Here in Kansas City we have much love for St louis. We just want to get out of Missouri and into a more Progressive state.

Major cities pop up around interesting geographical boundaries (like rivers) and that's also where the state lines were drawn, I'm guessing. It's why NYC is trying to get into NJ as well.

Pshh... too much thought put into a meme

Kansas City is already pretending to be part of something else :D

Like Kansas! Trump is campaigning in Wichita today. They're scared!

St. Louis essentially is another state. I love going to the publicly-funded zoo.

I lived in the Kansas City area for many years. It is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

But they do have Gate's BBQ and great blues.

We used to joke about how messed up and backwards Kansas was. It still is, but we used to too. But it is nice to see them starting to make some headway against the insanity. It gives hope that maybe now that we're deep in it. Missouri can find its way out eventually as well.

Same for St Louis, but we're at least driving distance from a blue state (even if southern Illinois is crazy Republican country).

Welcome to a state of Missouri

Everyone loves coming to our party lake in the middle, though!

Don't forget those Illinois Nazis.

Gates is pretty good. I prefer Bryant's, but the best is this hole in the wall attached to a used car dealership outside of Grain Valley that's only open Friday through Sunday, called Porkeys.

All my homies pronounce it misery.

I guess Joplin or Branson would be the only other options, but I haven’t lived there in years.

KCMO does not want to be in another state, because it is far, far superior - and older than its Kansas counterpart, which oddly enough is named after it.

That’s right.

Kansas City, KS is named after Kansas City, MO

Oh to have so many homes that I need to compare their dialect.

When one of your biggest cities is named after a different state

Ahh, Kansas City, where the barbecue is like Texas but a little bit worse, and the music is like Memphis but a little bit worse.... 🤣

hole in the wall attached to a used car dealership

This is so often the case, but man, is there anything more disappointing than going to a hole-in-the-wall for any kind of cuisine and realizing it's still a hole in the wall because it kinda sucks?

Lol damned autocorrect

Yep. Kansas City and St. Louis are both located at the confluence of 2 rivers. KC is at the Kansas-Missouri confluence, and St. Louis at the Missouri-Mississippi

For real. Many places are a hole in the wall cause they just kinda suck.

Adding to this, Porky's is not a dirty looking dingy hole in the wall. It's just small and you wouldn't expect good food to be hiding inside.

Texas bbq takes the L compared to superior KC BBQ. I've had both many times.

Also, I don't like your sauces, either.

Yep. The Kansas River was originally named after the native Kansa (or Kaw) tribe. Then the city was named after the river. Then a while later, the state was also named after the river and the other city was named after the first city. Clear as the muddy river.

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.

Branson is a shithole tourist trap that's dead or dying.

Joplin is famous for its tornado.

those two aren't doing Missouri any favors.

This is extra funny since Kansas City border Kansas. They want so bad to leave.

"Please Kansas Senpai, we even took your name!"

I am very sorry that something is wired wrong in your brain that makes you prefer the goopy sugarmeat that comes from Kansas City.

The sauce should be optional, and it should add a little heat.

As an Illinoisian, I love your free zoo too.

Kansas City existed before Kansas

ok but half of the US was drawn with rulers instead of rivers

Having had samplings of both, Texas definitely has more money and a bigger population (and thus more diversity) but I've enjoyed St. Louis establishments more than Houston's on average.

Lol. Sauce is optional at both, but I'd rather have sweet and spicy sauce instead of vinegar.

Missouri should be kicked out of the union and I will die on this hill.

Shoulda made straighter 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.

And their most famous rock bar was in New York

No. Those Kansas kids are stuck up twats that think they're better than everyone while simultaneously forgetting they're from Kansas.

About half of it historically speaking.

If you don't mind me asking, whats that big, greener patch in the south east? Forest? Swamp?

The Dredd Scott fiasco really lit the Civil War so…

Both on the Missouri River?

thems the Ozarks. people go there to smoke meth and disappear.

Almost like rivers are a major economic driver or something….

Two different rivers. Kansas City is on the Missouri River, St Louis is on the Mississippi River.

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St Louis is notably positioned near the confluence of the Missouri and Missisippi Rivers