Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that Missouri forced Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on police. The measure passed, despite 66% of Kansas City residents opposing itboltsmag.orgexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1866arrow-down15
arrow-up1861arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Missouri forced Kansas City to spend at least 25% of its budget on police. The measure passed, despite 66% of Kansas City residents opposing itboltsmag.orgWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squaresudoer777@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhy is Kansas city in Missouri instead of Kansas?
minus-squareSTUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt straddles the state line. Partly in Kansas, partly in Missouri. A few other cities are like this, like Memphis and Texarkana.
minus-squareCOASTER1921@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoKCK is mostly industrial and worth visiting. The city itself is on the Missouri side. Interestingly, despite this the Kansas side attracts far more wealth as it sprawls further Southwest.
Why is Kansas city in Missouri instead of Kansas?
It straddles the state line. Partly in Kansas, partly in Missouri. A few other cities are like this, like Memphis and Texarkana.
KCK is mostly industrial and worth visiting. The city itself is on the Missouri side. Interestingly, despite this the Kansas side attracts far more wealth as it sprawls further Southwest.