Guess the suburb!
Guess the suburb!
Just having a little fun. Can anybody guess where these photos were taken?
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Overland Park?
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Nope and it's three different suburbs. Now isn't this fun? hahaAllThingsKC wrote:Overland Park?
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Oh, then has to be Claycomo, Raytown, and Gladstone.
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Is the suburb in the KC area?
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The funny thing about this is that it could be "up north" or "out south", meaning there ain't much difference to most of us. I can imagine a new reality show where they drop some city slicker deep into the suburbs and make them maneuver their way out. I'm not sure if it would be funnier to make them walk or drive.
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Who cares?
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I was waiting for the first person to say that. I mean who really cares about most of what's on this forum or any other forum?shinatoo wrote:Who cares?
For those that care . It's Leawood, Shoal Creek and Shawnee in that order.
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This could be anywhere. How about you just tell us.
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The first picture, i was going to guess Dallas Suburbs like the Area around DFW, i think its like Southlake the area I am thinking about
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First ring of hell, third ring of hell, seventh ring of hell.
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First pic is the old saddle & sirloin aka Mission Farms.....the residential portion north of the commercial area. I'm not sure if it has a name.....but nice big joco homes!
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90% of KC is suburban (or suburban in feel) and most of KC's burbs are like 10-15 minutes from the city. It's not like Chicago or something, so I never really got the urban snobbery of many on this forum. Suburbs are fine and can co-exist with a vibrant urban core.chaglang wrote:First ring of hell, third ring of hell, seventh ring of hell.
The state line in kc has made that all but impossible though.
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The KC suburbs were built at the expense of the city. They were never meant to coexist with a vibrant urban core, because that's where the black people are. I have a problem with that. If anything their extreme proximity is more irritating, because it highlights the underlying racism. The state line proved to be the bulwark that restrictive covenants were meant to be.
They also embody the notion of disposable housing, which I also have a problem with.
Other things I have a problem with: irresponsible land use patterns, extraordinary aversion to public transit, shitty design quality.
They also embody the notion of disposable housing, which I also have a problem with.
Other things I have a problem with: irresponsible land use patterns, extraordinary aversion to public transit, shitty design quality.
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^What about Prince George County in Maryland, it went from a White Suburban area to a Black Suburban area because all the blacks ended up getting priced out of DC. I believe some areas of PG are starting to looking ghetto and shootings are fairly common in PG.
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I don't know anything about PG or it's history.
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Most of KC is made up of what were originally suburbs. One could even say KC was a suburb of Independence or Westport if you go back to before 1850. KCMO didn't expand past 20th Street to the south until 1873. And didn't expand much east past Woodson until after 1880. Many of those early streetcar lines traveled to areas (suburbs?) outside of what was then KCMO in the late 1880's to early 1900's.chaglang wrote:The KC suburbs were built at the expense of the city. They were never meant to coexist with a vibrant urban core, because that's where the black people are.
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That's not even close to equivalent to what took place after WW2.
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You didn't make that distinction with your original post.
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GRID's photographs are my frame of reference for the conversation.aknowledgeableperson wrote:You didn't make that distinction with your original post.
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