener the sky is bluer the air is cleaner and the people are friendlier. The cost of living is reasonable, in most areas you are safe on the street and most of your neighbors speak English. You do not have to spend half a million dollars to buy a middle class house and your yard will be larger then your walk in closet. There are not stoplights on the on ramps and it is still faster to drive to work then get in gridlock. or walk because of traffic Your children will not be kept from recess because of bad air days and you WIll know the seasons are changing, day after day of smoggy sunshine gets really boring. In Kansas City when it rainy it really rains, it thunders its cleansing and fresh. Here the ground gets wet sometimes for days at a time but they have no idea what a true thunderstorm is. In Kansas City there are pleanty of weirdos spouting thier wierd ideas, however in CA it is politically incorrect to notice they are wierdos. We are soo cool here. yeah.......... Many people from the coasts will consider you a hick. They have seen Wizard of Oz too many times. However since moving to CA I have met more card carrying rednecks then my whole 40+ years in the Midwest. Frankly most of CA looks like Topeka, Kansas with palm trees and vineyards. Drive around the plaza in Kansas City take a second look at the Ozarks. Make a night of it on Vine Street or Westport In Kansas City you know where not to go after dark. In most cities I have seen in CA the :bad areas" are spotty and everywhere. . The beach is a great vacation spot but for a home give me the Chiefs, the art institute, Mission Hills, Crown Center any day...wish I could go home!!!! What was your question again?? - 1 decade ago
St. Louis is not cleaner and is by far the worst city in the midwest. Kansas City is a different story, I have been there many times and is cleaner than St. Louis by far. So yes KC is the best city in the midwest.
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- 1 decade ago
Why do u wnt only them to answer so they will agree?? I say Kansas City, Kansas is way better
•better drivers
•better roads
•cleaner
Source(s): ♥X♥XAshX♥X♥ - 1 decade ago
I live in Kansas City but I have to say there is WAY more to do in Chicago!!!! I wish I lived there but they have 9 months of winter. No thanks!!