They should declare an armed war of secession…not from the United States…but from Missouri! Let them become the free cities of the prairies, the free cities of Kansas City and St. Louis…two new city-states on the planes!
For legal purposes, this is not an endorsement of acts of literal treason.
I visited St Louis for the first time recently, and oof. Yeah.
maybe they were started on the other side of the line/river/whatever and expanded into missourah because land is so cheap. because no one wants to exist there. i don’t know if this is true or not but i have decided that regardless of history it is.
I thought Missouri loves company.
Yeah but the potential company doesn’t like it back.
We made it illegal to be homeless here btw. Not many people know that.
Next they’ll make it illegal to know that.
It’s clearly a moral failure to not own property.
As a Missourian, yeah I can’t blame them. I want out too
When your largest city is called the neighbouring state and your name is literally misery
TBF, Kansas city was named first by 4 years. Also, for the most part, Kansas isn’t really any better than Missouri
Didn’t the Missouri side of Kansas City spring up because whoring and drinking and whatnot weren’t allowed in Kansas because of puritans, so the Kansans would cross into Missouri for that?
I believe you’re thinking of West Wichita, Kansas. Formerly Delano, Kansas, though it was never incorporated, thus why it had no local regulation or law enforcement. https://legendsofkansas.com/delano-kansas/
No
During this time, other settlements were developing across the river on the Kansas side in Wyandotte County. Some of these small towns incorporated as Kansas City, Kansas, in 1872. By naming this town after the growing city on the Missouri side of the state line, city leaders in Kansas were able to capitalize on the success of Kansas City, Missouri. It’s also possible that the people in Wyandotte County felt that they had more right to the name “Kansas City” than the people of Missouri had.
Shhhh 🤫 dont let missouri feel any better, it deserves the hate. Also im not american but isnt missouri literally the flattest place ever? It doesnt even have mountains even tho its quite large.
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Kansas and Missouri are equally shit.
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we have the Ozark mountains, but they’ve eroded to large hills.
As a missourian(unfortunately) let me have at least a bit of feel good time.
As a former Kansan, Missouri is way way better for any urbanist. Their state government allows cities a significantly higher degree of autonomy than on the Kansas side. And they have Branson which even single-handedly would make Missouri better than Kansas.
And they have Branson
Branson has Yakov Smirnoff, I think that negates anything good about Missouri.
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It’s a shame too, beautiful state, people ruin it
That is like the entire United States honestly. The land is perfect. Geography is amazing. But the people are just horrible.
There’s good ones, but current events seem to be revealing that there are far fewer of them than I had thought.
There are a few very lucky small towns which are pockets of leftists in the middle of gorgeous American nature. You just have to really look for them.
Beautiful mountains and plains, gorgeous unspoiled rivers, four varied and enjoyable seasons, and some of the dumbest motherfuckers you’ll ever meet.
Wait, so Kansas City’s brilliant idea is to join fucking KANSAS!? Like…from the Dorothy tornado? Careful what you wish for, Kansas Citites.
I mean, we have lots of tornadoes in Missouri as well
Got halfway out of Kansas into Missouri and realized it wasn’t any better. Resigned themselves to being stuck.
Other way around. Kansas City, MO existed before Kansas City, KS.
This is a phenomenal meme. Much better than the calorie stealing one. Not the bear I’ve seen ofc but it’s some clever observational humour. 8/10
Both on the Missouri River?
Two different rivers. Kansas City is on the Missouri River, St Louis is on the Mississippi River.
St Louis is notably positioned near the confluence of the Missouri and Missisippi Rivers
Also, Nebraska. Omaha is right on the Eastern border. The only other towns are along the interstate, spaced about a tank of gas apart.
Because major cities sprung up along rivers. And they split states up along rivers.
Also North Dakota with Fargo on the border with Minnesota.
Almost like rivers are a major economic driver or something….
Missouri should be kicked out of the union and I will die on this hill.
The Dredd Scott fiasco really lit the Civil War so…
About half of it historically speaking.
This is extra funny since Kansas City border Kansas. They want so bad to leave.
“Please Kansas Senpai, we even took your name!”
No. Those Kansas kids are stuck up twats that think they’re better than everyone while simultaneously forgetting their from Kansas.
What’s a from Kansas? And why would they be forgetting it?
I really enjoyed Salem, MO. Mostly because I was in the forest or on the river 80% of the time 😂 were some really great people there too, just also very blatantly racist fuckheads there and because Salem is small, they choose to tolerate rather than shun that behavior.
