Talk:Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri–Kansas/Archive 1

message: Please remember to sign your comments by adding --~~~~ (two hyphens followed by four tildes)!! --KHill-LTown 04:58, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

message: I was curious as to the structure of city governance -- How is one city that resides in two states structured? Are their one set of leaders? Two, one for each state (e.g., two separate 'city halls'? I might guess that there are two separate city governments, but i don't see this addressed in the article anywhere --Charlescengel (talk) 00:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is impossible for a city to be incorporated in two states at the same in in the U.S.  Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas are two separate cities that happen to be next to one another.  Kansas City, Kansas like other satellite cities was founded after the central city of Kansas City, Missouri.  The Local government of both cities is addressed in their respective articles. Grey Wanderer (talk) 01:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Local Government???

message: Why are there no demographics listed??  It seems like it would be pretty important.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.248.176 (talk) 20:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics???

message: it was announced today that Sprint will reconsolodate its world headquarters ocne again in Overland Park. I have slightly edited the businesses section to accomodate this recent change, however it may need some re-wording to make it flow correctly. Please make edits as news comes forward on the business moveKcuello (talk) 21:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sprint Returning to OP

message: This article says that "South Kansas City" includes Independence and Blue Springs.  Isn't that usually referred to as Eastern Jackson County?  If not, I'm still pretty sure Indepedence and Blue Springs are not considered part of the Southland.
PhnxFyreG 19:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographic Overview 

message: I live in Greater KC and it is difficult for me to imagine how anything outside Jackson, Clay, Cass and parts of Platte County, MO and Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in KS could be considered part of KC metro.  Suburban development ends in these counties.  There are satellite communities such as Eudora, Spring Hill, Basehor, etc but these are not really part of KC (although they may be swallowed up in the coming decades).  I have heard local personalities include Lawrence in the metro, but you have to consider that it is in their interests to inflate KC's population so their station makes more money from advertisers.--Pocket Rockets 23:47, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As the article states there are no natural borders. All the rich people in Johnson County are moving to Miami County and leaving behind the bonds for the hispanics and blacks to pay. This development is linking all those little towns.--Gbleem 18:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Counties included in metro area 

message: There is ~2.59 km^2 to a square mile. Hence, the area should be either:
7,976 sq. mi. (20,657 km^2)
or
4,928 sq. mi. (12,762 km²)
I do not know which of the two areas is actually correct, though I suspect that it is the first one.  In either case, it should be corrected by someone who knows which of the two it should be.  --72.132.245.171 22:11, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: as of 2000 census should be 5,406.21 sq. mi source http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US25&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-10|US-10S&-_lang=en conversion to square km comes from http://www.unitconversion.org/area/square-kilometers-to-square-miles-conversion.htmlCynic783 15:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Math Error 

message: continues to add his link to a KC restaurant-promotion site which is clearly (to me at least) a commercial link which does not fit in an encyclopedia. I'm looking to avoid an endless revert war over this, because that doesn't benefit anyone - does anyone else have any thoughts about this site? (ESkog)(Talk) 00:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As I said on the KCMO talk page, the Web site linked does appear to be a commercial guide, with only selected restaurants listed.  Under the Northland section (an area of almost 200,000 residents spread across two counties) only four restaurants are listed.  If this was a guide that qualifies for listing, a heck of a lot more (Corner Cafe, The Dish, 54th Street, Ivy's, Tomfooleries, etc.) would be listed.  Clearly a restaurant must either pay or have some sort of affiliation with this Web site in order to be listed.  Again, I state that in the event of an RfA/RfC/RfD, I will side with the link's exclusion.  Something like this is better suited for WikiTravel, and only if EVERY restaurant is included. --KHill-LTown 01:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam on this page 

message: Would it be beneficial to include information on which religions are headquartered out of the metro are?  I'm thinking a section similar in structure to the "Business Interests" section.  A list of religions with headquarters and/or major facilities in the area, such as Unity Church and Community of Christ.  
Also, an idea of the religious makeup of the metro would be nice as well.  So, worth following up?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.28.33.88 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 22 January 2006  (UTC) Oops, forgot to actually log on for this comment. --Reverend Loki 07:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Something like that might have been started in the KCMO article.  You're more than welcome to add it, of course. --KHill-LTown 04:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't see one there.  It just seemed to me that, since of the two I mentioned, one was in Lee's Summit and the other was in Independence, the page for the Metro area would be more appropriate than the KCMO article.  Just feeling out opinions while I mull it over. --Reverend Loki 07:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious Interests 

message: Something need to be done @ the city map. It's only as a pixel down (and whatever px across). Doesn't display correctly. needs to be resized. and the KDOT disclaimer need to be put in. 204.56.7.1 14:50, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: City map

message: I deleted the rush hour section of the page. I found it as an unnecessary part of this page.
KevinJ 16:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rush hours

message: I noticed that the sentence about the Plaza being the first shopping center was removed presumably due to suspicion that it was not true and because it was not cited. I found a bit about that on the Plaza's website, added back a sentence about that, and cited it. It's a point of local pride that the Plaza is the first shopping center, so it's worth mentioning. I wish that I could find a source that was other than the Plaza's own website so that I could feel more comfortable saying more strongly that it is the first shopping center, not just that it is claimed to be. There is a PBS show on JC Nichols and the stuff he built. Maybe I can find a transcript of it somewhere. -- Amoore 15:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for finding a citation. One note, though - that site doesn't say "first shopping center ever built", but instead "designed in 1922 as the nation's first suburban shopping district." There is text near the bottom of that page which says "the country's first shopping center" - but the earlier information and the text here ("the first major shopping area in the country to be constructed to cater to people arriving by automobile") give the impression that there may have been other shopping centers in the United States. I've rewritten the text to state what we can support with the web site, and will take a look around for any other sources that might support the "first shopping center (ever) in America". (The plaza's own web site details other shopping areas around the globe that inspired this one, hence the need to qualify with "America"). Cheers. --Ckatzchatspy 19:14, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds good. Thanks for your help! -- Amoore 19:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  is the Plaza the first shopping center? 

message: I reverted a change that removed the Kansas category from this page.  Seems to me that the KC Metro area (which includes KCK, as well as all of Johnson, Wyandotte, Platte and other KS counties) is a prominent enough feature of Eastern Kansas that it should remain.  However, if you have a good enough argument to the contrary, I'm all ears.  --Reverend Loki 21:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Kansas 

message: This may seem dumb but why is Kansas City not in Kansas?? (♠Taifarious1♠) 03:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh right, makes sense now, thanks for clearing that up!  Taifarious1  07:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why not in Kansas?

message: Kansas City has no other transportation other than highways? Sounds typical of the United States, but surely there is something... I believe Amtrak runs right through the center, does it not? Alphalife (talk) 02:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-freeway travel? 

message: I need some help understanding something friends. As you read this, evenly spead the sarcasm, as it is generously provided. I went to Wikipedia.org this morning and typed "Dallas" into the Seach Box, the same Search box that can be found on the left side of your very own screen. I was redirected to Dallas, TX as expected. After that I did a similar search but for "Boston" this time, and as you can imagine it redirected me to the Boston, MA page. Finally, I did a search for "Chicago", and I was redirected to Chicago, IL.
I was beginning to notice a trend, any time I would type a name of a major city in the Search Box, the results would match! Well, you can imagine my suprise when I typed in "Kansas City" and expected Kansas City, MO to come up, only to find something none of the other cities' results had, Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Naturally I was a bit upset that my city was being redirected to a Metro page, almost as if Kansas City, MO wasn't good enough as a result. I disagree with this result, at no point does anyone do a search for Kansas City with the intention of the Metro area, instead, just as with every other city, they intend to get information on that city specifically. 
There is no reason that I, or anyone, should be redirected to this page(Kansas City Metropolitan Area), unless the words: "Kansas City Metropolitan Area" are typed in that Search box to the left. This has been changed in the past, back and forth, and I'm suprised I haven't found the Discussion page on it. Please, I swear to whatever God (god), I need this, tell me why its being changed back? Talk to me, explain to me why you think that this is correct? I'd love to hear your reason, so that I can prove you're wrong. SakuraAvalon86 (talk) 23:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out, Talk:Kansas City, The redirect was changed by a fairly active in removing all references to Kansas City, Missouri in any Kansas-side related article. Grey Wanderer | Talk 20:12, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kansas City vs Kansas City Metropolitan Area 

message: Buckner, MO is listed as part of the Metro. I'm pretty sure it's too far away for most people to consider it that way. From what I understand they used to even have their own area code.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amn12 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Buckner is included because it is located within Jackson County all of which is included in the census defined metro area.  Grey Wanderer (talk) 17:48, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buckner