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That ratio can mean a number of things and undoubtedly different things for the different cities.

Notable in this list is the fact that none of the top 10 cities are in the Sun Belt.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3067025/fas ... -this-year

UNDERAPPRECIATED AMERICAN CITIES YOU SHOULD TOTALLY MOVE TO

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation ... -the-radar

KCMO listed first, mwahahaha. Should have included metro population as well to give better context.

9% less than average housing seems low.

Not sure if these posted...

KC #2 for beer city after Portland according to T&L...
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slidesh ... -cities/19

#8 of quirky cities...
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slidesh ... america/13

#1 for BBQ on T&L's list...
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slidesh ... arbecue/20

The 21 most spectacular theaters in the U.S.

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts falls on Curbed's list of most spectacular theaters.

http://www.curbed.com/2017/3/15/1492758 ... ted-states

KC ranks 15th for % growth in tech jobs over 10 years..
https://www.forbes.com/pictures/edgl45h ... 3bef6a7d06

Indy, Charlotte, Raleigh, SLC, Nashville showed higher % growth but KC higher in raw growth.

https://smartasset.com/mortgage/best-ci ... -tech-2017

KC best/lowest unemployment rate for Millennials of top 40 markets, tied with Denver for #1. The list also shows metros with % of Millennials living at home. KC ranked 8th of 40 markets living on their own, up there with other hot markets like Austin, Denver, Portland, Seattle, etc. And KC's overall Millennial median income is pretty good compared to many larger markets.

Scroll near bottom of article to see full city list...
https://www.abodo.com/blog/millennials-living-at-home/

2016 census estimates were released a couple days ago, as of July 1, 2016:

Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area = 2,104,509 (+20,045 since 7/1/2015, +95,167 since 2010 census)
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA = 2,446,396 (+21,467 since 7/1/2015, +103,388 since 2010 census)
Jackson County = 691,801 (+5,428 since 7/1/2015, +17,643 since 2010 census)
Johnson County = 584,451 (+5,693 since 7/1/2015, +40,272 since 2010 census)
Clay County = 239,085 (+3,614 since 7/1/2015, +17,146 since 2010 census)
Wyandotte County = 163,831 (+736 since 7/1/2015, +6,326 since 2010 census)
Cass County = 102,845 (+1,349 since 7/1/2015, +3,367 since 2010 census)
Platte County = 98,309 (+2,092 since 7/1/2015, +8,987 since 2010 census)
MO side = 1,233,501 (+12,385 since 7/1/2015, +44,513 since 2010 census)
KS side = 871,008 (+7,660 since 7/1/2015, +50,654 since 2010 census)

and on the other side of MO:
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area = 2,807,002 (-1,328 since 7/1/2015, +19,301 since 2010 census)
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA = 2,911,769 (-1,385 since 7/1/2015, +19,272 since 2010 census)
St. Louis County = 998,581 (-3,124 since 7/1/2015, -373 since 2010 census)
St. Charles County = 390,918 (+5,747 since 7/1/2015, +30,433 since 2010 census)
St. Louis City = 311,404 (-3,471 since 7/1/2015, -7,890 since 2010 census)
Madison County = 265,759 (-312 since 7/1/2015, -3,523 since 2010 census)
St. Clair County = 262,759 (-1,320 since 7/1/2015, -7,297 since 2010 census)
Jefferson County = 224,226 (+318 since 7/1/2015, +5,493 since 2010 census)
Franklin County = 102,838 (+456 since 7/1/2015, +1,346 since 2010 census)
MO side = 2,117,036 (+775 since 7/1/2015, +32,999 since 2010 census)
IL side = 689,966 (-2,103 since 7/1/2015, -13,698 since 2010 census)

county data can be found here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016 ... total.html

A net growth of 20K for KC metro for the year is more inline with KC's hotter years but not at 22K+ level of some years. The last several years have averaged about 16K/yr so improving. MO side of KC is picking up more recently while KS side not on par with past. Maybe KS will pick back up with moderates if Brownback gets UN post.

Sad to see that STL metro actually shows a lost for the year. STL city and county show losses at times but this is the first I think for whole metro to show a loss for one year. Ferguson effect?


Here's the Wiki list of all metros with 2016 update. KC metro still ranked 30, passed up by Vegas but KC passed Cleveland. Austin catching up to KC very quickly. Cincy is only metro KC has a shot at to pass up and may take a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_M ... ical_Areas

Not sure if this is the right spot but a decent article in the NYtimes in regards to KC and BBQ

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/trav ... egion&_r=0

Love her reference to picking up a 3$ peanut butter bar in the west bottoms.

shinatoo wrote:Love her reference to picking up a 3$ peanut butter bar in the west bottoms.

What about an old Weezer shirt?

http://kcrag.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&p=562517#p562481

Looks like it made it to the print version of the NY Times. Somebody on reddit was claiming it was definitely paid for by Visit KC and questioned whether the writer ever stepped foot in KC, but I have no real info on that.

Not that anyone actually cares, but I was just talking to Doris Graves of the Gathering Place the other day (she's mentioned in the article), and she remembered selling that jacket to him. So I think he was here.

The K hits 2 of 10 craziest ballpark foods...
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/03/crazy-b ... s-baseball