Here is a video of Kansas City, Missouri located in the United States. Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metro area in Missouri. It encompasses 318 square miles (820 km2) in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County, the other being Independence, which is to the city's east. As of February 6, 2010, it was revealed that the US census had underestimated Kansas City's population, and re-released it to be 490,830,with a metro area of over two million. Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers and was incorporated in its present form in 1850. Situated opposite Kansas City, Kansas, the city was the location of several battles during the Civil War, including the Battle of Westport. The city is well known for its contributions to the musical styles of jazz and blues as well as to cuisine (Kansas City-style barbecue).
Kansas City, Missouri, is often abbreviated as "KCMO", or simply "KC" (both abbreviations often refer to the metro area). It is officially nicknamed the City of Fountains. With over 200 fountains, the city claims to have the second most in the world, just behind Rome. The fountains at Kauffman Stadium, commissioned by original Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, are the largest privately-funded fountains in the world. The city also has more boulevards than any city except Paris and has been called "Paris of the Plains." Residents are known as Kansas Citians. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as the Heart of America as it is near both the population center of the United States and the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states.
In 1831 a group of Mormons from New York settled in an area that would later be part of Kansas City. They built the first school within the current boundaries of the city, but were forced out by mob violence in 1833 and their settlement was left vacant.
In 1833 John McCoy established West Port along the Santa Fe Trail, three miles (5 km) away from the river. Then in 1834, McCoy established Westport Landing on a bend in the Missouri River to serve as a landing point for West Port. Soon after, the Kansas Town Company, a group of investors, began to settle the area, taking their name from an English spelling of "Cansez." In 1850 the landing area was incorporated as the Town of Kansas.
By that time, the Town of Kansas, Westport, and nearby Independence, had become critical points in America's westward expansion. Three major trails -- the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon -- all originated in Jackson County.
On February 22, 1853, the City of Kansas was created with a newly elected mayor. It had an area of 0.70 square miles (1.8 km2) and a population of 2,500. The boundary lines at that time extended from the middle of the Missouri River south to what is now Ninth Street, and from Bluff Street on the west to a point between Holmes Road and Charlotte Street on the east.
Kansas City, Missouri, is organized into a system of more than 240 neighborhoods, some with histories as independent cities or the sites of major events. Downtown, the center of the city, is currently undergoing major redevelopment with new condos, apartments, offices and The Power & Light District (shopping/entertainment development) complete with bars, restaurants, a grocery store with a tony roof-top pool club called The Jones, a theatre and The Sprint Center. All these things have made downtown/midtown a more viable residential option more than ever. Near Downtown, the urban core of the city has a variety of neighborhoods, including historical Westport, Ivanhoe, Hyde Park, Squire Park, the Crossroads Arts District, 18th and Vine Historic District, Pendleton Heights, Quality Hill, the West Bottoms, and the River Market; one up-and-coming "newer" neighborhood just minutes from downtown is upscale Briarcliff, though it is in the so-called "North-land" or simply "North of the River". Two other "near" downtown neighborhoods that are very popular and have unique appeal include the Country Club Plaza (or simply the "Plaza"), south Plaza and nearby Brookside.
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DownTown Kansas Cityby jokerman2135,169 views
Kansas city is not flat, far from it....its pretty hilly...and if you take away stl arch...kc's skyline is better...no offense...stl is nice..but kc has far more newer buildings and development downtown....compare our covention center, performing arts center...arena...stl is behind us in the category...but they do have lightrail....BIG PLUS!...
duuloski 1 month ago
@Helotes420 shut the fuck up dude you never been to kc fagget its beatiful here whats your city called niggersburg texas where niggers live drink piss shit vomit on the sidewalks i bet you dont have a city fag you live in a small town
thelastpoint1 1 month ago
@niselat i dnt giv a shit motherfucker
waveysoap 2 months ago
@DCussen st louis- we gotta arch! derp derp derp
niselat 2 months ago
@Helotes420 i have visited and lived in cities all over the world and I can tell you that none of them are as good as KC.
What morons like you don't get is that we *want* you to think KC is "disgusting." That way, human effluvia like you stay away. which is part of why it is such a great place
niselat 2 months ago
@waveysoap kansas city is in MISSOURI douchebag
niselat 2 months ago
@waveysoap This is Missouri not Kansas.
jaynieblueyes 2 months ago
@Helotes420 so your saying that Kansas City is just a horrible town, cause if you are i can tell you about 1.5 million people will tell you wrong, when you have gone into Union Station, Arrowhead, Kauffman, the Plaza, Armstrong, and the Sprint Center well i bet you will like it.
Pearlzildijianboy 2 months ago
I would not live anywhere else. I love my Kansas City
AtomicFox3 2 months ago
@waveysoap just to let u know i live in kansas.so... tell me where u live >:)
mcronk4875 3 months ago