Elements of Urbanism: Kansas City, KS

[Metro Jacksonville]

Elements of Urbanism: Kansas City, KS



Kansas City, Kansas is the third largest city in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area.

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-oct-elements-of-urbanism-kansas-city-ks

[reednavy]

Depressing, to sum it up.

[TheProfessor]

I don't see any people. Were these taken on a Sunday morning?

[thelakelander]

A Sunday afternoon around 5ish.

[peestandingup]

Yeah, that looks about like downtown Jax on most weekend days. *crickets*

[TheProfessor]

I wonder what the Kansas, City Missouri side is like?

[thelakelander]

^Take a look: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-sep-elements-of-urbanism-kansas-city

[simms3]

Eh, was looking forward to the October Construction Update!    Coming soon?

[thelakelander]

I plan to take the images this weekend.  So look for an update early next week.

[simms3]

Thanks!

[buckethead]

To mention the Kansas side of KC without mentioning Overland Park, (KCs version of Ponte Vedra on steroids) is just a bit off the mark.

I don't know the facts, but when I visited recently, more than one local boasted that it was the wealthiest county (Johnson) in the nation.

It was suggested that this was due to tax flight. MO has a state income tax while KS does not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas

[thelakelander]

^Only doing downtown.  Sort of like discussing or touring DT Jax without mentioning Ponte Vedra.

[krazeeboi]

Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

[jagsfan32092]

Kansas City, Missouri is a lot nicer than KC, KS.  KC, KS is the industrial part of KC.

[lewyn]

This does look MUCH worse than downtown Jacksonville!  Thanks for reminding us how much worse things could be!