Re: Guess the suburb!
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:54 pm
Kansas has basically created a new metro of about 500-700k, the Johnson County metro area nearly fully at the expense of KCMO and “KCs” national importance has suffered because of it. JoCo takes takes takes from and uses uses uses KCMO to build its own Kansas side metro area. They still have some big city attractions and culture (in kcmo) to claim as their own, but they have zero interest in funding any of it and most would just assume all of it be duplicated on the KS side and the MO side just go away all together.
What’s happening is KS is getting its economic engine has been able to build a new metro area. Nobody in Kansas cares about the KC metropolitan area or its health. It’s only what new taxes can come to Kansas.
It’s killed KC and despite all the wonderful things that KCMO has done over the past decade, I don’t think KC will ever be the city it could be or once was again. KC is now and forever two competing metros that do more harm than good to each other.
Meanwhile, a light rail line between Minneapolis and St Paul will open soon. Guess who is growing faster as a region?
What’s happening is KS is getting its economic engine has been able to build a new metro area. Nobody in Kansas cares about the KC metropolitan area or its health. It’s only what new taxes can come to Kansas.
It’s killed KC and despite all the wonderful things that KCMO has done over the past decade, I don’t think KC will ever be the city it could be or once was again. KC is now and forever two competing metros that do more harm than good to each other.
Meanwhile, a light rail line between Minneapolis and St Paul will open soon. Guess who is growing faster as a region?