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In the US, most people just mention the metro they are from

Posted on: May 1, 2024 at 14:40:26 CT
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as most Americans don't know what metro includes what suburbs unless intimately familiar with it. The exception being when the burb is as well known as the primary city - e.g., nobody from San Jose, Newark or Ft Worth says they are from San Francisco, New York or Dallas.

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If the Chiefs moved to Overland Park, KS... wouldn't that - zounami MU - 5/1 14:07:36
     i would still root for the Chiefs after ks move only if - hans schmidt MU - 5/1 18:14:23
     KC would miss out on the 1% earning tax that - Bucky Larson MU - 5/1 16:57:40
     Overland Park is part of KC(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 5/1 15:17:15
          keep telling yourself that. You are a kansan not - SabertoothTiger MU - 5/1 15:41:05
               He's the Kim Anderson of leaving Sedalia for kansas (nm) - McMuffin MU - 5/1 16:10:21
                    wait, is fiji really a kansan? (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 16:16:23
          no it's not (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 15:36:48
     Hey - quit bringing your tardiness to the Shack. You do - Carlos Rossi KC - 5/1 15:13:55
          everyone, except you, was able to discuss this like an adult - zounami MU - 5/1 15:39:11
     NFL has a 550 million dollar fee to move a franchise - Rabbit Test MU - 5/1 15:01:21
          Would that apply as the franchise is staying in the same - KC rules MU - 5/1 15:04:24
               No, I don't think that factors into this at all. (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:20:20
     it's 10 days a year. - Rabbit Test MU - 5/1 14:58:52
     The issues between Missouri and kansas are different - McMuffin MU - 5/1 14:46:07
          Kansans are easy to make fun of because they do not even - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:49:40
               You're a kansan. Not only do you live there, you're paid - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:51:49
                    and he capitalized it - McMuffin MU - 5/1 14:55:08
                         Kansas the state can be capitalized ku, never.(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:57:42
                              jayhawkers were around before the university there was - McMuffin MU - 5/1 15:11:42
                                   Agreed. I think now that we're not even in the same - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:18:08
                         exactly (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:56:24
                    Work in Missouri again. It makes no difference in this - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:54:54
                         That's even worse. You're taking my tax dollars for pay - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:56:56
                              You do realize that money made in Missouri is taxed by - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:58:26
                                   You file in both states. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:00:51
               wait... aren't you literally a Kansan ? (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:50:57
                    I live in Kansas I will never be a Kansan (nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:55:22
                         see, you're in denial... you *are* a Kansan, literally (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:56:41
          Missour tigers hate kansas jayhawks. no one else cares(nm) - TigerA MU - 5/1 14:49:07
          So there's no rivalry between New York and New Jersey? - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:47:51
               LMFAO no, not in the Border War sense - McMuffin MU - 5/1 14:52:14
                    People like you are fewer and farther between - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:03:10
                         Yet the impact of that era lingers even for those without - McMuffin MU - 5/1 15:19:38
                              While good history, that has little to do with actual - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:23:30
               McMuffin is right, and NYC doesn't have to worry about - zounami MU - 5/1 14:50:23
                    KC is doing just fine. They don't have to worry - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:55:38
     Didn't the Redskins once play in Landover, MD? - ERB KC - 5/1 14:45:32
          See above. DC, Maryland and Virginia aren't enemies - McMuffin MU - 5/1 14:48:45
     if the Crds move to Illinois would Card's - tman MU - 5/1 14:33:06
          yes, if the St Louis Cards moved to different city in IL... - zounami MU - 5/1 14:35:14
               Except by your definition - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:36:21
               STL fans must be really stupid then.(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:36:07
                    nope, just KC fans evidently (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:37:02
          I'd be ****ed....they also made that threat 20 years ago (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:34:22
          huh?(nm) - TigerA MU - 5/1 14:33:50
               20 years ago they made that threat. now they want a - tman MU - 5/1 14:48:54
     Washington Commanders play in Maryland.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 5/1 14:32:33
     I'm from Dublin - TigerA MU - 5/1 14:32:12
          When I'm overseas I say I'm from Chicago - Columbian Gold MU - 5/1 14:37:03
          I have lived within the city limits of KC for about 10 years - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:35:39
               In the US, most people just mention the metro they are from - KC rules MU - 5/1 14:40:26
          You have an accent?(nm) - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:35:01
     New York Jets & Giants play in New Jersey.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 5/1 14:31:17
     Seems like the Missouri side residents don't - Sarazen KC - 5/1 14:30:32
          No one with a brain does. The teams bring in a ton of - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:33:16
               YOU are a kansan. Why do you keep calling yourself - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:33:57
                    You are a moron. I lived in MO for the first 40 years of my - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:39:17
                         You are a kansan by choice, regardless of where you used to - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:40:27
                         why do you prefer to live in Kansas over Missouri? (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:40:17
                              I was transferred to KC back in the 90's and lived - Sarazen KC - 5/1 14:45:05
                                   Beakers suck but sadly they are found all over the city.(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:47:47
                              Wife works on the Kansas side, when we bought the house - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:44:59
                                   You're an example of Kansas (JoCo) siphoning taxpayers away - zounami MU - 5/1 14:53:54
                                        Again, you seem pretty clueless of KC. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 15:05:23
                                        The KC metro has just over 2M people. Less than 500k live - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 15:00:43
                                             510,000 in the city proper. why lie?(nm) - tman MU - 5/1 15:33:43
                                                  Another 150K on in KCK. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 16:13:23
                    does he really live in Kansas?.. that would explain things (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:37:57
                         where you live helps explain this thread(nm) - tman MU - 5/1 14:52:02
     49ers are in Santa Clara, CA, not San Fran (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:28:50
     SoFi Stadium is in Inglewood, CA, not LA (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:28:21
     Jerry World is in Arlington, not Dallas (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:27:37
     What a stupid f*cking take. Overland Park is fifteen - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:23:56
          Most likely it would be at the Legends but paid for by the - KC rules MU - 5/1 14:47:01
          How can you be so dumb? Overland Park residents are *not* - zounami MU - 5/1 14:31:14
               Kansas City is a metro as well as a pair of cities you tool. - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:42:00
               If they're leaching off of KC, as you accused them of, they - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:32:29
                    Once again you show your ignorance. They let MO pay for - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:47:09
                         That's not the point zounami is making - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:49:06
                    I think he meant they are taking residents, businesses, etc. - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:33:47
                         correct... kmawv8 needs to work on his reading comprehension - zounami MU - 5/1 14:36:36
                    I meant they're siphoning away KC's companies & tax base (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:33:25
                         "leaches off AND syphons away" - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:35:05
                              first they leech, then they siphon... like with the Chiefs (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:36:04
                                   Again, use words that mean what you're trying to say. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:37:09
                                        Use context clues to overcome your lack of "he probably - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:38:53
                                             No, he's trolling and one of his points was wrong. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:43:40
                                                  he gets it, you don't... and now you're tripling down (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:47:07
                                                       you are trolling. it is the entire point of your post(nm) - tman MU - 5/1 14:56:20
                                                  He may be trolling but somehow I understood. (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:46:59
                                        you're doubling down on your failed comprehension, I see (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:38:52
          That isn't a good thing (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 5/1 14:25:22
               correct (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:31:22
               Why? Who GAF which side of an imaginary line you build - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:28:01
                    you are literally a Kansan, correct? (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:46:11
                    Where the revenue goes, matters. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:30:28
                         The stadiums are more about PR than money. Most of the - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:52:30
                         correct... DHighlander is a fvcking moron (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:31:40
     could end up like stl where the actual city is a hellhole - lqf2b8 MU - 5/1 14:20:33
     RE: If the Chiefs moved to Overland Park, KS... wouldn't that - cooter MU - 5/1 14:12:00
          wow, what a dumb take... you think the few Overland Parkers - zounami MU - 5/1 14:26:53
               It's a point of civic pride. It isn't a major economic - Rabbit Test MU - 5/1 15:02:21
               You sound pretty clueless of the KC metro (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:38:46
                    "KC metro" is arbitrary... Overland Park is a different city - zounami MU - 5/1 14:39:52
                         You're really dumb. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:46:09
                              resorting to ad homs because you've lost the argument (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:47:55
                                   No, I'm calling you dumb because you're acting dumb. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:52:58
                                        see, you're proving my point (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 15:00:47
               The main resource the Chiefs provide for KC is PR. - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:31:33
     the real kansas citians that voted against the measure?(nm) - TigerA MU - 5/1 14:11:15
          yes, they don't want to be extorted by a greedy billionaire - zounami MU - 5/1 14:21:49
               both sides are looking out for their own interests. makes - TigerA MU - 5/1 14:22:49
               ...there's nothing wrong with Arrowhead, at all (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:22:17
                    When is the last time you stepped foot in Arrowhead? - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:39:49
                         he doesn't live anywhere close. he has envy of KC(nm) - tman MU - 5/1 14:53:52
     As opposed to say, San Antonio? I could still make a game - Diamond Dave MU - 5/1 14:10:02
          but you *would* be losing the team to another city/state... - zounami MU - 5/1 14:21:02
               So the Giants and Jets are not New York teams? - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:24:40
                    Is his premise dumb or is that just a side effect of Zou - DHighlander NWMSU - 5/1 14:25:29
                         regardless of the cause, his premise is dumb. - kmawv8 KC - 5/1 14:27:09
     The loss of revenue from not having both teams in kc would - tigerNkc KC - 5/1 14:09:56
          so, "yes"... the Chiefs would hurt KC by moving to another - zounami MU - 5/1 14:20:18
          Has there ever been figures made publicly available - Joeboo MU - 5/1 14:13:13
               good question (nm) - zounami MU - 5/1 14:19:09
     No, no, yes, because.(nm) - tgr MU - 5/1 14:09:37




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