The area around Chicago - TIL it is called “Chicagoland”, can anyone comment how often that is used by people in the region? - likewise extends into multiple (more than just two) states!
can anyone comment how often that is used by people in the region?
Frequently, though it’s mostly informal shorthand for “the greater Chicago metropolitan area”, you probably wouldn’t say “I live in Chicagoland” unless you were intentionally being vague.
The one on the right is Kansas. Also of note: Kansas city is one city/Metropolitan area in two states. It’s just unique in that it has the same name in both states
Kansas state is the rectangle on the right; Kansas City is one of those weird things which exists in both Kansas and Missouri next to each other, one was named after the other. Technically one is a small suburb of the other (150k ppl vs 2m ppl) - but for pub trivia, it does exist by name as an incorporated city in the state of Kansas.
Additional fun fact, Kansas has in the past attempted to annex Kansas City, Missouri.
The metro area being split between MO and KS has also caused a race to the bottom for certain kinds of regulations and taxes because for many businesses the cost of moving between the two states was essentially moving from one side of State Line Rd to the other.
The cities also indexed their streets off of the same river, but at different places along the curving bank. As a result, traveling south in KCMO increments the street numbers, but in KCK, the numbers increment when you travel west.
For more hilarity, the cities to the south of KCK adopted the KCMO street number designations, so KCK is the odd city out.
Stupid non-american question: Is any of these Kansas?
It’s a common pub quiz factoid that Kansas City is not in Kansas
Several border cities in the Midwestern United States are this way.
From the map at https://kchistory.org/faq/why-there-kansas-city-both-kansas-and-missouri, it looks like ~90% of Kansas City is in Missouri:-) (I dunno about differential population density though)
And in the same state a good portion of the greater city area surrounding St. Louis lies in Illinois (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis)
The area around Chicago - TIL it is called “Chicagoland”, can anyone comment how often that is used by people in the region? - likewise extends into multiple (more than just two) states!
Frequently, though it’s mostly informal shorthand for “the greater Chicago metropolitan area”, you probably wouldn’t say “I live in Chicagoland” unless you were intentionally being vague.
I would have imagined that people would just call it all “Chicago”:-)
Just depends how spicy you’re feeling
Not in front of people from ACTUAL Chicago. They’re REALLY touchy about that afair…
Haha, good to know, in case I ever visit, thanks!:-)
It’s actually really worth a visit. Great city actually
Kansas city exists in both states. The one on the right is Kansas.
On the right in the meme, on the left geographically.
Only if you put north on the top on your map.
“Left geographically”. Damn, such a mouthful. If only there were a word for that… /s
If I said west it wouldn’t have baited replies about northern hemisphere assumptions!
Wait! You’re telling me that is east and west flip in the southern hemisphere? Shit, is that why the moon looked so weird in Peru? /s
Don’t get me started on the planet rotating the opposite way. Pure madness!
I feel like I need to redo the meme with the correct orientation
Yes, thanks for adding this.
The one on the right is Kansas. Also of note: Kansas city is one city/Metropolitan area in two states. It’s just unique in that it has the same name in both states
Kansas state is the rectangle on the right; Kansas City is one of those weird things which exists in both Kansas and Missouri next to each other, one was named after the other. Technically one is a small suburb of the other (150k ppl vs 2m ppl) - but for pub trivia, it does exist by name as an incorporated city in the state of Kansas.
The Missouri one is the bigger, more populated well known “KC” which is probably why it gets added to foreign pub trivia incorrectly (just a guess).
Additional fun fact, Kansas has in the past attempted to annex Kansas City, Missouri.
The metro area being split between MO and KS has also caused a race to the bottom for certain kinds of regulations and taxes because for many businesses the cost of moving between the two states was essentially moving from one side of State Line Rd to the other.
Such a strange metro area.
The cities also indexed their streets off of the same river, but at different places along the curving bank. As a result, traveling south in KCMO increments the street numbers, but in KCK, the numbers increment when you travel west.
For more hilarity, the cities to the south of KCK adopted the KCMO street number designations, so KCK is the odd city out.
I lived there for years and didn’t know this! That’s insane!