I thought Missouri loves company.
Yeah but the potential company doesn’t like it back.
When your largest city is called the neighbouring state and your name is literally misery
We made it illegal to be homeless here btw. Not many people know that.
It’s clearly a moral failure to not own property.
maybe they were started on the other side of the line/river/whatever and expanded into missourah because land is so cheap. because no one wants to exist there. i don’t know if this is true or not but i have decided that regardless of history it is.
As a Missourian, yeah I can’t blame them. I want out too
It’s a shame too, beautiful state, people ruin it
That is like the entire United States honestly. The land is perfect. Geography is amazing. But the people are just horrible.
There’s good ones, but current events seem to be revealing that there are far fewer of them than I had thought.
There are a few very lucky small towns which are pockets of leftists in the middle of gorgeous American nature. You just have to really look for them.
Beautiful mountains and plains, gorgeous unspoiled rivers, four varied and enjoyable seasons, and some of the dumbest motherfuckers you’ll ever meet.
Wait, so Kansas City’s brilliant idea is to join fucking KANSAS!? Like…from the Dorothy tornado? Careful what you wish for, Kansas Citites.
Got halfway out of Kansas into Missouri and realized it wasn’t any better. Resigned themselves to being stuck.
Other way around. Kansas City, MO existed before Kansas City, KS.
Also, Nebraska. Omaha is right on the Eastern border. The only other towns are along the interstate, spaced about a tank of gas apart.
Because major cities sprung up along rivers. And they split states up along rivers.
Also North Dakota with Fargo on the border with Minnesota.
Almost like rivers are a major economic driver or something….
the main driver of economic change and expansion has been improvements in transportation technology (note: my focus has been on 19th century history so maybe that changed in the 20th. idk, i don’t study this shit anymore)
Watched a fascinating video on why everyone in Nebraska live on the east side of the state.
When one of your biggest cities is named after a different state
Cuckssouri
Kansas City existed before Kansas
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.
Nobody in NYC wants to get into NJ!? Isn’t it just a necessary evil sometimes?
The city itself wants to escape to be with it’s other city brethren: Hoboken and Jersey City.
Pshh… too much thought put into a meme
I won’t let your grumpiness get in the way of my info dumping. Move along you sour blob of text.
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
ok but half of the US was drawn with rulers instead of rivers
Shoulda made straighter rivers
What are you, hydrophobic?
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That’s not a river though
And not straight
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This is a phenomenal meme. Much better than the calorie stealing one. Not the bear I’ve seen ofc but it’s some clever observational humour. 8/10
Both on the Missouri River?
Two different rivers. Kansas City is on the Missouri River, St Louis is on the Mississippi River.
St Louis is notably positioned near the confluence of the Missouri and Missisippi Rivers
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
If you don’t mind me asking, whats that big, greener patch in the south east? Forest? Swamp?
thems the Ozarks. people go there to smoke meth and disappear.
„Disappear” in a (somewhat) good way or in a “mutilated body found three years later” way?
except, bodies never leave the Ozarks. at least, not whole.
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.
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.
St. Louis essentially is another state. I love going to the publicly-funded zoo.
They have a publicly funded zoo? I hope they treat the animals better. I’ve always wanted to visit. Thinking of taking my son next year to the TransWorld convention next year, his special interest is animatronics and Halloween, he really wants to go.
Welcome to a state of Missouri
