(I don’t actually have any opinions about Missouri)

    • The Picard ManeuverOPM
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      Not a stupid question at all, lol. There are actually two different cities, both named Kansas City, on either side of the border:

      It’s incredibly funny to me that the bigger one, and only one anyone talks about, isn’t the one in Kansas.

        • @[email protected]
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          I suppose it’s the same city physically but not officially because legal issues or whatever

          Similarly, if you go to the Estonian town of Valga you can simply walk or drive into the Latvian town Valka by accident.

      • @MermaidsGarden
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        It makes it fun going to concerts to see who can pass the Kansas/Missouri test. I just saw Green Day at an amphitheater on the Kansas side and Billie Joe would scream “Kansas City! Missouri… Kansas… and surrounding areas!” which was a novel solution lol

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          Lots of venues in the suburbs surrounding dc in MD and they’ll always refer to the area as DC.

          Granted given our geographical size the crowd is just as likely to be from PA or VA

          The European bands calling it “Silver Spring, DC” are my favorites.

    • @[email protected]
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      Kansas City

      not in Kansas

      St. Louis

      not in Louisiana

      Fun fact: St. Louis used to be in Louisiana.

        • @Maggoty
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          You should read up about project to transfer Washington from Washington State to D.C. a true mega project that nobody learns about anymore!

    • @Voyajer
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      162 months ago

      Kansas has their own little Kansas City next to Kansas City, MO.

    • @[email protected]
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      Both were named for the Kansas river. The location of the mouth of the Kansas river flowing into the Missouri establishes the longitude that the whole western border of Missouri (except for the Platte Purchase). Basically Kansas state is where the Kansas river flows and Kansas City began where the river ends.

    • @omega_x3
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      42 months ago

      Don’t feel too stupid, after all a former president of the United States once congratulated the state of Kansas after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Superbowl.

    • JJROKCZ
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      It’s in Missouri and Kansas both. St. Louis also exists on both sides of the river/border but East St Louis is always treated differently since it’s in a pretty desperate situation economically and no one seems to care.

      Worth mentioning that all 4 of these cities operate under drastically different governments with no oversight over each other which shows when you compare them with each other