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We So Big!

by Susan Parker

In land area, Kansas City ranks 25th in the nation, with 313.5 sq. mi., yet we rank 41 in population! I guess you know what that means! Space. Elbow Room. Big Sky. Lots of Green. Big Back Yards. Wide Boulevards. Gigantic Shopping Areas. Plenty of Free Parking. Everywhere. All the Time.

I will never, ever get over my first trip to Manhattan. I had always perceived New York as this huge city… (and it is, frankly, with all the boroughs covering 303.3 sq. mi., ranking just behind KC at no. 26). I just had not understood the tiny speck that is Manhattan island… 12 mi. long, 2 mi. wide. Please. Everyone crammed on that tiny stretch… Swope Park, our city park, is twice the size of Central Park. I’d always thought Central Park was so huge, but turns out, it’s kind of a postage stamp… I mean, we got “lost” in Central Park and wound up accidentally walking clear across it! That could never happen here in Kansas City. It’s still very funny to me… (well, I said I’d never get over it!)

Swope Park houses our Kansas City Zoo, Starlight Theatre, (and no, I do not approve of the British spelling of “theatre” for U.S. theaters located in the U.S.)… golf courses, a Nature Center and whatnot. It’s easy to get lost in Swope Park while driving in your car because of the twisty roads.

For anyone who needs their space, come to Kansas City… you’ll fit right in.


Posted in General on June 28th, 2007

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  1. Mary Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 9:55 am

    Hi,

    Kansas City is so big and is very metro. As a once upon the time country girl, naviagating Kansas City was always intimidating! So what will make people want to dance in the big lights? Any special events happening in the park? And what will you do on the 4th of July?

    Keep blogging…I do a city blog for Albuquerque NM. Mary

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About Kansas City, MO

Kansas City is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri encompassing parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is situated at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (Kaw Point), and it sits opposite Kansas City, Kansas. It is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the most populous city in Missouri, the seventh largest city in the Midwest, and the 39th most populous city in the United States. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 447,306. The city's municipal water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States, containing no detectable impurities. Kansas City has more fountains than any other city in the world except Rome. The city also features more miles of landscaped boulevards than any city except Paris.

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